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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXVII. NO. I U
LINCOLN, NKBKASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11. 193
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ALIKE
I The fingerprint drive is on!
Now this does not mean that it
. behooves everybody to go out and
make all the fingerprints he pos
sibly can. Ten are enough, if they
are made in the right place. The
right place, in this instance, is the
Student Union building.
Ever since fingerprints were
used to establish criminal iden
tity m Mark Twain's book, "Pud
din'head Wilson," there has been a
sort of stigma attached to them.
In fact, for a long time it was the
i popular belief that only criminals
i had fingerprints. This idea was
knocked down very soon by the
criminals themselves who took to
wearing gloves, and obtaining the
fingerprints of other citizens and
then very carelessly distributing
I the fingerprints of these same
I citizens around the vicinity where
crime was committed,
jfc Then, with all the modern con
veniences of civilization, came
train wrecks, car wrecks, air-
plane wrecks, floods ,and huge
fires. And often the victims were
i described by the newspapers as
being "burned beyond recogni
tion." But somebody again
thought of fingerprints. The only
difficulty with getting the fin
gerprints from victims of acci
dents or amnesia and pairing
them up with an Identical set of
prints is the fact that there are
very few fingerprints of the U.
U. citizen on file. Few, that is,
in comparison with the total
population.
For the purpose of Identification,
then, the government is attempt
ing to corral all civilian fineer-
i' prints. There is in Washington a
civilian file and as a further sub
division of the civilian file there is
a college section. Every vacation
unnd every end of every school year
Jsocs sonie student Injured, some
I times badly. In automobile wrecks,
j The purpose of having the finger
1 mints nf college students on filp
is for Identification. But it must be
clone voluntarily. A compulsory
fingerprinting would require legal
procedure.
Although the avowed purpose Is
urn; of identification, it seems to
j he the secret belief of many that
thoy are quite likely to perform
some criminal act like stealing
somebody's f ilsc -teeth and that
during the commission of that
crime they will throw a fingerprint
or two around. Then the finger-
f printing to which they voluntarily
subjected themselves might be
jused to aid in presenting them with
the latest thing in striped suits.
Post-Graduate Work.
The percentage of collegians
who spend their post-graduate
days in safe-cracking, second
story work, and petty thievery
seems to be extraordinarily low,
however, so that their fear In
that respect is not very well
grounded. Oh, of course, a few
things like political skulldug
gery, grafting, and embezzling
require the disciplined mind of a
college graduate but those things
are not revealed by a careless
distribution of fingerprints.
This fingerprint drive, sponsored
by Alpha Sigma Phi, a service or
ganization, snould be looked upon
as a self protective measure. For
instance, now would you feel if
you got a bump on your head and
lost your memory? An amnesiac
known nis memory is gone with
the vuM but he can't do a any
thing koout It. If his finecrprints
were- on file, however, he could go
ito Washington and find out who
tie was.
Did you see the fullacy In that
statement ?
Thi fallacy was this: If he lost
jliia memory he wouldn't remember
(Unit he had been fingerprinted. It
would have to be a second person
fwho would know enough to take
jtlic amnesia victim to the finger
print file and get him Identified.
There is something abut a
fingerprint that should appeal
to everyone and that Is Its in
dividuality. Women often ridi
cule men and vice-versa by say
ing that the members of the op
.poslte sex are all the same.
When one does stand out as an
individual this much is said:
"I like him. He's so different.'
That statement may or may not
b true but woman can certain
ly say this much about any
man: ik him. His finger
prints are so different."
Campus 'Amateurs' Minus Late
'Leave' Will Just Have to Miss
I Snecial Celestial Show, May 13
Friday, May 13, may bo con
sidered an unlucky day by a few
superstitious Individuals, but as
tronomers this year are proclaim
ing It a lucky one, for that evening
there will be unoer total acllpse
5 of the moon. According to O. C
i oiiins, astronomer at the univer
sity, the eclipse can easily be seen
prom here right out in your own
tack yard, providing the sky is
jelear.
I At three minutes of one o'clock
hat night, amateurs and scientists
yill begin to note a darkening
fc'nadow on the edge of the moon,
Indicating that It is passing 'nto
he earth'! shadow. Should you be
interested, the following schedule
f 't the detailed events will be of
' 1 jpns-.aerabie assistance. By '2:18
' f4 m. the moon will have passed
completely Into the earth's shadow;
jit 3:09 o'clock It will have begun
to emerge on the other side of the
shadow where sunlight will bo fall
WPA Grant Does
Not Assure N. U.
Of An Allotment
$200,442 Grant Stands as
One on List of Many
Federal Projects.
The approval of a $200,442 WrA
grant for improvement of buildings
and lands of the University of Ne
braska by President Roosevelt does
nothing more than put the request
on "an approved list of hundreds
of proposed projects, university
authorities here explained here yes
terday. The approval in no way in
sures the university of the alloca
tion. "We have heard no official re
port whatsoever," said Lawrence
Pike, director of the University
News and Feature Service.
Nothing Definite.
"Had anything definite been
done in Washington Monday, we
should have some notification of
the fact,' Kegcnt Robert W. De-
Voe explained. "It is possible that
the action on the part of Presi
dent Roosevelt is only a formal
step in eliminating the thousands
of requests for WPA assistance
(Continued on Page 2.)
SUMY EVENIN
N Club Issues 800 Invitations
To Husker Athletes
In This Region.
Members of the N club, old and
new, will hold their first reunion
Saturday evening at a club dance
for all Husker lettermen in any
sport in the Student Union ball
room.
Eight hundred bids have been
mailed to alumni members
throughout the state and a great
many of them are expected to at
tend since a number of them will
be spending the week-end In Lin
coln for the annual state high
school track meet.
At 8 o'clock Saturday evening
the reunion will begin when mem
bers of the active chapter show
the returning members through
the new activities building. At 9
o'clock dancing will begin In the
ballroom which will be decorated
with N blankets and other club
trophies which arc now in the coli
seum clubiooms. The dance is
closed to members of the student
(Continued on Page 4.)
Noted Psychologist Talks
Before Student Convo
T
Dr. Reglnn Wescott Wieman, na
tional known psychologist who is
holding a two week series of meet
ings in Lincoln, will speak on "The
Sex Factor in Friendship" in a
student convocation which will be
held this morning In the Temple
theater at 11 a. m. Thursday she
will speak three times on the Ag
campus.
The Graduate School of Social
Work. In co-op.Tatlon with Alpha
Phi Omega, national service fra
ternity, has arranged Pr. Wle
mnn's program on the city ram-
Cus. The theme for her visit to
incoln, which Is sponrored by
more than 20 civic, social and ed
ucational organizations, is "The
Family and the Community."
The opening session Thursday at
the Ag college will bring selected
I students together at 10 a. m. in
the Agricultural hall to listen to
Dr. Wieman speak on 'Bettering
the Social Program for the Cam
pus." At 3 p. m. the entire stu
(Contlnucd on Page 3.)
ing on the eastern edge of the
lunar surface. At 4:31 the moon
appears to be out of eclipse, but
not until 5:43 Saturday Is it com
pletely free from the earth's
shadow.
Plan Another for November.
Collins says that the eclipse
may show the moon as a darkened
object In the sky, or. if atmo
sperlc conditions are right, It may
appear during the eclipse as a
large Conner colored ball. The las
total eclipse of the moon visible
from here was In July of 1935. At
mospheric conditions were such
that night that Lincoln observers
had an unusually fine view of this
astronomical phenomenon. The
university astronomer announced
at this time thst there would be
another eclipse of the moon next
November 7, which, however, will
be only pnrtly visible in this part
of the world.
SIGMA XI ELECTS
ANDERSEN
HEAD OF CHAPTER
Group Schedules Initiation
Ceremonies May 23;
Kcsner Speaks.
Dr. Emma N. Andersen of the
botany department was elected
president of the university chap
ter of Sigma Xi at the' annual
business meeting of the society
Monday evening on the campus.
Other officers named were Dr.
M. G. Gaba of the mathematics
faculty, vice president; Dr. M. A.
Basoco, also of the mathematics
department, secretary; Prof. F. E.
Mussehl, chairman of the depart
ment of poultry husbandry, treas
urer, and Prof. M. H. Swenk of
the agricultural college, councilor.
Also at this time were an
nounced new members elected to
active membership and a group
of graduate students named to
associate membership. The annual
initiation and banquet for the
newly elected individuals, includ
ing the 14 seniors who were
elected as associate members at
the joint Phi Beta Kappa-Sigma
Xi convocation April 12, will be
held at 6:30 p. m., May 23, at the
Student Union Activities building.
(Continued on Page 4.)
ORGAiliOLE
EASSI
Van Sant Seeks Information
On Which to Base Fall
Room Allocations.
Student organizations desiring u
permanent meeting hour and room
assignment for next fall in the
Student Union should contact Di
rector K. F. Van Sant at once, ac
cording to Prof. E. W. Lantz,
chairman of the space assignment
committee.
Organization heads should sup
ply Van Sant with all information
regarding the hour and day of the
meeting, as well as space and spe
cial equipment required, so that a
schedule that will have no con
flicts may he worked out during
the summer. Mr. Lantz indicated
that organizations might have to
furnish some of their own equip
ment and that it would be advis
able to soe Mr. Van Sant who
(Continued on rage 4.)
Student Asks Aid
In Hunt for Union
Card Requirement
To most students the Union
building ' may mean a luxurious
place to loaf, but to one puzzled
campusite the Union has proved
to be only a terrific headache.
"I have heard much about our
Student Union," ran a letter re
ceived yesterday by the Nebraskan
editor, "but I have not been able
to sec it boeausc I do not have a
Union card. Will you please let me
know where I run get one?"
"Nine Bucks In that Job."
The student writer continued by
relutlng his experience in trying
to obtain a union card, describing
how he was Bhunted about from
Dean Thompson's office to the la
bor temple without getting hold
of the needed whit pasteboard.
"I'm getting worried," the letter
winds up. "I've got none bucks In
that job. How much more do I
hHve to pay to get a card?" The
note Is signed with the name of
John Bishop.
SAMMIES'TBOUNCTZIT,
TO ENTERDEBATE FINALS
S.A.M., Kappa Sigma, A.T.O.,
Beta, Remain in Greek
Forensic Meet.
Sigma Alpha Mu baffled Zeta
Beta Tau last night to win the de
cision In the lntcrfraternlty debate
tournament which will place them
In the semifinals. This will elimi
nate one of tho five teams which
were running neck and neck at the
end of the fifth round, with three
victories each.
Kappa Sigma and Alpha Tau
Umega will Vic nun f-vT-iuHji iv
who will enter the semifinals. Beta
Theta PI drew a bye and therefore
wilt continue in the next round.
The fraternities and the.r speak
ers who are left In the tournament
re the following:
Slplm Tan Om'in Jnhn Mnann and
Mrnilrll H.
Ilrln Thfin I'll WnMrr Hlrrhrl unit KnH
rrl Artimtnini.
Mima Alpha Mm Hlitnry 1 Halln and
llnrHit Turkrl.
Kappa 'iai harlri R. Tanlo and
W H Krt
REQUESTS
DIGNITARIES HELP
INAUGURATE DRIVE
E
Alpha Phi Omega Starts
Campaign in Union
Building Today.
The drive to fingerprint all the
students of Nebraska university
as a protection against accident or
disaster opens today with facil
ities placed in the entrance of the
Student Union building ready to
cope with the crowd.
Yesterday before the campaign
officially began, a number of prom
inent persons of the city govern
ment and of the university gath
ered to register their prints as
newspaper photographers snapped
their pictures. Seen in the audience
were Mayor Oren S. Copcland,
Cobe Venner of the city council,
Prof. W. E. Walton, Trof. J. M.
Reinhardt, Police Chief Walter An
derson, Phylis Chamberlain, presi
dent of Mortar Boards, Don Moss
of the Innocents, and Dean of Men
T. J. Thompson and a number of
fraternity and sorority presidents.
Men from the offices of the state
and county sheriffs and the
university and Lincoln police de
partments are assisting the mem
bers of Alpha Phi Omega, service
fraternity, to manage the drive. In
charge of the project for the fra
ternity is George Vlasnik, assisted
by Fred Remington.
S;nd Prints to Capital.
Announcing from an upper room
of Social Science building between
classes this morning, Fred Rcm
( Continued on Page 3.1
FOR F NG
RPRINTS
Lawyer-Engineer 'Feud Lapses
Into Mild Riot This Year as
Love, Service Guide Old Fight
Extra! The ancient "Martins
and Coys" lawyer-engineer feud
is ended and only love and service
linger on!
The lawyers dismantled the En
gineers Open Mouse sign on the
engineers' project in front of
rharmacy hall. Naughty? Well ,to
those who do not know the under
lying motives, yes.
But the engineers, who have
long suspected that they had won
the affection and respect of the
lawyers, interpreted the lawyers'
action as token of friendly service,
for, after all, didn't it relieve the
engineers of the task of taking
the sign down themselves?
Reward Lawyers' Work.
So the engineers reciprocated;
they awarded the lawyers 15
points toward the winning of the
Field Day Plaque, which is
AG STUDENTS TO FILE
FORSPRiNG ELECTION!
j
Posts Vacant on Executive
Board, Fair Board and
Student Council.
Ag campus filings for positions
on next year's Student council, Ag
Kxi'cutive board, Coll-Agri-Fun
board and Farmers' Fair board
may be m;ide until Friday at
5 o'clock at Dean Burr's office in
Ag Hall. The annual spring elec
tion will take place Tuesday,
May 17.
Student council positions open
next year are for one man and one
woman who will bo juniors next
year. Ag Executive board filings
arc available for two men and two
women from the present freshman
or sophomore class and one man
and one woman elected at large
from the present junior class.
Positions ore open for one man
und two women from the present
sophomore class on the Coll-Agri-Fun
board. Three men and three
women who will be seniors next
year will be elected for the Farm
ers' Fair board.
WALKER OPENS FILINGS
FOR PUBLICATION POSTS
Applicants for Nebraskan,
Cornhuskcr, Awgwan
Apply by May 18.
Applications, for appointment
to ihe following postions on
the student publications will be
received by the student publi
cations board until 5 o'clock,
Wedneirlay, May 18:
DAILY NEBRASKAN.
Edltor-ln-chlcf.
Two managing editors,
Six newt editors.
Business manager.
Two assistant business man
agers. THE CORNHUSKER.
Two managing editors.
Business manager.
Two assistant business man
agers. THE AWGWAN.
Editor.
Business manager.
Application blanks may be
obtained at th off lea of ths
school of Journalism, Univer
sity hall, 104. Material already
on file need not be duplicated.
Gayle C. Walker,
Chairman, student publi
cation board.
GRIDIRON DINNER
PLACES
At
ON SPOT
FRIDAY
Journalism Organizations
Plan Student-Faculty
Affair at Union.
University institutions and per
sonalities will come in for some
good natured ribbing Friday night
as Sigma Delta Chi and Theta
Sigma Phi, men's and women's
professional journalism organiza
tions, again unite to present the
second annual campus gridiron
dinner.
The evening's program will fol
low a circus theme, with about
eight faculty members and 25 stu
dents taking part in the various
skits. Program Chairman Bruce
Campbell promises a "griddle mix
ture of humor, satire, and burles
que that will be sizzling but not
searing." According to the tradi
tion of all gridiron dinners, Fri
day's show will be strictly "off
the record."
The dinner will be held in the
new Student Union building be
ginning at 6 p. m., and is open to
all students and faculty members
of the university. Approximately
300 are expected to attend, and
tickets are available for $1 per
plate.
Publicized on the Student Coun
cil weekly broadcast last night over
KFOR, the dinner will be the first
big student-faculty affair held in
the Union, altho it is hoped that
others will follow which will bring
the members of the two bodies in
to a closer and more friendly as
sociation. awarded annually to one of the
departments in the Engineering
college.
It is rumored that, to link the
colleges of Law and Engineering
closer together, a large "E" has
been painted co the Law college
building.
"E" Opens Feud.
This would indicate to the un
informed that the feud still exists,
for it was an E" painted on the
Law college building that reopened
the feud. But the enginers believe
that it is only fitting to end the
feud in the same way that it
started. From now on, all "feud
ish" activities will be carried on
in the spirit of love and service.
From unofficial sources it was
reported that almost the only dif
ference after all, between a lawyer
and an engineer is that the lawyer
i can write.
JOURNALISM SOCIETIES
'MEET THIS AFTERNOON
All members of Sigma Delta
Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, hon
orary journalism societies, who
are working on plans for the
gridiron dinner to be held Fri
day evening will meet today at
5 o'clock in the Daily Nebras
kan office.
Engineers Pour
On Water, Cool
Fighting Spirit?.
A black haired boy with muscles
that Btood out on his short, stocky
arms went down for the count of
three. They turned on the water.
Up and out he jumped. Thoughts
little thoughts of anger began
running thru his trembling brain.
He heard boos and laughter from
a lurge crowd of spectators. Now
he was fighting mad. It was to no
avail.
He was just another of the En
gineers who liudn't done his share
of work for Engineers' Week. He
was mad because they threw him
In the tank in the M. E. building,
he was trembling because he was
all wet, he heard bona because his
spectators knew that they had
done their work. His name was
1 Kuska.
BARB COUNCIL FILINGS
TO CLOSE FRIDAY AT 5
All Unaffiliated Students
Eligible for Positions
In Organizations.
TTilinn tn.. II,. V.. ..,,.11
f,llip,fl AIM till' Mfll U .Wlllllil,
I which ure to be mnde in the Stu
1 dent Activities office In the roll-
scum, close on Friday ufternoon at
n o ciock.
Any barb la free to file for the
following positions which arc
open:
One senior man and one senior
woman.
Two Junior men and two Jun
ior women.
One sophomore man and one
sophomore woman.
The Barb Council la the organiz
ation which spo"0 several var
sity parties In the coliseum after
football games and oversees the
financial matters of the Barb In
terclub Council and the Barb A.
W. S.
At a meeting of the Barb Coun
cil lRt night the following were
elected by the council as hold
overs for next year: Marlon Mc
AllHtfr, Marian KtHley, Dean Wor
cester, und Robert Simmons,
Union Sponsors
Matinee Dance
This Afternoon
UNION MANAGERS
ELECT OEFICERS,
EDICI
Board Grants Second Term'
To President Schramm; j
Hears Reports. s
i
At the annual session of the
Union Board of Managers held last
night in the Student Union build
ing, Prof. E. F. Schram was re
elected president of the board.
JS
Linciln Journal.
PROF. E. F. SCHRAMM,
.again heads Union board.
Robert Simmons was chosen first j
vice president; and Helen Clay-
baugh as second vice president.
Formal dedication' ceremonies'
for the newly opened Union build
ing were set for 2 o'clock on Sun
day, June 5, just preceding Bacca
laureate services.
Reports were made by the va
rious committees. It was decided
that Ray Ramsay act as secretary
ex officio, and Finance Secretary
Cnndeisnn served as treasurer ex
officio in the absence of board
members elected for the positions.
Mrs. Altinas Tullis Directs
Second Spring Music
Program Friday.
Ag campus will take in the sec
ond sundown sing sponsored by the
Creative Activities board Friday
evening, May 13, on the pageant
ground of the agricultural cam
pus. The sing met with surprising
success when it was held for the
first time last spring and more
than half of the ag students at
tended or participated in it.
I.ant year it attracted the atten
tion of the entire neighborhood and
many people from the city campus
were in attendance. This year the
activities board urge all ng stu
dents to take part, saying thHt the
sing promises to equal the other
In success with a more varied pro
gram, and special music being
planned.
Four students will had the sing
ing, accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Altinas Tullis, Instructor in
chorus. Several special numbert
will be given by a group of stu
dents at the ag college.
The members of the creatlv
board believes that the sing Is one
of the finest things that is on the
ft? program.
PLAN D
111
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For Those Who Woo the Muse,
Mav AMjnvan Offers Love Tonic
Concocted hy Experts d'Amour
Has spring quickened your pulic
and turned your fancy? Hus your
usual stony atare turned Into a
lovesick gaze? Oo you want to
woo the muse and have the muse
"woo-woo" light back? Tf so,
consult the May Awgwan which
comes out today.
Editor Itrucc Campbell presents
a seleiitlfie analysis of this thing
called love written by an anony
mous sage "d'amour" In this
Month's campus humor magazine.
Experts in the art of woo-pltch-Ing
have complied a number of
helpful hints and timely sugges
tions for those unfortunate souls
who have stumbled Into the abyss
of love and stuff. Awgwan read
ers can now undertake a scientific
campaign Into the conquest nf love
thru the enlightening charts and
readings in this analysis.
Campus Caricatures.
A page of caricatures of famil
iar campus faces provides a for
Beck-Jungbluth Band Plays
At All-University Hop
Friday Night.
Fust matinee dance in the new
Student Union will be held today
from 4 to 6 o'clock in the ballroom
of the new structure.
According to Miss Marion Steel,
hostess in the new Union; and
Kenneth Van Sant, Union director,
efforts are being made to work
this type of afternoon dance into
a regular weekly event.
Music will be furnished by the
recording machine in the ball
room, which holds ten records with
dance numbers on each side.
Continuing the Union enteu. '-
mcnt program will be a regular
dance open to all students Friday
evening, with the Beck-Jungbluth
orchestra playing. Tickets are on
sale in the Union at 35c per couple.
Saturday evening st 8:30 p. m.,
moving pictures will be shown in
the ballroom, free of charge, to all
who wish to attend.
I STATE CHRISTIAN
T
EH3
Second United Conference
r li - i nr. . i .
learners ai niversiae
Camp, Milford.
The second annual United Older
Christian Youth conference for
Nebraska will meet June 7-13 this
year at Riverside camp near Mil
ford. This is the official confer
ence for older youth of the Bap
tist. Congregational, Evangelical,
Evangelical and Reformed Meth
odist Episcopal, and Presbyterian
denominations. The dean of the
conference will be Raymond Veil.
Hirrisburg, Ta.. director of young
people's woik for in Evangelical
chiirche3.
Sponsored by the Nebraska
Council of Chinches, this confei
ene was instituted last year. It
has the distinction of being the.
first of its kind in the United
States. The conference is designed
to bring young workers of differ
ent denominations together so
that they may come face to face
with the actual conditions con
fronting the church.
Miss Axford Takes Charge.
The program planned for the
morning anil afternoon includes
seminars and classes on Growth in
Personal Religious Living. Chris
tian Social Action, The Church and
Rural Life, The Sermon on the
Mount, Planning a Young Peo
ple's Program, and Recreational
; Guidance
! The evening programs will !i
planned by Marion Axford, ron
' ferenre council president. Miss
i Continued on Page 3. i
CERCLE FRANCAiS HONORS
OR. HARRY KURZ TONIGHT
Romance Language Group
to Present Professor
Farewell Cift.
Members of I,c Conic Franeais
will express their regnt for the
impending departure from the
university of Or. Harry Km
when they meet tonight at 7:Ho in
room 219 of Morrill lia'.l.
Or. Kurz, taking leave ol ab
sence next semester from his pui-t
as head of the romance language
department, will be the recipient
of a gift from the students and
faculty of the department.
Discussions of the French ,ym
bolift poet. Paul Verlaine, will
comprise the remainder of the
meeting. .John Mercer will tell of
Verlaine's life and works, followed
by the reading of some of his
poetry by Jean Tilche. Several of
the same poems, set to music by
Claude Dr Bussy, will be played.
midable array of noses and buck
teeth. Gore returns, after a leave
of absence, with "Stuff About
People," IneludlEg an added at
traction of "snoopshots." Candid
camera shots lit the Tasty Pastry
review a chapter of ntudent night
life.
Not man Ridker's account of an
"InNlde Story of a Ounked Ooiigh
nut" satirizes the science of pub
lic relations, "Sictcrly Love," an
other satire, depicts displays of af
fection in sorority hou:i 'B
The magazine also features an
open letter to the widow of Harry
Houdinl, cartoons, ,1okes, short
short stories, fashions, poems and
articles.
Business Manager Dick McGln
nis announces an enlargement of
distribution facilities, and Indi
cated thst the Awgwan will bs
available st the Student Union, on
the Ag campus, In Sosh, and In
Andrews.
MEETS 1