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C r i DO -r fpEBRASKAN 'ABLY Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXVII, NO. 147" "LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938 nuu: fiyi: CENTS E .0 E ROSEN ELECTED PREXY WORKING YOUK WAY There are opposing schools of thought on the subject of what college boys are like. hTe one type is the kind that is always represented by jokes about col lege being a four year loaf made possible by poppa's dough. Ac cording to this school of thought, college boys are like. The one drug store booths and athletic fields and their nights in wine, women and song. This school of thought has been kept alive by "self-made business" men and comedians. The other school of thought represents the collegian n thf rrpam of the American v'. J. ir crop the Golden Youth, and future lending ciuzena. school, the collegian burns more midnight oil than a T'-'M-powered train on a nocturnal run, is a glorious Idealist, and dreams of the better, finer future world he will strive to mold. Roth are extremes. There are a few which might fit in one or the other category, but few. In picturing the collegian as an ambitious bov trying to get ahead, the second school of thought brought about during the past ten years or so a form of hero-worship for those students who work their way through college. If a boy started out to earn his way through college, he was acclaimed on all sides. After four or five years of struggling, a degree might have been secured by the student worker and plaudits and wreaths of laurel were heaped on him. "He worked his whole way through college" was. and still is, a phrase that is Intended to evoke aumira tion and respect. The Reigning Fashion. It soon became, and now is, the fashion for boys to work their way through school. In fact, the ones who were doing it (and are doing It) tend a little to look down on the others. They i feel proud of the fact that tney 11 are mixing work and study and creeping through college on a W diet of work, study cr.d little re- I i.v.i;m Thcv .-ire oossessed with the idea that hard work will get them somewhere. But the sorry fact is that the major Ity cf thsm srrlve in their senir year or even at comr.ncement with little or no idt. of what they want to do. For those who have a definite goal, working while schooling Is probably all right, but such students gener ally have things doped out so well that they have provided funds for themselves by laying o-it of rchosl and working a couple of years or concentrating . i ! .(r..t. Mn th winninn of Zv a EcholarshiD. I V There are many students who IV work part time and go to school r,nrt t me. Altnoufrn mis is ni the Ideal set-up. their program still gives them c.inio time for the side orders of higher learning. It is the htudent who attempts to work his way through college and keeps his grades up at the same time that Is forfeiting some opportunities he mieht otherwise have. Statistics compiled by the Flor ida Review in a project of educa tional research reveal th.it about 700.000 men are attending college In this country. Fifty percent of them earn part of their expenses and ten percent earn all their ex penses. At Nebraska, the per centage for working part time is a little higher while those earning all their expenses are (although we don't have the statistics on hand to back up this statement) probably a good ten per cent. Naturally, all full timers aie Plncere In their efforts to get Hn f-ducatlnn but most of them are po busily engaged In making money that they nre forced to overlook many phases of college life which will prove most valu able In future yours. The student who works anil stud r at the same time may ap preciate more deeply the oppor tunities he has. He may make the most of the time at his dis posal. But, ran he do two things nt once and do both of them good? Onerally not, and when the full timer eventually finds this out, It la quite apt to make him bitterly cynical. There are two ways of getting an education by the sweat of one'a (Continued on Page 2) OF Southwick, Anderson, Gray Fill Other Pen Club Cabinet Posts. B Campus HBachcIors List1 Most 'Datable' Coeds George Rosen, geology senior, was elected president of Corn Cobs last night at the first elec tion held under the new charter of the pep club. Other officers named were Phil Southwick, vice president; Lewis Ander son, treasurer; and Denver Gray, secretary. A member of Innocenta and Kosmet Klub, Rosen was es pecially out standing during the current year in the Corn Cob club, n c r n r iHnf to Concensus Of uncnln Journal. opinion expressed in the meeting. He served as chairman of the re organization committee, which procured the new charter, during the past year. The new executives, under the new plan, were taken from the outgoing junior members of the organization. Pledges were se lected by the actives on the basis of work done in Cob projects. A maximum of 16 may be chosen each year, that number being ac cepted at the recent election. The 16 chosen pledges will be inducted Into the club Sunday evening. Men Name Best' Prospects For Pin Hangings Among Femmes. "They can play on anybody's ball team." That's the way Bob Gannon, Beta Innocent, described his choice for the five most "datable" coeds on the campus. Turning the ables on the girls who nominated the ten most eligible bachelors in the university two weeks ago in a Daily Ne braskan pell, some of the lads made out their own lists of the mosts attractive coeds "unhung." . Leading the field, with her name on every ballot but one of the dozen cast, was Virginia Fleet wood. The other four in the top running were Jane Bell, Jerry Wallace, Beth Howley and Bar bara Meyer. ' Grid Star Selects. Some of the lists submitted by masculine socialites will not be reprinted, due to protests on the part of those who compiled them. Adna Dobson's choice for the girls who can turn an evening into something besides a matter of hours, is Jane Bell, Fiances Boldman, Virginia Fleetwood, Jerry Wallace, and Beth Howley, and Virginia Smith. The Husker guard said he Used a quality called "plenty swellness" as his yard stick in making his selections. Best Places to Hang Pins. Jane Bell, Margaret McKay, Vir ginia Fleetwood, Jerry Wallace, Betty Widener and Beth Howley are a little bit of all right, accord ing to Bill McKerney, Sigma Chi's bid for dancing fame, while John Stoddard names Jerry Wallace, Jane Bell, Virginia Fleetwood, Helen Burnham, Rita Alger and Virginia Anderson. Says Jimmle DeWolf, Sig Alph freshman, Barbara Meyer, Vir ginia Fleetwood, Jerry Wallace, Frances Boldman and Helen Cath erine Davis can play in his back yard at any given moment, and Tim Parker, unaffiliate under classman leader, lists Eva Jane Sinclair, Virginia Anderson, Mar garet McKay and Jerry Wallace. The best place to hang frater nity hardware, if you take Bob Gannon's word for it, is on the dress of Virginia Fleetwood, Jane Bell, Beth Howley, Virginia Smith or Olive Speith. But Knight of the Sigma Nu house thinks Beth How ley, Jane Bell, Virginia Anderson,' Margaret McKay and Frances Goodwin. R.O.T.C. PARADES E FEDERAL OFFICERS TODAY Benn Named Head Of Student Body For Coming Year AT DR. MILITZER SPEAKS IGHT AT BANQUET TON Wild Western Rodeo Theme To Keynote Affair At Union. School Celebrates Fifteenth Year May 23; M. M. Fogg First Director. Edward Makiesky, chief of A. P. bureau for Nebraska, and W. Emerson Keck, professor of journalism and news bureau direc tor at Midland, will address school of journalism students Monday, May 23. The occasion is the fifteenth anniversary of the found ing of the school. T IGHT Program Open to Students Begins at 8 O'clock In Ballroom. Recordings of the Cathedral Choir concerts given over the Co lumbia Broadcasting system this spring will be played this evening at 8 o'clock in the Student Union ballroom, John Rosborough, direc tor of the choir, announced. The presentation is sponsored by the Student Union under the direc- Dean Condra Delivers Talk On European Affairs At Banquet. Federal Inspection of the uni versity R. O. T. C. unit moves into its biggest day today, with a pa rade this afternoon. The annual Inspection is held in order to give the several R.O.T.C. units of state supported universi ties a military rating. Nebraska has rated excellent in the last ten annual Inspections. The rating of "excellent" is the highest rating given, and entitles Nebraska men to receive prece dence In army appointments over men from any school other than West Point. Dinner at 7. The dinner, held at 7 o'clock last evening at the chamber of commerce, was attended by the Cadet Officers association of en gineer and infantry companies and the special Cor.husker field company. Principal speaker at the dinner was Dean Condra of the con servation department, who spoke on Russian and European affairs. Following that Colonel Facs, of the field artillery reserve, and Claude Wilson, Lincoln attorney, spoke. Four army officers from Omaha and Fort Crook will review the military department in the parade at 3 o'clock, for which all military students will be excused from their classes this afternoon. Colonel Oury, head of the Nebraska mili tary department, announced. Colonel Duscnbury, in charge of (Continued on Page 2.) NEBRASKAN STAFFS Mr. Kakiesky has outlined his j tion of Miss Marion Steele, social address to include some of the director. Although it will he of high lights of the A. T. organiza- especial interest to the members of tion and constitution, its foreign j the choir, students in general, are service and how it copes with for-, invited. cign censorship, the use' of wire j Six Droadcasts. pnoio service, me extension oi The concerts. entitled Y Dr. Walter E. MJlitzer of the chemistry department will be the principal speaker at the annual barb banquet to be held in the Student Union at 6 o'clock th's evening. Dr. Milltzer will speak on some phase of barh activities. Dr. Militzer. in accordance with the theme of the banquet, the wild western rodeo, will speak on "The Roundup." Bob Simmons, as toast master, will respond with an Imi tation of the rough and ready ranch foreman, while Martha Mor row will give a toast on "Spurs," Joy Pstal on "Lariat," Erie Con rtable on "Boots" and Duanc Es sam on "Corral." The parlor will be decorated In rodeo fashion. Velma Ekwall, president of the balb A. W. 8. board, will present 30 activity pins to unaffiliated girls who have been most promi nent In barb activities this year. Tickets, at 35 cents each, may be secured from any member of the barb Interclub council or the barb A. W. S. board. All unaffili ated students are Invited. Chaperons will be Prof. William A. Spurr, of the statistics depart ment, and Mrs. Spurr. don boehmpresent senior recital friday Dramatics Student Portrays 17 Characters in Farce At Temple Theater. Don Boehm will present a senior dramatic recital Friday evening at the Temple at 7:30 p. m. "You Can't Take It Away," by Moss Hart and George D. Coff man will be the reading given by Mr. Boehm. The program is open to the pub lic and there will be no admission charge. Mr. Boehm's dramatization Is more or less of s farce on family life. He will portray 17 character the A. P. news report, what the A. P. expects of its men and the requirements set up for its re porters. Founded 15 Years Ago. Just fifteen years ago May 22, the school of Journalism wa Banquet Free to Regular Workers, Says Editor Helen Pascoc. Whither I Youth," were given in a series of Regular members of both the six, one a week, this spring for the editorial and business staffs of the Columbia Broadcasting company. Daily Nebraskan will be treated in response to popular request, Dl- to a tree dinner, to be held rector John Rosborough sent to 6:13 Friday evening in the Lincoln New York to have a recording hotel. The dinner Is entirely "on company there make the record- the hous," or the Daily Nebras- founded by M. M. Fogg, then : ings. They arrived yesterday aft- kan, Editor Helen Paseoe empha- head of the department. Nebraska ! ernoon. .sized. was the twelfth among 210 uni- The concerts constituted the Students planning to attend versities giving lourtialistlc in- first series of network broadcasts should check with a list which structlon to institute a separate ' that have gone out of local sta- will be posted in the Dally Ne school. tions. and therefore the recordings hraskan office, or see Helen Pns- The first year of its existence may be of historical as well ns roe, editor. Only regular staff there were 84 students and five musical interest, commented John members and regular reporters are instructors teaching journalism l Rosborouirh. invited courses. They were: M. M. Fogg, j New recordings may be made I About 40 students are expected head of the school and Professors j from these "master records," said j to r.ttend, Miss Pascoe estimated (Continued on Page 2). (Continued on Page 2). fitniiis Damage Old U Hall Because of the formal journalistic dinners held recently, this one will be held in nn Informal manner ActualWorkonNewspaper Best Training, Says Writer Mary M. McBride Relates Experiences in Field Of JourL,.lism. "There's no better training for the newspaper reporter than news paper work," says Mary Margaret McBride, noted writer and CBS Columnist of the Air. She Is herself a product of the University of Mis souri School of Journalism, and re cently received the University's medal of honor for applying the principles and standards of Jour nalism to radio. "You should take all the Journalism courses you pos sibly can, but the sooner you get to where the presses are actually rolling, fie better you'll be. "I'm always getting letters from aspiring Journalists asking me what I think Is the best way to prepare for newspaper work, and the only thing I can possibly tell them Is Just to do It. And work ing on your college paper Is one of the things I recommend. Not at the expense of your college coures, tho, for you'll need every bit of background you can get. But learn all you can about writing and makeup and style, even if you have to unlearn It all when you get out. Personal Experience. Mary Margaret knows what she is talking about, for she had to work her way thru tne university when a great aunt withdrew her offer of a free education. The aunt wanted her to take up teaching and become "lady principal" at William Woods College. Fulton, Mo., which she had endowed. But Mary Margaret was bent on Journalistic career, so she departed for the university on her own. "1 don't know what J thought 1 was going to use for money," she laughs today, "but fortunately (Continued on Page 3). f I v COKHECTION Yesterday's Dally Nebraskan reported Laurence Butler as be ing elected one of the Junior members of the Ag Executive board. The name should have been Will Pitner. Two men from the College of Engineering hold positions on the Student Council. They will be Bob Waugh and Donald Melxel, both progressives. Women candi dates from Teachers college were Jean Morgan, Frances Piatt, and Dorothy Glenn won third place-by the cutting of the cards. PROTEST Not enough qualified officials were on hand to take charge of the election and carry it out In the most efficient and expedient manner. The crowd was large and unwieldy in the space pro vided for the election. The long line which was prevalent during most of the day moved very slowly and discouraged many from voting since they would have to wait in line so long. Due also perhaps to the large crowd but also showing a lack in administration was the lack of any officials near the polls to carry out the rules of the elec tion as they should be. There was much improper handling- of the ballots in that many persons received ballots which did not helong to them, girls being given preferencial ballots, Juniors received sopho more ballots, and Arts and Sciences were given Bus. Ad. ballots. The Barh Council bal lots were not handed out. Those who received them were forced to ask for them. Only a few persons who did not have pictures on the iden tification cards were asked to present them or questioned as to the reason why they did not have a picture. Numbers of the identification cards were not written down in many instances Help of party faction mem bers outside of the Student Council was used especially in the afternoon. This appeared unnecessary. Eligibility of candidates was not thoroughly checked before the election. Many names were removed from the ballot after the election began without the party being able to substitute a new man. Also one man was removed for several hours as in eligible and then replaced as he was found to be eligible. There was much unfair elec tioneering within the building and right up next to the polls by both candidates and party members. This was carried on to an extreme when there were from eight to as many as fif teen party men and their candi dates lined to waylay the un wary voter and help him mark his ballot. Proof of the canai dates electioneering at the polls will be furnished if necessary. Due to the setup of the polls It was impossible for the voter to mark his ballot In secret Men were permitted to look over the shoulder of the person voting and to make suggestions as to how he should vote. It was repulsive to many to have this unasked for assistance. There was considerable dou ble voting duo to the laxity of officials in checking of identi fication cards It is nlso believed that the election should be carried on by persons not interested in nny of the party factions. This would alleviate much feeling that the election was unfair. f y Sinclair, Davis, McGmms, Rosewater, Simmons Also Receive Offices. Eight holdover members an! 25 new representatives who were elected to membership In the Student Council chose their new officers for the coming year and went on record to ignore a pro test of the Tuesday stu dent election when they met in their rooms in the Union yesterday afternoon. Little time was required for the newly formed body to install Harold Benn as presi dent, Eva Jane Sinclair, vice president, Helen Catherine Davis, secretary, Richard McGinnis, treasurer, Barbara Rosewater as chairman of the Judiciary commit tee, and Robert Simmons as "N" club representative. Mr. McGinnis, Miss Rosewater, and Mr. Simmons were elected without opposition. The council, likewise, spent lit tle time in discussing the prote.it of their election which they spon sored in the hallway of the Stu dent Union building. The document was filed "by students not inter ested in the election as candidates but representing a common opinion that this election was wholly un fair to the candidates on the bal lots in the handling and unfair practices near the polls." The council was charged on two counts in the protest. First, was their administration of the election. It was charged that an insufficient number of officials were In charge of the polls, that there was im proper handling of the ballots to the voter, that there was la::;ty (Continued on Tage 3t. Unr.im Journal HiiruM llenn. BETA'S DEFEAT A.T.O. T State Organizer Show Playground Recreations Ralph Copenhaver, assistant I state agent of community organlz i ation, presented a playground ; demonstration and lecture to a ' class In playground Instruction at ! Grant Memorial Wednesday after- noon. Mr. Copenhaver demon - strated the construction and use ! of several recreation games which ! he has found to he most success j ful In his work In rural communities. R. D. Scott Relates Meeting Leader of Eire English Department Hcad,due toihis rich discoveries the ycupio luuncu 10 nun as ine oniy one quanned to lead the new re public." Since then the politicians nave Deen using this as a constant (Continued on Page 2). i ' t - w Yi Spring rains are welcome to most Nebrsskans, but to those University of Nebraska students and faculty members wh are In old University Hall, , the 1938 rains are not entirely a blessing. The above picture shows corner of the School of Journalism aa I 'lKc.n Journal library Just after the wall paper fell Tuesday afternoon, Dick Simon of Lincoln Is seen looking up at the rapid deterioration of the structure erected In 1869 and declared unsafe in 1923. Due to crowded conditions the building Is still In use. Attributes Friendship To Literature. Many would think a friendship which originated indirectly In the year 1000 A. D. Impossible, but if some early pagan Irish had not written their early songs and sto ries Prof. R. D. Scott would never have become acquainted with Douglas Hyde, president of Eire. This southern republic of Ireland, formerly the Irish Free State, re cently elected Hyde, under whom Scott studied In Ireland during the summers of 1927 and 1928 for his doctor's degree. Scott traced the early develop ment of Irish literature and told how It ultimately led to the recent election In the republic. "These early pagans," he declared, "had the finest culture known at the time because .they were at peace with the rest of the world." Even Greece and Rome were engaged In wars and only Ireland held the torcn of culture. Monks Mads First Records. No written records were kept of this culture until the year 500 A. D. when the monks inscribed the tales on cowhide. Before that date a "fill," comparable to an English minstrel, sang and told the songs and stories. 25 years ago had his book, the first, published under the title 'History of Irish Literature, and ' Armstrong, Kiechel Arc;ii3 j That U. S. Requires j Larger Navy. Battling point to point T'.eta ; Beta Pi defeated Alpha Tan Omega to win the championship of ( the Intcrfraternity debnte tourna , ment held last night at the Beta j chapter house. The Beta team up j held the affirmative of the ques tion "Resolved that the United I States should greatly enlarge the j navy." "We must greatly enlarge our j navy to have one sufficient for de j fense for our country and one to 1 maintain our right. A navy to pro tect us from invasion and because our present lack of respect will involve us in war," was the con tention which won the decision for the Beta team. Affirmative speakers contend that the United States ranked fifth with other countries of the world in navy strength, while the negative upheld that the United States maintains Its navy at two to one ratio with other world power. Constructive speeches were six minutes In length and the rebut tals were four minutes. George Healy, Lincoln attorney; Harold Reid, graduate student at Ne braska; and H. W. Bidelmann, as sociate editor of the Nebraska Farmer, were the Judges. Speakers for the teams were the following: Beta Thcta PI: James Lee Armstrong, Walter Kiechel. Alpha Tau Omega: Wendell Basey John Mason. The Delta Sigma Rho debate gavel will be awarded to the win ners and their name will be en graved on It. They will retain the gavel for one year, passing It to next years champions. Tiny 1'uppcis Charm Prosaic Adult Crowd Viewing Miss Marjorie Shana- fclt's puppets over in Morrill hall Is like being taken Into a corner of fairyland. Sunday afternoon the audience sat enthralled as it watched the little figures ween and laugh and dance and forgot for an hour or so that these tiny people were just wooden and pulled Into action by a number of strings. The big thrill came at the end of the show when the puppets were displayed cloaeup and the audience had the pleasure of get ting acquainted with the charm ing creator of the figures. Miss Shanafelt is a trim, grey haired woman who seems to glow with friendliness and gaiety. She is Just the sort of a person whom you would expect to create the dainty figures. Owns Sixty Puppets. She has been working with the puppets for nine years and has a family of 60 puppets now, having discarded 40 thru the years. "You can never use the same puppet for different roles. For in stance this princess can never be anything but a princess," she said holding up tho blonde princess with her white satin dress and cloak of blue. "She has the stately princess waiK and build, being made of wood up to her hips." When asked why their facial ex pressions were so plain when the show was on, she said that they were all built on an 18 inch scale, the sets and the various things the puppets used, as brooms and spears. ' Use Whale Bone. The figures are made of light wood and parts of their body aro cloth. Their hands, which up close are exquisitely shaped, are made of clay and wrapped In crepe pa per. "The dragon Is made of whale bone," the lovely puppetter sa'd, (Continued on Page 3). V. S S V t