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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 7.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. SlINDAY. I KIWI' Am V. V)M
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SYMPHONIC BAND
STUFF ABOUT .
STAGE-DOOKS
Stage door Johnnies have hern
m institution almost as long as
the stage itself has. F.vcn when
chorus girls wore built alone the
general linos of n Mack truck, es
corts awaited them at the stage
door ready to sweep them off their
feet. And sweeping them off their
feet was no mean job when you
remember that the early chorus
girl could have boxed or wrestled
in the unlimited class.
Until a year or so ago, (all of
our Information . being sccorwj
hand, of course, a Johnnie stood
pretty good chance of wrangl
ing a date with a chorus girl if
he possessed a yen to go places,
the transportation facilities, a
pleasing enough personality, and
a pocketfull of the stuff you use
to pay taxes with.
But times, to coin a phrase,
have changed and the chorine dat
ing process is not as simple as it
once was. Thru authoritative col
legiate press channels, we find
that there is nearly as much r"d
tape to be disposed of by a would
be collegiate chorine (later rs
there is in changing and dropping
a course.
Chorus Girls United.
Chorines at the Winter Gar
den In New York City have or
ganized. If a college man wants
a date he must fill out an appli
cation card to be signed by the
dean, send his photograph, give
three character references and
wait until his application is ap
proved by a committee of the
young ladies. If his applica
tion is accepted, he pays a $5
fee which Is turned over to the
stage relief fund.
Several Inferences could be
drawn therefrom. One would be
that the demand exceeded the sup
ply and that the $5 might be the
marginal demand price for a date
with a chorus girl. A second in
ference growing out. of the first
would be that chorines are pre
ferred to coeds. A third Inference
would be that college men are not
to be trusted, as a class. A fourth
inference would be that chorus
girls do not want to be bothered
( by collegiates and by setting up a
v protective tariff of five bucks thus
eliminate foreign imports and fos
ter the home grown, fresh ,ocal
stage doog Johnnies by means of
the "favored nation" clause.
A fifth inference, (after this
final Inference, you'll have to
make up your own), would be
that the choru3 girl does not
want to keep it a secret as to
just when she has a date with
a college man. Obviou-.ly, with
all the red tape to untangle be
fore being allowed the privilege
of squandering few devaluated
dollars on a chorine, it is not ex
actly a secret.
Let us, In an imaginative way,
follow ,7oe Doakes as he trys to
get a date with a chorus girl:
Act I. Dean's Office.
Joe: Dean, I wonder if you'd
iiign this application card for me
so's I can get a date with that
brunette-third from left in the
front row of the chorus at the
Winter Garden.
Dean: Hmmn. Cot your char
acter references?
Joe: Yes. sir. The president of
the Y. M. C. A., our housemother,
nnd the girl I hung uiy pin on a
year ago.
Dean: Your photograph?
Joe: Right here. sir.
Dean: Everything seems to be
recording to regulations. (Signs I.
TO OPEN CHARTER
DAY 1
Observance of University's
69th Birthday Begins
Sunday at 3.
The mid-winter concert by the
University of Nebraska ROTC
symphonic band under the direc
tion of Don A. Lentz has been
scheduled to open the festivities
hi evil" vcn " ii mmmmmmmcm
with observance
of the Univer
sity's (Will birth
day this year
The conceit will
be presented in
the coliseum next
Sunday after
noon, February
13, at 3 o'clock.
Alumni and
friends of the
University, many
of whom will he
heading for Lin
coln for the offi
cial Charter Day
program Febru
ary 15, are expected to be on hand
for the opening band concert.
Director Lent, has promised a
new program in ils entirety. In
addition to the ensemble numbers,
he has arranged for several feat
ures, including a trumpet trio, a
clarinet duet, and a novelty ma
rimba trio. The program next
Sunday will be free to the public.
The February 13 prograju fol
lows: fhnr.ilr Koinm Surr Tml H:i'h
Ovrrtlln Mrlllaii tieri Yrrill
Three Diinrei from Ihr Barlerrd
Und- (.melanii
Polka
rilrltmt
Diuirr 'nf llii Comrdliirn
rilrttRlmik nrni t Trln ( lurk
limine Harmon, Kohort FiMittrrniarhrr,
Churl!' Tolhrrt
AmparlCi Roeo TYxltlor
aprlcr Marine! IMiel Ktlnit
It therl liHniheri, (Union Ntiirdrvanl
l:i 'ultxn. . Siir
Kadhuiur Marltnha Trio. Vlr-lnr llnhert
KMlir-rnuie Helm, Warren Trmplcton,
Ray lnHeim
Xnnnlii Yren Wood
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Elnmln JniirtiHl.
Don A, l-rittx.
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Lincoln .lonrnnl.
I'lrllirrMiiiP Milrf ItlnlliPinl, nrntrcl t the rliclit In thr ploriirr hIhivc. Irft hU
INmrii lrll! Hrmiml Ntohrani Thnrsituy Hid lr. K. H. Hl In wrlllnn n hilry
of moIp onrp fiimoiis rlvllliitlnn. T hm ihv medium of hl lntTrrtnr, IVti
4 litir, hf will nlnlr nil the. knnvlnlt;r of tlto I'onrnn which he htin h'nritftl In
hk Sft ymm of life.
Last Ponca Chief Brings
Tribal History to Dn Bell
Nebraska Anthropologist
Compiles 'Nebraska
Archaeology.'
Beneath the two white braids of
hair that fall to his shoulders, Joe
Birdhead carries a vast store of
memories. They are memories
shared by no other living man. It
is because of these memories that
Dr. Earl H. Bell has brought the
84 year old Indian chieftain to the
university campus. It is because
of these memories that Birdhead
will spend this spring in Lincoln
instead of in the Niobrara country
where the tribe of Ponca Indians
he rules is living in desperate pov
erty. .
Bit by bit, in the coming semes
ter. Dr. Bell will draw from Joe
Birdhead the unwritten history of
the Poncas, first Indian tribe to
settle in Nebraskn. Birdhead does
not speak F.nglisli. so Dr. Bell will
have to confer with the chieftain
thru Birdhead's half-breed inter
preter, Tete LeClair. It will be a
long tedious piocess, as the an
thropologist puts his questions to
IeClair and LcLClair translates
them to his chief. Birdhead's face,
incredibly wrinkled like the fine
lines in a steel etching, remains
impassive. He takes some time to
understand the question, then more
time to piece together the mosaic
picture of 60 years ago. When fi
nally he answers, it is in the Tonca
dialect and must be translated
back to Dr. Bell.
Birdhead has been chief of the
Toncas for more than fiO years,
first taking over the chieftainship
of his tribe when he was 21, suc
ceeding his grandfather. His lead
ership of the Indians began before
the Niobrara country was openeu
to the white man. With the pass
ing of Birdhead. the line of succes
sion will be broken and the Poncas
will be without a chief.
Tete LeClair, who is more than
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RYAN RECEIVES COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Ex-Ncbraskan Editor Earns
Kathcrine MacMahon
Graduate Award.
Irwin Ryan of Lincoln has been
awarded a Kathcrine MacMahon
scholarship hy the Columbia uni
versity graduate school of jour
nalism, it was announced yester
day by Dean ,
Carl W. Acker
man. Ryan was
graduated in
1936 from the
university, where
he was editor of
the Daily Ne
braskan and a
mem her of the
Innocents soci
ety. For some
time he was a re
porter on the
Lincoln Star and
an announcer for
station KFOR.
Schola r s h i p
grants, made on
the basis of fi
nancial need and professional
ability, w-ent to fifteen other stu
dents in the graduate school of
journalism, all of whom have com
pleted the first semester nf work
in the school and arc candidates
for the degree of master of science
in June, 1938.
COCKEirflK
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W:J TUESDAY EVENING
u- ZJi
Prom Committee
Abolislies Old
Doorway Voting
F.
Ml
Lincoln .Tcinrnat.
Irwin HyHn.
Historian Presents Views
On Effect of Dreyfus
Case in France.
Feature of the Nebraska
Beta Kappa chapter meeting to be
held si the University club Tues
day evening at 8, will be a discus
sion hy Prof. R. A. innackcr on
Both Junior, Senior Girls
Eligible for March 4
General Election.
The campus is to have anolhe
elect ion.
That the interest in the prom
girl reach a higher level, the junior-senior
prom committee an
nounced today that the honored
girl will be elected this year hy a
general campus election, which re
places the traditional doorway bal
loting. Junior and senior girls
will be eligible to file for the po-
sition.
Feeling that the position of
i prom girl was deteriorating to a
Fhi meaningless honor, the committee
Dr. N. A. Bengston Discredits
Long-Range Weather Calling
Forecasts Even for Week
Apt to Be Inaccurate
Says Professor.
Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, chairman
of the university's geography de
partment repudiates the idea that
Selby Maxwell. Chicago's long
range weather forecaster or
any other prophet, ran pre
dict with accuracy long range
weather forecasts, and he
questions the recent pessimistic.
19.18 drought prediction that Max
well has lately made.
"I know of no scientific evidence
on which Maxwell bases his con
clusions. At the best, meteorolo
gists cannot forecast what is go
ing to happen for more than a
week ahead, and only then with
their fingers crossed,'1 was the
statement made by Dr. Bengtson.
What will IPfi bring as far as
weather is concerned? Dr. Eengt
son is unable to saw vet he points
Have a good time son, but remcm-, ,,, .nt while there is some dan-
ber that you are bearing the col- j KPr of Hnti,Pr severe summer be
cause of the present deficiency of
ors of State V.
Joe: Trust me, sir.
Act II. Winter Garden Dressing
Room.
Chairman: All in favor of allow
ing MaiJ'.le to have a date with Joe
poakes, State, '38, say nye.
All: Aye.
Chnlrman: Permission granted.
JJaizie.
Act III. Winter Garden Stage
Door.
Joe: Here's my five bucks.
Maizle: dive It to Flora, (die's
the treasurer.
Joe: Ready?
(Continued on Page 2.1
I soil moisture, there is also room
for a brighter prophecy.
Nebraskans will do well to re
member that in the state's history
the other dry periods have contin
ued over five or six years. Dr.
Bengtson points out that we al
ready have a five year period of
somewhat spotty p'nfil" behind
us, the years VfH and 193H both
being; disastrous, so that, If his
tory repeats itself, we are about
due for 'in upturn in our rainfall -maybe
not this year, but at least
soon. The hopeful feature about
it all is that on the basis of sta-
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IE! IN NORMAN
Illustrated Lecture Begins
At 4:00 Monday; Open
To All Students.
An illustrated address featuring
some unusual pictures of animal
and plant life will be presented at
the Monday meeting of the uni
versity society of Sigma Xi at
4 p. m. in Morrill hall auditorium.
Dr. T. D. A. Cockerell, chairman
of the department of zoology at
the University of Colorado, will be
the speaker.
Primarily an entomologist, Dr.
Cockerell has interested himself in
many phases of zoology, botany I
. "' aHtw- r explain whv the people of France
niHuirniaucs aepanmeni ot me against the decision of the
"""""J n fVVlVlt:!;,' 111 01!ll!t
took action on this measure last
week, confirmed that the new t.ypn
of election would be a benefit, if
not a salvation to the problem.
Deans.Harper and Heppner readily
approved the plan, after which it
was presented to the student coun
cil. The election, at which all stu
dents may vote, will be held March
1. Filings will open February 21
and will remain open until Feb
ruary 25.
"We urge and insist that sorori
ties make selections of their can
didates for prom girl early," stated
Frances Blodman, co-chairman.
Potential prom candidates must
file, in the activities office in the
coliseum before, of course, the
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Prof. R. A.
Lincoln Journal.
Wlnnacker.
the "Dreyfus
History."
Professor Winnacker
Affair in French
plans to
i.MH'niii journal.
Prof. Nels A. Bengtson.
Conference to Discuss
Respective Ideals
Of Fraternity.
tistical probabilities, the . chances
for improvement are better than
the chances for another devastat
ing drought.
Long range forecasting is im
possible today in the I'nited
States, according to Dr. Bengston.
because we have not yet been able
to obtain information about the
weather phenomena of the higher
nltituiUs. Atmospheric conditions
iiuiHt be known for as high aH
Interfraternity councils from the
midwestern universities will hold
a regional convention February 2.r
and 2tl at Norman, Okla., at the
Invitation of the interfraternity
group of the University of Okla
homa. The conference will serve
as a clearing house for fraternity
ideas and ideals with most of the
discussion being carried on by the
undergraduate delegates although
the deans of Southern Methodist
and Missouri will be among the
speakers.
While in Norman, delegates will
he guests of the individual fra-
ternities and will afford the mem
bers of each chapter opportunity
to become acquainted with the
members of their fraternity in the
5
ABOUTUDEFENSE
Nebraska Graduate of
Returns to Address
Open Meeting.
"What Do Wc Plan to Defend?"
j has been chosen by Dr.- Eon Cher
i rington of the University of Den-
ver as the subject of his address
at the public gathering scheduled
: for Tuesday evening in social sci
I ences auditorium. The open ses
sion is being sponsored bv the uni
versity V. W.C. A. and Y. M. C. A.
and the Lincoln Peace council, and
will begin at 7:30.
k .ym,(,W c n ,, n n t f.t 1 V f ' L'I . I nm 1 OglOU IN H Jtll IIHT XI II-
Noted Lecturers to Discuss Mona.- Boards . expected to e i N'r""k,t?r'n5t:,"a,r
I Xi. The program is open to the
puhlic.
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liRipiMliMllUN
: AAI irM il a- r-A-f-i.pt-
MORTAR BOARDS ATTEND
! FOUNDER'S DAY LUNCHEON
Affair Expected to Draw 75
; To Cornhusker Hotel
L On February 12.
Problems of Society
In Relief Work.
Pressing quest Ions of govern
ment and society are scheduled to
be discussed in a series of public
lectures by nationally prominent
authorities in their respective
fields. According to Krnest F.
Witte. who is in charge the dis
cussions, which are sponsored
jointly by the Lincoln Council of
Social Agencies and the Gradual
School of Social Work, will be of
interest to university students
since they will attack some of the
most vital problem of the naiion.
The complete schedule of meet
ings which will be held at the
rcoirili With tin, nmefit iw, nt
beine eveliwivetv f,.r inierfi-utei n. I I'hniiiber of commerce unless oth
Hy council members, many of the
fraternities will send their own
delegates.
The agenda planned by the host
interfraternity council includes
discussion on fraternity service,
publicity, finance, freshman cducn-
Uncle Sam 1oiiis World
Powers in Arms It ace
Public Opinion Backs Up;
Government as Hoover j
Views With Alarm. j
It Is a peculiar' nitimtion when
everyone is doing something lie j
doesn't want to do, hut cannot
stop until the others do.
That peculiar paradox Is exactly
the one In which the nations of the
world find themselves cnnieslicd
today, for they are all engaged in
the greatest armament race ever
seen in the history of the world.
F.ach one Is piling up a heavy bur
den of tnxatlon, Impoverishing Ils
people to build more ships, inore
big puna, more military airplanes,
end larger armies,
For a long 4ime the United
fitates stood aloof from this Brms
race, but now we hnve taken our
place among the leading runners.
During- the coming year we shall
be spending $200,000,000 more
than any ether nation on earth.
We are assuming considerable re
sponsibility when we step out In
front, for a sptirt on the part of
any nation greatly Intensifies the
race. The others must keep pnec.
Jo patriotic American wants
this country to sacrifice any of Ils
vital interests. All would agree
that we Hhould be strong enough
to protect those Interesta which
arc reully vital. And If we are go
in,,' to find II necessary to fight
we, of course, want to be able to
win. Wc cannot, therefore, either
approve or deplore the enlarge
ment of our armament program
without considering first the uses
to which we may be forced to put
them.
What should America fight for?
Here are the possibilities We must
consider before we can determine
the proper size of our armaments:
1. To protect the American main
land; 2. To defend HhwhII, our
Pacific territory; 3. To prevent
the invasion of any part of the
western hemisphere by European
or Asiatic nations: 4. To protect
the Philippines and other Ameri
can possessions in the far Pacific
from attack; 5. To protect our
commerce on all the seas; 6. To
keep foreign nations from making
war upon other foreign nations, to
check aggression, to keep demo
cratic nations from being defeated
by the undemocratic nations.
The .relative size and type of
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40,000 feet before forecasts veiyjtioii, training for the officers, the
far into the future can be made, : fraternity socially, and the inter-
while the majority of stations now, fraternity council responsibility. A
! take their readings below 3,000 banquet In the student union biilld
! feet. i lug will conclude the gathering.
I The r-chonls) Invited to attend the
! conference are Kansas, Colorado,
I Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana.
I Texas, and Oklahoma. The Ne-
braska council has made no defln
, Ite arrangements for sending of
delegates.
I
Thcta Sinma Phi Members
Conduct Ceremony
At Ellen Smith.
Thirteen women were formally
pledged at services of Thela Sig
ma Phi, honorary sorority for
students interested in journalistic
creers, yesterday afternoon lit
Fllen Smith hall. In charge of the
ceremony was Mrs. Lawrence
Pike.
The new members lire Carol
Clark. F.arbnra Rosewater, F.ve
lyn Taylor, Marjoric Churchill,
Helen Pascoe, Elinor Nelson, Eva
June Sinclair, Mnrador Cropper,
Arlene De Ford, Roberta Mowry,
Josephine Ruhnltz, Lucy Jane
Williams, and Mury Frances
Wlttera.
Following the pledging service
the alumnae group of the fra
ternity honored the pledges at tea
at which Mrs. Gerald Cordon
poured and presided, assisted by
Ruth Schlll, Mrs. Ruth Donovan,
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SCABBARD, BLADE NAME
JOLITZ NEW PRESIDENT
Pratt, Duftan, Little Elected
To Other Positions
Wednesday.
Charles Jolitz was elected presi
dent of .Scabbard and Blade for
the coining semester at the Wed
nesday session of the organization.
Other officers elected are: Llllard
Pratt, first lieutenant; Kill Dugan,
second lieutenant, . and Jmnes
Little, first nergeant.
Next meeting will be Wednes
day evening, February f). at the
Beta Thcta Pi house. Initiation
of pledges will be discussed, prep
aratory to the initiation n Febru
ary IX
erwist announced follows:
Krhnnirv 7.
rArlvn MrKii, rcirrrilhillvi. Amrr
'llti rollllilllMiili fur Ihr MHnil. Nfu Vtirk
I Hy. "A I'niKr.iin fur Ilii hrnl anil
llllml."
IVIinwr II.
(irnri Mihotl, trtifiMif, Hrluwtl nf So
rlnl SffvliT 4tlmlnllriitlmt, I nKrr.lly
nf I lili-llKn, "Thi Clilri' "I lllr 1-roYrul
(tuirrnmi'nll h WHIhn.''
Mnrrh V
HKniiii .1. ItmmlM Otnnm. Omitlnt,
4,Th- I'liirr nf Ihr I hurrli In Mmlr m ?mi
rlnl I'nifrnmn."
Miirrh It.
znt tun lirirl. Iiiirrim nf imlilii
m.LlHiir , nriHl rnrll hoitM, ttn.h
Inrlnn. II. ( ., If I ttrrr Hrllrl
I linn.''
Murrli id.
llHrrhnn V hnnti. I nlirr-lf if
( hlrnfii. MRrpnnltill1 nl Ihr Hlnlr In
Program nl t Hrr fnr Chlliirrn.''
prll II.
Ir. I illlh Milvitl, limn Ml Ihr School
nl wlit rtlri Arintlnlmtnillini, I nl
vrrllt ur Oilmen, I'rrvmiifl In I'nli
llr tti-llnrr,''
with the class of lfill. At the pres
ent time he is director of the
foundation for the advancement of
social sciences and is head of the
department of international rela
tions at Denver university. During
the past summer he directed the
American seminar in Europe, at
present at the annual founders (
day luncheon to be given Saturday
noon, February 12, at the Corn-'
husker. As the luncheon this year'
falls on Lincoln's birthday, deco-!
rations have been planned to carry
out that motif.
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special slimy 01 uie pouncm nnu
educational trends in 14 countries.
active chapter, will present
welcome to the alumni, and Mariel
Jones president of the Lincoln
alumni chapter, will give the re
sponse. Mrs. F. D. Coleman, na
tional president of Mortar Board,
will be in Lincoln for the occasion,
and will give a short address at
the luncheon Saturday. For those
who wish to semi greetings, but
who will not be able to attend in
person, Jane Walcott will read the
communications which arc re
ceived. Mi. Minted Speaks
In Ellen Smilli Tuesday
1 At the first Charm school ses
sion of the new semester Tuesday
evening at 7 o'clock in Fllen Smith
hall, Mrs. C. C. Minteer will talk
Ion voice culture and its import
ance to a pleasing personality.
IMiss Virginia Grlswold is leader
i of the group.
The foundation at Denver has
developed a program of adult com
munity education that has aroused
widespread interest. Dr. Cherring
ton is a member of the American
Council of the Institute of Civic
Relations, is a member of the
board of directors of the League
of Nations Association of Amer
ica ,and the American committee
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irwliuite Teaehers ''lnl
lleur Iteiifislon. llcisenc
Dr. Nels Bengtson will talk on
"Wildcat Oil Wells'' and W. A.
Ftosenc will present his interpre
tation of a "Social Intelligence
I Test" at a meeting of the Teach-
1 ers College Graduate club in El
'Ion Smith hall tomorrow at
o'clock.
8
Teacliors Itoally Xormal
College Survey Shows
I Schoolmarms Not All They're
j Cracked Up to Be, Says
i Dr. D. B. Stuit.
Unfounded are I he ideas thai
school teachers are Inhuman be
ings Hint love to 4:lnre at small
boys through their horn-rimmed
classes and have the urge to cut
Methodist Sorority Gives loose from respectability only once
Ton TbiE Aftovnonr, '"' wl'11 "'.V "PP'-'T nt teach
ers convent inns wearing daring
Kappn Phi. Methodist sorority, Is .,(lUjn nnts. scboolmarms are not
ill that thev are cracked up to be,
lrll i.v
II, I.. thM nrlli) , rrirlmtnl rltm'lnr nf
III.- Itilrmii il I'liMIt- UlMnri-, Snrinl
MrnirK liuiirtl, '"I he I'luri- ill l.lilmr III
Our Imlii.lrliil NtnI'Mt."
KAPPA PHI ENTERTAINS
THE L EATHER.
I'll tay that the weather will
be warmer today, with another
cloud In the sky, but your guest
It at good at mine.
giving a tea for all Methodist wom
en Sunday at the Wesley Foun
dation from '1 to r. A musical pro
gram will be given with numbers
on ()ie piano by Dorothy Sanford,
violin by Ada Charlotte Miller,
and the flute by Huth Surber. The
valentine motif will be usee! thru
out. Murjorle Francis and Gene
vieve Hoff are hostesses and Em
ma Hormel is in charge of the
arrangements.
The sorority was entertained
last Wednesday by its new Initi
ates. The program Included a skit,
reading by Ruth Clark, and a
speech on Methodism by Margaret
Cialhralth. Refreshments were
served and games played tinder
Uit direction of Emllu Frandson.
according to a test given recently
to those students studying for the.
teaching profession by Dr. Dewey
R. St tilt . of the Nebraskn teachers
college faculty.
Dr. Stuit bases his test upon the
Interests of the future pedapops
and found that the results deflate
considerably the theory that the
teacher represents a distinct type
In American life. He found that
the average young woman attend
ing teachers college Is a healthy,
normal girl far more Interested In
marriage and the home than suc
cess and a career. Dr. Stuit says:
"It Is quite nppsrent that all
teachers college freshmen (to not
look upon teaching as a perma-
r " 1
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Or.
Unrnln Inumal.
Dewey B. Stuit.
nent vocation. It is. however,
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