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POUR THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939 society GLOOMY WEATHER RAM BLINGS . . . made more gloomy by thoughts of exams . . . and foremost conversational topic be ing second semester schedules and exam schedules . . . with love both in bloom and in break-up . . . Al pha Sig Paul Wagner is devoting the greater part of his nights-off-work to A!;ha Phi Mary Lou Daly . . . while Betty Lamphere, also Alpha Phi, had one of the well known spats with Sigma Nu Frank Day then Frank sent "Flowers to Madame," and all is well , . . SDT Detty Eeeson is em barrassed yet over the call she received from a Sigma Alpha Mu while she was at the Zeta Eeta Tau party . . . but Florence Sley erson had a gay old time with Euddy Gold.Hein, and Miriam Rubnitz with Marvin Taxman . . . now on the steady list ever since the DU formal are Janet Harris and Dob Nelson, DU . . . Chi Omega Helen Daly, ex of a Phi Alpha Delta, is now spending her time writing letters to a love in Fremont Midland coach . . Jack Hyland, Eeta, showing everyone the pictures he took in Estes this vacation, and including some velly pood shots . . . Thursty Phelps. Phi P.si, in the Crib with some of the football boys, but letting his eye wander to the tib!e where Louise Mickay, Theta, sat . . . times rushing, so do your final ciamming early. . . . Mildred Florence Righter ana Richard D. C'howins announc ed their engagement Sunday. The marriage date has been set for February 12. Both attended the University of Nebraska where Mr. Prof. Wible Tests Results of Stimuli, Noise on Study Research Deals With Motion of Heart Those students who are con stantly startled by unexpected noises anil those who practice the use of stimulants during long pe riods of study will be interested in the results of two researches re cently completed by Prof. Charles L. Wible, chairman of the depart ment of pharmacology and as sistant professor in the depart ment of physiology. The researches deal with the effect of the speed of movement of impulses through the human heart aud the effect of benzedrine sulphate on the learn ing process. While on leave of absence at Texas university he began the work with benzedrine, a drug which is a stimulant. At the pres ent time he la running another series of tests with rats so as to make a final check of his earlier results. At the same time he is also engaged in analyzing electro cardiographic statistics and pre paring this information for pub lication. Misses Christmas Dinner, With the benzedrine research, Professor Wible spent more than SO consecutive days at Austin testing the effect of the drug on rats to see If the use of the stim ulant in any way affected the learning ability of the animals as reflected in the accuracy and length of time they required to run a complicated maze. This type of research is what S'-irntists call a drag, Kvery test must be run at tl.e same time every day regardless of personal Inconvenience. During the 50 day period of testing at Texas, the ex perimenter was at his post every day including Sundays and holi days. Now that the experiment Is being repeated here the same punctuality must be observed. That Is why Professor Wible was forced to give up his Christmas dinner ho as to keep his nppoint- lui-iit with the rau that afternoon Results of Exercise. The work dealing with the ef feet of startle and exercise on the heart as reflected in ClcctrocardlO' prams lias been performed with the help of iW individuals. A Masting airhorn is uacd as the au ditory stimulus to produce startle, while In the case of the exercise experiment, tho subject is In. structcd to do standing running at the rate of 200 steps per mln ute for 30 seconds. Immediately following the short period of cxerclbe, the individual Chowins was affiliated with Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Sigma Tau honorary. Acacia mothers club will meet for a one o'clock luncheon Tues day at the chapter house. Hostes ses will be Mrs. K. R. Leverton and Mrs. Adella Miller. Beta Theta Pi alliance met Monday at the home of Mrs. Walter S. Whitten. Mrs. Vera May Yinger was the special guest and discussed "Our Student Union." Alpha Phi mothers club will meet today for a one o'clock luncheon at the chapter house. The program will be given by Mary Klizabcth Kcinholz and Jean Hughes of the active chapter. Mrs. D. K. DePutron is chairman of the committee in charge and will be assisted by Mrs. C. I,. Mor rison and Mrs. K. W. Beerman. Alpha Sigma Phi mothers club members will go to Elmwood to il? y where they will be entertain ed at luncheon given at the home of Mrs. Bess Streeter Aldrich. Sigma Nu auxiliary will enter tain at a book review and tea from one to three p. m. today at the chapter house. Mrs. T. D. Rrad'ey of Beatrice will review the book, "My Son, My Son." Mrs. Dana Cole will be chairman of the tea. Mrs. John Scofield will serve as hostess for a one o'clock luncheon at the Sigma Phi Fpsilon auxi liary meeting today at the chapter house. reclines on a cot placed inside a screen cage while an operator re cords the heart beat. The cot must be screened in so as to eliminate all outside electrical disturbances which affect the extremely sensi tive apparatus. In the case of the startle test, the subject is told to relax on the cot. Without warning, there is a blast from the horn and the appa ratus, which is fastened to the in dividual's wrists and ankles by means of electrodes, similarly re cords the beating of the heart. While all his mass of informa tion has not been completely an alyzed, Professor Wible believes, however, there is some evidence that the impulse which is respon sible for heart beat travels through the heart more rapidly following exercise than following shock by auditory stimulus. PLAYERS (Continued from Page 1.) the remaining clever cracks are enough to support the play. Two Comedies. ''Sandwiched between the other two plays, both comedies, is the sophisticated tragedy of "The As tonished Heart," a variation of the age old love triangle. The Cowardian touch is seen in that It is the wayward male, in this case a psychiatrist, torn between Jeal ously and passion, rather than the abandoned wife or the confused mistress, who ends the playlet with his suicide. Here is a deeply serious tragedy with a searching and sometimes bewildering inquiry Into motives and mental states. "Fumed Oak," the concluding number of the triple bill, marks a step down from the upper strata of society of the preceding plays to the middle clashes. In concerns the escape of a much bullied hus band from a nagging wife, a moth er-ln-law of the kind about whom Jokes are made and a runny-nosed, teary daughter. The uproarious climax comes when the "worm" makes nn abrupt turnabout and sharply 'tills off" his astonished family before h aving for the south seas. Col. W. H. Oury Improves After Vcck'i Illness Coy . W. H. Oury, commandant of the R. O. T. C, was back at his desk for a short time today after being confined more than a week. Though able to be up and iiboul the commeri'l'int has not Completely recovered. Brown Edits 'Countryman7 Ousek to Head Business Side Second Semester Rex Brown will act as editor of the Cornhusker Countryman, ag college monthly, next semester, according, to a list of appointments released by the student publica tions board yesterday. Other appointments include Ed win Ousek, business manager; Leo Cooksley. circulation manager; Will Pitner, associate ag editor; Sylvia Zocholl. associate home ec editor; Keith Gilmorc and Mylan Ross, associate business man agers; Helen Thomas and Marvin Kruse, associate circulation man agers. Staff assistants will be an nounced later. Retiring staff members who have served this semester are: Glen Thacker, editor: Ann Gcrsib, business manager; Mclvin Glantz, circulation manager; Rex Brown, associate ag eiiitor; Paula Smith, associate home ec editor; Edwin Ousek and Leo llansmire, asso ciate business managers. Instructors' Wages Rise Moritz Reports Slight Increase Since 1936 Salaries paid to Nebraska edu cators have been slightly in creased during the past three years, according to statistics col lected by the office of Prof. R. D. Moritz, director of the Uni versity's teacher placement bu reau. While median salaries for super intendents obtaining new appoint ments hive increased from $1300 to $1,538 during the three year period, the salaries paid high school men were slightly lower during 1938 than during the prev ious year. Median salary for high school women has remained sta tionary at $950. Likewise, there has been little change in salaries of junior high and grade school teachers. Rural Scale Low. In the college the median sal ary for the past year was $1,650 for men and $1,600 for women. Wage scale for rural teachers was only $472. In addition to collecting these statistics the bureau fills requests for educators and specially trained individuals such as supervisors and librarians. A total of 897 in dividuals, from both the teachers college and other colleges in the university have been placed by the bureau. Photo Contest Closes Jan. 18 . Union to Award Cash Prizes for Candid Pix The cash prize photograph con test enabling candid camera en thusiasts to turn their hobby Into money, which began last Wednes day, will be closed at noon on January 18, Mrs. Yinger, social di rector of the Union, emphasized yesterday. This contest is con ducted by the Union for the pur pose of obtaining illustrations and photographs for an early spring edition of a booklet dealing with the Union and its ac'ivitles. Two first prizes of $7.50 each will be given for the best interior and exterior shot of the building, submitted. Smaller prizes of $2.00 each will be awarded to the stu dent submitting the best pictures of the ballroom and each of the rooms on the first floor. Interior shots will not be considered unless they show some phase of s udent activity. Basis of Judging. All pli lures submitted will be Judged on the basis of general plioto;;iuphic excellence mid their adaptability to use in the booklet. According to the rule of the fori- test, all prints submitted mii:.t lie at least 3 by 5 Inches either In length or width, or in width and length. All pictures handed In will be placed on exhibition in the I'nion. After the contest Is over, all pie. lures will become the property of the Union, regardless of the fact that they were or were not prize winners. No student may win more than $9 50. The booklet which Is to lie dls trihuted to freshmen and prospec tive students for the '31 session 'Ragchiatrist' Adapts Test Of Word Stimuli to Show Responses Characteristic of Undergraduates By Edwin Wittenberg. The other day Dr. D. A. Wor cester sprang a word association experiment on several psychology students in connection with a grilling several of them had re ceived for committing an imag inary crime. One of the methods used in psychiatry and criminol ogy, it seems, is to mention a word and read the deepest secrets of the individual's private life from his response. Never an institution to neglect the latest methods of science for bringing newsworthy facts to its readers, the Daily Nebraskan sent an investigator out on the campus to apply this word association business to the average student. Words, suggesting important phases of university life were sprung on the unsuspecting vic tims and their responses, giving a fairly good idea of what was go ing on in their minds, were jotted down on pink slips of paper. The slips were then folded three times, mixed in a hat and thrown aboard a truck bound for Kalama zoo. Your investigator then sat down and wrote his own idea of the logical responses that should have been given by a freshman, a sophomore, a junior and a senior. To put the reader on the right track, here is a sample: Dog (original word). Freshman Cat; sophomore fleas; junior hot; senior freshman. Now go ahead on your own. Study (original word). Fr. 72 average; soph Dean Modernize College Studies by Radio, Educator Urges (Indiana Daily) "Persuade your professors to give classes the opportunity to listen to broadcasts by America's leading statesmen, scientists, and artists, said Dr. Arthur G. Crane, president of the University of Wy oming, in an address given at con vocation Wednesday morning In Alumni hall. "Young people in the universi ties." Crane said, "are too exclu sively studying things of the past, things whose connection with mod ern life seems remote. Radio gives an opportunity to make these studies more real, more modern, serves to connect the past with the living present. These are influences which can enrich the lives and ex periences of university students now."' Heads Commission. As president of the National Commission on Radio Education. Dr. Crane has made a study of the problems of radio today. He point' ed out that radio can be an in strument in the education of the people of America and in saving Union Program Tuesday. 12:00 Social work majors, parlors, X, Y. 1:00 Delta Phi Delta, par lor X. 6:15 Phi Delta Kappa, par lor Z. 7:00 Sigma Eta Chi, rooms 313, 305. 7:00 Disc and Needle, par lor A. 7:00 Tassels, room 316. 7:00 Phalanx, room 315. 7:00 League of Evsngelicsl students, room 209. will deal with the social life ac tivitles, functions, policies and history of the Rtudent Union. Judges for the contest will be announced later. The Syracuse university Infirm ary is asking students to give crutches for use of crippled or in jured students. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 10 pER UNE for MATtijnrTon. cam. fimi Ki'U KALK Woodstock standard tvrw wrllcr, alrtiont new. Call at IMS U, UM74. Thompson; Jr., Ho-oh hum; What? Coke. Fr. Coking; soph. J a y Jr., Spike; sr. No. Straight. Hangover. Fr. Junior; soph. Weekend! jr., Last night; sr 2-flfths, Blondes. Fr. Yes; soph. B-1790, ! 6534, F-4888, B-6900, B-4221, F-3434; jr. Weekend; sr. AO the same. Virtue. Fr. Reward; soph. N I e e but not necessary;jr. What I sr. Nice if you can get it. Activities. Fr. Why?; soph. B M O C; jr. Work; sr. Play. Military Ball. Fr. Formal season; soph. Money; jr. Marching; sr hangover. Mortar Board Party. Fr. Corsage; soph. Free date; jr. Spinach; sr. Hang-" over. Blind Date. Fr. Honey (oops, we slipped) soph Confidentially ; jr. Nol sr. Neverl Classes. Fr. Study; soph. Sleep; Jr. Coke; sr. Occasionally. Graduation. Fr. Cum laudc; soph. Three long years; jr. Maybe; sr. Work. Rushee. Fr. Good old days; soph. Paddle; jr. Where!!; sr. We'll make him Innocent what? 7 America as a democracy. He compared an ideal radio pro gram to a good newspaper and a good library. "A good newspaper prints only what it believes is true. It prints a variety of articles to meet the interests of a variety of listeners in their varying moods." Crane said. "It will contain whole some nonsense, but it will contain no trash," he added. "When I was a college student my instructors used to bewail the decadence of the platform, the loss of the power of the spoken word. Today radio has restored this, and instead of audiences of a few hun dreds or thousands master speak ers and thinkers can have audi ences of millions," Dr. Crane said. In conclusion he said, "If Amer ican listeners can be given as good broadcasts as they will accept, rather than as poor as they will tolerate; if programs be the best America possesses, radio will lead America up hill. Radio can ele vate or debase Amrican standards and tastes. Radio can enlighten a people!" Art Group Meets For Dinner, Lecture Delta Phi Delta, art honorary, will conduct its monthly dinner meeting today at 5:30 in parlor X of the Student Union. The speaker of the meeting will be Raymond A. Paul, instructor in Fine Arts, who will talk on the topic "The Three Things an Art Student Worries Moat About." A short business meeting will follow, with Theota Erickson, president of the group, in charge. STUAItT ' Shfirinitt ERR0L FLYNN la "The Dawn Patrol" with nll S.lliW.nf O.vH NWta Coming Snt "Krnturkyn r .Showing "Young Dr. Kildare" with tw Ar Lionel tltrtfmmtt "Lim.ETOrIlI GUYS S 80CIETY" Taming Soon!