r KAN !MLY E Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska until, Sarah VOL. XXXVII, NO. 38 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1937 l'RICE FIVE CENTS TEAM LEAVES FOR PITT TONIGH I Nebraska Woman a Teacher of Bridit Kids A feminine Nebraskan "Who's Who" subject, in the person of Dr. Lota Stetter Hollingworth, rated a writeup in the current Time, un der the department of education. This '06 Phi Beta Kappa, now a professor of education at Colum bia, was featured for her work in the Speyer school for mentally gifted children, imposed shots from the activities of which were, for the first time this week, exhibited in the tcacher'c college at Colum bia. Sad-faced, plain-appearing Dr. Hollingworth, before the photo graph exhibit, had nurtured her brood of 50 "exceptional" chil dren, aged from 9 to 11, most carefully since the origin of the school In February, 1936, keep ing their activities out of the public eye. But the message of the pictures was not to be gain said, and so the gifted children are shown In their merry, laugh ing p'ay. and their work "play ing chess, repairing engines, writing poetry, composing music, reading heavy volumes." The "only U. S. school for chil dren mentally gifted" Is but one section of an experimental educa tional program for "exceptional" youngsters. Besides the very tal ented, in Fublic School MO, there are 175 backward children. The lower bracket group, compromised of boys and girls with I. Q.s rang ing from 75 to 90, are called the Binet classes. Dr. Hollingworth's charges with intelligence ratings of from 130 to 200, are organized into two classes, the Terman classes. The Chosen Few. The exceptional children come from every borough of Greater New York, the Board of Kducation of which, with Columbia's Teachers college, originated the Speyer school. Some of the highly intelli gent pupils travel long distances alone every day to come to school. The latter children, chosen from 000 applicants, were selected not only without regard to level of eco nomic background and race, but also regardless of school grading, Chosen solely on the double crite- sion of I. Q. and chronological Hge, the pupils represent formal school gruding from 1-A to (i-B. Dr. Hollingworth, in an article on her Terman classes appearing in the November, 1936, Teacners College Record, asserts that "the school gradings which appeared on the transfer- cards of the pupils bore very slight relation ship to the work which these children were capable of doing or to the amounts of skill and knowledge already possessed as shown on the Modern School Achievement test, given the first month of attendance at Public School 500." Indeed countless very capable pupils are not spending their school time to the best advantage of society and their own welfare. Many highly Intelligent pupils, under the present unweedrj set up, spend their "spare time" they can fulfill the requirements of the curriculum of the public schools in approximately one-half the time allotted -"Helping the teacher." Some devise aimless, un profitable tasks to while away their extra time. Some develop a "protective deafness as an escape from the Intolerable boredom of drill, which is necessary for and Acceptable to the average pupil." Some get Into mischief. Some turn truant, and substitute the libraries for school. Call Them "Fast Learners." To profitably employ the time left after the regular school cur riculum 1ms been covered, 1he gifted children study French, music appreciation, poetry, and the evolution of such common things as lighting and transporta tion. Anil the puipls are not to be regarded fin prodigies or geniuses but "fast learners." Insists Dr. Hollingworth. For the whole em phasis Is not to advance bright children beyond their chronological age group, but to rather broaden their education along lines grow ing out of their regular school work. 4 Nebraska, handicapped by lack of facilities, lack of funds, lack of public enthusiasm for such work, has been, as yet, unable to get a co-ordinated program of education , for the mentally gifted children of the state underway. Under Dr. Dan Worcester,' chairman of the department of educational psychol ogy, however, Teachers college is puttlnR ever grealcr empliHSis on the training of teachers to work With siiper-tnlelllgent youngsters. Striving always for a finer "Individualization of tho school program," prospective teachers are helped to understand the problem of the exceptional child how to identify him as such, and how to adapt the instruc tional program so as to make It possible for him to work at the level of his abilities and in line with his Interests without the awareness of hi exceptional characteristics or morbid allf Interest In his talents." The adjustments and adaptations of the regular school program to the gifted child differ with each youngster, even when, aa In some of the larger schools, homogeneous classes of exceptional children are formed. A a the old practice of "skipping" bright pupils Is falling Into disrepute, the task now falls to the teacher to keep tha very Intelligent child working up to the full extent of his abilities while keeping him formally In school groups of children of his own age. This mils Iienvlly upon the (Continued on Togo 2.) CADET I RAINING CORPS WILL NOT Armistice Day Procession Will Include Tassels, Band, no R. 0. T. C. The university R. O. T. C. unit will not take part in the Armistice ;iay parade this year. It has been the custom in past years to dis miss all classes for this day, and to have the complete ROTC or ganization parade. The Lincoln businessmen have, in past years, refused to cooperate with the military department, and have remained open for business on this day. It was for this reason that the Nebraska senate voted not to close the university tomor row. Only the Varsity Band, the Tas sels, and the Pershing Rifles will represent the university in the pa rade this year. The units will as semble in front of Nebraska hall at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and with the Tassels carrying the Memorial flag, will march south to O st. They will be joined there by the main body of the parade which will form at 15th and N sts. Schooner Edition Causes Babv Riot in Journal Office Whatever commotion the un usual "Schooner" edition of the Daily Nebraska raised upon the campus, it was as nothing; com pared to the pandemoninm which raped up and down last night in the composing room of the Lincoln Journal where the Nebraskan is published. Barely coming out at all. the paper was a whole hour and a half late. Such juicy literary tid-bits as: "Her Level Brow," '"'Lip's Curve." "Why Speak of Love," and 'Let's Dip Our Pens in the Ink of Com radeship," sent the Journal jour nalists amuck. From the lowliest printers devil to the the all-supreme shop foreman came repeat ed requests for "more of that damn tripe." Fight for "Celia." The story of Celia was the reigning favorite: "Man's Sav agery Becomes Naught in Face of Dove:"' "Lover Rejected. Tries a Second;" "Celia Triumphs." Lino typers bitterly protested when "Celia" was rut into "takes," each wanted to have the whole story for himself so that he could read the ending. Time flew. Deadlines approached. The night editors of the Nebras kan were concerned. Where was Celia? Finally at 3:00 In the morn ing, buck came Celia from all cor ners of the composing room. The delay was easily explained. The lioys had picked out certain parts of the description which they thought could he Improved upon nnd were supplementing author George Abel's own account with some of their own experiences. FORMATIONSOF STATE Geologists Moore, Reed Aid in Southeastern Survey. Demi G. K. Condra, director ol the Conservation and Survey dl-vi-lon of thu University together with Raymond C. Moore, director of the Kansas geological survey, md K. C. Kecd, assistant professor of conservation and assistant slate geologist, spent tho last three or four days looking over geological formations In southeastern Ne braska and correlating them with foimations In Kansas. Thin layers of rock In Ne braska have been found to extend Into Kansas and even Into Okla homa in some Instances. The Nebraska nnd Kansas sur veys work together very closely on problems: that relate to both, and at this llnie are working out the exact ocelli rent e and description is the president of tho State Cos- PARADETHURSDAY rock formations mentioned above, vltcd lo aucnii. Student Has Hallucinations, Visions Collapse of Library Pandemonium Reigns as Good Ship 'Uni Library' Meets Imagined Fate. By Marjorle Churchill. 'Twos tn the late fall of 1937. The good ship University Library had been patched from stem to stern, and the battered hulk which had weathered many a storm was setting out with her staunch crew on another season's run. Water logged and Infested with termites, the doomed vessel presented a risk too great for Insurance companies to hazard, yet the steadfast crew nnd the hundreds of crowded poi- Classes to Continue During Armistice Day Classes at the university will not be excused on Armis tice Day, Nov. 11. In an an nouncement Friday, Dean T. J. ' Thompson declared that the senior varsity band, mem bers of Pershing Rifles, and those of the Tassels who will carry the service flag wfil participate In the Armistice Day parade sponsored by the city on the afternoon of Armistice Day. The univer sity proper, however, observ ed this holiday Saturday aft ernoon before the Kansas Nebraska football game. Members of the military department staff, both uni versity bands, Pershing Rifles, and the visiting uni versity of Kansas band con ducted a short service com memorative of Armistice Day. The university service flag was displayed and other appropriate ceremonies con ducted, tyo other all-university observance is scheduled, the dean said. E STUDENTSTO MINGLE U2 Religious Welfare Council Secures Judge Paine as Speaker. Foreign and domestic students will minele on Friday, Nov. 12, at the Second Presbyterian church at 26th and P streets, when the annual International Friendship Banquet takes place. Sponsored by the Religious Wel fare Council, a growing organiza tion composed of university stu dents who represent the young people's groups of church of the city, the affair will have Judge Bayard H. Paine, member of the Nebraska supreme court, as main speaker. Tickets are on sale at the uni versity Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. All church secretaries and pastors have tickets available for the banquet as do student rep're sentatives of the council. Speakers have varied in na tionality, with a Frenchman and a German talking at last year's (Continued on Page 3). PERSHING RIFLES OFFER TRAINING UNIT TO BASICS Organization to Pledge All Students Completing Extra Training. In order to secure more mem bers for their organization, Pershing Rifles will conduct a training unit for all basic drill students from 5:00 to 8:00 every Tuesday and Thursday. Meetings will be held in Nebraska hall where students will be given ad ditional training and practice in the execution of the manual of arms nnd close order drill. Upon completion of the execu tion of movements which are re quired of the organization's mem bers, the students will be auto matically pledged into PershinR Rifles. All bnsin drill students Interested in the training of the honorary military organization are requested to report to the next Pershing Rifles meeting Tuesday, Nov. 9. EX-CONGRESSMAN SPEAKS AT LAW SMOKER TONIGHT Robert Simmons Addresses Students in Meeting at 7:30 O'Clock. Robert G. Simmons, prominent Lincoln attorney, will be guest speaker at the law college smoker tonight at 7:30 In the law college library. W. James Turplt, of Hastings, will speak on the law clinic at Duke university. Other entertain ment, which Is In charge of the Junior class, includes Midget Mins trels skit and music by Bnrnoys band. All men on the college of law and any others Interested arc in- sengcrs vullatitly remained on the ship. But there came a day, that fat' ful day of the shower In the full of 1937 when straining beams gave way, when Die luckless ves tel was tossed about relcntlossly and rent asunder, with nary a man left to tell the tale. Breakers Ahead. Lookout Rmlth. stationed at the masthead to watch for possible raindrops or ominous clouds, sang out, "Breakers ahead, sir! "Breakers close under the bowa," snng out Roslswnln Ornhsm from forward deck, (Continued on Page 4.) AT BANQUET N0 Jonesmen to Board Train Tonight for Panther Game The football leai.i will entrain tonight at 7 :4 ." at thr Murlington station for the trip to Pittsburgh. Coach Biff Jones is taking about 35 Cornhuskers with him who will attempt to boost Nebraska's prominence on the national gridiron by de feating the, mighty Panthers Saturday. The Scarlet and Cream want revenge for the 1!) to 6 defeat in Memorial stadium last year The team has a very attractive schedule arranged for them during the trip. They will have a chance to make a complete sight seeing trip of Chicago tomorrow, besides eating at the Palmer House, and seeing a. movie. One of the highlights of the trip will be the Chicago Bears-Brooklyn Dodgers football game in Chicago Sunday afternoon. The group will be back in Lincoln by 8:50 Monday morning. Following is a complete schedule of the trip. WED., NOV, 10. 7:45 p. rn. Leave Lincoln Bur lington R. R. 10:00 p. m. Lights out. THUR., NOV. 11. 8:30 a.m. Arrive in Chicago. 8:40 a. m. Breakfast, Union station. 12:00 noon Lunch at Palmer house. 2:00 p. m. Bus to Soldier field. 2:30 p. m. Practice at Soldier field. 4:30 p, m. Bus to Pelmer house 5:45 p. m. Dinner at Palmer House. 7:00 p. m. Movie 9:30 p. m. Taxi to Union sta tion 9:45 p. m. Board Penneylvania R. R. at Union station 10:00 p. m. Lights out. FRI., NOV. 12. 8:00 a. m. Breakfast Pennsyl vania R. R. diner 9 :52 Arrive at Pittsburgh 10:00 a. m. Bus to Shady Side Academy 12:00 noon Lunch at Shady Side Academy. 3:00 p.m. Practice at Shady Side 6:00 p. m. Dinner at Shady Side 7:30 p. m. Movie at Shady Side 10:00 p.m. Lights out CAMPUS POLITICIAN LEADS 'GREEN BONNETS' INTO ARENA Typical- Party"' Figurehead Begins Brother Pushing for Fall Elections. By Ed Steeves. You can tell him by the way he Inflates his chest. You can tell him by the way he cordially greets those- whom he dislikes. You can always tell a campus politician, but as the adage goes, you cannot tell him much. He is very much like his pro fessional brother of the outer world, the political boss, save that he is' usually without the emble matic "seegar." The campus brand of politician bears a callousad right hand; calloused f"om habi tual hand-shaking. There is sel dom a time of day that he isn't pouring out somo warm, but meaningless salutation to a slight ccquaintance. Duty to Green Bonnet. It is his duty, he believes. It is his duty to dear old Green Bonnet party to keep up the goodwill throughout the university. In his imagination, his shoulders have grown broad from carrying a bur den of activities, which In reality are as necessary as lace cults in a nudist camp. So he smiles the smilo of a martyr and befriends the school as a unit. I Eleven Speakers will Com pete at Debate in U Hall Tomorrow Evening. The first trials for the Intercol legiate debate teams will be held Thursday evening, Nov. 11, at 7:30 nt University hall, room 106. Those who have signod tip as affirmative speakers are: Forrest F.. Wllke, Kussrll A. Soiicek. Wllllnm M. Townsend, Arthur Hill, and Wil liam Marian. Negative speakers are: Kugene Curtlss, Merle Shoe maker, lco F.lsenslatt, Otto Woer ncr, Milton Gustafsoiv and Gerald S. Vltamvas. Order of speaking as to sides will be drawn on Thursduy eve ning. The first affirmative tins two speeches, a constructive of five minutes and a, rebuttal of! four minutes, All others have one : solid speech of eight minutes, di vided us the competitor elects. Judging will be on the basis of both thought and speaking and on skill In both direct argument and refutation. If any others enter, they will be esslgned in order of receipt of their names to affirmatives, nega tive, and ao on. WEATHER What summary fall weather we're having these dayi. The weather man eays 72 degrees wai tha high yesterday with warmer last night, but fair and eo'der la forecast for today. SAT., NOV. 13. 8:00 a. m. Breakfast at shady Side 11:00 a. m. Lunch at Shady Side 11:30 a. m. Bus to Pitt Stadium 2:00 p. m. Game 5:00 p. m. Bus to Wm. Penn hotel. 7:15 p. m. Show 11:59 p. m. Leave Pittsburgh on . Pennsylvania R. R. SUN., NOV. 14 7:4.1 a. m. Arrive in Chicago 8:00 a. m. Breakfast at Union station 9:00 -a. m. Taxi to Palmer house 12:50 p. m. Bus to Wrigley field and dismissed 12:45 p. m. Assemble at Palmer house Squad given lunch money 2:15 p. m. Football game, Chi cago Bears vs. Brooklyn Dodgers 5:00 p. m. Bus after game to Union station 6:15 p. m. Leave Chicago, Bur lington R. R. 6:15 p. m. Dinner on Burling ton diner MON., NOV. 15. 7:45 a. m. Breakfast on Bur lington diner ' 8:50 a. m. Arrive at 'Lincoln To augment his importance and the importance of his party, our collegiate boss will comb tho cam pus for a project on which to dwell in his campaign. After sev eral days' search he may report back to his party that the univer sity green house needs improv ing. Plants Need Privacy. "With the structure made of Class, as it is, the little plants have no privacy," he orates with his typical line of reasoning. Instantly the party adopts a dampaign cry of "people who live ing glass houses shouldn't" and out they go to .woo the sentiments of the students. On the next Saturday evening when all of the more, sensible be ings of the institution aie slumber ing, the faction is meeting to con struct a platform. The said plat form, if put to the test, would not support one under-fed louse and the fuzz from one peach, yet the party plies its full campaign , hopes on the unsubstantial struc- ; ture. At this same faction conclave, nominations are in order. Since there is one campus politician rep resenting each so-called organized house of the university, we have an atmosphere as false as grand (Continucd on Tage 4.) RAMSAY, THOMAS, AMOS JUDGE AGJEVIEW SKITS Contestants to Rehearse Tuesday, Wednesday Nights. The Judges for the Coll-Agrl-Fun Review Nov. 19 will be Ray Ram say, alumni secretary: Marjorle Thomas, graduate of the univer sity speech department and asso ciated with KFAB; and Virginia Amos, graduate of the university speech department. Rehearsals will he held Tuesday nnd Wdnesday night for competing skits snd the dress rehearsal Is scheduled for next week. After the program there will be a dance with music, furnished by n student orchestra. Slii(leiils Increase Reading Speeds in Novel Lahoralor SUtit, Freshman Advisor, Explains Detection Visual Faults. We cannot ' all, like Roscoe Pound, read a page at a single glance, but a college student can learn to read five or six hundred words, according to Dewey B. Stult, freshman advisor In Teach era college, who la In charge of a reading laboratory, one purpose of which Is to increase tho stu dents' reading speed. The average for college students Is 2,(0 words per minute; however, 'this need not. be taken as s rrl terlon, as Mr. Stult feela that stu BUSINESS SOCIETY HOLDS INITIATORS IN OMAHA Local Delta Sie-ma Pi's Join in Crcighton Chapter Ceremony. Alpha Delta chapter of Delta Sigma Pi held a joint initiation with Beta Theta chapter of Creigh ton university at the Hotel Fon tenelle in Omaha recently. The initiation, which climaxed the celebration of the national Founder's day of the business pro fessional fraternity, was attended by about 60 members of both active chapters and the alumni club of Omaha. Those from the local chapter who were initiated are: James Sed lacek of Spencer; Robert Bjods trup of Sioux City, la.; James Crockett of Davenport; Ncal Had sell of Beatrice; Dale Monteen of Wahoo. Pharmacist Tells Findings on Diethylene Glycol in Medical Journal. Dr. Haraid G. O. Hoick, of the college of pharmacy, has an arti cle In the latest journal of the American Medical association which announces the results of his experiments with diethylene glycol. This highly pois onous chemical, which caused the death of 60 per- Isons recently, was used as a solvent in the so called elixir with s u 1 f a n ilamide, taken by these i n d 1 v i duals to combat certain Uji 1 infei lease .in i mind rj infectuous d i s eases. r. Hoick ' ,r; Ha4",rS5:. conducted his ex periments in 1938 while on the staff of the University of Chicago. Just prior to his appointment to the faculty at ivcorasKa. im-uij-lene. rlvcol. which bears a close chemical relationship to certain of the anti-freeze radiator compounds in use. today, showed clearly in his laboratory results that it is deadly poisonous to rats when it is mixed with their food and drinking wa ter. Tennessee Concern Product. The "elixir," which contained 72 percent of diethylene glycol, was the product of a Tennessee con cern. Dr. Hoick found that when the food of hybrid rats was mixui with a 20 percent concentration of this solvent every annual was oraii within two weeks. His investiga (Continucd on rage 4.) WEEKLY MUSIC CONVO Fl E Hermann T. Decker to Sing Songs by Old Masters in Temple Today. This week's School of Music convocation will depart from the procedure of the past few weeks by featuring a vocalist Instead of an instrumental performer in the Temple this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Hermann T. Decker, baritone, will be the singer, and Jean W. Decker his accompanist. The program which Mr. Decker will present is: At Evening (St, Matthew's Passion) Bach. Col. ragglo placido (Agrlpplna) Handel. The Fair of Mast' Andrea. Italian Folk song. The Great Meat Tie, English Folk snng. Die Nacht, Strauss. Zur Rub'. Zur Ruh', Wolf. In Der FnHie, Wolf. To the Harp, Jarnefrll. The Fisherman and His Son, F.lllng. Illack Swnns, llnllslrom. j Pogner's Anilrrdc 1 1 lie Mcl I otersinger I. Wagner. dents can iciiin to mid fns'.cr than this. Optthalm-o-Graph Employed. Dy means of an optthulm-o-graph, the student's visual fuults are detected and the rate of speed of reading can be determined. This machine la really an eye-movement camera which by reflection of light from the pupils of the eyes, records upon a 33 mm. film the movement of the eyes as they travel from word to word in reading. This film runs through the camera at a constant rate of half an Inch per second. This movement of the pupils onn the film should he ss Irrrgulnr zlg (Continued on Pngo 1.) V7 V.. SHIN I ! Pepsters Meet at Station to Show Support of School. With the slogan. "Pity PRC sounding from their lips the stu dents will gather at the Burlinp.- ton station tonight at i:lo, to form what is hoped to he the big gest send off rally in the history of the university. Speakers at the rally, which will be broadcast over KFAB will include Coach Biff Jones, Coach Henry F. Schulte, Game Captain Fred Shirey, and other members of the team. The var sity band will be on hand to lend its spirit to the occasion. Show Support. According to Morris Lipp, a member of the committee in charge, "It is more important than ever this week to give the team the feeling that the entire student body is behind them. Not only is Pittsburgh one of the most important teams in the country, but at the present time is at the height of its power. No Pittsburgh team in th" Hst few years has been defeated during the month of November, and it is up to the students to show the team that they feel that Nebraska can break this spell of the Panthers. After the disheartening tie last week with Kansas, the team is seeking revenge, and also a re turn to its place in the national football spotlight at the expense of Pitt's machine. Besides Lipp on the committee are, Willard Burney, chairman, Paul Wagner, Web Mills, Frances Boldman, and Dave Bernstein, yell leader. E CAPTURES GARDNER DIP r PI I ID TDflDM mi ll uluu nu Robert Fcnstcrmachcr John Folsom Finish Second. Third. ard George Galloway, of Lincoln, was awarded the Gardner Trophy, symbolic of supremacy in rifle marksmanship, at a meeting of the Rifle club held Monday night. Ganowav wnvv, points lo I , tR wl nbrl.i j.-r nstcrmiicher of , Linron Rn() Jonn j,-0isonl- (1)so f Lincoln, who finished rccond and third. Medals were aiso given to lnli scorers in other events. Gcorgf I'hrenholdt, Bob Mowbray, and Bob Avery all had scores of C4 to lead the old members in all events First place among the new mem bers for all events was won by Don Chancy with a score of 3'4, wltri Robert Cornelius second and Joseph Fraser third. George Galloway among th (Continued on Pace 4.) c Agnes Schmidt Advises Coeds on Art of Enhanc ing Own Beauty. At lat night's session of Charm School In Klli-n Smith hall Miss Agnes Schmidt, well known beauty expert, .iddrefsed coeds on "Ap- I proprtate snd Individual Hairdrecs and 1. so of Cosmetics. Mim Agnes Is the prohidcnt of the State Cose metology association, a member of the national minuet, former dele g nt r In the International rnsmr tolncrla convention nl Pans, snd proprietor of a dr .11 it y ml"M in Lincoln. To Illustrate Iht wink. Mi' Agnes plTM'liteil diiplu'lili s ol the four liia 1 r styles which leccrilly she exhibited at the iinlloiial C oil 1 1 1 r show In New York. Four univer sity c Il ls were licr models, Klin jo Marshall, Gwen rr, F.sther Davis, mi'l Alice Ni nice. In her s ill, Miss Akhc stressed (lie I npm t.incr of 11101I crncy In th' use of makeup nnd hlilr ilyhs 111 ill fori In IK e wlih tlv individual's type She rccunuiicinlcil frciiielil ' lnuigi s of the lialnlres 1 lltiil more riii'clul euro of tin linn. li Mir Kalcni OH'm-kiN Work Iltihk( i-l'ilt ('aim- Four popular eastern sportu o.l'l clnls have been selected to work the Nebraska-Pittsburgh fo.ilball gime this Saturday at Pittsburgh. They are D. W. Very, Pennsylva nia State, referee; p, R Ooodwlr. Washington and .Irfleisui, um pire; I.. A. Young. Pennsylvania. Mnesmnn, nnd A. W, Pnlmer, I'ol- I Rale, field Judge. RALLY DDE ON VICTORY TRE