me DAILY NEBR ASK AN
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVII, NO. 52.
SUNDAY, DLCKMBKK 5, 1937
l'HICK FIVE CENTS
MORTAR BOARD SIGNS FLOYD RAY
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Icebergs Important lo
Titanic And Coeds
After we had saved the world
concerning Christmas shopping
and seeing the Military ball pre
sentation, some erstwhile reader
disgustedly exclaimed "Pretty
Boon you'll be pulling a Mary
Lane!" And, by golly, that dole
ful day may not be so far away.
Cards like the one which follows,
received just the other day, fairly
demand an open answer:
"Dear S. L.
"We the People have a
proberlem. Would you please
answer it in your column. It
is the following: Can one not
be an ice-berg and be an Ice
berg at the same time? This
has been worrying us since
our last blind date. What an
argument we're having. Phew!
"Love and kisses,
"A Quandaried Coed".
So mark, vou-all, the debut of
"Saty Lane," her maiden love-lorn
letter being on the iceberg situa
tion. But fer gawd's sake, don't
leave her out in the cold too long.
Dear Q. C:
The green ink In which you
set forth your query leads me
to the Impression that you are
the original Iceberg wool gath
erers you the People. Actually,
although your self-styled quan
dary is not exactly an Innova
tion upon the face of the earth,
the "proberlem" it represents is
a question that descends upon
every girl sometime utterly
new. The fact that thousands of
other coeds have made, are mak
ing, have yet to make a deci
sion on the same worriment
means nothing to you. You are
different and this is purely per
sonal. Thus is life.
If you are a typical coed, you
probably already know your bide
of the question as of the blind
date allusion. But you also know
that your eventual mind on the
matter depends on something
other than your own ideas. You
are reserving final judgment on
the subject until you have deter
mined the collegian attitude on the
'subject. How college boys feel
about Icebergs is the most Inter
esting material on the field for
both boys and girls.
You know, probably, as well
s I do, that the lads are not
unanimous in their dealings with
the iceberg situation. There are
some, I guess, that would never
push you to a defensive freez
ing point. There are many who
believe that there are no genu
ine Icebergs; they are sure that
"There Isn't a girl on earth who
can't be had." And the "better
boys" do a pretty good job of
bearing out their contentions.
Between these rightist and left
ist cfNips Is a vast army of middle
grounders. Some haven't, most
have and they may or may not. I
think you follow me. For the ma
Jority of these guys the deciding
factor is the girl. We might just as
well cast aside all Victorian pic
tures of womanhood assailed and
betrayed. Girls today, happily or
not, get just about what they want
(Continued on Page 3).
Recent Elixir Disaster Reveals
Necessity for New Pure Food,
Drug Act, Prof. Burt Declares
"Ginger Jake;,' 'Radium
Water' Cause Similar
Deaths in Years Past.
"The recent deaths due to the
elixir sulfanilamide have brought
It home to the common people
what we In pharmacy have long
known, that a new pure food and
drug act la necessary," asserted
Prof. Joseph B, Burt of the phar
macy college. "The present law
prohibits only misbranding as to
contents, mislabeling as to the
tnedical effects and adulteration
Of the chemical used."
Burt agreed to the statement
made by W. S. Campbell, chief of
the pure food and drug admlnis
traMon, following the deaths due
to the elixir. He declared, "All we
can do la to gather up the bottles
PLAYERS 10 OPEN
PENNY
WISE
IGHT
Betty Widener Leads Cast
Of Six in Refreshing,
Novel Comedy.
"Penny Wise," the comedy se
lected by the University Players
for their December appearance,
will open its first night Monday, at
the Temple theater, starring Betty
Widener, and showing thru Satur
day evening with a Saturday mat
inee.
The cast of six includes John
Gacth, in the role of Gordon Chase
Penny's playwright husband who
has the happy faculty of sliding
from one affair to another with
rapidity. The ex-mistresses who
appear on the scene to fill the
comedy with cracks and quips and
keep the pace fast are roles filled
by Ruth 'an Slvke, Helen Rice
and Flora Albin. Arthur Ball will
be seen as the water commissioner
of the town, Mr. Dunn, and Don
(Continued on Page 6).
UNION GETS FIRST
University Lets Contracts
For Installation of
$22,480 System.
Just last Friday afternoon con
tracts were let for the Installation
of an air-conditioning unit in the
Student Union building.
After studying bids submitted
Thursday morning, the board of
regents approved the bid of the
Natkin Engineering company of
Omaha to supply a 198-ton cool
ing system for $22,480, the New
berg and Bookstrom of Lincoln
bid of $16,900 for installation and
piping, and the Natkin bid of $3,
140 for cooling coils. They also
approved the bid of Summerour &
Devine of Kansas City of $4,950
on electric lighting fixtures.
The Student Union building Is the
only building on the campus that
will be completely air-conditioned.
With this cooling unit the entire
building will always be kept at the
right temperature, the ballroom
will never be hot even when filled
(Continued on Page 2.)
along with the corpses." He stated
that the law docs not prevent the
sale of harmful drugs as it can
be violated only by mislabeling as
to action, misbranding or by inclu
sion of adulterated compounds.
The professor declared that a law
should be passed requiring drugs
to be tested as to safety before
they are sold.
Shaken Public Confidence.
Referring to the 73 deaths which
came from the use of elixir sulfa
nilamide Burt said, "It is too bad
that the der.ths had to come at
this time for they have shaken the
public confidence in sulfanilamide
which is the only drug that has
proved to be beneficial In the
treatment of streptoeoccous Infec
tions, In tablet form the drug was
(Continued on Page 5).
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AIR-CONDITIONING
UNIT ON
CAMPUS
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Military Stall Presents
Jane Walcott (Colonel
Pageant Honors Engineer,
Artillery Unit; Dance
Opens Formal Season.
Stepping forth from the doors
of an improvised castle on the coli
seum stage, Jane Walcott of Lin
coln was revealed Honorary Col
onel of the twenty-ninth annual
Military Ball of the university
Friday night. A crowd of more
than 6,000 persons watched as
Miss Walcott, escorted by Cadet
Colonel William Crittenden, left
the stage to begin a round of the
main floor under a shining arch of
sabers formed by cadet officers.
The theme of the presentation
ceremony was designed as a for
mal welcome for the new engineer
and artillery units. Behind the
castle from which Miss Walcott
made her entrance, a curtain dis
played guidons with the insignia
of the three branches of the R. O.
T. C. at Nebraska. Flanking the
castle, the engineer insignia, were
the crossed guns of the artillery.
Pershing Rifle Drill.
The ceremony began at 9:15
with a crack squad drill by
Pershing Riflemen, following
which a number of cadets took
part in an elaborate pageant de
picting the history of the R. O
T. C. unit at Nebraska from the
time of its inception in 1876. At
one point during the pageant, the
picture of General John J. Persh
ing was displayed beside that of
the Chancellor. He had been in
PROF. POOL TO ADDRESS
VESPER SERVICE TODAY
Cathedral Choir Stages
Second Program in
Cornhusker.
At the second vesper service of
the year held in the Cornhusker
ballroom Sunday afternoon, Dr.
Raymond Pool will give the medi'
tation and scripture reading. The
Cathedral cho:r will present the
vesper music with instrumental
music of the Lincoln string quar
tet furnishing a background. The
service starts at 5:30 p, m,
vited to attend the ceremonies, but
was detained in Washington on
business. Miss Mae Pershing, his
sister, read a brief message from
the general, however.
Following the presentation, the
new Honorary Colonel reviewed
the grand march of the cadet of
ficers and their partners, and was
presented her commission by Col.
W. H. Oury. She made a brief
speech of appreciation and left
the stage with her party as a
signal for informal dancing to be
gin on the floor.
Wears Nebraska Colors.
Miss Walcott was dressed in a
regular cadet officer's uniform of
scarlet and cream with black belt
and boots. She is a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Morta
Board, and the Student Council,
and is a former society editor and
news editor of the Daily Nebras-
kan. Her sophomore and junior
years she served as a Tassel and
last spring she was co-chairman
of the Junior-Senior prom com
mittee.
Undeclared War in China
Reprisal Nol Conquest, Say
Japanese Commercialists
Statement of Japan's Posi
tion Likened to Declaration
Of Independence.
"A decent respect for the opin
ions of mankind causes us to set
forth the reasons which bring
about this separation." Thus in
1776 did the American patriots
preface their declaration of inde
pendence. In a statement Issued to Amer
ica of Japan's position in the
Shanghai and north China hostili
ties, the Japanese chamber of
commerce of Los Angeles uses
these self same words as its pur
pose for "presenting the true facts
and background for the difficulties
In the far east."
The Independence declaration is
TORRID
HARLEM-
DICTATORS PLAY
Floyd Ray Brings Bronze
Belles Who 'Sing,
Dance, Strut.' -
Harlem Jazz in its hottest form
will hold sway in the Coliseum Fri
day night when Floyd Ray and
his Harlem Dictators, a torrid
musical aggregation of colored en
tertainers, play for Mortar Board's
annual l,eap Year party. The 14
pieee orchestra comes direct from
several engagements on the west,
coast, where it placed second to
Benny Goodman's swing hand in
the recent swing concert held at
the Palomar in Ios Angeles.
Featured with the hand are
three bronze belles, Ivy, Vern and
Van, who sing, dance and strut in
typ'cal Harlem style, and Joe
Alexander, "the Harlem Bing
Crosby." It is one of the few col
ored orchestras that can play both
sweet and hot music. Most of the
arranging and composing of special
numbers is clone hy Floyd Ray
himself, who is a saxophonist. Ray
has a staff of two assistants, an
the band plays only music which
has been especially arranged for
them.
The orchestra leader himself is
a nephew of the celebrated colore.1
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POLICE TO ERECT
Traffic to Halt on 14th at S
Street Corner; Scouts
Will Supervise.
Traffic at the intersection of
14th and S streets in front of the
Teachers nolleire will he rerulated
hereafter during rush periods by
stop signs ana peaesinan lanes,
"Stop school" signs will halt auto
mobile traffic from both directions
on 14th, and pedestrians will be
forced to cross between white lines
painted on the street.
Alpha Phi Omega, service fra
ternity, is assuming the responsi
bility of supervising the new safety
precautions. University police have
deputized George Vlasnik, member
(Continued on Page 6).
not the only event of American
history which the report digs up.
It hints, subtly enough, that Amer
ica too has in years past engaged
in activities not totally unlike
those which Japan is now carrying
on in north China. The incidents
referred to are the punitive expe
dition sent into Mexico after Villa
and American military and eco
nomic penetration into Central
American republics.
"Good Neighbors."
Purporting to be in full accord
with President Roosevelt's "good
neighbor" policy, the Japanese
chamber of commerce points out
that there has been a steady in
crease in commerce between the
two countries recently with th
(Continued on Page 8).
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