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- HP AILY 1 RASKAN H Tin n. IP Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXVII, NO. 139. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS j $wicc (jampbfrfL THE TIME ELEMENT Every day in every way we be come more and more impressed with the amount of time which trivial matters take up in the course of conversation. "Glad to know you" and "pleased to meet you are the most ivt- quently used phrases. Besides their muttered triviality, they also lead the field in insincerity and snap judgment. "Do you have a match?" ranks about third. While this simple in terrogation lacks the sterling in tellectual qualities of "What do you think of Schopenhauer?" no- bodv can denv its s ncerltv. feZ "What time is it?" is another question wnicn generally accom plishes nothing but waste of time itself. This question is often the first one made in making ac quaintances and advances. It is (we get this information second hand) often the opening question of con men and grafters. It may more often be an innocent and simple question but because of the possible underlying and ulterior motives it should be answered cau tiously or even disregarded. Take, for instance, the case of a young man who took a seat in the smoking compartment on southern train, and after a mo ment's fiddling with his thumbs, asked the only other occupant the time. One Thing Leads to Another. The party of the second part, a stern and substantial gentle man, straightened his tie and leaned forward. "Son," he said, "I make it a rule never to talk to strangers and I am not even going to give you the time and I will tell you why." He breathed deeply. "Suppose I tell you what time it is 7 Then you are going to say, 'Nice weather we are having,' and I am going to say, 'Yes, but it looks as tho we were in for a spell of rain," and you are go ing to agree with me. Then the I d waiter is going to come thru L J the car announcing dinner and 1 you and I are going in to dine m anil (a hiu fiAi ririnks After that you will tell me the story of your life and I natrally, will spread myself and soon we will arrive at my station, wnicn in cidentally will happen to be yours, too, and my wife will meet me at the station In our new car and we will drive you to your hotel and I will Invite you up to our house for dinner and you will take me up on it and you will meet my beautitui daughter and you will fall In love with her and finally you will marry her and I will be aamnea it i am going to nave f son-in-law that doesn t own ' I V watch." I Thpro p the Msneralon which . v, - - I may be cast upon you when you go around asking for the time Moreover, the question is about as useless and pointless as a W. f, workman's request for a shovel that digs dirt efficently. If you care to areue about the useless anele of that "what time is it' question, let us point out the toV lowing facts. Case of the Latecomer. Supposing you are already late for an appointment and you know it. You ask for the time and all you do is waste time asking for it. If you are late, the best thing you can do is to hurry to where you're going without taking time to see how late you are. You might point out that if you know you are. late, you must nave re alized what time it was an hour or so earlier. Well, if you knew then, you must have either asked somebody or consulted your own chronometer. If you have some thing that must be done, it doesn't make much difference what time it is. There arc only twenty-four hours in the day and one is as good as another for work. There is the story told of a farmer in the Ozarks who must have had a good deal of common MAnmn onH a rpnli7atirin rif th im- portanre or unimportance of the time of day. A visitor witn an ef ficiency complex watched the farmer's hogs all crowding around (Continued on Tage 2.) G-Men Open Uni Print Campaign Wednesday at 9 'olice, Alpha Phi Omega Aid' F.B.I, in Nation-Wide Program. Students will have their first opportunity to have their finger prints taken for civil identification when the F. B. I., university po lice, and Alpha Phi Omcsra. serv ice fraternity, open their office in the Student Union building Wed nesday morning. Nebraska is the first niidwestern .school where the opportunities have been offered. Endorsing the campaign and urging that every student take ad vantage of the opportunity arc Mayor Oren S. Copeland and Act ing Chancellor Dean H. H. Foster. Expenses of the campaign are be ing borne entirely by the federal bureau of Investigation and the university police. Hoover Praises. In a telegram from Washing ton, D. C, F. B. I. Chief J. Edgar Hoover writes: "Reference your letter May 1. Deeply appreciate your courtesy in advisinq me as to the prog ress of your civil fingerprint campaign at the University of Nebraska. It is most gratifying to know that you have com pleted arrangements to present the students of the university with the opportunity to have their fingerprint impressions re corded in the civil identification files of the F. B. I. I believe every law abiding American citi zen should have this opportunity to protect his family and friends and may I offer congratulations upon the program which you are Inaugurating. Am forwarding five thousand personal identifi cation cards and glad indeed to make additional cards if needed (Continued on Page 2.) Y.W.CA HONORS I MOTHERS A MAY II SPREAD Freshman Cabinet Plans Program for Union Breakfast. 'St. George,' 'Gooseberry Mandarin' Offered By Marionettes. For the first time in their his tory the University museum pupp eteers will present a program of marionette plays designed spe cially to appeal to both adult and juvenile audiences. Under the direction of Miss Mar jorie Shanafolt, curator of visual education, the museum company announced Saturday that "St. George and the Dragon" and "The Gooseberry Mandarin' will be given at 3 o'clock Saturday and Sunday afternoon May 14 and 15 in Morrill hall auditorium. Be tween these two main features will be an entertaining ballet, "Moon light and Roses.' Stress Educational Aspect. The spring performances mark the first time that the marionettes have ever offered plays that appeal particularly to the serious minded. Always before Mis Shanafelt has confined her efforts to portraying the role of fairy characters during the Christmas vacation week of marionette shows. Due. however, to the many requests by students who return home during the Christinas period, the museum puppeteers, featuring. !esides the director, Marian Schultz, Harriet Van Sickle, Mary Louise Speidcll. Jack Tonner, John M-iiver, and Robert Kublcek. have decided to present what they hope may be the first of a series of spring per formances which will be given each year for students and the general public. The eduratlonal aspect will be stressed and following each show the audience will have an oppor tunity of seeing how the puppets are worked by a demonstration outside the auditorium doors. Rain or shine, the old fashioned garden atmosphere of spring flow ers prevails this morning in the ballroom of the Student Union building as Y. W. C. A. members entertain their mothers at their annual May morning breakfast at 8:15. Programs in the shape of flower baskets disclose the musical num bers and toasts to be presented. Charlotte Quick and Jean Simmons will play violin and flute duets, and Mary Fellows will sing "The Spirit Flower" by Campbell-Tipton. She will be accompanied by Maxine Maddy. Muriel White, present president of Y. VV. C. A., represents the daughters, "Flowers of Spring," in a toast to tho mothers, and her mother, Mrs. H. A. White, repre senting the "Flowers of Summer"' will return the toast to' the girls. Activities Report. The annual report of the activi ties and projects of the Y. W. C. A. for the past year will be made by Winifred Nelson, who has just retired from the presidency. Group singing will round out the pro gram. , The traditional affair was plan ned and arranged by the freshman cabinet, with Helen Abel in charge of invitations; Ello Jo Marshall, programs: Margaret Krause, ir.enu; Priscilla Chain, decora tions; Ann Hustead, program, and Lucile Thomas, publicity. Registration Mill To Start Grinding Process Monday BOEHM PRESENTS VOCAL RECITAL AT CORNNUSKER 1,000 PERSONS VIEW 21 FARMER'S FAIR 1L.LI NEBRASKA SCIENCE LOCAL CHEMISTS HEAR MIRE FRIDAY EVENING Florence McGahey Outlines Steps in Arranging New Schedules. Singing 16 songs in groups of 4, Don Boehm, senior tenor, pre sented a vocal recital last Wednes day evening in the Cornhusker bailroom at 8 o'clock. A pupil of Parvin Witte, Boehm drew his selections from both mo dern composers and the old masters. Nila Spader Presides as Ag Festivities Proceed Despite Weather. A crowd of more than one thou sand persons yesterday saw the 20th annual Farmer' Fair, sched uled as an outdoor festival, pre sented in the Ag Student Activi ties building. While light, driving rain cancelled the morning parade and many of the events of the equestrian circus, the greater part of the fair, including folk danc ing, style shows, riding contests, group singing, and a musical re vue, was carried on within the buildings on schedule. Before a background of white bridal wreath, palms, and ferns, the Goddess of Agriculture, Nile Spader, presided over the festival. Following Miss Spader's presenta tion, groups of folk dancers danced the strasak, varsovienne and the Virginia reel. Three girls dressed as sailors performed a horn pipe. Musical numbers included singing by a triple trio, a boy's quartet, r.nd the ag college chorus. Cochran Speaks. A style show under the direction of Louise Magee gave girls from the home economics clothing class- (Continued on Page 3.) University Faculty Members Monopolize Offices At Conclave. Nebraska university faculty members in the Geography depart ment monopolized almost every office holding position elected at the Nebraska Academy of Science convention in Hastings last week. Associate professor of geology A. L. Lugn was elevated from vice president to president of the Acad emy at the business closing the 48th annual convention. Dr. Lugn succeeds Dr. Harry R. James of Hastings college. V. C. McKim of Chadron Teachers college is the new vice president. W. J. Himmel, university botany instructor succeeded M. P. Brue nig, also of the university, as sec retary of the organization. Slaymaker Elected. Prof. P. K. Slaymake of Ne braska was re-elected treasurer of the Academy and Prof. Nels A Bengston, chairman of the univer sity oeograpny department -vas elected councilor for a three year term. The 1939 convention of the group will be held in Lincoln, and Chadron will play host in 1040. Charles R. Buzzard, geography faculty, spoke on the stone and (Continued on Page 2.) TJfc of Thresiierman I a Series Of Ups and Downs, Arthur Kroili Tells in 'American Speech' Article Life is full of ups and downs, ag eled up. Inclining gmund some- any elevator boy will claim. The thresherman. however, has more ups and downs than anybody else, according to Arthur C. Krogh, opnomore at the university, in an ai'lcle in the current issue of American Speech. Under the title Of "The Ups and Downs of Threah ermen," Krogh explains: "Before they can start a suc cessful season, the outfit must be I'.mea up, taken down, cleuned up, tightened up and checked up. The bearings are taken up by tighten ing down or pulling up the screws and bolls for these adjustments. Loose strips of canvass must be nailed up, while rough edges of worn tin must be hammered down. Next, the outfit must be oiled up by turning down the grease cups. Fill Up, Start Up, Back Up. "The tractor must be filled up with fuel, started up, backed up and hooked up to the thresher. If the outfit Is a steam rig, the engi neer must get up early and steam up so that he can start up at 7 o'clock. With the aid of the trac tor or engine, the thresher is lev- times makes it necessary to blo k up one end of the thresher. The tractor is then lined up and belted up to the thresher. "The blower is turned up and the feeder Is set up. The grain cleaning devices are closed up or closed down, while the grain wagons art backed up to the ma chine and the bundle haulers har ness up their horses, hitch up to their rakes, load up and pull up to the thresher. Idle Down, Slow Down, Shut Down "The engineer opens up the throttle, but in case of some de lay may idle down or slow down the tractor. The separator man watches that no parts loosen up to avoid a breakdown or possibly a burned up bearing, 'The owner complains that too much fuel has been used up. Grain spilled on the ground is scooped up: untied bundles are raked up ana ai ine ena or ine day the out fit Is shut down and the belts rolled up. And to finish up, after the job is done the thresher la put up to await anotner season." THK UMYKKSI TV OF NKBIUSKA SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS SECOND SEMES TEK 19.'i7-3 Laboratory classes meeting for several continuous hours on one or two days may avoid conflicts with other classes of the same nature by arranging that their examinations occur as follows: Classes meeting on Monday or Tuesday may be examined on the date scheduled for the first hour of their laboratory meeting; Wednesday or Thursday classes on the second hour of their meeting; Fri day or Saturday classes on the third hour. Please note that in this schedule special arrangements have been made to conduct unit examina tions for all sections In the following subjects: (1) English 0, 1, 2. 3, and 4; (2) English 12; (3) French 1. 2, 3, and 4; 4 Spanish 52 and 54; (5) Business Organization 3 and 4; (6) Education 63; and (7) Mechanical Engineering 1. If students have regularly scheduled examinations conflicting with the above especally arranged schedule, arrangements to take such specialy scheduled examinations at an other time should be made with the department concerned on or before May 24. For example: If a student is scheduled for an examination which conflicts with a specially scheduled examination In French, arrangements, should be made with the French department to take such French examination at another time. ' WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 9 a.m. to 12 m. -Classen meeting at 8 a. m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed, Fri.. or any one ir two of these days. 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.-Classes meeting at 4 p. m.. Tues. and Thurs.. or any one of the.se days. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Final Examination in Military Srlenre i Annual Compet i. THURSDAY, MAY 26 9 a.m. to 12 m. -Classes meeting at 9 a. m., Tues.. Thurs., Sat. or any one or two of these days. 2 p.m. to 5 p. m.- Classes meeting at 4 p. m., five or four days, or Mnn , Wed., Fri., or any one or two of these days. 5 p.m. to 6 p. m.-Engineering Orientation 2. final lecture. FRIDAY, MAY 27 9 a. m. to 12 m. - Clashes meeting at 9 a. ni five or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two of these duys. 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.-ClHsces meeting at 2 p. m., Tues. and Thurs.. or Hny one of these day. SATURDAY, MAY 28 8 a.m. to 10 a. m. --Clashes meeting at 7 p. m., Mon.. Wed., or Fri. 9 a.m. to 12 m. All sections in Freshman English classes (0, 1. 2, 3, 4i. 9 a, m. to 12 m. --All sections in Enelish 12. 10 a.m. to 12 m. -Clashes meeting at 7 p. m., Tues. or Thurs. 2 p.m. to S p. in. Classes meeting nt 3 p. m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two of these days. MONDAY, MAY 30 Memorial Day. TUESDAY, MAY 31 Sat., or any one or two of these days. 9 a. m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at 10 a. m.. T 5 p. m. Classes meeting at 1 p. m , fi ve or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two of these days. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 a.m. to 12 m. llassea meeting at 10 a. m., live or lour days, or won., wed., tr., or any ne or two ff these days. 5 p. m. Classes meeting at 3 p. m., Tues., and Thurs., or any one of these days. 5 p.m. All classes and section or French 1, 2, 3, and 4. 5 p.m. All clasMes and sectiunB of Spanish 62 and Til. 5 p m. All sections in Mechanical Engineering 1. THURSDAY, JUNE 2 9 a.m. to 12 jp. Classes meeting at 11 a. m., Tues., Thurs., Sat., or any one or two of these days. 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. Classes meeting at 5 p. m,, fl vc or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any cne rr .two of these days. 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Classes meeting at 5 p. m., Tues. and Thurs., or uny one of these days. 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. All sections in Business Oi ga nlzuliun 3 and 4, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. All sections in Education 63. FRIDAY, JUNE 3 9 a. m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at 11 a. m., five or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one cr two of these days. 2 p. m. to S p. m. Classes meeting at 1 p. m, T ues., and Thurs., or any one of these days. SATURDAY, JUNE 4 9 a. m. to 12 m. Classes meeting at 8 a. m, T ues., Thurs., Sat., or any one or two of these days. 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Classes meeting at 2 p. m., fi ve or four days, or Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two of these days Uni Chapter Session to Hear Penn State Dean View 'Hydro Carbons.' Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, dean and research professor of organic chemistry at Pennsylvania State college, and president of the Amer ican Chemical society, will be in Lincoln to address the public and members of the university chapter Friday, May 13, at 8 p. m., in the chemistry auditorium. Elaborate plans are being made in connec tion with Dr. Whitmore's visit to the city and a large audience will be on hand to hear him speak on "Hydro Carbons." After teaching in Williams col lege. Rice institute and the Uni versity of Minnesota, the chemi cal society president spent ten years at Northwestern, becoming chairman of the chnieistry depart ment there in 1924. Still later he spent another year in Washington as chairman of the division of chemistry and chemical technology of the national research council, and since 1929 has been on the faculty of Pennsylvania State college. Noted Author. Dr. Whitmore is a prolific writer and has been editor in chief of Organic Syntheses and has served as a member of the advisory board for the 14th edition of the Ency clopedia Britannica, besides being the author of various articles in outstanding publications in this field. Because of his eminence he was appointed a councilor of the international union of chemistry, a member of the advisory commit tee on cancer research of the grad uate school of medicine at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and a member of the society's advisory committee for the chemical war fare service of the United States army. Previous to 1929 his research interests were in organic com pounds of mercury both in connec tion with their fundamental prop erties and their uses in medicines. Since going io Penn State, his in terests have been in the field of simple aliphatic chemistry. Students who are attending the university this semester will reg ister for their next term's work beginning Monday morning until noon of next Saturday, according to Florence McGahey, university registrar. Class schedules are now ready at the registrar's office in the administration building. Registration applies only to students registered during the sec ond semester of 1937-38, and those School of Music studer.ts regis tered for university credits who must file the usual "application for registration" and in addition the "school of music registration.'1 Hours in Afternoon. Students are required to carry at least two-fifths of their classes in the afternoon, unless they hava a written approval from the chair man of the assignment committee. If the adviser has personal knowl edge of the student's outside em ployment a note indicating that fact, addressed to the chairman of the assignment committee, Pro fessor A. R. Congdon, will facili tate the handling of the case . Several steps should be ob served by the students in regis tering. 1. Every man registered for military science 1 who has vacant hours either Tuesday or Thursday morning should be registered foi a company on one of those morn ings. Every man registered for military science 3 who has vacant hours either Monday, Wednesday, or Friday morning should be reg istered for a company on one of those mornings. 2. If students plan to take work (Continued on Page 2.) FIVE HOUSES REMAIN WE University Study Unities Recent Legislative Action. Kappa Sig, ATCvBeta, Sam, Zeta Beta Tau Still Vie for Cup. At the end of round five of the intcrfraternity debate tournament, five teams remain with three vic tories each, and in addition Beta Theta Pi has one victory thru de fault of their opponents. Tuesday evening these teams will meet at the chapter houses of the affirm ative teams to eliminate several of the houses. In this round those teams that lose go out permanently. As there is one team that has a bye, it will probably take t.vo more rounds to settle who are the best debaters this season among the eight fra ternities entered. Wit the affirmative team named first the pairings for the sixth round made by lot are as follows; Kappa Sigma vs. Alpha Tau Omega. Zeta Beta Tau vs. Sigma Al pha Mu. Beta Theta Pi draws a bye. The city council of Lincoln has authorized a study of housing ; nee.ls in Lincoln based upon some I preliminary studies made in vari-1 ous parts of the city by students in graduate sc hool social work. J The mayor and council have ap- pointed the following members to! the committee: H. J. Theobald, I realtor; Walter Wilson, architect; ! Fred Wells, merchant: David I Eric kson, city engineer; and Er jnst F. Witte, director, graduate I ' school of social work, and chair- j man of the committee. Iow cost housing has been made ' possible by enactment of the Wag- ner-Steagell act passed by the (Continued on Page 2.1 I STUDENT UNION OFFERS PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT Any men students wishing part time work are requested to see Miss Nims in the Stu dent Union office as scf.i as possible. According to union director, Kenneth Van Sant, men will be needed at various times to set up chairs for shows, lectures, and other activities, and to get the building in order for the many functions to be held there. Schedules of classes, free hours, and telephone num bers, should be turned In to Miss Nlms as soon as possible. Smokers Mar Floors, Elevator Sticks, Circulation of Air Stops, Waiters Stimibk Hut Union Opens ues., Thurs., 2 p. m. to p. m. to p. m. to p. m. to p. m. to Commenting upon the first week-end during which the new Student Union has been put to use, Kenneth Van Sant, Union director, emphasized that students should consider the vast amount of coordination that must be brought to play between student and employees In the building, to permit the fuctions of the build ing to run smoothly. "We hope that students will hear wllh us while we await the equipment In the building. There ate many difficulties which can not be overcome with superhuniiui efforts, but we have been doing our best to exrrt those efforts. Cabinets, truys, dish-waNhers fur the grill backroom, steam pipe In the dummy shaft to keep amd win in. and niiiy other fucllltles await installation." s;ild the direc tor. Warns Smokers. Speaking about the uw of the building by students during the week-end, Van Sant told of the fingerprints on the walls, especial ly upstairs, where dirty hands had evidently been rubbed, and pleads with students to be careful of things Just like that. "Although no cigarettes have been dropped on the rug In the lounge, many stu dents still drop their ashes on tho rug, when there are plenty of ash trays available. Also, In spite of repeated requests for students not to stomp cigarettes out on tbe ball-room there were many ciga rette butts on the ballroom floor. The mars they inflict sadly de tract from the beauty and wear of the flMir." Withstanding the figured mars on the bullroom floor. Van Sunt considers Friday nights dunce us a great success, with Tinker's hand being accepted by students as one of the beat bands ever brought to Lincoln Stop Ticket Sales. "Six hundred-fifthy tickets Wero sold before the sale wus stopped. Those at the danco were enter tained royally by the many dis tinctive features of Tucker's group." According to Van Sant, Tucker's arranger has promised to send the union six records which the band has recently made of arrangements (Continued on Page 2.)