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VOL. XXXVII, NO. 139.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1938
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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
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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
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Y.W.CA HONORS
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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