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The Official Newspaper of More Than
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 108.
Mebraskans further
Burt, Hopkins test new
oil for medicinal value
From 150 pounds of Western
Nebraska sage, two university sci
entists, Dr. J. B. Burt and How
ard Hopkins have secured a small
amount of oil closely resembling
camphor, which they are now test
ing for its medicinal value. Dr.
Burt is chairman of the depart
ment of pharmacy, and Howard
Hopkins is a graduate assistant.
Dr. Burt announced yesterday
that a bitter principle has been
obtained from the distillation of
wormwood sage which may have
a medicinal value. The university's
chlormercurl carcacrol which was
produced from another native
weed has proved to be such an
effective disinfectant that the uni
versity dispensary is still receiv
ing requests for the product, altho
no attempt was ever made to pro
duce it commercially.
Dr. F. S. Buckey of the phar
macy staff has been analyzing an
other type gray sage which
grows along roadsides, and found
that a similar substance resulted.
Indians apparently recognizedthe
healing qualities of the weeds and
treated fever patients with a brew
from their leaves.
About 300 pounds of wormwood
First ROTC
parade set
for Friday
No flag atop Nebraska
hall means review
is to be cancelled
The first R. O. T. C. parade of
the semester will be held Friday
at 5 p. m., according to military
officials, if the regimental ad
judant's flag flies atop Nebraska
hall that day.
If the parade is held, the first
call will be at 4:50, assembly at
5:00, battalion adjtidants call, to
be followed by the regimental ad
jutant's call. The band will form
on the grass west of Andrews fac
ing north; the junior battallion,
the grass south of the tennis
courts, facing west in a column of
close columns.
Engineers will be in rear of the
junior battalion In a close column
facing west. First Infantry bat
talion will be on the North-West
half of the mall facing West; sec
ond battalion, on the North-Fast
half facing Fast; third battalion
on the South-Fast half, facing
East The Artillery will form on
the South-West half facing East.
Another march, with the same for
mations is scheduled for Friday,
M.rch 24.
Gamma Lambda
initiates nineteen
SchildneckTGillaspie
made honorary members
Ninteen varsity band members
were inducted into Gamma Lamb
da, honorary band fraternity, last
night at the Y. M. C. A., pic
ceding the annual initiation ban
quet. Fmmett A. Gillaspie, School
of Music finance secretary, and
John Shiidneck, instructor in brass,
were made honorary members.
Varsity Band Director Don
IcntJ! told of "Band Tlans for the
Future" at the banquet, over
which Warren Hammcl, president,
presided. Ilammel also presented a
piano number, Howard Jack3on's
"Lnzy Rhapsody."
The newly initiated are Dean
Bixlcr, Robert Blankenshij, Mcr
ritt Boone, Wilford Clark, Leon
Davis, Robert Ellsworth, Richard
Faytlnger, Glen Graham, Edwin
Hayes, Madison Kokjer, George
Mathlas, Clarence Miller, Robert
Miller, Ganis Richmond, Willis
Skrdla, David Webb, Verne Ra
walt, Ward Rounds, and Wallace
Churchill.
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Journal.
DR. J. B. BURT.
... tests 'sage oil.
sage was brought to the univer
sity by the pharmacists this fall
Half of it was distilled and only
a small amount of oil was ob
See MEDICINE, page 2
Sigma Delta Chi
All Sigma Delta Chi actives
and pledges will meet at noon
today in the Union cafeteria for
a luncheon meeting at which
assignments for the group's
part at the Nebraska State
Press convention will be made.
Thieves rob
Long's of $50
Enter store front door,
work safe combination
Thieves broke into Long's book
store early Wednesday morning
and escaped with $50 from the
store safe, after working the com
bination to the box .
Campus police discovered the
door open at 2:45 yesterday morn
ing and upon investigation it was
discovered that altho the burglar
or burglars had stolen the $50,
they overlooked the same amount
in checks that had also been
locked in the safe.
According to Johnny Johnson,
proprietor of the bookstore, both
front and back doors were locked
at closing time Tuesday evening.
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Behind world events
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DESIGNS OF A HOUSEPAINTER
"A second imperialist war for rcdivision o ftlie world is
ablaze nl rendy" reports K. K. Vorosliiloff, war commissar of
the U. S. S. K. Nearly 15 years jiro (lenerul von Ludendorff,
(icrmnn militarist, lent his aid
lioiiscniiiiitcr, Adolf Hitler, for
on tho European continent. From
that small ppnrlc has grown a con
fluprntion that today threatens to
engulf tho world. Rebuffed in his
first assault in tho Munich
"putsch," Hitler has now grown
Into tho "bogey man" of interna
tional affairs.
With the ueft strokes of the po
litical opportunist, Hitlor has
painted largo the nazi swastika
across the face of Europe. He has
wielded a military brush bristling
with bayonets. Hitler, with a Na
poleonic strategy, has carved for
Germany, v one of the "have-not"
nations, a niche in the clique of
world powers. None to date has
been able to deny him, and the
reign of "defense protection" of
German minorities in other na
tional states continues unabated
IS
6,000 Students
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1939
science
former Husker aids
in Nylon research work
Two mlddlr wruUriiern Hire playing
part. In whnt niny be drnmnllr rhnn
In the world. Thiy are I., K. I.lvlnmon,
former NehriiHknn, and ('. K. Murine of
Iowa employed by the du I'ont Inlwrn
lories Mr. MudKf received IiIk 1. 1.. I J.
from NehniHkn university In IDAS.
(I'dllowlnc feHtnre by Kdwnrd Mor
row condensed from Omaha World-Herald.)
C. R. Mudge, general counsel
for du Pont interests, picked up
a pair of sheer stockings.
"These," he said, "may change
the map of the world."
The stockings, though they
looked like silk, were not. They
were nylon, the new material
created in du Pont laboratories.
Nylon looks like silk, but Is more
elastic, wears better and will be
cheaper than silk. It is made of
coal, water and air.
Change Map of World.
Nylon may change the map of
the world because it may make
the silkworm only another worm.
And with the silkworm retiring,
Japan's chief industry will vanish.
With it may go Japanese hopes of
Asiatic domination, perhaps even
the aspirations of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo
axis. What chemistry
See WORK, page 2
Creamery
men convene
on Ag campus
Burr welcomes 1 50 at
Nebraska association's
13th annual conclave
Tha Nebraska Co-Operative
Creamery association opened their
13th annual convention yesterday
noon at the ag college with nearly
150 creamery men registered for
the sessions. First day meetings
centered around interest in the
withdrawing of federal support in
attempts to stabilize the butler
market.
Dean Burr welcomed the mem
bers of the organization and ex
pressed the belief that co-operatives
are past the trial stage. Other
speakers were Carl S. Horn, Hay
Springs, president of the organiza
tion, J. H. Mason, president of the
Omaha Bank of co-operatives, and
Prof. L. K. Crowe, of the dairy
husbandry department.
W. G. McCubbin, executive sec
See CREAMERY, page 4
Finkla
to the plans of nn itinerant
assertion of German dominance
and ever increasing in intensity
and scope.
In the six years since Hitler's
nsccn-jion to the chancellorship of
tho relch, the Rhine borders have
been fortified, the Suar basin re
occupied, Austria absorbed by Ger
many, Sudeten Germany returned
to the mother country, and now
Czechoslovakia, child of the brain
of Woodrow Wilson, lies dismem
bered. Slovakia and Ruthenia
have been made autonomous
states. German troops have oc
cupled Moravia and Bohemia (last
two remaining provinces of the
former Czech state) to "protect'
those peoples from civil revolution,
Hitler may march yet again to
protect other German minorities
and interests.
To the east of the greater Ger
See WORLD EVENTS, page 4
Mqry Steuteville, Bradstreet, Carnahan get
other offices in record-breaking election
Virginia Clemans was elected president of Associated
Women Students yesterday as 829 university women cast votes
in a record-breaking election. Mary Steuteville, who received
the highest number of votes among the senior candidates, will
Page addresses
students Friday
Lincoln Journal.
KIRBT PAGE.
Nationally known peace leader,
Kirby Page will be in Lincoln to
speak before a student audience
this Friday at the Grand hotel.
Page will speak for a hair hour
beginning at 12 o'clock on "Must
We Go to War?" and following
the dinner will continue at 1
o'clock. The Lincoln peace council
is sponsoring his appearance.
While in the state, Page Is
speaking at Grand Island and at
York. To enable him to address
the student body of York college,
the college president has set the
senior recognition services forward
several hours. A radio broadcast
is being arranged for Friday
morning.
The Friday dinner is open to
students. The meal costs 30 cents
and reservations should be made
with D. C. D. Hayes, university
Y. M. C. A. secretary, or with
Leon Thomson, executive secretary
of the Lincoln Peace Council.
Prom profit
totals $41
Gross receipts, less
federal tax, was $1,079
Preliminary report on the Jun-ion-Senior
Prom, made by Roger
Cunningham, co-chairman of the
affair, at Student Council meet
ing yesterday, revealed that a
profit of about $41 should be re
alized on the dance.
Gross receipts after federal
taxes were deducted totaled $1,
078.GO. Check stands brought in
$120 and spectator tfrkets netted
$80. Expenses of the Prom rnn
to $1,037. Ticket sales amounted to
621 couples. These figures may be
slightly revised when the final re
port Is ready.
President Harold Benn compli
mented the Prom committee on
their work, explaining that the
dances have never shown large
profits and that in view of the
unusually high priced orcl.estr.i
secured this year, results are very
satisfactory .
Arthur Hill made a brief report
on the work of the inteicampus
bus committee, telling of tho quos
tionnarles being distributed among
students. Thus far, results seem
to indicate considerable favorable
Interest In tho project, Hill said.
The question of installing some
system whereby only duly quali
fied persons, such as students,
faculty members, and contributing
alumni, may use tho Union was
raised. On a number of campuses
a check is nimlo at tho door and
only persons able to show proper
Identification are allowed to en
ter the building. Qualified persons
may obtain temporary guest cards
for such visitors as parents under
this system.
President Bonn appointed Rog
er Cunningham and Frances Piatt
to investigate condition.! locally
and make recommendations as to
how they best can be improved
Dick licBrown made a brief re
port on the work of the committee
investigating the possible setting
up of a student board to assist
Director Van Sant in the day to
day running of the Union. Under
See PROFIT page 2
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serve as vice president of the
board, while secretary is Marian
Bradstreet, who polled most votes
among the juniors. Jean Carna
han, high sophomore candidate,
will be treasurer. Janet Lau, de
feated candidate for the presi
dency, automatically becomes a
board member.
Senior members other than Miss
Steuteville are Jean Hooper,
Peggy Sherburn and Elizabeth
Waugh. Other juniors elected
were Janet Harris, Jean Simmons
and Patricia Sternberg. Remain
ing sophomore posts go to Natalia
Burn, Ben Alice Day and Dorothy
White.
Every House Represented.
The record turnout was attrib
uted to the fact that there were
candidates from every sorority on
the campus, which meant every
house sent voters to back its can
didates. Previous high in a worn-
See AWS, page 2
Selection of
ICIub show
cast finished
Wilkins, Minnick win
father-daughter parts
in 'Alias Aladdin'
Louis P. Wilkins and Jim Min
nick starting in the parts of J. P.
Throckmorton and his daughter,
Jane, head the finished roster of
"Alias Aladdin" participants, an
nounced by Joe D. Iverson yester
day. Song entries are still being re
ceived by Bob Edelstein, director
of songs in the annual 10 best
song contest, from which catchy
numbers for this years Oriental
melodrama will be chosen.
Sales manager and general man
about Jane, Bob Horton is to be
played by Joe Stephens, while Bob
Johnston In the part of Rita Mar
shall, traveling mate of Jane but
still unmated, will try to steal the
show.
riaying the part of Mrs. J. P.
Throckmorton, wife of the 10(5 per
cent towel merchant, is Sidney
Campbell, who keeps the plot in
lively motion by a series of femi
nine tricks. Darrel Peters will be
seen as the Gcni of the Magic
Lamp.
Assisting this five star lead, will
be a strong supporting cast. The
sleuth, Public Enemy No. 1 of the
Orient is slated ifor Raymond
Brown, with his three bad men,
Thugs, 1, 2, and 3 portrayed by
the A. T. O.'s John Mnson, Bob
Sandberg, and Francis Loettcrle.
Akbar, secretary to the big man
of the east, the Caliph of Bagdad
is portrayed by Bill Goetz, while
Everett C. Deger will be seen in
the part of the proud Caliph him
self. The oriental interpretation of
the W. P. A. will be directed by
the rest worn foreman. Robert
Miller. Ralph Tyler and Rob Nel
son will cary the shovels. Ralph
Reed was the club's choice for the
stupid fellow.
Selection of the various choruses
of wives, workers and thugs will
be announced later. Pmrtlre
among the principles will begin
without delay.
Hooper to show
films at Ag convo
Dentistry prof gives
program at 4 today
At an Ag college convocation
this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, Dr.
B. I Hooper, chairman of the de
partment of dentistry, will show
natural color movies entitled "The
Camera Takes a Trip." The con
vocation will bo in room 301 of
the Dairy Industries building.
The pictures, taken by Dr.
Hooper in Europe last summer are
of general interest and the show
ing is open to all university stu
dents. Alvin Rlppen, Ag college
senior, is in charge of arrange
ments for the convocation.