The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 14, 1938, Image 1

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BIOGRAPHY OF A
PSYCHOLOGIST SON
j? For years I have been wanting
' '," to make known to the world the
? life I have led, the living inferno
i that I, Mortimer Gosden, have
been going through as a son of one
of the world's greatest expcrlmcn
, tal psychologists.
From the time that I first en
1 tercd the world with a doctor's
1 i slap, I have been dropped, clec
i trocuted, hit, starved, and stuffed
$ all in the name of science.
One of the first things my father
'; experimented with was my re
' flexes. He gave me a bottle of
warm milk, complete with soft
nipple and I quickly learned how
to operate the nipple with a suck
ing motion of the lips. His next
move was to let me get good and
hungry and then give me a bottle
of warm milk with a big slit in
the rubber top instead of just a
. pin point. I tilted the bottle up and
Tgot the milk right in my race. I
like to have choked. The next time
he cave me the bottle of milk I
"i threw it in his face,
i No Chimpanzee,
5 I found out in my youth that
It had been my father's burning
J ambition to raise me in the com-
1 pany of a chimpanzee for com-
I parison of characteristics but
my mother put her foot down on
that idea. She was president of
the local order of the Society for
' the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals and persuaded father
that one experimentee In the
' house was enough.
" 1 He used to hold out something
promising in his hand to get me to
walk at an early age. I would take
, one or two steps and fall flat on
my face. He would place me up
- right again and coax me into do
ing the same thing. This got rather
monotonous until I learned how to
v , crawl, which wasn't what my lov
ing poppa wanted at all. Another
innovation of his which I have
never forgiven was khaki diapers.
'He wanted to see if being uncom-
; fortable would keep me awake,
i ', make me cry, or put me to sleep.
Most babies can sleep during
' the day and have a lot of fun
f ! at nigbt what with bawling and
y getting their poppas to walk up
i and down carrying them In their
l arms, i nat never woricea Tor
a me. The first time I tried It
Tier xne oacy next ooor pui mi
wise to It, my father got up say
ing, "This is Just the chance
I've been waiting for." He then
took me by the hand and walked
me up and down the kitchen
floor which he had covered with
cracker crumbs and felt like
tacks to my bare feet.
He used to come to me with a
pin. Then with much loud laugh
ing and smilin, vc would stick
1 yne with the pin. The smiling and
laughing on his part was supposed
to give me the idea that pin-sticking
was all a huge joke and even
a pleasurable pastime. I kicked
his glasses off the first time and
yelled bloody murder the rest of
the times.
When I grew old enough to play
in one of those jumpers, which has
a canvas seat attached to a
spring and the spring attached to
the ceiling of a porch, my father
cleverly sawed half the spring.
Then just as I had got to bouncing
good, the spring busted and I went
down in a heap while my father
recorded my reactions in a note
book. I had so many reactions it
kept him busy for half an hour.
I guess I had a narrow escape
In my cribhood. My mother told
me just the other day that she
had a hard time talking my father
out of the desire to push me out
'Ho see if it was really true that a
blow on the head would make me
mentally deficient in later years.
I. Q. Again.
I took Intelligence tests every
six months and frequently he
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Past Ghosts Ride Again
As Vtag' Goes Historical
Publication's Largest Single
Issue to Trace Story
Of Nebraska U.
By LaVon Parker Linn.
We learn from the grapevine
telegraph that the historical issue
the Pally Nebraskan will ap
pear soon, with complete factual
data touching on every conceiv
able phase of progress of the uni
versity. Business Manager 'Chuck'
Tanton declares that interest in
the issue is increasing every day,
and that present indications are
that support for the project will
surpass his fondest dreams.
Advice at hand Indicates that it
will be the largest circulation of a
single issue in the history of the
publication. Plans call for students
"-"selves selling; copies at 10
tents each, with 5 cents per copy
going to the student making the
aU. The money will be collected
In advance and turned in to the
business manager as collected.
Nhades of Scandal Sandahl
We feel that the way to make
this announcement would be to
f l't ala Edward VIII with the
words "at long last," but inas
much as our cause is slightly
more local in interest, we forego
the opportunity. We think, how
ever, that the program is worthy
of support from every person who
VOL. XXXVII, NO. 122.
Corn Cobs Adopt
Non-Fraternity
Reorganization
Pep Club Votes Unanimously
For New Plan, Modeled
On Kosmet Set-Up.
Final vote on the reorganization
hill at the Corn Cob meeting last
night found the men's pep club
unanimously in favor of adopting
the new setup patterned after the
Kosmet Klub, which puts mem
bership in the club on a merit
basis.
According to the accepted plan,
the Corn Cobs will be made up
hereafter of four senior officers,
16 active junior members, and
sophomore workers whose efforts
thruout their sophomore year will
be recorded and serve as their bid
for membership in the active club.
Each spring four active members
will be elected to positions for the
next year while the other 12 jun
iors become inactive to make way
for the 16 new workers who are
accepted by the active chapter.
Set Spring Party Date.
Heretofore, sophomore Corn
Cobs have been on a pledge basis,
and this year no record was kept
of their individual work. This year
both pledges and active members
will vote the four seniors who will
hold office next year and also for
the 16 pledgee who will be ac
cepted into membership. The new
officers will be in charge of the
initiation for new members.
May 21 was the date set for the
annual Corn Cob spring party and
dinner dance. Plans were left to
the party committee for arrange1
ment.
HOLDS ANNUAL MEATS
Winners to Receive Trophies;
Contest Opens Today
In Packing Plant.
The Block and Bridle club at
ag college will hold its eleventh
annual meats judging contest to
day, according to an announce
ment by Prof. W. J. Loeffel. The
contest will be held in the coolers
of the Lincoln Tacking company
at 1:15 o'clock.
Men competing will be required
to place carcasses and wholesale
cuts, of beef, pork, and lamb.
Judges for the contest will be Tom
Aitken, Tccumseh; Lester Schma
deke, Bradish; Carl Swanson,
Kearney, and Earl Hedlund, Chap
pell. Bus Transports Contestants.
Aitken, Schmadeke, and Swan
son were members of this year's
championship meats judging team
at the International Livestock
show in Chicago. Hedlund was a
member of the team last year.
Home economics students will
compete in meats judging at the
Lincoln Packing company Satur
day morning, Professor Loeffel
added. A bus will pick up any
women wishing to enter the con
test at Ag hall at 8:00 o'clock. In
addition to placing carcasses and
wholesale cuts, they will be re
quired to identify 25 retail cuts
and tell the best method for pre
paring each one.
Trophies for both contests have
been donated by the National Live
stock and Meat Board of Chicago.
Additional prizes will be furnished
by the Nebraska Livestock Breed
ers and Feeders association.
Last year this contest was won
by Chris Saunders.
ever attended this institution, even
tho they spent most of their' time
in smoke dreams at the moon,
and 50 percent of their lectures
were given by Dean Thompson.
We remember many of the proj
ects of the past. We recall the
crusades of "Scandal" Sandahl,
Gene Robb, Elmont Waite. How
ard Alloway, Art Wolf, and all the
others. We saw and heard all the
campaigns, from the one to in
duce Dan McMullen to shave, thru
to the drive to surface 12th street,
to install coat racks in Social
(Continued on Page 51.
GREEK COUNCIL OPPOSES
(M'HUSKER SPACE RATE
Group Lodges Protest, Plans
Rush Week at Regular
Bi-Weekly Session.
In protest against the price for
pages in the Cornhusker, the inter
fraternity council met last night in
Morrill hall and went on record as
willing to pay no more than $30
per double spread In the annual
next year, as opposed to the $50
charge this year.
At the session fraternity repre
sentatives announced the names of
their rush chairmen and the num
ber of rush cards that each house
needed.
IB EI Y
FORENSIC MATCH
10 OPEN TONIGHT
Annual Greek Debate Meet
Takes Navy Increase
As Subject.
Eight fraternity teams will vie
for the interfraternity debate
championship in the first round
to be held this evening at 7 o'clock
in the chapter house of each af
firmative team. "Resolved, that
the United States should greatly
enlarge the navy," will be the
question discussed.
Each speaker will have six min
utes for a constructive speech and
four for a rebuttal argument. All
speakers will speak on either side
of the question. Two preliminary
rounds will be held this year be
fore eliminations are made. The
second round will be held April 19.
Teams for the first round are as
follows. The affirmative team is
named first.
Beta Theta Pi vs. Alpha Tau
Omega.
Delta Theta Phi vs. Phi Alpha
Delta.
Kappa Sigma vs. Zeta Beta
Tau.
Sigma Alpha Mu vs. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
All judges will be from the in
tercollegiate debate teams.
NEW SLATE OF A.W.S.
OFFICERS TAKE VOWS
AT
Banquet in Ellen Smith Hall
To Honor Members
Of Cabinet.
New members of the A. W. S.
board will take oath of office to
night in Ellen Smith Hall begin
ning at 5 o'clock, and will be hon
ored by a banquet at 6.
Dean Amanda H. Heppner and
the A. W. S. sponsors, Mrs. T. J.
Thompson, Miss Lucivy Hill and
Miss Nellie Eastburn, will be spe
cial guests attending the installa
tion and the following banquet.
Helen Pascoe heads the new of
ficers as president. Betty Cele-
ments: vice president, Elizabeth
Waugh, treasurer, and Marian
BradHtreet, secretary.
Senior members to be inducted
are Phyllis Robinson, Irene Sellers,
Velma Ekwall and Josephine Rub-
nltz. Junior members will be Janet
Lau, Patricia Pope and Virginia
Clemens. Priscilla Chain, Jean
Simmons and Patricia Sternberg
are to be sophomore members.
Jane Barbour retires as presi
dent for the past school year, and
Martha Morrow as vice-president.
Senior members retiring by grad
uation are Betty Cherny, Maxlne
Durand, Katherine Kilbuck and
Kathryn Winquest.
VERSE WRITERS VIE
Faculty Committee to Judge
Winner From Poems
Submitted.
Entries are now being received
for the position of Ivy Day Poet,
a traditional figure of Ivy Day
whose name is kept secret until he
reads his poem at the ceremony.
The contest, sponsored by Mor
tar Board, is to be judged by Dr.
Louise Pound, Miss Margaret Mc
Phee, and Dr. I. C. Wlmberly. A
cash prize of $5 will be awarded
to the winner.
Open to both men and women,
the contest reaches its deadline
April 29. All manuscripts must be
submitted to Mrs. Westover in
Ellen Smith hall by 5 o'clock on
that date. No Identification will
be attached to the poem, the name
of the entrant to be enclosed In an
accompanying envelope.
For the first time, in order to
make the Judging entirely above
criticism, the judges will not
know the names of the contestants
until after the selection has been
made.
THE WEATHER '
"Sklet are gray" today, says
the weatherman. Possibly rain
and then again possibly not
rain. At least clouds.
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY,
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Kosmet Klub Names Winning
'Hades' Ladies' Son Writers
Composer of Best Musical
Number to Receive
Ten Dollars.
Winner of the song contest held
in conjunction with the 1938 spring
show, "Hades' Ladies," will be
selected at a meeting of the Kos
met Klub slated for 5 o'clock this
afternoon. A prize of $10 will be
awarded to the person who has
written the song for the show
which is judged best.
Musical numbers for "Hades'
Ladies" have been composed by
Jane Goetz, Bob Edelstein, and
Gordon Dewey. Lyrics for the
songs are the work of John Ed
wards, author of the show, Joe
Iverson, director of the show, and
Bob Stiefler. The prize will be
made on the basis of the tune.
Edelstein Writes Four.
Bob Edelstein has contributed
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Ag Club Head Places First
In Recent Livestock
Judging Meet.
James Sanders, Lindsay, junior
in animal husbandry at the col
lege of agriculture, haa been elect
ed president of the Block and
Bridle club, it was announced to
day. A silver trophy was presented to
Sanders for placing first out of
more than 100 students competing
in a recent livestock Judging con
test at the college. Sanders placed
first in the Junior division of the
same contest last year. He was a
member of the Junior livestock
Judging team thai Judged at Fort
Worth last month, and is a mem
ber of Farm House fraternity.
Other pew officers elected by
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Awgwan Presents
On Cover, Gives
For Selecting
With its cover depicting Donald,
the Duck-tator, playing havoc with
the dictator or Europe, the April
Awgwan wm reach it public next
Wednesday featuring burlesques
and whimsical commentaries on
the International situation.
"Interview With an Army
Major," a short short story with
a surprise ending is one satire on
a military theme which the humor
magazine offers this month. Nor
man Bolker contributes a bit of
verse and a bit of prose along the
same line, "Metamorphosis" in
free verse, and an article on the
munitions business.
How to C hoots an Admiral.
An article entitled "History of
1938" ia sample of the tests used
In the selection of Japanese war
admirals. Thru the medium of
milits ry letters is carried on a
tory concerning R.O.T.C. cadets
A fraternity man. with a sense
of grammarian correctness pat
four songs to the show. "Ten Bad
Men," the wrds of which were
written by John Edwards, will be
sung by the Ten Bad Men of Heil,
a special novelty singing chorus.
"I'm Satan (the King of Hell)"
had its lyrics supplied by Bob
ENGINEERS
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DAVIS
AI CONVO TODAY
Noted Physicist, Inventor
Discusses 'Phychology
In Industry' at 11.
Harvey N Davis, president of
Stevens Institute of Technology
and chief of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, will give
an address open to all students at
11 a. m. this
morning in so
cial sciences
auditorium. The
subject of his
address will be
"The Psychol
ogy in Indus
try." An informal
luncheon has
been planned
for Thursday
noon at the
University club
in honor of Mr.
Davis. He is
touring the
country on an
Hrvry N. fluvk.
Lincoln Journal.
extended speaking engagement.
The university faculty have ex
pressed a desire to fcave him ex
plain his system of rebating part
of a student's tuition who has high
scholarship at Stevens Institute.
The visiting engineer is recog
nized as an outstanding physicist
(Continued on Page 5.)
'Duck - Talor'
Sample of Tcls
Japanese Admirals
terned after Ring Lardner. writes
a defense of Hell Week. One page
of the issue is devoted to com
ments and cartoons of women's
hats and feminine fashion foibles.
Study Best Dressed Girl.
Carol Clark, women's fashion
editor, devotes her page to this
year's Best Dressed Girl, Natalie
Rehlaender. Fashion scribe for
men has dichotomously divided hi
feature into the correct atire for
civilians and for well-dressed in
fantrymen. Editor Bruce Campbell promises
his readers that in May they
shall have the opportunity to read
the letter that Max Caller, Lincoln
spirit medium, has written to Mrs.
Houdlni offering to get contact
with the spirit of her husband.
Also In May will be printed a
complicated chart rnd exposition
telling how to scientifically ana
lyze love affairs, drawn up sftcr
research by a man on the campus.
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Deger in the role of Satan will
sing it. "Out of the Corner of My
Eye" will be sung by the romantic
lead, Charles Reilly, who plays the
part of Harold Smooch. Stiefler
supplied the words.
"Ladies' of Hades," is Edelstein's
fourth entry with lyrics by Ed
wards. April, May. and June, a
singing trio, will present it in the
show .
Jane Goetz Contributes.
Jane Goetz is the composer of
"Jingo's Lingo for which Edwards
has written the words. It will be
sung by Jingo, a radical devil, por
trayed by Don Kellogg.
Gordon Dewey, piano player with
the Betk-Jungbluth-Gibson orches
tra which will play for the show,
has composed the music for the
song "That's What A Woman Can
Do." Edwards has supplied the
words, and it will be sung by the
entire company in the show.
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FACESRATCRiTICISM
Council Committee Queries
Houses on Acceptance
Of Purchase Plan.
Letters will be sent to all house
managers of sorority and frater
nity houses and dormitories today
asking them to consider a co-operative
buying system which is
being looked into by a committee
of the student council.
The purpose of a co-operative
buying system would be to lower
the price of food which the houses
on the campus must purchase. The
system has been tried and found
to work satisfactory at Stanford,
Oregon State and Ohio. At Ohio
it was found that such a system
lessened the cost 16 percent on
$90,000 worth of provisions.
Al Schroeder, chairman of the
committee that is proposing the
co-operative buying, asks that all
houses discuss the matter and re
ply giving any suggestions or ob
jections that they have to the pro
posal. Working on the committee with
Mr. Schroeder are Helen Johnson,
DeLnrls Bors,' and Bob Van Nor
man. SENIOR WOMEN ELIGIBLE
FOH CHI0SCHOLARSHIP
Sorority to Grant $25 Award
to Coed Making Highest
Mark in Poli Sci.
Chi Omega sorority will award
the highest ranking senior woman
In the political science department
with a $25 scholarship as a special
part of the Honors convocation to
be held at the coliseum on Tues
day morning, April 10.
Eligible for the prize is the
senior woman in the college of
business administration or in arts
and sciences who hBS made the
highest average in political science
during the first seven semesters of
her course. Should the candidate
be from the arts college she must
have completed 12 hours toward
a major in political science.
Council Hears
Student Voice
On Point Set-Up
OURY POSTPONES
OF LENTEN WEEK
First R.O.T.C. Inspection
To Take Place on Mall
Next Tuesday.
' Because of religious holidays
nnd athletic practices occurring to
morrow, Colonel Oury has issued
orders postponing Friday's sched
uled parade until Tuesday, April
18th.
With the official government in
spection due May 16, Colonel Oury
expressed the opinion that there
should be several parades similar
to the one to be staged next Tues
day before inspection. He stated
that he would cram as many as
possible into the month's time in
tervening. Next Tuesday's inspection will
be held at 5:00 p. m., with com
panies forming on the mall facing
Nebraska hall and proceeding
from there to the mall in front of
the coliseum. Ths entire affair is
not expected to last more than
three-quarters of an hour, accord
ing to Colonel Oury.
Concerning excuses from par
ticipating in the parade. Colonel
Oury stated that the military de
partment has "never permitted any
man to go from an assigned duty
to take part in military science.
If a man has a class during the
inspection parades, he attends that
class, and not the parade." The
colonel made this same statement
concerning a student's working
for financial support.
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New Oraanization Invites
Interested Students
To Membership.
Any men students Interested in
regularly following International
affairs, but who do not have the
time to devote to them, are in
vited to attend an informal meet
ing of a co-operative reading
group at 10 a. m. each Friday in
the Y. M. C. A. rooms of the
Temple building.
The group consists of six stu
dents who have determined to
watch the international stage and
inform themselves ln war pros
pects and their avoidance. To do
this, they have each consented to
report upon a magazine article at
the Friday sessions, thereby giv
ing others who attend full cover
age of the international situation.
Men who wish to join for the
advantage are invited to attend
the discussion. Y. M. C. A. affili
ation is not necessary to attend,
but the group does ask that no
one come who is not sincerely interested.
PARADE BECAUS
Tri-K to Inscribe Champion
Judges' Names on Plaques
Winners of Crops Contest
Receive Gold, Silver,
Bronze Awards.
Names of men winning the Tri
K crops Judging contest on the
college of agriculture campus Sat
urday, April 16, will be inscribed
on three bronze plaques hung in
the agronomy laboratory.
Separate plaques are provided
for the winner of the freshman
division, the winner of the Junior
division, and the winner of the
entire contest. In addition, medals
of gold, silver and bronze, respec
tively, will go to first, second and
third place winners in the fresh
man. Junior and senior divisions.
Ribbons will be awarded to the
10 high men in each division.
Precedent Broken.
Last year, for the first time In
the history of the event, a fresh
man. David McGill of Waverly,
was high man In the entire contest.
Clifford Heyne of Wlsner won the
senior division, and Rundall Peter
son of Grant was the 1P37 winner
in the Junior division.
Members of the 1937 crops Judg
ine team have charre of the con
test. They are Glenn Kllngman,
t-nappeii, junior, chairman; Cliff
ord Heyne. Wisner. Junior; Al
Mnseman, Oakland, nlor; Ogden
Riddle, Hartley, senior; Weston
Whltwer, Tildcn, senior and Maur-
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Criticisms Mainly on Basis
Of Evaluating Various
Men's Activities.
Technicalities of the proposed
men's activity point system re
ceived an airing when the student
council held its open meeting in
University hall yesterday after
noon. Only one dissention to the
entire plan was recorded. Eight
students who were not members of
the council appeared at the forum.
The entire meeting resolved into
a discussion about the inequalities
of the number of points proposed
for different campus extra cur
riculars. It was the general belief
of those present that "not enough
points were being given for work
in certain organizations."
Basis of Points Questioned.
The basis on which the number
of points would be ascertained was
questioned most thoroly. Three
opinions were presented:
1. Should number of points
be based on time spent In the
activity?
2. Should number of points be
based on prestige of the partic
ular organization?
3. Or should number of points
be based upon the prominence
that the particular organization
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W11EINTS
A. F. Baumann to Illustrate
Speech With 150 Slides
In Color Tonight
Anton F. Baumann, one of
Europe's outstanding photograph
ers, will lecture and demonstrate
the making of giant enlargements
at an open meeting of th Lincoln
Camera club tonight at 8 p. nu. In
Chemistry hall Mr. Baumann
comes from Wetxlar, Germany,
where his interest In photography
developed in the construction de
partment of the E. Laitx, too, one
of the largest optical flrmi tn the
world.
The lecture will Initiate the be
ginner in the art of making huge
enlargements from tiny negatives.
Over 150 slides in color on acenic
beauty and informal portraits
make up part of the lecture.
Predicts High Speed Film.
His equipment facilitates his
demonstrations because he can
bring his own photographic en
larging equipment right into the
lecture room. With thia equipment
he can actually make giant en
largements before his audience.
Phi Sipna Iota to HoM
Oprn Moet Featuring
Frrnrh Culture Apr. 20
An open meeting featuring
French music and French dancing
will be held by Thi Sigma Iota,
romance languages honorary, on
Wednesday evenmc, April 20, st
7:30 in the studios of Havia
Waters Champe.
An invitation to attend is ex
tended to all aavanced students of
French and Spanish, members of
Le Cercle Frarcais, the club Es
pag.iol, the Alliance Francais of
Lincoln, and to others who may be
interested. The program is in
charge of Mrs. Champe and
Joseph Frank.
ice Feterson. Lincoln, senior.
The contest, which is the eighth
annual event sponsored by Tri-K
club, will be held from 7:45 a. m.
until noon Saturday in the agron
omy laboratory at the Nebraska
college of agriculture.
The senior division will Include
men who are tryuiK out or the
1938 collegiate crops Judging team.
The Junior division will be for
those who have had two or more
courses in crops. Students who
have had no course work in crops,
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BEATRICE EKBLAO RAKED
OFFICER OF BAR3 A.W.S.
Board Elects Misi EkblaJ,
Melva Eime to Other
Posts Wednegdty.
Newly elected officers of the
Barb A. W. S. board, elected at
a meeting- of tha board In Ellen
Smith hall yesterday, are vice
president. Beatrice EVbtart-
tary, Melva Klme; a wl treasurer,
viiiona c-KDiaa.
The new offteers will be In
stalled next Monday at 5 p. m
after wMch a dlnr.fr will be held.
Committeemen wi;i be appointed
later this srmtri
Velma Ekwsv'viy ctinue as
president of tU U - lJX the
coming year.
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