C r i , nn 1 II I 31 $&cc (Jtunp&srfL Bebraska tt fin fill Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXVil. NO. 103. LINCOLN. NKHUASKA. SUNDAY, MARCH 1371938. PRICEHHVEENTS i j i f OF ATHLETES i AND STUFF '.' It has been the custom of va rious groups of people to point accusing fingers and exclaim "for shame" and "oh, the pity and wrongness of it" whenever the conversation veered to athletic overemphasis. Football, in articular, many have moaned. Is overemphasized far too much for the good of the competitors and for the good of the school for which the competi tors compete. Educators and peda gogues in high schools, colleges, and the state university in Ne braska have bewailed the fact that athletics is too often subordinate to education. Some few tolcrants regard education as one business and athletics as another athletics and education searate planes seems Putting n two logical enough. On the One Hand. It is easy to draw up an anal ogy between the two. Athletics ran h rilviHerl inln amateur and . I professional and also in matter of personnel, competitors and coaches. Education can be di vided into undergraduate and graduate work and also in the matter of personnel, students and teachers. A student works for a master's or a doctor's de gree In his special line of work. An athlete works for the equiva lent of a master's degree when he tries to make good in some professional way, such as in baseball major leagues, football leagues, or commercial exhibi tions. Here at Nebraska, there is no doubt but what the most famous facet in the diamond of university activity is the football team. Har vard has its law college, Colum bia its literature and journalism, Cornell its engineering, etc., ar.d Nebraska its football team. The athletic department and majority I of the students are proud of it Educators, graduates and quite a number of undergraduates would like to have Nebraska known as a university because of its educa tmnal facilities and benefits. Why, then, is Nebraska's chief claim to national recognition its football tram? There is one fact which we be lieve furnishes the answer. And that is the fact that the University of Nebraska athletic department is an effieiiri. organization, staffed with men of business acumen and organizational and directorial abil ity. Clean Hands. Nebraska does not subsidize and the athletes who come to the university, while they come quite often for the sole purpose of competing in collegiate athletics and are perhaps granted leni- ency some times in classroom 'work, have a pretty strenuous time of it trying to work their f ways thru university. There are no sinecures available for ath letes, let atone a good job with local business firms. Nebraska docs, however, can vass the state thoroly and effi ciently for prospective athletes. The athletic department fells the university to the native sons from the lime thev are able to go to fathcr-and-son banquets and we moving pictures of the Nebraska football team in action until the time when they matriculate at the university. It is during the winter and spring banquet season that the coaches get in good licks for the slma mater. The athletic depart ment makes awards for high sr-hoo achievement and thus gains the appreciation of the award re ceiver. And graduating athletes go out into coaching positions in Inch schools all over the state and continue the process of selling Ne braska. Cultivating Muscles. But Nebraska does not culti vate her athletic crops extens ively, it cultivates intensively. Meaning that it concentrates on athletes within the state boun daries and does not attempt to contact and persuade athletes from neighboring states that the Scarlet-and-Cream has greener pastures. If a foreign state ath lete comes here, he comes here of his own choice. Naturally, this makes Nebraska appreciat ed by other universities and also accounts for the tact that the great majority of competitors for Nebraska are homegrown products. So what? So Nebraska gets good athletes and consequently good teams. The moral? A crass commer eiatistle one consistent sales manship wilt work wonders. f SHITH, PASSMORE WIN 3 (M Cl'Pllirrnpi nnirrrPT Nebraskam to Read Papcn At Omaha Convention On April 15. Uppers prepared by Ellis Smith no John Passmore have been hoen the best of four presented Jo compete in the applied mechan ics and engineering convention to held in Omaha, April 15. hchoola from Kanaaj. Missouri, Md the Dakotas will also attend. Smith and Passroort will com pete with araker from other I schools for four prizes totaling .V00. Smith's paper was entitled "X-Ray Inspection of Welds on A High Pressure Line." and dealt t with the method of inspection pro ' cedure used. Psasmore's psper I concerned "Insulation m-ith Tin i foil." extolling the ue of tinfoil as 1 building Insulation. 1 t t i i 4 Players to Open Elizabethan Play Tomorrow Night Second Maxwell Anderson Play Co-Stars Rider, Vera Mae Yinger. Opening their second consecu tive Maxwell Anderson play, the University Players will don the costume and customs of the Eliza bethan age when they present "Elizabeth, the Queen," In the Temple theater Monday evening. In the title rclc will appear last year's popular riayers' star. Vera Mae Peterson Yinger co-starring with the Temple idol, Richard Rider. As Elizabeth and Essex, the favorite couple are expected to re ceive as much praise as they did for their performance In "Lost Ho rizon" of last season. Lunt-Fontaine Hit. "Eliza bfth the Queen" Is the play which was shown on Broad way recently in which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine starred and it is written by the same play wright as the University Players' February production, "High Tor." The coming play is an excellent study of the character of the Eliz abethan age and of the people who lived at that time. Maxwell An derson spent much time In re search for the work which shows a freely used imagination coupled with accurate detail to portray some authentic history. Large Cast. A large cast has been chosen to support Mrs. linger and Mr. Rid er. The outstanding historical roles will include S'r Robert Cecil taken by Robert Johnston; Sir Francis Bacon, portrayed by Hart Jenks; Penelope Gray played by Claudine Burt and Sir Walter Raleigh who will be interpreted by Armand Hunter. Other characters will be Lord Burehley. Gardner Handy; Cap tain Armin, Raymond Brown; the Fool, Arthur Ball; MaVy, Ruth Van Slvke; Tressa, Virginia Nolte Ellen, "Barbara Birk; Marel, La Rue Sorrell; Courtier, Gene Cur ,tiss; Captain of the Guards, Lau rence Lansing; Cottier, John Guth rey; Men at Arras. Robert Alexan der and Frank Sawyer; Herald, Jack Bittner: Burbage, Max Could; Hemmmfcs, Fohn ' Gaeth;-- Po4a. Donald Giffen, and Ladies in Wait ing, Jane Alvey and Byrtie Basn. BEHN NEW SERIES Kansas U., South Dakota Loom as Forensic Slate This Week. Forrest Wilke and Leo Turkel will uphold the affirmative aide of the "Compulsory Arbitration" topic In a debate with the Uni versity of Kansas team before the Rotary club Tuesday. On the same afternoon, the teams will debate before a forensic meeting at Beat rice high school at 3 p. m. On Thursday afternoon, teams debating the labor question will leave for Vermillion, South Da kota, to engage in a aeries of four debates there, and at Sioux City. Affirmative speakers who will represent Nebraska are Milton Gustafson and Don Nemetz, while negative speakers will be Charles C. Spann and Harold Gurske. ' The first debate of that aeries wilt be at 7:30 Thursday evening in the Law building of South Da kota University, and the next at 9:00, over radio station KUSD. On Friday morning, the quartet will debate against the Dakotans before assemblies in Sioux City Central high school. Tiyouts for positions on a team which will engage schools in Kan (Continued on Page 2.) HUSKER DEBATERS Fcllman Sees Democratic Unity As Only Way to Combat Menace Of German Ascendancy in Europe By Ellsworth Steele. That only a combination of all the democratic nations In the world can stop Germany If she la successful In Incorporating within the bounds of the German empire all the Germans of Kurope. Is the opinion of Dr. David Fellman of the university political science de partment As German troops march Into Austria and Czechoslovakia stands ready and ex pectin; a move In her direction, Fellman fears that Hitler may gain auch supremacy in centra! Europe that he will be able to do knything he wishes un less the democracies Join together. "Real'' Austrian Plebiscite. Discussing the recent German push on Austria which saw a thousand Germans advance unre sisted deep Into Austrian terri tory. Fellman called especial at tention to the logical effect on Italy, the threat to Czechoslovakia and the beautiful timing of the move. In reply to the ultimatum tied by Hitler, the Austrian govern ment haa been reorganized with natl former minister of the In terior, Dr. Arthur Beysz-Inquart as chancellor of a preponderate! NOTED PRINCETON CHEMISTTOTALK BEFORE SIGmAX Dr. W. M. Stanley Discusses Borderlands of Life On April 12. "The Borderlands of Life," an address by the internationally fa mous biochemist, Dr. W. M. Stan ley, who was awarded the $1,000 prize by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his work in isolating the virus of the tobacco mosaic disease, is the feature attraction the Nebras ka chapter of Sigma Xi will offer the public at the . annual joint meeting April 12 of the society and the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Stanley Is a member of the staff of the Rockefeller in stitute of medical research at Princeton. His public address here at 8:15 p. m., April 12, in the Cornhusker ballroom will be of unusual inter est to every scientist and profes sional man of other universities and schools as well as to lay groups, most of whom already (Continued on Page 2.) Option to Provide Minimum Of Distributed Hours . For Students, j 4, No longer will candidates for master's degrees at the University of Nebraska be required to pre sent written theses embodying the resulta of independent study or research. By action of the board of regents Saturday, acting upon the recommendation of the faculty of the Graduate College and in keeping with the trend in other schools, students may take their choice on the thesis matter. One option will give the candi date for the advanced degree the existing requirements of meeting a minimum of work equal to 30 credit hours, consisting of from 20 to 24 credit hours or regular course work, and a thesis equiva lent to from 6 to 10 hours. Under the other option, which Is (Continued on Page 4.) PROWLERS TRY TO BOMB EAST STADIUM ENTRANCE Police are seeking the un identified prowlers who at tempted to gain entrance to the stadium late last night by means of a homemade bomb. Hearing the sound of an explosion, officers investigat ed and found that a bomb, ap parently constructed from a section of gas pipe had been placed close to the east door. The explosion blew a small hole in the door and broke out several sections of win dow glass, but did not suc ceed in entering the stadium proper. Police arriving on the scene found sections of the pipe, the caps on the ends, and part of the fuse. t ' I 7 Uneoln 3 w: rail. DR. DAVID FELLMAN. nazl cabinet Schuschnir- or chancellor dictator, has resigned and gone Into exile. The plebis cite on Austrian Independence (Continued oa Page 3.J, UNION MANAGERS SELECT DIRECTOR OF DIN R OM Mrs. Quisenberry Assrmes Position as Catercc: On March 1. To supervise the dining rooms and kitchens of the new Student Union building will be the duty of Mrs. Ruth Quisenberry, recent ly named food director of the student center by the board of managers. Mrs. Quisen berry has man aged the dining rooms of the Omaha cham ber of com merc during the past four years. Prior to this, she was cafete ria director for nine years in charge of the student lunch rooms Omaha South high school. Entertainment During Lunch. Besides the regular kitchen per sonnel, Mrs. Quisenberry will have as her assistants about 48 student waitresses, bus boys, checkers and cashiers. The new food director arrived in Lincoln March 1 to be gin preparation of her food budget and the hiring of her kitchen staff in readiness for the opening of the Union building In April. The board of managers revealed that Mrs. Quisenberry may ar range entertainment during dining hours as a part of her new duties. Honors Convocation Al reports for the removal of incompletes and for grades lacking must be on file in the registrar's office not later than March 19, if students are to be eligible for consideration for the honors convention. Florence I. McGahey, Registrar. Over 500 Persons Witness Show, Mock Auction Saturday Night. Jefferson Eroady was chosen grand champion showman at the eighth annual Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show and mock auction sale held In the ag college equine auditorium last night. Over 500 people, the largest crowd ever to witness one of the shows, waa present at the selection. Mr. Broady was award ed a silver cup by the Block and Bridle club, sponsor of the event. Fifty-five showmen entered the competition and were divided Into five groups. John Volk, Eattle Creek, was chosen cattle show man; Jefferson Broady, Lincoln, beef cattle showman; Rudolf Nem echek, Humboldt, was chosen for the hog group; Marvin Krusf, Lin coln, of the dairy cattle; Edward Rink. Hupper. of the horse group. From these Judge H. C. Founts of Seward chose Broady as the most (Continued on rage 2.) PROF. MILLER TO SPEAK AT FAIRBOARD MriflNG Members to Judge Contest Proposal! at Initial Rally Tuesday. Prof. A. M. Miller, member of the fair board, will speak at the first rally of the Farmers Fair board Thursday evening at 7:15 at Ag hall. For the past three weeks a con test haa been conducted to get new Ideaa about the fair. An award will be made at the meeting to the person having presented the best auggestion. Eongs shown on a slide will be sung to the group. Wesley Dunn will lead the songs. All the mem bers of the fair board will be pre sented. KOSMET KLUB SCHEDULES CHORUS TRIALS THIS WEEK Klub to Name Spring Show Groups Wednesday, Thursday Nights. Kosmet Klub will hold trv-outs Wednesday and Thursday nlghta of thla week to select members of the singing and dancing choruses for the 1928 spring show, "Hades' Try-outs win begin at 7:30 each night and will be held In the baae ment of Teirhri rv.ii.tr t-.mi chorui will carry 12 men, and they piay a prominent part In the show, according to Wlniield Ellas, presi dent of the Klub and general man ager of the production. Bongs for the show are now be ing selected by a Klub committee headed by Don Boehm, and an an nouncement will be mnde In the next few days regarding the final choices, , if If at WRENCH Regents Clarify Issue Of Choir's Affiliation In Special Investigation SI AGENCIES OF RELIEF IRK Agnes Van Driel to Speak On Public Welfare Monday Might. Agnes Van Driel, chief of th technical training of the bureau of assistance of the social security board of Washington, D. C, will address the members of the gradu ate school of social work and the Lincoln council of social agencies Monday evening on the general re lief situation in the country. The social workers talk will follow a dinner held in the Chamber of Commerce. The speaker has submitted ns the subject of her address, "If I Were a Relief Client," and she will emphasize the fact that public welfare is everybody's responsibil ity, not just the taxpayers' and the person on relief. Miss Van Driel has been in Lin coln conferring with Miss Helen M. Dart, the regional representa tive of the Social Security board. A former Nebraska student, the Washington guest received her A. (Continued on Page 4.) SEE APRIL 2 AS DATE 'Conservation' to Keynote Gathering; Prominent Men Convene. Prof. J. P. Colbert of the en gineering faculty and secretary of the Nebraska Engineering society, announced April 2 as the date of the eighth annual roundup of the society. Meetings will be held all day in Omaha with conservation designated as the theme of the conference. Speakers of national prominence will anDear on the program, in cluding John C. Page of Washing ton, D. C, who is commissioner oi the United States bureau of recla mation, and C. M. Liehtburn of Denver, valuation engineer for the Denver and Kio uranue rauroaa Page, according to Professor Col bert, waa formerly of Syracuse, Neb., and was a graduate of the university of 1908. He waa ap pointed commissioner by the pres ident in January, 1937. Ferguson Organized Croup. Llghtburn, who will speak on "A State Engineering Society's Func tion." has for some time been ac tive in the program of the Colo rado society. At tne present u;ne he is secretary-treasurer of his or ganization. Others on the program include R. O. Green of Hastings, assistant chief engineer of the Tri County project, who will discuss the proeress made on the project. and Roy )reen of Lincoln, presi dent of the state hoard oi exam iners for professional engineers and architects, who will review (Continued on Page 4.) PHYSICIAN KKI'Ol.TS BAItBOnt IMPKOVEI) GfoIof!y Department Heat! Confined Willi Serious Throat Infection. The condition of Dr. Erwin H. Barbour, chairman of the depart ment of geology, who was taken ill last week with an acute throat Infection, waa reported "improv ing" yejterday by Dr. John Thomp son, physician to Dr. Barbour. Until the Improvement ahown yesterday Dr. Barbour's condition was very critical due to his age and his heart Dr. Thompson ex pressed a belief that the geologist would recover. y.m.c.OefIbershear prof. dmb wednesday Speaker to Show Pictures Taken on European Excursion. Professor H. P. Davis of the ng college will be the featured penk er at a regular members' meeting of the Y. M. C. A. to be held this coming Wednesday evening at 7:30 In the "Y" rooms of the Temple theater. Y. M. members will be enter tained with pictures taken by Prof. Davis during hla European excursion last summer. Included in the travelogue will be inciden's and descriptions of European life and customs. Special music will be Included In tha program. A welcome is ex tended by Jerry Williams, presi dent of the University Y, to every one who ma cats lo attend. NEBRASKA ENGINEERS OR ANNUAL ROUNDUP SIGMA DELTA CHI MEETS FOR LUNCHEON MONDAY Nebraska chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional journalism fraternity, wil hold a luncheon tomorrow noon at the Forum cafe, and all active members are urged to attend. An invitation to all sophomore men interested in publications and in Sigma Delta Chi is ex tended by Morris Llpp, secre tary of the Nebraska chapter. Plans for pledging and initia tion will be discussed. WOMENTOELECT A.W.S. OFFICERS, Misses Robinson, Pascoe To Vie for Position Of President. Women voters will go tn the polls Wednesday to cast their votes in the second major women's election of the school year, when officers and members of the A. W. S. board will be named for the coming year. Vicing for the presidency will be Phyllis Robinson and Helen Pascoe. Phyllis is a member of Alpha Chi Omega, has been a member of Tassels for two years, a member of the A. W. S. board for the pa.st year, and is acting as general chairman for this year's Coed Follies. Helen Pascoe is a member of Chi Omega, has been an A. W. S. board member for two years, serving as secretary this year, and Is editor in chief of the Daily Nebraskan. Twelve Other Members. Other members of the board to be chosen are four senior mem bers, four Junior and four sopho more members, one of each group (Continued on Page 3.) DR. R. A. LYMAN PLANS Pharmacy Dean to Speak Before Conclaves, Conventions. Dr. P.. A. Lymim, dean of the pharmacy college, has on his April schedule a number of addresses which he will give before out-of-town universities and organiza tions. April 1 Dr. Lyman will address lay groups on venereal diseases and their control at Pawnee City and Table Rock, and then he wiil go to Des Moines for the following two days to represent the uni versity at the convention of the fifth district of Boat da and Col leges of Pharmacv. At the con clave, where men from Nebraska. Iowa, Minnesota, South and North Dakota will meet. Dr. Lyman will read a paper on "ColUge and State Hoard Examination for Pharmacy."' Speaks in Minnesota. At the University of Minnesota Dr. Lyman will adoress a convoca tion of pharmacy ftudents on April 13 on the subject of "The Development of the Pharmaceutic (Continued on Page 2.) BOARD MARCH 1 6 'Vlck'mpf 'IV'clinjr,' 'Shucking' All Derived From 'Cornhusker,' Writes Miss Mable Meredith " 'Picking,' 'peeling' and 'shuck ing' are various terms used In western Nebraska, South Dakota and Missouri which refer to the pulling of the ripe ear of corn from its covering of diied shucks on the atalk." writes Mamie J. Meredith, Instructor of English, In a recent article which appeared In American Speech, a quarterly of linguistic usage. Miss Meredith has made a collection of terms used In corn husking matches. While various terms may be ap plied to the same act In different states, the university educator dis covered th.it the linage of certain words may differ from one local ity to another. For example, "snap ping" to some farmers in western Nebraska means breaking the ear from the stalk, but not husking or stripping the sheath from the ear. Also, the small metal Instru ment which la used by the corn husker to aid him In stripping the shuck from the ear may be called & "husking peg." "pin," "hook" or may be Incorporated In a "husk ing glove" or 'mlt." Social Husking Contests. Corn husking matches 85 years ago took the form of a social gathering, and were called 'bees" Singers Ask Practice Room, Not Financial Support, Says Rosborough. A definite meaning of the word "affiliation," and clarification of the issue of the proposed affilia tion of the Lincoln Cathedral choir was reached Friday after noon by the meeting of the spe. cial committee of the boafl of re. Rents in charge of investigating the question. "When it became eviil.Mii that what the friends of the choir meant by the use of the term 'Af filiation' was to provide adequate, permanent quarters in the Temple building for the choir, which would assume the name Nebraska Cathe dral choir, the issue was greatly clarified," Regent Robert W. De voe, member of the special mm. mitt.ee, stated yesterday. "The special committee was continued with instructions to make a sur vey of available space for that purpose, with the desire of accom modating the choir." Problem of Space. According to a release of the University News and Feature Service, Regent Shaw stated that the board of regents is therefore, confronted with the problem of finding available spare that can be used exclusively by the Cathedral rhoir. Due to already overcrowded conditions it was necessary this year 10 discontinue instruction in, one subject because no space was available. ' No department of the (Continued on Page 2.) ROlWWAGE Students, Faculty Initiated Into Local Chapter Of Honorary. Thirty-six students and faculty members, ranked as outstanding in the field of romance languages became charter members of Phi Delta chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, honorary romance language fra ternity at initiation and installa tion ceremonies held last evening at the University club. Of the group initiated. 34 per sons became active members of the society find two were named as honorary members. Faculty members who were initiated in clude Dr. Harry Kurz, Dr. Hilario Saenz, Dr. James Wadsworth. Dr. Willis Bowvn, John Hammond, Miss Marie Mongers, Miss Augus ta Nelson. Lloyd Teale, and Jean Tilche. The list of new graduate student members are Beth Cornell, son. Paulim Hulbert, Louise Loo itz. Nora Osborn. Simonc Thierry, and Lucy Weir. Students Become Members. Charier members initiated from the unirersity alumni ranks wers Katherine Piarza, Ixnoie Teal, and Evelyn Diamond. Seniors in cluded in the group are FlavU f'hampe, Victoria Berpgren, Philip Deming. Merle Herniord. Helen Istas, Virginia G. Smith, and Alice Nielsen. Juniors initiated were Frances Beaty, El"anor Fiche, Patricia Lahr, Helen Pascoe. Doro thy Swisher, and Mary Tooey. Somnre members of ihe group are atherlne Bullock. Houghton Furr and Mercedes Oberlender. Drs. Michael (Jinsburg anil Joseph Alexis arc honoiary members. Dr. Bowen President. Officers who 'ill direct the c. tivities of the fraternity for the coming year lire as follows: Lr. W. H. Bowen, president; Frances (Continued on Page 2.1 or "frolics," she writes. The guesta sang -corn songs while the men performed their work. The modern matches which are amazingly dif ferent, are held In a large corn field with ss many as 60,000 look ing on and the contestants being from us many as a dozen different states. The Important part that coin- husking played In the lives of the pioneers is shown by the many uses of the husks. They were used to help furnish their homes, such as "shuck bottom" chairs, "corn, husk mattresses", and even pillows stuffed with rcrnshucks. Corn was a staple food of the early peo ple and ninny of the dishes which originated In the pioneer days are still prevalent today: "corn-pone", "corn bread , ' hominy , " Johnny cake" and "corn cakes". Synonym for Whiskey. " 'Corn-fed", tised colloquially today In reference to persona, may mean plump, or It may mean heavy, dull, and slow-witted", she says. '"Corn-Juice" haa been a nickname for a low grade of whis ky for a hundred and fifty yeara and 'corned' la one of the better known synonyms for drunk. 'Corn- (Continued on fag 2.) n y Q. 3 i i o c "c "2 3 I