v?. .i fc ,-ufcv.- pJ--f--' Thf JLY Official Student Newspaper of the. University of Nebraska VOL. XXXVII, NO. 90. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 19387 PRICE FIVE CENTS n m ShuxjL (JampLsdL Our Own Army Awful Test Do you shudder every time some announcer starts spouting- current events? Are you allergic to con stant news happenings? Then pre pare to shudder a"nd be allerged. Because wo have here at the tips of our fingers, an intelligence test to show you just how much you know about the university you go to. Section A. (One of the three suggested words in the following sentences is correct. See if you can guess which one). 1. Robert Miller is (the new backficld coach, stadium caretak er, librarian.) 2. The director of the Cathedral Choir is (A! Remington, John Ros borough, Bill Miller). 3. Nebraska's prospects for an other good football team are (good, bad, indifferent). 4. Future entrants into the uni versity will have to have more (yumpf, English credits, dough.) 5. The Student Union building will be done in (April, May, June.) 6. Corncobs is (an honorary g society, an optical illusion, the men's pep club.) 7. The Student Council meets (seldom, every Wednesday, in be tween times). 8. Bullock is (an African animal, a delicatessen, an economics pro fessor. ) 9. The Junior-Senior From is (pretty quick now, almost any Fri- J dav. March 4). j 10. Mortar Boards are (pie bricklayers, a select group of sen ior women, pretty quick now.) Section B. (Give the word that is op posite in meaning to the follow ing:) Destroyer (life-saver, Pitts burgh, Minnesota. Pulchritudinous U. Hall, Vir ginia Anderson, warts.) Hot (fresh bed sheets, unem ployed radiator, any room in the Math buildings). Section C. (Determine for yourself just what is wrong with the following sentences: ) 1. Spring is here. 2. The R. O. T. C. trains young men in-the- methods of modern warfare. 3. The present activity system setup is agreeable to everyone and nobody is a bit worried about it. 4. Grades don't mean a thing, it's the social contact you get in university that counts. 5. The library is in excellent condition and is good for another decade. Tf vnn even bother to trv and puzzle out the answers, this test will give you an L Q. of 60, Gridiron Ability Partly 'Natural,' Stales Prcsndl By John Stuart. Any toy who has ever played for the University of Nebraska is glad to be back, and I certainly am," stated Glen Piesnell. the new backfieM coach, last night Tresnell, one of the most out standing of all Cornhusker half barks, has just arrived for the tprirg football practice from Kan sas university, where he has been an assistant coach. The lormer Husker was famous on the Ne braska gridiron during the 1&25-1 26-27 seasons, and was especially noted for his broken field running. Glenn teammate. Blue Howell, did the blocking as he jaunted goalward. With Ray Kandels. Presnell In 1927 became the first Nebraskan to play In an East West game. The Husker coach stated that certain qualities in a player come only from natural ability. ucli as dodging and broken field running with sh ifUng of weight and change of pace. When quizzed as to whether he thought football players were as tough as in "the good old days" when he plsved football. Presnell remarked, Yes, perh8r cven more so." Rules are somewhat different from when he played, but they fail to make the job harder now that he is coaching. The two ma jor changes have been In blow ing the whistle, signaling the enu ol a play immediately after any part of the body has touched the ground other tin the teet, where formerly a man kept going until he was stopped; and moving the goal posts farther back. The goal posts have never been moved back in professional circles, and when rresnell graduated lrorn college, be became exceptionally proficient In accurate dropkicking from dis tances ol 35 to 45 yards from the oal Presnell had litUe to say about his plans but be did remark that there was a good deal of passing last year, and since some of the proficient passers are back again this year, he will probably empha size that angle. During this spring's football practice he in tends to work on hard running, hard tackling, and hard blocking, which to him seem the most Im portant fundamentals. Hanging on to the ball and pass defense are only secondary and will be taken tip accordingly. FOLLIES JUDGES ALTER SCHEDULE OF SKIT REVIEWS Velma Ekwall Heads Group Choosing Best Acts For Production. Judging of skits for the 1938 Coed Follies continues today with several changes in schedule. First rounds were made last night by the committee of judges headed by Velma Kkwall. Houses whose acts were reviewed are Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, and Sigma Delta Tau. The revised schedule: Wrdnr.dny, r'ebmary S3. M:.1 Thl Mil 1:l Mh I'M :llt I'l H.'tn I'M ThurtilHV. l-rhruiiry 24, :4.1 IMvnimiri Hull ft:IHI HfltH (inmiim 6:1ft Mrnin hntM'il It: MO Hurl) A. H. S. Iconic :t. Itrlln IMM IMIn, 1 :IH hi IHiirtu 7:1ft Khmph kniHtii fiHmrnn t :Sl Kmr Hnulon Hull 1:4ft Alpha Omlrmn I'l The half dozen skits which win the approval of the judges will be announced Friday. It is also pos sible that the names of the candi dates for Best Dressed Girl will be released. Cornliiisker Sols March 1 as Picture Deadline All organization pictures for the 1938 Cornhusker must be taken at the campus studio on or before March 1. Organization contracts should be turned in to the Cornhusker office by this date also. For picture schedules see studio editors, Ralph Reed or Virginia Clemens. CORN COBS DECIDE Cabinet Hopes to Improve Organization by Using " Work Method. Definite steps will be taken to night at the weekly Corn Cob meeting to determine what sort of a competitive admission plan should be employed. It was de cided at the last assembly that the pep group would benefit by greatei selectivity in choosing its members from this sprang the tentative plan, patterencd after that used by Kosmet Klub. Vice President Ed Steeves ap pointed an executive committtee, headed by George Rosen, to in vestigate the situation. A report will be made tonight tftcr which a ballot on the measure will be ! taken. Less Frat Alignments. Ey the new plan, which provides that no pledge shall be initiated who does not show interest by work assignments, the Corn Cob cabinet hopes to do away with the strict fraternity alignments, which have been present in the organization since its orogin. A maximum membership number will be stipulated, thus creating the competitive element. A dinner dance, to be held May 13, is now being planned by the Com Cobs. The band and place for the affair have not beer, se lected, announced Weh Mills, president, j Dr. Bo en to Address French CIiiI HiurMlay Dr. Willis H. Bowen. of the French department will be the principle speaker at the meeting of Alliance Francaise . tomorrow evening at Hotel Lincoln. Dr. Bowen will speak on, "LeTa- bac et la litterature." This is a study of the French back woods. Married Women Teachers Taboo, Says Bureau Head Moritz Reports Shortage Last Year of Available Instructors. Few schools In the state will em ploy married women, says Prof. R. D. Montz. director of the I'ni versity of Nebraska teacher place ment bureau, in his annual report, which is available now in bulletin form. Ape, he says, is also an Import ant Jactor In the placing of ieach era, the bureau having found that it is difficult to secure Jobs, par ticularly in the larger achool sys tems, for those who have passed or, 'Academic and professional qualifications are also not the only factors entering Into the employ ment fjuet-tion," tati the bureau director. "Church affiliation fre quently enters into the selection, but, however, this particular quali fication has been eliminated by lsw and today our office Is pro hibited from giving Information relative to the religious affiliate of the candidate." Shortage of Teachers. Trofessor Moritz points out that there was a shortage of teachers last year In almost every field Dr. D. II. Stuit Attends Atlantic City Meeting . a?. BfWey s, Stuit Dr. Dewey H. Stuit, teachers' college, left Monday to attend the 19 68 convention of the American Council of Guidance and Personnel associations at Atlantic City. In connection with this meeting will be held the oenventions of the American College Personnel associations and the National Vo cational Guidance association. Dr, Stuit plans to return to Lincoln March 4. AG EXECUTIVE HEAD Ray Cruise, Lois Giles Named Directors o,f Affair Of March 27. P.ay Cruise and Lois Giles have recently been announced by Har old Benn, president of the Ag ex ecutive board as co-chairman of the annual spring party, major so cial event on the ag campus. This year's party is scheduled for March 27. At the spring party the Goddess of Agriculture, chosen at a gen eral ag college election, will be pre sented. Later in the spring she will hold court and reign over the annual Farmers' Fair. Earl Heady was named chair man, assisted by Marjorie Francis, on the orchestra committee; Mar ion Grace Cushing will be in charge of the decorations: Harold Benn and Ruth Bauder form the publicity committee; Nila Spader and Denver Gray will be in charge of refreshments; and Deloris Bors and Don Magdanz are the mem bers of the ticket committee. The orchestra committee has already met to discuss plans, and reports that several good orches tras are available for the party and one of the best will be chosen. MATHEMATICS MEET Professor Ta'ks Saturday Before National Group At Atlantic City. Dr. A. R. Congdon. of the de partment of secondary education, will leave today to attend the na tional convention of teachers of mathematics in Atlantic City. He will also attend the executive meet ing of Phi Delta Kappa, national educational fraternity, next week and other various educational meetings to be held in the same city. Dr. Congdon will speak before the mathematics group on Satur day. His subject will be "Chang ing University Entrance Require ments in Mathematics." There are over 7,000 members in this society. , ft. D. MORITZ Llnr-oln Journal. particularly for grsde school in structors who hold college degrees. (Continued on Pae 3.) ( "tlilllilll i iiiiplillllliw 1 ; . ' -'" "... F ILL DRILLERS' ANNUAL SESSION I Gov. Cochran Will Address Group on Nebraska's Water Supplies. Nebraska hall will be- the scene of the tenth annual convention of the Nebraska Well Drillers associ ation this Thursday and Friday. One of the most elaborate equip ment displays during recent years will be shown during the conven tion to the more than 100 dele gates expected, according to E. C. Reed, secretary of the organiza tion and assistant state geologist in the office of the conservation and survey division. Highlights of the convention will be a talk by Governor Cochran on the subject of Nebraska's water resources, a showing by Dr. G.. E. Condra of pictures taken on his re cent trip to Russia. Condra to Open Meet. Dr. Condra, director of the con servation and survey division, will welcome the delegates, while Frank Cole, president of the drill ers, will report on the 1937 nation al convention held in New York City. Reporting on last year's meeting of Water Well Drillers will be H. H. Brown of Blair. Among the speakers to be heard this year are Dr. A. L. Lugn, asso ciate professor of geology; T. A. Filipi, sanitary engineer; J. E. Murray, of the agricultural engi neering department, and Prof. M. I. Evinger, engineering college. Officers of the state well drillers this year are Frank Cole, presi dent, Loomis; Roy Cox, vice presi' dent. North Loup; Edgar Cook, treasurer, Davey; Reed, secretary of the university; and Dr. Condra, director of the short course. The program: Thursday, 9 n. m. : registration. 9:.'!fi: Convene in i"om 110. 9.3r; Exchange of greiincs. IOiOii: Welcome. Dr. O. Y.. Condra. eon' nervation and eurvev diviMon. I'niversity of Nebraska. Response, President Frank Cole. 10:30: Report on 1937 convention of the National Well Prlllers aworiation at New York "ity. President Frank Cole. 11:00: "p.rport on 15S7 meeting of Amer ican Association o( Water Well Pollers, H. H. Brown. 11:30: At'potntnvnt cf comir.ltteel by rrwldent Frank Cole. 1 1 :40: Taking picture of convention at campus stimio. 12: Luncheon, Lincoln chamber of com merce. 1:1. p. m.: See exhibits. NebrasKa hull. 2: Rocks and Formations. How to Kec. ornite them. Or. A. L. Lurn. department of Keolocv. I'niversity of .Nebraska. 3: The Work of the S'ate Department of Health In Safeguarding Public ftater Sup plies, T. A. Filipi, sanitary engineer, atate department of health. 4: The Value f a Knowledge of Tx-al Oology f-nm the Well PnllenT Stand point. H. H. Brown. :30: Putin lunch, courtesy of Jobberi and manufacturers. Lincoln hotel. Friday. 9 a. m. : Convene, room 110. 9 OS: The Posibiliiie of Geophysical Methods of IK-atinn water Supplies. J. Murray, agricultural engineering depart ment of University of Nebraska. Id: The Modern Irrigation Well. Ivan P. Wood, extension agricultural engineering, University of Nebraska. 11: Mr Conditlwing and W'ater Use. Prof. X. I. Kvenger. engineering college, University of Nebraska. 1:30 p. m.: Discussion of mutual prob lems, led by distnet chairman. 2:30: Business and election of officers. NfTIATES 29 CADETS Scabbard, Blade Hear Talks By Col. Frankforter, Gov. Cochran. "Military preparedness' was the cry heard by 29 initiates, active members, and guests of Scabbard and Elade, national military or ganizattion, in addresses by Gov. Hoy L. Cochran and Col. C. J. Frankforter last night. The ban quet followed the society's annual spring initiation of outstanding junior students in military science. Col. W. H. Oury added a touch of humor to the otherwise serious occasion with a reading from Mark Twain. He climaxed his address with a plea for united effort to realize an ample armory for train ing in the university. In addition to the cadet Initia tion ceremonies, the active chapter conferred honorary membership upon Major S. W. Myers of the university and Capt. W. J. Gardner of the Lincoln resrves. Major C. K. Fpeer also delivered a short impromptu address to the new members. The 2 new member Scab bard and Blade are as follows: JoliM llnni-iiftf! Jba mile Kllclilc lark fWnara' ImH4ni Harry Fparraua Ki4M-r liiiwa In.- .anraba fcerniM flNnm-a Huwara Kaiflan I- ranii. I .Ibfrwhal I rBrt l,Ht-rtr Hob Mr.,-hta SU4Mrt M4MV fihr rwhrf Mania M-lrt-li Madr Krr Annua K"lna Klilmra Kfiiib-y 4m tMrphraa Jlia 1mi. K rut TuplMT Ki-ii Mi-krry Kill Writ torrr-t Milk lMWt Mlntcak Jtia W fcr4f t Mark WMHia ifr! ma Alpha lota Holds Banquet for Initiates Sigma Alpha lota, national pro fessional musical sorority, will honor its newly initiated members at a banquet this evening at 6 SO at the University club. The alum nae members of the organization will present a musical starting at 8. THE WEATHER Ths unsettled westher pre. dieted for today might be due ta seme mere pledges thinking about sneaking well, ths wea ther will be evCi by the time they get bsckl OPENS HURSDAY Prom Committee Signs Griff Williams to Play For 1938 Formal Finale Plait Suffers Injuries In Automobile Accident Lincoln Journal. EARL T. PLATT. Suffering slashed tendons in one knee when his car skidded into a snowplow, Earl T. Piatt of the ex tension division is in a hospital at Council Bluffs, la. Mr. Piatt was on his way to at tend the national conference on supervised correspondence study at Atlantic City. N. J., March 3. Accompanying him to the con ference were his secretary, Miss Xatalie Stromberger, and two other assistants, Mrs. Pearl Her man and John Straka. Mrs. Gladys E. Bradley, state educa tion director of the Nebraska WPA, was making the trip with them. These other occupants were only slightly injured, hospital at tendants said. SEE DANCE CONCERT Charles Weidman, Former Lincolnite, Presents Troupe in Omaha. Traveling by way of a specially chartered bus, 33 girls interested in dancing went to Omaha yester day to see Charles Weidman and Dorothy Humphrey, famous Amer ican Dance duo, perform at the Omaha Technical high school audi torium. This dance group, which consists of 12 other professional modern dancers (eight women and four men i besides Humphrey and Weidman, is making its first trans continental tour of this country and has met with great enthusiasm from its previous audiences. Charles Weidman, whose father now lives in Lincoln, once lived in Lincoln, too, and has returned here many times since his migration into a professional career. How ever, few local people have real ized the extent of this Lincolnite's fame and have gazed at newspaper articles, magazine features and dance bulletins telling of his un usual dance interpretations with out the proper feeling of home town pride. Last June, at the re quest of Miss Claudie Moore, the (sponsor of Orchesis, Weidman taught a summer session of class es at the university. As a result of his inspired teaching he obtained many faithful followers who paid him "tribute with their attendance at his concert last night. Prof. Lester B. Orfield of the college of law has been named a member of the advisory committee on social insurance of the Amer ican association for social security. Crashes, Zephyrs, Stalks Of Corn-Your Prom Girl Committee Believes Some Plans Would Stump Even Ziegficld. When the junior-senior prom committee drew In its ten dollar bait and examined Its catch after j a week of angling for ideas for , the presentation of the 193S prom gul, it discovered it had netted II of the wildest Ideas of the season. "We hope we picked the wildest one," said Edmund Steeves, co chairman, discussing the manner of choosing. Like Goldilocks, the committee tested each idea and discarded those unsuited to production. This one was too big only Ziegfeld could have produced It. This one was too small no prom girt could step out of a four foot stalk of corn. . Cars Crssh on Stage. Mort arresting of all the sug gestion submitted was a plan in volving two automobiles, one a decrepit Junk pile and the other a super-smooth Job fresh from the shop. The cars were to come fly ing onto the stage from opposite wings, and ciKh midway. The prom girl would then either step out or fall out ol the smooth AWGWAN 0 PAGES TO CANDID CAMERA PICTURES Humor Magazine Appears Next Week Without Roamer Boys. The February issue of the Awg wan will appear on the stands a week from today. This month's magazine will feature the ap proaching Junior-Senior prom. The publication would have been much larger than usual this month if two extra pages had been added, but Editor Bruce Campbell decided against it, so the Awgwan remains the usual size. The Roamer Boys, famous spe cial correspondents for the maga zine, started on a world cruise this month, but either missed the boat, or were entangled in the Spanish war, as no word has yet been heard from them. Consequently this month's issue must go to press without its' prize article. However much prize copy is reported to be filling in for the Roamer Boys. Candid Camera Page. An extra large candid camera page will appear this month, along with the usual cartoons. Norman Bolker has written a feature ar ticle, "How to become Intellectual in Ten Easy Lessons." The W. C. T. U. and "The Society for the Protection of College Students Morals "has leased the back in side cover, so their will be no re petition of last month's now fa mous drawing. Due to international complica tions the price for Canada had to be raised. So now Canadian read ers must pay 25 cents instead of 20 cents for "America's Foremost Humor Publication." Editor Campbell is having a dif ficult time making each month s issue better than the last, but he says that of course the February issue of Awgwan will be the best ever published. T Language Head Lauds Value Of Individual Thinking In Vesper Service. Dr. Harry Kurz, chairman of the romance language department In the university, spoke at the week ly Y. W. C. A. vesper sen-ice yes terday afternoon in Ellen Smith hall. His topic was "Proverbs and Humor." "There are proverbial sayings and actions in all situations, espe cially the humorous onfs. Look for them." said Dr. Kurz. "All cases of conduct are covered and governed by proverbs," and he con cluded that "Knowledge becomes significant when we think inde pendently and utilize this knowl edge in sen-ice for our fellow men." Mary Bullork was the leader of the devotional period. The vesper choir sang as a special number, "Thi Is My Father's Woild," un der the direction of Maxine Fed eiie. Tex Resells Rounds waa at the piano. Job while the Junior class presi dent tottered from the wreck. The committee decided that no one but a Babe DidriksAn could safely emerge from such an experience and placed a vetoe on the idea. Appears Vis Zephyr. Another suggestion," lacking the element of danger, but consider ably outstripping the budget set for the presentation was the plan to bnn the queen of the hop onto the stage by means of a baby W'Phyr. the stage to be arranged like a depot and properly crowded with welcoming throng and the orchestra members. A few of the students who sub mitted ideas refused to be bothered with the more technical details and merely presented a large out line of the action of the skit, the rest to be worked out by the prom committee Itself. Biggest puzzler of thes was the paper entitled "The College Man's DreaVi," in which a typical Joe Campus goes to sleep on the stage over his studies. Mist Rites From Head. A faint mist rises from his head which grows Into a thick vspor and now the prom girl emerges from the cloud, wakens the man, snd is presented to the (Continued on Fag 4.) California's Favorite Ear.tf Makes Stop on Campus For Mar. 4 Event. Griff Wililams and his famous orchestra will stop in Lincoln March 4 enroute from the Mark Hopkins hotel In San Francisco to the Edgewatcr Beach hostelry in Chicago to provide music for danc ers at the 1938 Junior-Senior prom, acocrding to an announcement re leased last night by Harriet Cum mer and Stanley Brewster, co chairmen of the committee dele, gated to select a band for the af fair. Nationally known for its superb renditions of popular songs, Griff Williams aggregation has been playing at the Mark Hopkins hotel on the west coast for 19 consecu the weeks. Two weeks ago the band journeyed south to the city of Los Angeles to play for tho University of Southern Caliofrnia prom. Replaoes Orrin Tucker. After furnishing music for tha closing event of the Nebraska cam. pus formal season, Williams will play the following night for the last formal ball at South Dakota university. He wil then go directly to Chicago where he will replace Orrin Tucker at the Edgewater Beach hotel. "In selecting Griff Williams and his orchestra, the prom committee feels that it is furnishing Nebraska prom-goers with one of the best bands available today," stated Brewster. "It has become the prime favorite on the west coast during its long stay there, and is doubt less due for even greater popular ity." When furnishing the prom com mittee with a list of bands from which to make a selection, the Music Corporation of America es pecially recommended Williams as the "pick of the lot." AT 5 O'CLOCK TODAY Upsilon Chapter Observes 17th Charter Day Anniversary. The Nebraska chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, national nvisic fra ternity, will present the program for the university's 19th musical convocation this afternoon in the Temple theater at 4 o'clock. The program will be part of the char ter day observance of Upsilort chapter which is celebrating its 17th anniversary, Feb. 23. The arrangements call for flute, piano, trumpet and violin solos, a flute and violin duet, and a num ber by the fraternity's brass quartet Professors Don Lentz, Emanuel Wishnov. Herbert Schmidt, and Earnest Harrison are aiding in the program. Lentz Plays Flute Numbers. Don Lentz will open the convo cation with two flute pieces, "Hun garian Pastoral Fantasy" by D"p pier, and "Serenade" fy Georges Hue. Houghton Furr will follow with "Staccato'' by P.ubinstein on the piano. Minor Plumb will give Von Weber's "Grand Concerto" snd "P.ondo Movement." First trumpet player Duhne Harmon will plfiy "The Arrow snd the Song" by Chenoweth, "D" Not Go My Love.'' by Hageman, "The Last Song," by R"g-rs. Thomjts McManus will present "Tzigane," a violin number, by Ravel. Don Lentz and Emanuel Wishnow togther will play "Suite de Petit Duos," "Badinage." "Berceuse," "Vslee." "Nocturne," and "Scherzino" by Cesar Cul. Brass Qujrtet Appears. "Vaterlandisches Lied" will bs given by the brass quartet com (Continued on Page S.I TBI-K CLUB SCHEDULES AKNUALFEED MARCH 2 Agronomy Students to Honor Crops Judging Team At Program. The "big feed" of the year, sponsored by the Tri-K club, is scheduled for the college of agri culture campus on Wednesday, March 2. The date was announced today by members of the group, en association of students interested in agronomy. Details of the program are 1 yet complete, for a prominent In structor on the campus Is being requested to address the students, A limited number of tickets wi3 be sold for the afair. Wayne Domingo is In general eharge of ticket sales. He is be ing assisted by Adrian Lyr.n. C Jones, Byron Sadie and Claude King. The nations! championship intercoileg-fate crops Judging tesm from the agricultursl college may he honored st the same program. It m-ss coached by Dr. A. L. Fro 11k of the agronomy department.