The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, January 11, 1939, Image 1

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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
Z-408
vpi. xxxui. no. 7i
LINCOLN, M:i;KSK, WIDNKSDAY, JAMWKY 11, 19.?)
fim: cknts
Frosh Lecture
Scries Cut to
One Semester
Second Term of A & S
Subject Fails to Meet
Purposes, Says Dean
Freshman lecture, long a sore
spot in the minds of first-year stu
dents and a source of constant
criticism by cducat rs and schol
ars who had been subjected to the
course, has been deleted into a
one-semester course.
Altho the second-semester class
Schedule has been published for
some time, official announcement
of the change was made yesterday
from the office of Dr. C. II. Old
father, dean of the collegs of Arts
and Sciences.
The change, viewed In its en
tirely, is considered one of the
first majof alterations affecting
new policies and practices having
to do with freshman education.
The full-year course had been of
fered as a requirement for Arts
and Sciences college since l'jin,
Jc;in Oldfatlicr said. Freshmen,
who took the course this semester
have filled the requirement.
Two-Fold Purposes.
Purposes of the full-year course
have been two-fold the dean I
pointed out: h irst, was to intro- j
tlueo freshmen to the iinivei-sily by i
instiueting I! mi i'l such things as
methods of study, library placed- i
we, stuciei't health .servi.e, etc.
Tlie .second, int i od i. irg t'v fie.-'i-j
men to the major fields of tin Ait.; ,
and fsck-ni e.-i (olle;,e fn as to en-,
able them to select, their cu..rscs
liicue intelligently.
1 lie Second semester of the .
course was dropped, acoiding to
I Jean Oldfather, because of its
failure to fulfill the second pur
pose of the course. The dean ques
tioned the Micctss of any sing
course designed to aid the frosh i.
selecting their individual intellect
ual fields. Part of the failure was
also caused by the lack to a proper
class room conducive to the study,
the dean also believes. The single
semester course will be offered in
three sections and will be con
ducted in the Social Sciences au
ditorium. Home Ec Group
To Go to Polls
Voting Scheduled
For Today, Thursday
Members of the Home Kco
tltimics association will g to polls
....... . ,
In the Home F.c building today and
tomorrow to elect their officers
for the second semester. Nominees
for the presidency are Iiis Ham
mond. Helen St hero, Chailotte
Pii khnni. and Marv dlber'.son.
Candidates for the iillne Of ncc
retaiy are .lean Imrr, Norma
Campbell, find Mat g an t f flirt; f ir
fuT.Mit'r. ':;,. liellnnd, Helen
hi itt. (Old f-'ylvn a'b ill; find f ir
i tm '. in, 1 1 . I . -n T'-Miii 's, Mary
Ll-v I. iir.d t'linl I5ng:;s.
At the (.'"' i al tiie..iC! of th"
sa -iatioii ye.,leidiy, nil of the
Homines for portions wcte pro
s' Hied to the riemhen, ln"dilh
tion of tt'.e in-wly elected offii crs
Will be lu l l I ill. 1. lit 7. .10 o'clock.
COHMHUjMM O.-'PiCt
tTuctNT union tLfa
PLACE YOUR
t ORDER NOW
N ordtrt will t "kn
for CORNHUSKERS
fttr Ftbruiry 15, MM.
n mr r4rt wttk
Halt KM IM
Cmmkfi afflM.
Student Council Meets
This Afternoon at 5
Student Council members
will meet today at 5 o'clock
in Union parlor Y. It is im
perative that all members be
present for dicussion concern
ing the loan fund and the re
ports of the action taken by
the Junior-Senior Prom com
mittee will be taken up.
Will Du.ant
to Lecture
Here Sunday
Author to Discuss
Problem of Maniage
At Union Program
One of the most popular speak
ers on the American lecture plat
form. Will Durant. philosopher,
author and publicist, will address
the students of the university at
4 o'clock Pun lay c.'ernoon in the
ballroom of the tUud -nt Union.
Durant is considered one of the
outstanding speakers of the year
to appear on the Nebraska cam
pus. Pccaue ot the largo audience
expcited to attend, students me
. requested to obtain their free tick
ets before .Sunday at the oflice in
t'.e T'n 1:1 vv'tii their idcn'id: -ation
!! t t:i' f.::!s wid not be
.-il 1 out to to.. n ;c.; le.
V.'r'les Ec:t E-I'-ts.
F; ; . "1 the Ti, ;,' of
M,.:i ;.)-. ' liie r.iuid author v.il!
i;!..:'j. , lie pie.-.-nt day tufiltal
.ii.-cr.;.-nt .iving a 1 a . h-round of
-.; in..:; e i:i it.s piiMi'.ive days and
its evolution from polygamy to
monogamy.
Will Duiai.t is the writer of
many bent sclleis, including "The
Story of Philosophy." "Transi
tion," the Blory of his life;
"Mansions of Philosophy," and
"Studies in Genius." Since 19112 he
has been in constant demand for
the lecture platform, and lime and
again he has filled Carnegie hall
to capacity. He is known as a
charming lecturer with natural
eloquence and wit.
Tickets for non-university peo
ple will be one dollar. University
students will be admitted to the
talk with their free ticket ob
tained from the Union director anJ
their Identification card.
Band Fraternity
Meets This Afternoon
Canima Lambda, honorary band
fraternity, will meet at 5 o'clock
, . o. T.
I "l -"'""
Jose Iturbi's Supple Fingers
Enchant Concert-Goers
Types Willi Dexterity
By norris Llpp.
Pk.: ing to the ear and eye.
Piar.i.t Jo'e Itarid U, idled a Lin
coln iriilancc to the very ore last
id;, l't as his nimble f l,;;e swh'ppe.l
tin ii a collection of classical an 1
modern numbers.
The Fpmidi pianist, gl- in-r a
boautif d r ndit'in of s.-hi lions by
llanild. Moi-ait, y huiii in'i, I)e
bus :y, l'ia':l,is ntid Chopin, hypno-t'i-d
lis I'.'-tencts with lh(- ilianii
of the old n a .tii .i' favorite wot lui
wld li le i iptuicd I.) ml nimbly,
lie cl n. a-id the recital with mod
ern numbers bv Albeniz and I)e
l'alla, capping the evining's enter
t.ilmiMnt with a !t..iiii.'.li niiiiilaa
of Inn own composition
"Kis Me Again 7"
Outside of the nti llar favorites In
the cbiNHicul Woild, Itiu Id's per
foiiiuinee of AllM-niz' "Cordoba"
Molu the show with (be Lincoln
people?. T'nlcMs ears dec-eived, a
counter melody which matched
perfectly the first part of Victor
Herbert's "Kiss Me Again" could
be discerned. Tho audience, rec
ognizing the similarity, buzzed
audibly and dlaturbed the polite
tranquility of the recital.
As encore numbers, Iturbi
treated with Chopin's "Waltz In A
Y.W. to Elect
New Officers
On Friday
Misses Osborn, Wicks
Run for Presidency
Of City Organization
With elections scheduled for Fri
day. Jan. 13, members of the
Y. W. C. A. nominating committee
have announced candidates for of
fice. Vieing for the president's
post are Mary Ellen Osborn and
Priscilla Wicks; for vice presi
dency, Selma Hill and Maxine
Lake; for secretary, Irene Hollen
beck and Ella jo Marshall; for
treasurer, Ann Hustead and Jane
Shaw; Ag president, Helen Kilner
and Kleanor Scow; and for Ag vice
president, Doris DeLong and Pat
McMahon.
In order for any woman student
to vote she must have paid up her
103S contribution pledge or Y. W.
membership fee. Payments may be
made any time utnil 5 o'clock Fri
day to Miss F.sthcr Osthind. Polls
will be open from 9 to 5 p. m. Fri
day in Kllen Smith. Identification
cauls must be presented to secure
ing the balliit. Students legistered
in classes whiill meet on the ng
campus are requested to vote tilde
See PLKCTION page 2.
Debaters
'n Ma"
Cs'!forntans Appear
At Hiram Club Today
Milton O. Gustafs n and D m H.
Nemitz will assume the affirma
tive side of the pump priming
question in a debate with the Uni
versity of California as a feature
of the Hiram club meeting this
noon. The Cnlifornians who are
now touring the middlewest have
just recently competed with the
debate teams of Kansas State col
leg" and the University of Kan
sas. Custafson, junior in the agricul
tural college, debated last year on
the trip to South Dakota and rep
resented the university in the stu
dent legislative assembly held in
Topeka last December.
Nemetz. Junior In the arts and
sciences college, la also In his sec
ond year of intercollegiate debate
at Nebraska.
The negative team from Cali
fornia is made up of Bernard Sba
See D HEATERS page 2.
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C" ec
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h n"o,
Pi!
'..Te
bv tl." ."'.' ui.-l:
aili'-t v' i pM'cut. d all of th"
::':).. man.--l.iji of the lo yb'r.f 1
w'uld. He continually raised bis
hai-.d- h - h, poi::ing th -m over the
l.-y.s an I coming d ov n either w-tii
a trash or with rhiMiiiio daiiiti
ii' rs. This technique was effec
tively c:i;;ilovcd in f. liuinann'a
"Pludi-.l f-'yilljiholli iues."
Cc n'.ly Lulls Audience.
T; : . id's tip'tvir; nuiuher, "Tlv?
II:. 1 1 i',:iioin Id - 'i -.mi'.h," by
I :.-t i. ! I. ie-ii!y tilled Hie nudi.-nct
into Pie Ian I f m l. Not beci-in.-there
was nnyt'iiiig wrong wilh It:
that was the o, iguial piirpo;i; of
the liele.tion. Handel wrote it
while In Pngland for his royal
pupil, the Prmre: s Anne, i.s one of
a suite of pieces for harpsichord.
"Kit '.ml I'itc Dance" by De Kalla
waa far from being as awe liutjiir
ing and Impressive as the classical
favorites. ThlH dance Is taken from
a 1915 ballet in which a girl,
haunted by the Jealous specter of
a former lover, dances around the
bowl of imgic fire, a rite believed
to break the spell.
Encores Tire Artist.
Rleek and sophisticate In his
tails, Iturbi did bis best work with
his native country's numbers, al
See ITURBI page 2,
THE WEATHER
The customary January wind
and snow has not yet come to
tiie Nebraska campus, nor is it
on the way. Today's weather
forecast is more or less cloudi
ness with the same moderate
temperature. Thursday will be
somewhat warmer with no dire
predictions of wintry blasts ap
proaching for the week end.
AWS Holds
Prof-Student
Coffee Today
Informal Hour Honors
English Department
As Board Opens Series
Members of the English depart
ment, faculty and students, will
meet at the initial "coffee" ar
ranged bv the A. W. S. board and
the Union for this afternoon be
tween 3:10 and 4:30 o'clock in par
lors A, B and C.
"An infoimul get-together of
this nature is a very desirable
thing in a large unhersity," stated
Prof. T. M. P.aysor, chairman of
the T.nglisli department. In an
institution the size of Nebraska. I
friendly relations between faculty
and s'.'.id.'iits on a basis of mutual
ir.tere-ts are too oilcn lost in the
process of masj education."
He'd Weekly.
Tl-.e r.ew seiies of "coffees" wi'l
le )v! l v.-.-Vy, with racciri! in
viiale ns goim; out each time to
the faculty of one department in
the univerpitv and students work
ing under tlicm in an effort to
stimulate closer ties between the
two groups
Helen Pascoe. president of the
A. W. S., reports I hat the plan has
been observed as meeting with
great success on the campuses of
many large universities, and ex
pressed the hope that full advan
tage will be taken of its introduc
tion here by both faculty and stu
dents. Irene Sellers is in charge of ar
rangements for today's affair. Cof
fee and wafers will be served and
there will be music as well as in
formal conversation.
Coeds Attend
Talk on Poise
Health Necessary,
Says Miss Bennett
Speaking on "Poise." Miss Shir
ley Bennett of the university phys
ical education department, ad
dressed Charm School members
yesterday evening in Mien Smith.
"I ran t tell you how to acquire
poise but I can give you sme es
sential points that nil in the tie
velopn -et.t of this trait," said Miss
Il.Tiiiett.
I'o: dure ,n body in good working
in I' l . sleeo fi'ld t1 .. tei-hng
of I .e.:. g v. 1 11 d. y -1 iii.d f ' vie in
i lot ! .. ; v.tie : tr. .- I by the s:e -d;.
t r as being iinj U .!:' ii.-.si '.s in til"
in ' lil li. enl of pt,;. e.
I t'liarnl He'iool, an organization
open to all university g.ili and,
cvpci. ialiy for fie;lnucn ht 1 1 K-:it
lr.eds every seeoivl and foil! th
Tuesdays nt 7 o'clock in PUen
Smith. The group h Jed py I i'-l.-n j
Catherine Ivivis nnd lllizntie'li
Smith nnd is sponsored by M.ss
Klsic pord Pip'T.
Radio Sludcnts
To Present Drama
Friday Skit Depicts
Life of Spallenzani
Presenting the first of a series
of radio dramas dealing with the
epochal discoveries of tho pant,
Professor Theodore Diers' radio
class will broadcast a play deal
ing with the life of the scientist
Spallenzani over radio station
KKOK, Friday afternoon at 4:30.
Tho story, which tells how Spall
enzani disproved tho theory of
spontaneous generation, was put
into radio script form by the fac
ulty. Students taking part In the
broadcast are Marjorle Bannister,
Raymond Brown, Donald Meier,
Larue Sorrell, and Deon Axphelcn.
Uni Players
NceS Covcrd
'Well Done'
Excellent Sets, Lighting
Captivate Audience in
Latest Production
By Ed Wittenberg.
After seeing three plays, even
tho they were short, it is' hard to
pick out any one outstanding fea
ture. The acting in the Players'
latest offering. "Tonight at 8:30,"
was good all around, ascending to
dramatic heights at times. The
quickly moving dialog was well up
to the audience's expectation of a
Noel Coward play.
But above all, appealing to the
eye find to the imagination, were
the three sets, sparkling like gems
against the dark velvet of a jew
eler's case. Altho the audience
was not always aware of them, the
sets and the lighting effects, just
as much as the actors, kept atten
tion riveted on the stage.
Condensation Brings Gasps.
In each play, "Ways and
Means," "The Astonished Heart"
and "Fumed Oak," so much action
was condensed into such a short
time, jihont 40 ini.i'lD tlv.t tho
r;,,:, ,,.f, ,,, ,..,';'' ,.,.,'"
gasping. In achieving the aim of
the playwright to make up a
vaiie.1 evening's cnteit.'ininent, th.-
triple bill was eminently success
ful, stalling with polis; el. s-;!us-tii-itcd
comedy, c-ai lyiir; on in a
live, fin rcful tragedv, and closing
wi'h heartv humor.
Pon STei-T and Poiis Poellot
shir.e in "Ways and Means" ns a
ynnng ceupl", down on their luck,
good for nothing except bei"-g
charming guests of wealthy friends
See PLAYKKS page 2.
Social Worker
Lectures Here
Mrs. Mabel Cobbey
Tells of Experiences
Approximately fifty social work
majors heard Mrs. Mabel Cobbey
speak at the monthly luncheon
held Tuesday at the Pnion. Mrs.
Cobbey is the field director for
state assistance with her head
quarters in Lincoln and 23 coun
ties in her district.
"In order to be a social worker,
you must like to work with all
kinds of people, and appreciate
the fact that we are ail diverse.
You must forget and tear down
former prejudices and biases and
go into the field with a free un
prejudiced mind," declared the
speaker.
Mrs. Cobbey particularly ex
plained that people on ' lelief
should be seen as human beings
with normal ba kgrounos and his
tories, and that fiaiply because
tUey were on relief was no rcn in
for putting them ic n sepai.Me
r-ip gory and not p :.!;; tVm as
hmii-iTi bein-:t.
Ti: f;ie-!i;ir n'.-i rr-.''-.vcl a
nui. l.er of li.-r cv.. '. in es in ',io
ruidl toie.i.iuni .. s of ."-'outh I 'a
l;c'..'i and with tl.e families slm
rare for in Ft. I'Ui". An inf innal
1 (.athei ing was In M after the
i luncheon to permit i-t'icjeiits to a;:5l
questions of the sjk-iIo r.
ONLY 3 DAYS
Left to tce
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