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VaL Ha 3SL LINCOLN NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1937
UNION CONTRACTS APPROVED
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The Philology of
The Sports Page.
In following the fortunes of Pa
Schulte's boys at the Drake re
lays as reported in the Omaha
World Herald by Fred Ware, we
were re-re-impressed, as we al
ways are by reading his stuff, with
the consciousness that herein was
language in the making. We share
with Dr. Wimberiy, it ne cioesn i
mtnrf a relish for the snortswriter's
ability to state the simplest fact
elaborately in a nunarea auiereni.
T7!vnreions are coined at least
once a paragraph, on a live sports
page, and nine umes out 01 ten
the new tarb for the idea fits
Hiinprlativplv nerfectlv. If the
function of language is to express
thought colorfully and unmistak
ably, then reporters of sports rank
as top linguists. Ana ineir con
stant creation of terminology is a
thino- nnr to he scorned bv book-
hound students of English, but
rather avidly absorbed. For it is
tedlv true that the sports
copy of today is the colloquial of
vocabulary tomorrow witn me al
lowance for Winchellisms.
SLANG DICTIONARIES
There have been any number
of serious minded attempts at
slang dictionaries, all of them
unsuccessful. This is not because
of the lack of scope of the vol
umes, which try to incorporate
the lingo of countless callings,
but is due to the fact that in a
very short time a slang term
either becomes obsolete, and
therefore meaningless, or loses
its slang status and becomes
part of everyone's accepted
jargon. Lincoln high's Sarah T.
Muir is ever wont to relate how
she attended the birth of "pep"
at a baseball game. The word
came from "pepper," and swept
the country as a substitute for
"liveliness." Pep is now so com
monly used in formal speech as
to be banal.
A bright twist of terms is quick
ly caught up and absorbed into
the sports system, so the gene
ology of expressions is most dif
ficult to trace. As originators of
coined phrases are very naturally
jealous of their handiwork, we
hesitate to give any blanket credit
to a single writer. But Fred Ware's
works ever have a freshness and
a distinctive flavor that must be
chiefly Fred Ware's. So we dare
to lift neat bits from recent
Heralds under his byline as his
contributions to the realm of ef
fective speech:
"Joy juice" for hard licker.
"Wondcrboys" for athletic prod
igies. "Overmuch whooping" for ex
cessive touting.
"Sideline sitters" for amateur
and professional prognosticators.
"Spin the platter" for heave the
discus.
'Cafe au lait Adonis" for a
handsome lightish Negro.
"Pretty emphatic hell" for se
vere reprimendation.
In addition we were delighted
by his explanation of one school
of coaching theory where the
mentor cared not a whit if his
wards "bedded themselves down
bu the light of the rising sun."
In a homer addicted baseball "an
active urge to travel had been
injected." And Missouri's stock
on the football mart is quoted
as: "Last week in Kansas City
a decided bullishness prevailed
on Boy Faurot's young men,
nearly all of whom, by the way,
are as native to Missouri as per
simmons." There is it. folks Nebraska-
bred philology of the sports page.
Some writing, we calls it.
SABBATH SOBIRETY.
Sundays and such sometimes we
pause to consider how bad we've
been. Then it is we recall Robert
Louis Stevenson's statement of the
"Whole Duty of Children":
"A child should always say what's
true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able."
WORK RKGINS AT ONCE
Stale PWA Engineer Puis
Sanction on Bids for
New Building.
Work will be resumed this week
on the student union building fol
lowing the approval of low con
struction bids totaling $308,262 by
State PWA Engineer John Laten-
From The Lincoln Journal
JOHN LATENSER, JR.
ser, jr. The building must be
finished by January under the
terms of the PWA grant.
Excavation of the site at 14th
and R streets has been completed
a number of weeks ago, but con
struction work was held up until
bids were made and officially ap
proved. As soon as final techni
calities are completed, building
bonds turned over to the dormitory
corporation and official stamp of
approval placed on the construc
tion, Nebraska's student union
building will be constructed as
rapidly as possible, according to
L. F. Seaton, university operating
superintendent.
Olson Construction company was
low bidder for general construction
with a base bid of $191,928, but
additions brought the total to
$227,935. The plumbing and heat
ing contract was let to G. H.
Wenz, Inc., at $62,163. Other low
construction bids were A. B. C.
Electric company, electric wiring,
$12,196; Western Brick & Supply
company, special brick, $2,843;
Lahr Hardware company, hard
ware, $3,125.
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Ag Students Reveal
1937 Cornhusker Ready for Press
COMMITTEE TO SELECT
THEME FOR BROADCAST
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BAND TO ATTEND BANQUET
Gamma Lambda to Sponsor
Affair Thursday.
Gamma Lambda, university H.
O. T. C. band fraternity will spon
sor annual all R. O. T. C. band
banquet Thursday night at 6:30
at the Annex cafe. Both fresh
man and varsity band members
are urged to attend the affair for
which a charge of 50 cents plate
will be made.
About 100 men are expected to
be present, according to Albert
Schroeder, who is making ar
rangements for the dinner. Speak
ers will be announced later in the
week.
The Weather
Professor Blair called for
fair and warmer weather af
ter that frost that hit most
of the state last night. Didn't
think it was possible after the
drowsy sunshine of last week
did you?
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Engineers Assemble April 28
Motion Picture Program
Features Wednesday
Convocation.
Talking motion pictures will be
presented by a representative of
the Chevrolet Motor Car corpora
tion at an all engineering college
convocation to be held on Wednes
day evening at 7:30 in social sci
ences hall auditorium.
Prof. .Tiles W Hanev. chairman
of the mechanical engineering de
Dartment. is making arrangements
for bringing the speaker and pic
tures here, and the engineers ex
ecutive board is sponsoring the
convocation. Six reels of movies
will be shown, some of the titles of
which are "Horsepower," "Design
ing and Constructing Four Square
Frames," "On the Air" (dealing
with radio programs), "Just a
Spark," and a technicolor cartoon
entitled "A Coach for Cinderella."
A similar program of motion pic
tures by the Chevrolet company
was presented at an engineering
convocation la3t year, and accord
ing to Professor Haney it proved
to be one of the most popular
nicotines of the vear. All engineers
are urged to attend Wednesday
night s program.
Albert Schroeder, secretary of
the engineers executive board, is
representing that group in looking
after publicity and general ar
rangements necessary for the con
vocation. DEAN HEPPNER TO TALK
AT YW VESPER TUESDAY
Misses Lefferdink, Simmons
To Play Solos in Ellen
Smith Hall.
Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of
women, will address the Y. W. C.
A. Vespers Tuesday at 5 p. m. in
Ellen Smith hall. "Finding Time
for Living" is the title of Miss
Heppner's talk.
As part of the musical pro
gram Rosalind Lefferdink, violin,
and Jean Simmons, flute, will play
solos which won them superior
rating in the district high school
music contest. Both girls are
competing in the st-ite contest in
May.
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Board to Decide
Pontiac Program
Plans Monday.
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To organize and select a theme
for the university's program on
the Pontiac Variety show, a meet
ing of the planning committee for
the broadcast will be held in the
southeast basement room of the
Administration building at 1:30
o'clock Monday afternoon. Ar
rangements for auditions for the
May 7 program will also be made
by the committee.
Open to all students of the
university, the program is sched
uled to get under way in the coli
seum on the evening of Friday,
May 7. The broadcast will be the
16th of the 17 in a series of pro
grams designed to display college
and university talent. All of the
programs, which have been pre
sented from prominent campuses
all over the United States, have
been under the direction of John
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Dramatists Stage
Shakespeare Fete
Speech Department Pays
Tribute to Bard
During Week.
In honor of one of the world's
most scholarly dramatists, the
university department of speech
will present its second annual
Shakespearean festival in the
From The Lincoln Journal
HART JENKS.
Temple theater during the week
beginning April 26. The festival
is being held the week of Shake
speare's birthday.
Featuring three of the better
known plays of the English dra
matist, the department will pre
sent "Hamlet," "The Taming of
the Shrew," and "King Lear."
Hart Jenks, who has made him
self a success on the New York
stage, will appear as guest artist.
Many other actors, well known in
the University Players, are taking
roles in the three productions.
More than a hundred students are
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Farmers
1,400 Students Subscribe
For Annual; Largest
Book in History.
With a subscription list of well
over 1400 students the 1937 year
From The JJncoln Journal
WILLIAM MARSH.
book will go to press late thU
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BLOCK AND BRIDLE
CLUB TO INITIATE
25 MEN TUESDAY
Animal Husbandry Society
Plans Outdoor Dinner
After Ceremony.
Twenty-five new men will be
initiated into the Block and Bridle
club, animal husbandry honorary,
at a formal ceremony Tuesday eve
ning. The initiation which will be
followed by an informal outdoor
dinner out of doors will begin
about 5 o'clock, Earl Hedlund
president, announced.
Prof. M. A. Alexander, society
sponsor, will give a short talk as
the feature of the dinner session.
He will be introduced by Earl Hed
lund, who will also give a brief
talk as the new president. Clyde
White, retiring president, will also
give a short talk after the dinner.
The following men will be in
ducted into the club at the cere
mony Tuesday: Harlan Knocke,
Russel Jacobsen, Leo Cooksley.
Alvin Christensen, Ray Cruise.
Frank Shipman, Harold Benn, Don
Lonnquist, Paul Fidler, Stanley
Essman, Jim Sanders, Wayne Sny
der, Byron Sadie, Wesley Dunn,
Clark Moore, Lillard Pratt, Stan
ley Jensen, Alvin Glantz, Wallace
Chaloupka, Dick Flynn, Don Mag
danz, Edward Zahn, Tom King,
Lloyd Schmadeke, and Dean Lan
caster. Fair Plans
ENLARGE HORSE SHOW
Annual Farmers' Festival
To Outer on Southern
Plantation Theme.
Presenting the 19th annual
Farmers Fair, May 7 and S. tol
loge students announce r,l!,ns f"r
the largest spring Horse Show in
the miiiwest and a variety of
shows and exhibits, unparalled in
the history of the event.
The general theme of the F:nr
will be that of a southern planta
tion. The cafeteria will be trans
formed into a "Cabin in the Cot
ton" and the "Cotton Pickers Re
vue" and other features of th
Fair will carry out. the southern
atmosphere.
Statewide Invitations.
Invitations have been sent to
all high schools throughout the
state and to all alumni of Iht
Agricultural college. The exhibits
which will be on display in all the
campus buildings are of givm
agricultural educational value and
should prove very interesting to
university students and to the.
people of the state, according to
Elsie Buxman, publicity chairman
for the Fair.
The Horse Show will be held in
the coliseum on the State Fair
Friday, May 7, and will includo
such feature events as the show
ing of the famous high school
horse "Ritzie McDonald" owned by
Mr. Foster of Omaha. Sixty eqnea
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