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THE DAILY NEBKASKAN, THURSDAY. ISOYEMBEU 1, 1937
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:A Lifeline in
; Treacherous Swamp
:0f Campus Traffic
The director of city traffic aimounred
yesterday that an arterial light will he in
stalled at the intersection of 14th and R sts.
Since it was nt this corner that Hleim Paulsen
received the injury last Saturday which re
sulted in his death Monday afternoon, the
move by the city council may appear analagous
to shutting the barn door after the horse has
escaped. This is not exactly the case, how
ever, since the council's order was approved
.ten davs before the accident.
In the light of the fact that L. F. Seaton
and Sergeant Kepler have been request inj the
city for such a light for a number of years,
the installation has been unnecessarily delayed.
Need for the light has been as imperative for
ten years as it is at the present time. Be
sides the Paulsen accident this year, there
have been five others not involving pedes
trians. Altho the improvement has been needed
for a long time, that need will be ereatly
increased with the opening of the Student
Union. Because student travel will be espe
Icially heavy to and from the cafeteria at meal
times, the campus has added reason to be
grateful for the light at 14th and R.
: Another Lifeline
Needed
The action of C. 0. Anderson of the en
; gineering college and J. P. Colbert of the en-
gineering faculty following the Paulsen trag
edy is commendable. These two men initiated
a move for a petition to the city council re
questing devices for traffic regulation on the
campus. The principal point in their petition
was the light at 14th and II. Consequently,
when is was discovered that the licht was
to be installed, the petition, which had already
been drawn up and printed, was dropped.
peside the light at 14th and R. however,
the petition also called for stop buttons at
14th and S. It is the belief of the Nebrnskan
that this junction where S st. makes a joe
."across Nth st. to the campus quadrangle is
the most dangerous intersection rar the uni
versity. A count by Xebraskan reporters revealed
"that the amount of car traffic at this corner
,is equal to that at 14th and R where the
light Ls being installed and that pedestrian
travel at 14th and S exceeds that at the inter
section which is to be protected. The most
significant fact revealed by the count was
.that 100 cars pa-ssed up and down 14th during
the ten minntes from 11 :53 to 12A3 just prior
to the lunch hour. During this same time the
pedestrian trayel to the dniir. and the student
houses in the vicinity of fraternity and soror
Jty row was so heavy as to make an accurate
count impossible.
When contacted by the Xebraskan Lieu
tenant Bennett. Lincoln traffic director, indi
cated that he did not believe the situation at
jHth and S warranted either stop buttons or
a light but that he would investigate. Some
expression of student sentiment by letter to
Lieutenant Bennett would emphasize the
serious tr.-ifYie hazard at this comer.
Lifelines Alone
Won't Help
Adequate traffic signs may be lifelines in
'the treacherous sea of campus traffic, but they
atne cannot solve the problem of dancer on
the campus or highway. Prof. F. Y. Weiland
of the mechanical engineering department in
a recent study atterr,p1. to prove that the in
;Ttae of engine power in automobiles grn
band in hand with sudden death. His point is
that no one is capable of controlling a car
that is traveling above a certain speed.
There is no denying these conclusive
statistics compiled by Professor Weiland:
At a speed of 20 miles an hour, driving tests
show that the motorist's car will travel 20
feet while the driver is "waking up." At
30 miles an hour the car moves 30 feet
before the driver changes his foot from the
throttle to the brake pedal, and at 60 miles
an hour, 60 feet.
Even after brakes are applied the ear will
g!ide another 'JO feet before coining to a com
plete stop when traveling at a speed' of 20
miles an hour; at 60 miles an hour, 1H0 feet.
"The weitrk of the car does not influence
the stopping distance, provided each car has
efficient brakes with braking surface propor
tioned to the total weight." Professor Weiland
says. "Suppose, now, the individual is travel
ing lit) miles per hour. If he stops in the
average distance of 220 feet, he is requiring
more than two-thirds of a city block to bring
his car to a halt. If his brakes are good but
not perfect, it may take him a distance of 350
feet. At any rate the total time required for
a complete stop will average from 4' 4 seconds,
under ideal conditions, to 7'. '1 seconds under
;:ood conditions."
The engineer tells us that if two cars,
each traveling toward each other at the
rate of 80 miles an hour, crash head on, the
mutilation of the individuals is the same as
if they were to jump from the top of the
Empire State building to the street below.
Professor Weiland states that "no human
being can handle an automobile safely at 60
miles per hour, under any existing condi
tions, and no amount of traffic legislation,
improved highway design, and more effi
cient safety education will ever make the
driver think faster or help him to react
more rapidly." Nor is he in any way dis
paraging safety movements.
He would suggest that every young pej
son graduating from high school be required
to attend a drivers school for one year. Such
instructions would not only improve the em
ployment situation, but would make the indi
vidual alert to the mechanical limitations of
the modern automobile, particularly at a
period in his life when the craze for speed is
at its peak.
The speed of the modern automobile as
the big factor in the accident problem becomes
the more real w hen seen from the statistician's
point of view. Figures show that fatalities in
rural districts and on the open road comprise
fiS percent of the total motor vehicle deaths.
In 192." the death toll on the open road
amounted to more than 54 percent, which has
increased along with engine power to the
previous figure. Motor registration increased
:51 perrcnt from V.il't to 19:.").
"We have tried to educate the driver;
we have improved our highways; we have
enforced traffic regulations; we have even
begun to talk safety all without satisfac
tory results," Professor Weiland declares.
"The fact still remains that automobile
power plants are continuing to grow larger.
Hand in hand with this vicious program
marches death.
"I propose two solutions. The first
will prove partially satisfactory; but the
second will be closer to being the cure-all of
our highway ills. In the first place, I would
suggest a governor on the engine to control
the maximum speed. But this in itself is
not enough. Enormous pickup is still there.
Secondly, engine power must be reduced.
Who, may we ask, has demanded an 82 per
cent increase in the engine power in the last
ten years? We simply must remember that
human nature can not be changed. If speed
and power are there some persons will want
to use it.
"What the pub!i- really demands is safety
and then economy 10 miles per hour and '!0
miles to the gallon. It 'an be done and now
is the time to do it."
Losi IIBSg nsflfttPEBiial
Fine Floor
Fine Music
Fine Decorations
and his
12 PIECE ORCHESTRA
Have a Good
Time for
per Person
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Poor Facilities
Trio Band
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TO THE EDITOR:
From The Lincoln Journal.
By LYMAN SPURLOCK.
Student Conductor, Nebruka V., band.
I feel that it is my duty to as
sist you in figuring out the weighty
problem that is on the mind of a
"Femme Observer." Naturally her
remarks about the Nebraska Uni
versity band caught me in a vul
nerable spot. I feel happy that she
realizes the important part a band
plays in lending color and enthu
siasm to an athletic contest of any
kind. She shares my views there
100 percent.
However, does she know, for
that matter do many people ex
cept the bandsmen know, any
thing concerning the physical han
dicaps relative to training that we
who actually work with the band
have to meet, before we can get
the band to even sound a note?
Permit me to list a few.
1. Rehearsal room facilities.
Our rehearsal room is located on
the third floor of the Temple build
ing. It is much too small, about
right for a 40-piece band, (we
crowd one hundred in therel. Some
have to stand thruout the rehear
sal. The acoustics of the room
are very bad.
The only chairs available are a
few straightback ones, but mostly
writing desks that render correct
playing posture an impossibility.
Can you imagine playing a sousa
phone, or 'a saxaphone or french
horn while sitting in a desk that
has a writing ledge built on the
right side?
Adjacent to this room is a band
instrument storeroom about 8 feet
by 20 feet where the boys may
leave their horns while attending
classes. If this room were piled
full it could not accomodate all of
the instruments. The only other
Instrument storeroom is four
blocks away in the gents rest room
in the stadium.
Can you emagine any good high
school band in the state with such
poor rehearsal room facilities?
2. Drill ground facilities.
At present we have two choices
in a drill field. One is located one
block north of the coliseum. A
man coming from chemistry lab
at 5 p. m. would need 15 to 20 min
utes to get to the temple and then
over to the practice field, and if
he was a bass horn player he
would have to carry a 45-pound
horn about eight blocks, march the
rest of the hour and then caiy it
back to the stadium or temple,
again, so that field is not really
accessable. If it took every man
10 extra minutes to get there it
would be wasting 1.000 band prac
tice minutes per year hence we
chose the only other available spot,
directly east of the stadium. This
plot is barely aswide as the band
is long, but we use it because it
is much closer to the temple and
as before mentioned we can store
some of the instruments in the
gents rest room.
Since I have been with the band
we have been able to obtain the
stadium once for a 45 minute drill
Friday night before the Indiana
game. Our rehearsal time con
flicts with the teams practice time
(We practice at 5 p. m. three days
jwr wki.
3. R. O. T. C. functions.
Our outfit is also used for mili
tary functions as an tntregal part
of reviews and parades. Therefore
all of our drill periods must be
used to develop movements not
directly related to a stunt band.
In the spring when the K. U. band
has time to develop the r.ext falls
football formations, we must spend
time on militarymaneuvers.
It is true we have splendid
uniforms excellent material it
seems to be definitely settled as
to the leadership in our "Femme
Readers" mind but don't you
think John that before we go defi
nitely judge a group, positively
judge its shortcomings, and un
feelingly f;x the responsibility, we
should know more about every
thing involved.
We have a swell bunch of fel
lows, good players, give them a
decent band home, as many other
universities have, and then watcb
them.
knowledge of better ways of liv
ing together which my children's
children wil need in directing their
lives;
I believe that I can justly de
mand to know the cause of every
phenomenon of the world in which
I live, and to question every be
lief and every answer to my
questioning;
I believe that I owe no allegi
ance to any policy of state or na
tion which does not, to the best of
my knowledge, seem to be posi
tively supported by the past expe
rience of the race;
I believe that none of my fel
lows has the right to ask of me
unwilling support fcr any cause in
which I am unable to participate
without compromising the funda
mental assumptions upon which I
built? my life;
I believe that I can never expect
to find more Inspiring aid and con
ristenl help than in the person
whom I marry;
I believe that th.' grea'cst sat
isfaction which I can obtain from
life will be In a s.'lf-critlcnl but
firm belief that t have nev.r lost
respect for myself-
I believe that 1 fhnll never De
come disillusione.l with life unless
I find that I have been- disillu
sioned in attempting to examine
my beliefs.
UNSIGNED.
WILLIAMS FINDS DIRE
NEED ON CONCRETE
FACTS IN ART.
(Continued from Page 1.
artist himself; a receiving set, the
eye and brain cf the observer, and.
of course, someone to receive.
According to Williams, the artist
has a keyboard. If he is to be suc
cessful the artist must know what
possibilities lay with the various
factors or combinations of factors
making up this keyboard, namely,
areas or anything that has visible
width and length: direction the eye
wil ltravel. which is achieved by
lines or by the fact that the eye
will travel the length of any area
that is longer than it is wide; the
value of the scale from black
to white; and the use of color It-,
self.
Knowledge of Key Board.
It is only after a thoro knowl
edge of this keyboard and its
psychological affect on the ob
server that a study of volume,
movement, rhythm and solidity
will take on a practical or sensible
form, he points out.
"The artist's mission in life is
not so much to teach humanity
how to see as to sharpen its sensi
tiveness toward emotional res
ponse," Wililams writes. "The
great artists have been fulfilling
this task thruout the ages but
somehow the method by which
they achieved success remains
deeply shrouded In mystery. At
the present time there seems to be
no accepted definition of art or
any accepted paths on which to
travel toward achievements."
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PARADE
by
Marjorie Churchill J
What Will lie Wear?
Will the duke of Windsor, if he
ever makes the proposed' visit to
the United States, replenish his
wardrobe In the fashion marts of
our principal cities? This is the
big news of the day awaited by
clothiers and designers of Amer
ican fashions. Rumor has it that
he will, but rumor also has it that
the duke did some extensive
shopping recently in Paris, which
will sot the world looking.
A few years ago what this man
wore was the reigning fashion, but
indications are that he has re
nounced the sartorial throne as
well as the throne of England. A
position of royalty entails a re
sponsibility to stimulate trade, but
with his renunciation of the throne,
this responsibility is removed. The
duke of Windsor now appears in
"a shadow Glenurquhart check,
double breasted, four button lounge
suit, brown buckskin shoes and his
usual large knotted tie and cut
away collar, all styles which have
been favorites of his for a long
time."
Signs Help It Obeyed
wnordG .
Tux 1'oolball.
Atlantic City, where the height
of summer fashions assemble,
takes the limelight also in football
styles. Fans who witnessed the
Pennsylvania military college's
victory over Delaware U. last week
saw the game in evening dress. A
publicity gag by the chamber of
commerce resulted in a throng of
formally attired persons being
crowded into the massive Conven
tion hall to witness the season s
only indoor college football game.
Special Session in Review
Fashions in legislative procedure
run to a predominance of conver
sation rather than decisive action.
The senate remains in the throes
of a southern filibuster against the
anti-lynching bill. The wages and
hours bill remains in committee
and enough labor votes have not
been mustered to bring it out.
Roosevelt asks for a united farm
program which will enable farm
ers to compare with labor and in
dustry in meeting modern eco
nomic conditions. Wallace ex
plains his "ever normal granary"
proposal to members of the senate
agriculture committee. The bill
meets apparent approbation from
southern senators, though some op
position is voiced by midwestern
and western senators against com
pulsory provisions. Senator Gil
lette of Iowa preJicts a compro
mise in order to get the program
THE WEATHER
Galoshes and jackets should
be the lashion today according
to the weather man who says
snow and not so cold.
before
days.
the senate within a few
! anti-communist pact means and
J why Germany Intervened in Spain.
1 Britain, ever touchy on the sub
' ject of the Mediterranean, believes
I that the move was aimed at weak
ening of Britain in mat water
way. Germany's friendship with
Italy also is a sore spot. Britain
believes that Mussolini is delib
erately threatening the "empire
lifeline."
Chances that Britain would do
anything in the event of an in
vasion of Czechoslovakia are
slight. But should France become
implicated, as she probably would
because of a non-aggression pact
with Czechoslovakia, Britain would
likely find it difficult to steer
clear.
Scouting the Enemy.
Britain sends an envoy to feel
out the temper of the enemy's
administrative plans. Viscount Hal
ifax leaves today to "explore" the
problems hampering Anglo-German
relations.
Reason for the visit, as seen Dy
various commentators, is that
"Britain has got into such a state i :
of nerves over Germany's demand j A brain jnstitute which will
for the return of her colonies that make Washington the world cap
something had to be done." j itai for the stU(y pf the brains of
Specifically, what the Britisher ' animals and humans is being es
intends to find out is what the tablished at Georgtown university.
Who Sajs Students
Don't Believe Amtli
To the EDITOR:
Would you like to print this?
Well, go ahead. And I'd like to
have a little criticism, too. There're
Just s few of my misty Ideas.
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