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EBRASKAN
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVI NO. 1 13.
LINCOLN. NEBKASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1937.
PRICE
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Sarah
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1 WOU Fm LFFD
J low Ilrontl Is
Your Mind?
Into the life of every woman,
divorced, married, engaged, go'ng
ateady, dating or sitting at home
comes the problem, as Inevitably
us the Intrusion of the opposite
nex, of tolerance. Just what, and
how much of it, of a man's life
is a woman's business? Are there
portions of his mind, his emotions,
his behavior that arc just none of
her damn business, whatever the
tics between them, or stuyild lie
center his whole being on her, as
the is wont to upon him?
This broad-minded business is
the bugboo of the female of the
species. We venture that more
happy partnerships, marital or
otherwise, have been broken up
by some aspect of this Issue
than even by the classic curlers-to-bed,
no cap on toothpaste
carelessnesses. It Is an Irrltat
ingly omnipresent question, and
even more Irrltatingly defiant of
permanent solution. Anything
can happen, and probably will.
Just what Is to be your atti
tude as wronged, or at least
wrongable woman In the case?
He Held Hands.
Case histories of the effects of
a feminine attitude on the point in
question arc legend. We remem
ber one instance of an engaged
collegian couple who were obvi
ously and inseparably in love. She
had been a very popular girl be
fore the pin-hanging, but happily
assumed the role of exclusively
lighting her darlings life. He
well there were numerous, not so
pastel tales about him, but he did
pay her the compliment of ex
travagantly undivided attention,
socially, and showered charming
attentions upon her.
Then came the sad day when
the publication in a gore sheet
that he held the hand of some
lovely Miss for inspiration before
recitation in a class rent the fabric
of their devotion in twain. That
her dearest could think of such a
thing. Had they been married,
and a little older, the difficulty
might have been a winsome sec
retary, or a pretty house guest.
In the same social group was
another afianced pair, deeply
though not ostentatiously de
voted, who both seemed to have
. the wisdom that can only come
from thoughtfully assimilated
experience. You can always spot
both the experience and the wis
i
dom because the individuals so
oossessed don't talk about it. At
til events, their friends were
j voniianuy a-gog at ineir oreaK
,?'9 of the customary rule:
They would frequently meet,
both teamed up with some
one else around the campus, ex
change the properly casual-af-
fectionate greetings, and dismiss
the happen-sos as trivial, no
questions asked.
Who Got Gyped?
Yet had the latter girl lost some
thing of the dedicated adoration
romantically ascribed as her due?
Was the former girl really being
small in resenting an even slight
division of the affections of her
lord? Who can say? And when
docs possessiveness become petty,
broad-mindedness a lack of deep
concern ?
In "I Believe in the Double
Standard," April issue of the
"American Mercury," "A Wife"
claims to have wreaked Utopia out
of chaos by openly giving her
straining mate his head. Feeling
that "the average man is not
chemically conditioned to be a one
woman commodity," she lets him
have his fun as he sees fit.
What her husband feels tet
her she admits may not be love.
But, she defends, "if all I could
wish for in the way of material
comfort, if tenderness, under
standing, consideration, kindness,
and never-failing attention are
not proofs of a genuine attach
ment, then I can well live with
out that elusive quantity called
love."
Desk-Like Men.
Such an attitude is not foreign
to a French woman. We American
women can lean much from our
sisters across the seas on love and
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"Button Buster", Immortal Great ,
Grandpappy of Awgwan, Reveals
Samples of Side-Splitting Humor
By Marjorie Churchill.
Victims of B. O.. Halitosis.
Smelly Jokes, and 3lind Dates,'
as well as unwary readers of Aw
gwan, are urged on page 21 of
the current issue to "buy a genu
ine Awgwan gasmask." The same
gas mask and any counter-acting
agency available are recommended
before exposure to the following
excerpt from "The Button Buster,"
earliest humor magazine to ap
pear on this campus. This maga
zine was published in the early
SO's by the Palladian society.
FROM A SOPH'S ALBUM.
"May your life glide down
The stream of time
Loke a bobbed-tailed chicken
On a sweet potato vine."
Another Hilarious Joke.
More of the same panicing hu
mor handed down among gems of
immortal verse, include this choice
bit from an early Issue, which, for
purposes of comparison, is fol
lowed by a quotation from the
CAMPAIGN RULES
AO
CHARGE
OF
Protest Indicts Liberals With
Distribution of Il
legal Matter.
Formal protest against the dis
trlhution of printed copies of Lib
eral partv candidates and piat
form was filed late last night with
Student Council President Arnold
Levin by officials of the Progres
sive party, throwing a veritable
bombshell into the campus political
cauldron.
The protest charged "fraudu
lent and corrupt political practices
not keeping with Student Council
rules nor campus sentiment con
cerning student elections."
Lloyd Friedman, president of the
Liberal faction, estimated mat zuu
copies of the mimeographed sheets
were printed. Progressive officials
declared that the circulars were
distributed to sorority houses on
the downtown campus and mailed
to students in the outlying dis
tricts.
No Printed Matter.
Student council rules for elee
tions provide that "No printed,
mimeographed, typed, or other
wise published material in behalf
of any candidate shall be permitted
except the impartial announce
ments appearing in the press. Any
candidate violating these rules
either in person or thru his sup
porters shall thereby become in
eligible."
Al Schroeder, Progressive fac
tion president, in filing the protest
declared: "We are endeavoring to
keep our campus free from the
stiema of underhanded, corrupt
political practices. The rules for
student elections are for everyone
to see ignorance is no excuse. The
Liberal faction deliberately
stooped to this illegal practice, and
we are asking the Student Council
(Continued on Page 2.)
Prof. Alexis to Serve
Secretary-Treasurer
For Next Term.
as
Reports, the election of officers
and two papers by Prof. A. M.
Sturtevant of the University of
Kansas and Prof. Richard Beck of
the University of North Dakota
brought to an end the two day
meeting of the Society for the Ad
vancement of Scandinavian Study
held on the University campus Fri
day and Saturday.
The following will hold offices
for next year: Prof. Einar Haugen,
University of Wisconsin, president:
Prof. E. Gustav Johnson, North
Park college, Chicago, vice presi
dent: Prof. Joseph Alexis. Uni
versity of Nebraska, secretary
treasurer; and Prof. A. M. Sturte
vant, University of Kansas, editor
of publications. With the excep
tion of Professor Johnson, all were
re-elections.
Those who will serve on the
advisory committee are: Judge
Sveinbjorn Johnson, University of
Illinois; Prof. A. A. Stomberg,
University of Minnesota, both new
members to the committee; and
Professor Beck, North Dakota;
Prof. Karl Litzenberg, University
of Michigan: Margaret Schlauch,
Ne wYork University and Alrik
Gustafson, Cornell University.
Ill the
Infirmary
Monday.
Isabel Woodward, Calloway.
Dismissed.
Ted Doyle, Curtis.
works of a present-day
Daily
Ncbraskan columnist,
OUR FAVORITE.
"She's a tall slim girl without
bang or curl
But garbed In becoming ap
parel. She can give you askance a
withering glance,
As sour as a vinegar barrel."
The same picture in the more
dynamic jargon of present day
publications, we here record, quote
Sarah L. Myer. quote La Parker:
"In my youth, it was a way
I had
To do my best to please,
And change, with every pass
ing lad.
To suit hi theories.
But now I know the things I
know
And do the things I do;
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you!"
Further History.
Successive stages of humor pub
(Continued on Page 3.)
PROGRE
SSIVES
Cochran Opposes Limitation
of Classes to Cut Uni Costs
Governor Sees New Stress
on Vocational Schools
to Fill Public Need.
By George Pipal.
The solution of the university's
instructional problem, In the opin
ion of Gov. Robert L. Cochran,
does not lie in restriction of en
rollment. "In a tax supported in
stitution, such a policy would re
sult in a vicious circle that would
harm the university more than
operating under a curtailed budg
et," he declared.
"The desirable condition is that
policy we have, followed and been
able to sapport in the past, and
what we should hope for are eco
nomic conditions that will allow
us to maintain present university
facilities at a higher level, so that
classroom requirements and edu
cational standards can be fully
satisfied."
Based on Ability to Pay.
Referring to the many plans ad
vanced by which the university
could effectively meet the strin
gent economic conditions imposed
by drouth and depression, the gov
ernor explained why he could not
ONE-THIRD RULE
Class Schedule Regulation
Enforced as Enrollment
Continues Thru Week.
Regulation of class schedules
requiring minimum numbers of
hours to be carried after 2 p. m.
or on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays went into effect yes
terday morning when a week of
registrations for fall classes was
begun.
According to the ruling passed
by the faculty senate a few
months ago, one-third of each
student's hours spent in classes
must be scheduled to meet after
2 o'clock in the afternoon or be
fore 12 o'clock on Tuesday,
Thursday or Saturday mornings.
Only Way Out.
Because of overcrowded class
rooms and no space available for
additional classes, the new ruling
was deemed "the only way out"
by faculty members. For the first
time in the history of the Uni
versity, classics, sociology and
freshman lecture sections are
limited to a certain number of
students. A total of 500 classes,
as compared with 350 in previous
years, will have limited enrollment
in the current registration.
All students should register as
soon as possible," Dr. A. R.
Congdon, chairman of the as
signment committee, declared
(Continued on Page 4.)
The Weather.
Professor Blair refused to
commit himself, vaguely an
nouncing that there was a pos
sibility for showers today. It's
the safe way though, because
he's right no matter what
weather we get.
Factions
LIBERAL
The Liberal political party was
formed at the beginning of this
school year because of the wide
dissatisfaction with the manner in
which student government has
been managed during the past
two years. Men have been elected
to office upon pledging tnem-
selves to accomplish certain long
desired ends, and every one of
those pledges has been only a vote
getting campaign promise. Noth
ing constructive has been done,
and there is much work to do. As
the Dally Nebraskan stated re
cently in its editorial columns.
Our prayer would not De ao.eiui
if those in high office had ful
filled their responsibilities during
the past year. The need wouia
not be keenly felt had students in
elective positions principally the
Student council increased me
alue of extra curricuiar lire lor
the average student."
We of the liberal party feci mat
the time has come when that
prayer must be answered, that
need fulfilled. Consequently, we
have organized those groups that
are willing and anxious to pro
mote the healthiest Interests of
the campus as a whole into a
single body. We have chosen a
list of candidates for this year's
spring election (you can find their
names elsewhere In this paper)
who have pledged themselves to
administer a proper prescription
for our alckly student government.
They will not do all their work
before the election as has Deen
the case in the past, but will wait
(Continued on Page 2.)
STUDENTS OBEY
REGISTRATION
support prosperity-level appropria
tions as a solution:
"I didn't guage my budget rec
ommendations on the needs of any
expending agency entirely, but
considered the evidence of de
creased ability on the part of the
taxpayer to pay. Driving across
the state, and seeing absolutely no
High School Sneakers Begin
Yearly Invasion of Campus
500 Seniors Swarm Into
Huskerland for Annual
Sight-Seeing Tour.
By Barbara Rosewater.
With the stern determination to
see everything tn Lincoln, includ
ing Sam Francis, Biff Jones, Lloyd
Cardwell, and the Sower, 500 sen
iors from 14 different high schools,
invaded the Nebraska campus
yesterday prepared to spend eight
hours of earnest investigation.
They were enjoying their tradi
tional "sneak day."
They, went to the capitol build
ing. Ag campus, the stadium, the
coliseum, systematically. One
group of Iowans even insisted on
inspecting the library. By the time
the seniors arrived at Morrill hall,
however, their feet hurt. Their feet
hurt quite a lot. Their decision not
to miss anything and their spirit
of thoroness did an about face and
now they did not want to look at
any more than they had too. They
sat down whenever they could.
Omahans Primed.
Being under the supervision of
their teachers, who accompanied
them on their skip day, they were
compelled to make a cursory tour
of the high spots. Most of the
Omaha sneakers seemed to have
been primed previously in the
class room with considerable in
formation about fossils, according
to a member of the museum staff,
but many of the other high school
Prof. Smith to Talk on
Candid Photos Tonight
"Candid Camera, Huh!" and
other prints made with miniature
cameras and now on display in the
Miniature Section exhibition at
Morrill hall will be discussed by
Prof. L. B. Smith of the architec
ture department at the regular
May meeting of the Lincoln Cam
era club at 8 o'clock tonight in
gallery B of Morrill hall. Ellis
Smith, assistant in the physics de
partment, will lecture on "Polar
ized Light."
Present Platforms
o
"It's Your Move," Politicus
Challenges Judiciary
Committee.
By Politicus VIII.
Judiciary Committee, it is your
move.
For the past year, we . have
listened to your cries for a gen
eral house cleaning in campus
politics. You have heard resolu
tions to dissolve political factions
completely. You have considered
striking faction names from elec
tion ballots. You have passed
legislation providing for judicial
review of candidates and have
even exerted this authority in
specific instances.
Thru it all you have aimed at
one thing, cleaner politics which
you have seen fit to interpret ai
less politics. The whole thing is
blowing back in your face today
and you may do as you please.
Printed campaign ltierature has
been distributed among the vari
ous houses of the campus and
has in some instances been mailed
to unaffiliated students. The
literature contained the names of
one party's candidates, and the
platform they had voted to sup
port. The opposing faction has
filed a protest, and if petitions of
this protest have not reached you
by now they will before the day is
done. They will show you evi
dence of the litirature circulated
on the campus, and then they will
turn to the Student Council Con
stitution. Article IV. under rules
(Continued on Page 2.)
O
Would Adapt Budget to
Size of Classes, Not
Classes lo Budget
wealth produced in most sections,
the thing that disturbed me wa3
how that class of property owners
who pay 57 percent of the state's
taxes were even going to have
proper sustenance."
The same reasoning is found in
the governor's budget message:
"Two years ago, the legislature In
making appropriations for higher
education was influenced by the
drouth of the previous year and
a resultant reduced capacity to
pay taxes on the part of the people.
That condition has become more
acute. However, I am recommend
ing the same appropriation for the
state university and the state nor
mal schools as that appropriated
two years ago."
New Emphasis.
A significant trend, however,
was indicated by his recommend
ation for a slight increase in funds
for vocational education. Altho
prompted by federal grants re
quiring state matching, it implied
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students did not know the differ
ence between a fossil and a dog
bone. Frequently the guide was
stumped by the question "How old
is it?" with reference to fossils,
the age of which had puzzled ex
perts. The prize question, however,
was of a spiritual nature. One in
quisitive sneaker, earnestly re
garding the bones of the extinct
oredon, wanted to know, "W here
did its soul go?"
Dodo Pleases.
All of the visitors were in
trigued by the dodo bird, and not
a few claimed to have seen dodoes
(Continued on Page 4.)
Students of Miss Gutzmer,
Mrs. Diers Will Sing
in Morrill Hall.
Two spring recitals will be of
fered this evening when Maude
Gutzmer, voice professor, presents
her pupils In concert at 8 o'clock
in the Temple theater, and Sylvia
Cole Diers, voice professor, pre
sents her class in a recital at 7:30
in Gallery B of Morrill hall.
Listed on Mrs. Gutzmer's pro
gram are numbers from six
operas, "Mignon" by Thomas;
"Merry Wives of Winosor" by
Nicolai; "Robin Hood" by R. de
Koven; "The Secret of Suzanne,"
by Wolf-Ferrari; "The Navrraise,"
by Massenet; and "Cavalleria
Rusticana," by Mascagni. Present
ing these numbers, mostly in
duet, are Barbara Hart, Richard
Blessing, Clare Hallet, Mary Tol
hurst. Alice Redwood, Robert
Bellamy. William Miller. Mrs. Ryle
Danielson, Mary Elizabeth Kien
holz, Helen Ledford, Louise
Demma, Mildred Melick Aden,
(Continued on Page 4.)
PROGRESSIVE
A number of years ago the
progressive party waa founded by
a group of young men on the com
mon desire of its members to work
for the welfare of the entire uni
versity. The name progressive
means just what It implies: Prog
ress and not politics.
Realizing that the trust of the
student body placed on its gov
erning body cannot be one of par
tiality or favoritism, the progres
sive party has been able to con
tinue its superior work because it
holds true and fast to the afore
mentioned principle; namely, that
of progress and not politics.
Pledged to Continue.
For this year's spring election
the progressive party is proud to
advance a number of men for the
student council and publication
board who are pledged to continue
the widespread innovations and re
forms that are Intended to bring
a fuller and better student life on
the Nebraska campus.
Knowing full well that the men
running under the progressive
banner are ably qualified to con
tinue the progressive work of lit
tering campus conditions year In
and year out, the progressive party
presents its. platform, reasserting
the principles and projects that the
progressive leadership has admin
istrated and plana to inaugerate
during the coming school year:
Erecting Union Building.
1. Of greatest Importance on the
Cornhusker campus at the pres
ent time is the construction of the
(Continued on rage 2.)
NEBRASKA ALUM HEADS
COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
Dean Lyman Brings News of
E. C. Elliott's Election at
National Convention.
Dean Rufus A. Lyman, return
ing from the recent American
f'ouncil on Education, brought
back the news that a Nebraska
alumnus, Dr. Edward Elliott, has
-V- i
From The Lincoln Journal
Edward C. Elliott.
been elected president of the coun
cil. Dr. Lyman was attending the
council for his ninth successive
year.
Edward C. Elliott, '95, is presi
dent of Purdue University and
(Continued on Page 3.)
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IN PIANO FESTIVAL AT
IT
Climax of Nebraska Music
Association Meetings
Scheduled May 16.
Climaxing the convention of the
Nebraska Music Teachers' asso
ciation this weekend, will be the
second annual Piano festival, Sat
urday evening at 8:15 in the
coliseum, a musical carnival that
has this year grown to an en
semble of 400 pianists and 900
voices in mass chorus.
The pianists, 296 of whom will
be contributed by Lincoln, have
been divided into adult profes
sional, adult non-professional,
young men's high school, and
junior high school groups to play
the sixty grand pianos, arranged
on the main floor of the coliseum.
All musicians will perform their
work completely from memory, a
qualification that no other state
piano festival demands.
Massed choruses of mixed voices
will present a group of numbers
(Continued on Page 4.)
BOWERS TO SPEAK HERE
International Harvester Rep
resentative Talks.
"Design and Development of
Governors for Carbureted En
gines" will be the subject of a
talk by Mr. Raymond Bowers, re
search engineer for the trctor di
vision of the International Har
vester company, at a meeting to
night of the Nebraska branch of
the American Society of Agricul
tural Engineers. The meeting will
begin at 7:30 and will be held in
room 206 of the agricultural en
gineering building.
Mr. Bower has had a great deal
of experience in the tractor test
ing field and is in Lincoln su
pervising the official test of four
tractor sin the Nebraska tractor
testing department o nthe Ag campus.
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Literary Pastoral Exhibit
Keeps Up With Springtime
Miss M. Stuff Prepares
Appropriate Display
of Literature
In keeping with the springtime
and the call to outdoor life. Miss
Marjorie Stuff, of the reference li
brary has prepared an exhibit of
pastoral types in literature which
is to be found in the hall case on
the first floor of the library. The
exhibit, which is arranged in
chronological order from the time
of its Greek origin, displays be
sides many old and rare books,
photographic facsimiles of the
original editions.
Webster's Definition.
According to Miss Stuff, the pas
toral, which In Webster's em
bodies "a poem, drama, romance
describing the life and manners of
shepherds, or by extension, coun
try and outdoor iife of any kind."
is a sophisticated imitation of sim
ple country lie as contrasted to
the actual songs or tales of shep
herds. In pastoral poetry there is
an element of pretense, a dream
of an idyllic existence on the ahep
herd'a hillside.
The exhibit shows first the
original pastorals, the Greek
eclogues. The oldest, the eclogues
STUDENTS ELECT
OF
Polls Open for Balloting From
8:45 to 5 in Ag Hall.
Temple Theatre.
Political aspirations of 70 stu
dents will be settled today when
student vote fills 28 positions on
the Student Council and Publica
tions Board. Polls will open at
8:45 this morning and will closa
at 5 this afternoon in Temple
theatre and Ag hall.
Seven students will also b
elected to the Barb council by
unaffiliated students in conjunc
tion with the student council poll
ings today. Members from each
class will be selected.
All students will be allowed to
vote for the senior at large candi
dates and for the council repre
sentatives from their college. Pub
lications board positions will only
be balloted for by members of the
respective clases from which the
candidates are selected.
Only men students will be al
lowed to vote faction preference
ballots, while any one holding a
degree may vote a graduate col
lege ballot unless enrolled in some
professional college.
No student will be allowed to
vote without presenting an identi
fication card with an official uni
versity picture attached. This rul
ing, instituted this year, has been
adopted to forego any possibility
of substitute balloting.
Chorus to Participate in
Performance at
Temple May 16.
University Carolers will parti
cipate in a varied spring program
to be offered by the Lilliam Helms
Policy Studio at the Temple the
ater, Sunday evening. May 16.
The University Carolers, one of
seven groups which will be pre
sented, will give a sketch of the
famous old English Ballad Opera,
"The Beggar s Opera." "The Beg
gar's Opera," a satire on court
life at the time of the coronation
of George II, was a very popular
form of entertainment in colonial
days.
Solo and ensemble numbers will
be presented by the high school
and junior high school groups. A
group of fifth and sixth grade
girls will sing songs from Hum
perdick's opera, "Hansel and
Gretel."
A solo by Wcinbrandt will clos
the program, with the choir group
from Unitarian church being in
cluded in the final ensemble.
Western Union Sponsor
Engineers' Day Feature
In cooperation with the officials
of Engineer's night held lat
week. Western Union made possi
ble one of the interesting fea
tures of the exposition by lending
the school some of its equipment.
The apparatus was set up in
such a manner that visitors were
able to file messages with the
operator who sent them on the
telegraph circuit to the receiving
operator. The messages wer
taken home by the many visitor
as souvenirs.
by the first pastoral poet, Theo
critus, is illustrated by his "Id3-le
VIII." Other works of the Greek
period shown are "The Lament for
Adonis," by Bion and "The Lam
ent for Bion" by Moschus. Rank
ing first among the Latin bucolic
poems is Virgil's work, "The
Eclogues." He first made use of
the allegory in pastoral poetry by
using it in this writing. The book,
itself is one of the oldest in the
university library with its publi
cation marked as 1608. Like other
ancient books, this is kept under
lock and key in the library when
it is off exhibition.
Pastoral Romances.
For examples of the pastt al ro
mance, which started in classical
times. Daphnis and Chole." the
French type, "Ameto" the Italian
classic by Boccaccio and "Arca
dia" of Sir Philip Sidney, the Eng
lish writer of pastoral romances,
are all placed in the hall case.
The pastoral drama developed
from recited eclogues and dia
logues of singing contests In the
15th century and copies of these
such as Tasso'a "Aminta." Gua
rine's 'H Pastor Fide." Fletcher's
"Faithful Shepherdess." Ran
dolph's "Amynta" and Ben Jon
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