PACE TWO
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10', 1937
Well, Girls!
Socially inclined girls have been plnnmnR
their minds for n week in an effort to eke out
a novel stunt with which to pester or please
their male companions at the traditional
Mortar Board party tonight. The girls will
have the guiding voice tonight as usual, hut
minus the subtle camouflage of feminine indi
rection. As a pleasant variant from the routine
of dance parties which were somewhat
roughly handled by an evangelist in the "Wed
nesday edition the affair promises more than
commonplace diversion. Cleverest turn in the
publicity for the party was the price listing
turn on the tickets; Kseorts, 85 cents; men,
40 cents.
This social event centers attention on uni
versity women. Eschewing the intriguing con
troversies over women's ability to rule the
world, or their place in the home or their
equality with men, we should like to reflect
briefly on a more imminent problem concern
ing the feminine sex. The problem is that of
leisure.
(lue of the principal reasons for the ra
jority of women attending a university is 1 hat
they may learn an intelligent use of leisure
time. The machine age is responsible for lei
sure, and the lion's share of it accrues to
women. Machinery has made production so
efficient, that if the work to be done were
rightly apportioned, many of the men now
unemployed could be put, to work and there
would be more leisure for women. And of
course modern conveniences have already mini
mized the time and effort required to do the
work in the home. At any rate, there is time
left over for most women.
One optimistic deduction is that women
are the ones who will advance the frontiers of
culture. It is the women, in their clubs and
homes today, who are interested in the new
books, new plays, music, and art. In them
is the potential genius for a floundering Ameri
can culture.
TJiis genius is being groomed in the uni
versity. The girls acting as escorts tonight, as
well as footing the bills, are being so groomed.
Tonight the women will be sharing with their
companions, who must necessarily spend their
college days enhancing their breadwinning
abilities, the finer things acquired from an
education at Nebraska.
Our feminine populace is now exerting
itself assiduously to acquire these finer
things from the college curriculum. Evidence
for this fact may be obtained from observ
ing the widespread interest in music, drama,
painting and ideas. Why the librarians can
not meet the demands for books of heavy
fiction, music appreciation, and literary
criticism to say nothing of the trouble the
Drue:, the Moon, and the social fraternities
are having with their feminine patrons and J
members occupying space for hours in the
ecstacy of intense preoccupation with the
printed page.
Oirls have some time, to be sure, for
clothes, coking, football, and parties. But the
first is only to give the men the benefit of
good taste and beauty nicely joined, the second
is to perfect the brilliant art of conversation,
and football and parlies are necessary for
social intercourse for the sake of the hard
working males.
It would seem that, the golden age of
Pericles is just around the corner.
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WEEK TO CLOSE
THISAFTERNOON
Master Farmer Presentation
Features Full Week of
Activities.
A Letter to Sarah Louise Mire,
The University's Problem Child
Brlllnp hy contributor.)
Knowing full well that the
youthful pride of the House of
Meyer grows journalistically fat
on the intentionally-sought rever
berations from her over-compen-jHtional
columnizing, 1 feel, never
theless, an uncontrollable urge to
adii my none-too-nieatv bones to
her pickings and pen to her this
timid epistle.
Dear Sarah:
Your passion for calling a spade
spade Intriguing, yes but dis
appointing when that which you
have labelled a spade turns out to
be an entirely different and far
less useful tool. Only the truth is
the truth, Sarah!
The fascination your spades
hold for me mayhap find basis In
my background of Ignoble rural
Ity. As though it were but yester
lny I remember the first Bpade
ever wielded by my then inexperi
enced hands. "Good fences make
good neighbors" thus my orders
on that fateful day stipulated post
holes well dug and true with the
world. The spade was in my hand,
the good earth under my feet, and
I was young too young, some
said, to be digging post holes. But
I was ambitious.
Oh, the redolence of soil that
arose from the first lump of torn
sod! The quick weariness in my
slender arms, the heat of the eun
heavy upon my back, the rweet
song of the mockingbird nearby
all these were lost to me, and 1
was bound in fevered fetish for
the spade and the dark hole it
gouged from the brown earth.
Alas, realization fell upon my
dimmed consciousness all too late
Throwing aside the spade, I lifted
the straight, slim pole and dropped
it into the hole. And where should
have stood a strong, graceful post,
shoulder-high and ready to be a
part of the "rood fence" only a
sorry two inches showed above
the ground.
I hid dug too deep,
I had thrust a good thing ao
deep into the earth that it had
disappeared from sight.
Today, in retrospect, I say oh
well, only the throes of puberty.
Hoping for your spadey recov
ery, 1 am
Truthfully yours,
E. F.
P. S. After all, why disturb
onseself about the idle prattle of
the jackals?
Editor's Note: After three ae
jesters as front page columnist
REVIEWER FINDS BQEHM
TOPS IN PLAYERS' HIT
By Fred Harms.
Like the little girl who when
she was good was very, very good,
so is Penny Wise, current offer
ing of the University Players
which opened Monday night and
runs until the end of the week.
It deservedly merits two bouquets
from the Nebraskan in the same
week which may, perhaps, help to
remove the sour taste left from
not - so - complimentary criticisms
in the past.
Not since "Three Men on a
Horse" have Player audiences had
an opportunity to give their funny
bones such a hilarious workout.
Don Boehm as Jeff, the trifle slow
to catch on younger brother of
for the Nebaskan, Miss Meyer philanderer Gordon Chase, John
still turns in the most consistently
clever and readable daily feature
in the paper. Furthermore, her
highly personalized and definitely
pointed copy remain the most
controversial department in the
Nebraskan.
Because we use only the letters,
like the very clever one above,
that object to her straight from
the shoulder realism or in some
cases to her "personalities" fun;
because we receive an occasional
warning from the higher ups who
shepherd the morality of those in
their flock, having already had
two this week; and because a few
just don't care for Miss Meyer's
idea of what should go in a
column, and make themselves
heard for these reasons, we feel
that we should present some ink
ling at this time of the flood of
favorable reactions that constantly
greet the appearance of "Around
and About."
Both Miss Meyer and the editors
welcome criticism. In fact, con
demnation is more likely than
commendation to cause some
change, such as an alteration of
policy. In Miss Meyer's case, how
ever, we can but give the opinion
of the majority of readers. A
preponderance or students enjoy
me column. Among the professors
to mention only a few who endorse
our incomparable columnist, are
Doctors Kurz, Raysor, and Old-father.
Gaeth, sends his audience into
orgies of laughter with one of the
best comic characterizations ever
seen on the Temple stage. The
connivances of Ruth Van Slvke
and Helen Rice as common vic
tims of the love making proclivi
ties of Chase, are slapstick com
edy at its best.
Betty Widener is charming as
the naive little wife of Chase
while Flora Albin convincingly
portrays the third element of the
triangle, the secretary, who has
amorous designs upon him. Art
Ball as Mr. Dunn, the director of
the city water works and a typical
politician, does an excellent char
acterization. Penny Wise is light, chaffy and
fast moving. It is perhaps a little
too much of the prep school type
of drama, yet that fact seemingly
tends to speed up the reactions of
both players and audience. Despite
a Pollyanna climax, everyone goes
away happy.
Princeton University students
are about evenly divided on
whether the United States should
keep "hands off" or use an eco
nomic boycott in determining its
attitude toward the trouble be
tween Japan and China. Three
hundred nineteen wanted "hands
off"; 314, economic boycott.
Daily Nebraskan
F.ntfira ai afcorxl-claw maUtr at th
postoffln In Unrein, NMiraika, undar act
of eongran, March S, 170. ana at a (Pa
cini rata of tiw providfi inr In Motion
1103, net ol Ocobar 1, 117. authoriMd
January 50. 1922.
PHI TAD JHETA MEETS
Delegates Make Report on
Ohio Conclave.
Delegates who attended the Na
tional Methodist Conclave in
Athens, 0 gave their reports to
Phi Tau Theta, Methodist frater
nity at the last meeting held Dec.
7. Dale Weese, alumnus of Beta
chapter here in Lincoln, was re
elected national president and Rol
and Nye, Beta chaplain, was re
elected national chaplain. The dele
gates from Lincoln were Paul
Sprout, president, Glenn Hedges,
vice president, George Dlnsdale,
secretary and Rolland Nye.
At the meeting Paul Sprout told
of the trip. Glenn explained the
nature of the conclave for the
benefit of the pledges, George
poke of his personal trip which
began a week before the conclave
and took him to Chicago, Cleve
land and into Pennsylvania, Roll
and reported the reorganized Initi
ation ritual and Dale t-ild of a
rival organization which may be
Joined to Phi Tau Theta.
ZEIS ADVOCATES BOND
TAX BY GOVERNMENT
(Continued from Page 1.)
vohing federal taxation of state
employes pending now and the
new decisions may point a way
out."
Expressing the belief that some
limitation should be placed on the
definition of instrumentality of
the government, Zles mentioned
the case Just decided which al
lowed the claim of contractors on
the Grand Coulee and Kanawha
river dams that they were instru
ments of the government because
they were working for the govern
ment. As such they claimed that
they should be exempt from state
taxation.
Four University of Toledo foot
ball players are "washermen," but
they're not sissies. To earn their
way through school, they do the
laundry for the varsity team and
the gymnasium. Their normal
week's wash is 1,000 towels and
200 jerseys.
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LINCOLN Coming
Just a the girl Is the one to be
consulted about the relative merits
of the average party, so is the boy
the one who really knows whether
the Mortar Board party has been
a whee of a success or a fizz of a
flop.
So, looking for the information
from those who should know, we
asked some of the fellows about
their personal reactions to that
party. We can't tell you who said
what; some of the escorts would
be very unhappy.
"What do you think of the Mor
tar Board party?"
Arts and Sciences junior:
"As it was originally intended,
the Mortar Boards had an O. K.
Idea it was supposed to be sort
of a leap year affair, and the girls
could ask anyone they wanted.
"Custom has changed that, and
I don't like it. Now it's merely a
return party for the fellow who
takes the girl to the Military ball,
and the girl has no choice in the
matter at all."
Blzad sophomore:
"It's a fine party, and the idea
liehlnd it Is good, too. During all
the rest of the school year, the
girls have their fun at the boys'
expense ,and it seems only fair
thtit they take their turn.
"In one respect it performs a
real service. Girls learn how the
fellows feel when he pays for
everything. Most girls don't real
ize how much it rosts a fellow
every time he takes one of them
out. When they have to pay the
bills themselves, they find out how
the fellow feels, and are a little
less ant to be so demanding on
other dates."
Ag Junior:
"I like it except for one thing
the dizzy corsages. If I had my
way, they'd be cut out entirely.
How would a girl feel wearing a
mixed bunch of carrots and
onions? Well, how does she think
a fellow feels? A lot of corsages
are just plain malicious, too. Any
one who's ever had a tux lapel
soaked in cranberry or hamburger
or onion juice realizes that.
Arts and Sciences sophomore:
"Not bad. It would be just an
other party it it wern't for the
corsages, though. It's the original
ity of the girl's ideas that puts the
whole party across. If vou don't let
them give all kinds of corsages,
you take the punch out of the
party."
Arts and Sciences junior:
"I don't know anything about it.
and I'll bet most of the other fel
lows don's either. You either have
to have a car or money to find
a girl who's willing to take you
to the thing.
"It's probably all right, but
when you haven't any extra time,
you just lose interest in parties."
Arts and Sciences junior:
"The Mortar Board party is a
dam good idea. It's a lot of fun
for both the men and the women,
and it teaches the women to have
a little more respect for the men
who escort them places.
"If more of them would go and
in so doing get the realization that
there is a lot to a date besides just
going on it and having fun, things
would be a lot better around here.
"For instance, after a girl finds
out how much trouble there is to
finding a ride, making sure that
she has a date, getting a corsage
(and hoping it gets delivered!,
calling for her date, feeding him
afterwards, and getting him home,
she's a little more apt to appre
ciate her future dates."
Bizad senior:
"I think the whole thing is
rather silly, don't you ? Girls don't
know much about managing dates
all they can do is just go on
them. You can see that from the
corsages they send. If a girl got
With five agricultural organiza
tions holding meetings today, or
ganized agriculture week will be
a past event at sundown tonight.
Those groups meeting today in
clude the Livestock Breeders' as
sociation, the Home Economics as
sociation, the Dairymens' associa
tion, the State Horticultural soci
ety, and the Nebraska Poultry as
sociation.
A general meeting today will
include apeeches by Dr. Reglna
Westcott Weimsn of Chicago on
"What Makes Life Interesting;"
Dr. William C Johnstone, Jr., on
"War in the Far East," and Dr.
G. E, Condra, college of agricul
ture, who will speak on "Soil and
Water Conservation."
a hamburger or some otner tmng
and was supposed to wear it as a
corsage, what would she do? She'd
break the date and probably never
speak to the fellow again. Yet,
that same girl will give that same
thing to a fellow and be very much
offended if he doesn't wear it.
Somebody or something is screwy,
all right"
Arts and Sciences Junior:
"I always have a good time at
the Mortar Board party, and I
fail to see anything very objec
tionable about it. It's no better and
surely no worse than the Military
ball, and it is, I think, very good
for the girls to worry about the
date arrangements for a change."
NFANTRY COMPANY
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in the spring to put on a demon
stratlon before the officers of the
Organized Reserve Corps, and aluo
field exercises for the annual feiN
eral inspection of the cadet corps,
Infantry Officers' Group
Sponsors Saturday
Morning Unit.
The special infantry company,
sponsored by the Infantry Offi
cers' association will meet in Ne
braska hall at 9 a. m. Saturday,
Dec. 11.
According to Maj. John Ayotte,
instructor, from 150 to 200 men
will be admitted into the new or
ganization which will drill each
Saturday morning from 9 to 12.
All of the training this week will
be held indoors and problems sim
ilated by models; civilian clothes
may be worn.
Tactical and Field Training.
The purpose of the unit will be
to give interested cadets tactical
and field training which they are
unable to get from classroom war.
The unit will be composed of
basic and advanced infantry mili
tary science students and will be
officered by seniors.
Cadet Coi. William Crittenden,
president of the Infantry Officers'
association said that its activities
other than extended order drill
and solution of tactical problems
will Include a trip to Fort Crook
As for equipment, most of the
women students said that unless
the boys are expert at carrying a
tune, a guitar is nice for accom
paniment. "There is no snobbishness in the
large women's colleges today, since
the economic upheaval," Smith
College's dean of women gives di
vorce, and not hard times, the
credit for causing emotional strain
and maladjustment among stu
dents in women's colleges today.
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