FOUR
DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1939
Best background for campus
leadership found in small town
The cozy, friendly life of Ne
braska's small towns is the best
background for students who
wish to gain positions of leader
ship in the N. U. campus whirl of
activities. In proportion to the
number of students that they
place upon the campus, small
towns can boast a larger per
centage as campus leaders than
can either big cities or rural
areas.
Four curious sociojogy students,
who started their survey with the
notion that rural areas were more
religious than such unholy cen
ters as Omaha and Lincoln, base
this statement upon findings that
cover 1,368 students and over 520
organizations of the Husker cam
pus. Philip Heller, Rodney Setorius,
Faul Kemphe and Ellsworth
Steele are the students who made
the survey.
Farm religious leadership Is 30.
The original generalization com
plimenting the farm groups on de
voutness still is not disproven, but
is badly shaken, as investigation
shows that students from rural
areas, farm homes and towns of
less than 2,500, have only 30 per
cent of the religious leadership
while their numbers would entitle
them to 45.9 percent if back
ground made no difference. Other
and more startling facts, however,
did emerge.
Big city students, those from
Omana, Lincoln, Grand Island
and out-of-state cities over 18,000,
snatched 47.7 percent of the total
leadership. Riving them a gain of
17 percent over the proportion ex
rected from their 40.8 percent of
the student body. Little city itu
dents, those from cities over 2,500
and less than 18.000, constituted
13.3 percent but got 19.9 percent
of all leadership, a gain of 50
percent over what was to be "ex
pected." Rural areas dropped
from the "expected" 45.9 percent
to 32.5. a loss of 2S.1 percent.
Omaha-Lincoln rivalry.
Interesting side-light of the sur
vey was the rivalry between
Omaha and Lincoln for leadership
positions. Omaha had 6.8 percent,
of the student body but 8.26 of the
leadership, gain of 21.5 percent,
while Lincoln with 32.7 percent of
the student body produced 35.16
of the leaders, gain of 7.3 percent.
While on the whole Omaha has
outshone her capital city rival, on
the percentage basis, Lincoln has
been able to substantiate her claim
to the title of "holy city of the
white spot." Of the 215 students
classed as leaders in eleven differ
ent denominations and the YM and
YV, Omaha can boast of onlv 6
and Lincoln 124, or 30.6 percent.
Of course, Lincoln students have
a "running start" for religious
prominence since they can con
tinue in their local church work.
Officers of 30 professional and
distinction honoraries and the
members of Fhi Beta Kappa and
Sigma Xi were "investigated" to
find that Omaha could rally only
3 ptrcent to Lincoln's 40.5. Evi
dently home life and the watchful
parental ee a)-e conductive to ad
vancement in this field. Big cities
claimed 47 percent, little cities
17.4 and rural areas only 35.4 here.
Omaha house leadership high.
Rural areas made their best
showing in house leadership.
Omaha bested Lincoln in the fra
ternity officerships with 18.8 per
cent to the capital city's 10.4. Lit
tle cities secured 20.75 percent and
the rural boys gloried in 43.4 per
cent of th offices. Lincoln gained
back wmc of her strength in the
sorority field but in the Barb co
op houtes, as might be expected,
dropped rompletely from the pic
ture as Omaha faded to 4 percent.
Farm "kids" have their big day in
the co-on with 68 percent of the
leaders chosen from their ranks.
The exotic realm of student life
usually referred to as "activities"
was divided for the survey into
publications, athletics, music, dra
matics, military, Barb, and the
"activity activities." In this time
consuming txtra eurricular life
that demands so much of the col
legian's time, the "green" farm
lads showed up to disadvantage
even when Ag college was in
cludedwhile the big cities with
their "city slickers" and glib
tongues swept on into triumph.
Almost one-half of the 746
"activity" leaders are "big cities,"
which included 34 percent Lincoln
and 9.65 percent Omaha. Little
cities rated 22.2 percent and rural
areas slightly less than 30 per
cent. Journalism least 'choosey.'
Of all activities the journalistic
endeavors seem least "choosey"
of the background of their fol
lowers. Rural areas scored com
paratively well, 40 percent, little
cities exactly as might be "ex
pected," 13.3 percent, and big
cities up some to 46.6. Omaha
bested Lincoln in relative figures
with 10 percent to 32.2 for the
university's home town.
Farm lads have spent too much
time milking cows, plowing
ground and eating "thrasher's"
meals, evidently, to be prominent
in athletics, for in this field they
score their lowest percentages.
Foui-teen and one-half 'percent
from rural areas, 30 percent from
small cities and 55 percent from
big cities places the athletes. A
good number of the men on the
famed Lincoln high and Jackson
teams apparently choose other
schools and desert the Corn
huskers, for, except in house lead
ership, Lincoln has less than the
"expected" 32.75 percentage only
in athletics where she garners
only 31.3 percent.
Tennis, golf "big city."
Tennis and golf are entirely
"big city" and swimming "non
rural." You can't learn to swim
in the water tank or play tennis
with a pitch fork. Absence of
farm huskies from the "throw
ing game," otherwise known as
wrestling, is a mystery, but a
fact. Big city dominance of bas
ketball teams is easily explain
able. "Little city big day" is in mu
sic. Forty-five and seven-tenths
percent of the University band
and University singers hail from
such towns as York, Holdrege
and Scottsbluff, 21.8 from farm
areas, and only 22.5 from big cit
ies, to make it also "big city lit
tle day." Lincoln and Omaha
blush to the tune of 16.5 percent
and 8 percent, respectively.
In dramatics, included here were
Kosmet Klub, possibly a point of
controversy, and the University
Players, rural areas lagged badly
with only 25 percent, to 17.5 for
little cities and 57.5, very high, for
big cities.
Lincoln leads in soldiers.
The Wg cities are the strongest
advocates of preparedness with 52
percent of the military leaders to
the little cities' 13.6 and rural
area's 34.4. Omaha saber car
riers total 13.1 percent to Lincoln's
uniformed 37.2.
Barb groups might be expected
to boast a high proportion of farm
leaders but only the Barb Union
of the five "official" Barb groups
bore out this generalization with
44 percent rural men. Big city
"Barbarians" constitute 50 per
cent, little cities 16 percent and
rural areas only 34.7 percent of
the Barb leadership. Here Omaha
suffers a third loss gathering in
only 4 percent of the total while
Lincoln picks up 37.3 percent.
At the heart of the "activity ac
tivities" is found the Student
Council which appears to be mere
ly another club for Lincoln stu
dents. The 65 percent total that
the above 18,000 cities can "toot,"
includes a Lincoln group which of
itself is 54 percent of the total,
and a duo of Omaha students
equalling 8 percent. Innocents and
Mortar Boards over a two year pe
nod show: big city 50 percent.
Omaha 9.6, Lincoln 40, little cities
14 and rural areas 36.
When A. W. S., Coed Counsel
ors, Corn Cobs, Tassels and debate
are added to the "campus" honor
aries and the council, the result
for "activity activities" is: big
city 55 lercent, Omaha 7.2, Lin
coln 42, little cities 13, and rural
areas 32.2.
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World affairs
new book topics
New Noel Coward play
prominent on latest list
Frominent among the books
purchased by the university li
brary during the past week are
several volumes devoted to dis
cussion of outstanding interna
tional questions. Biographies of
Napoleon and Tschaikowsky and
a new play by Noel Coward are
also on the list of newly pur
chased books which is as follows:
fiermAny and the Great Powers, by
Kber M. Carroll.
History of the League of JCatlons, by
Jihn I. KniKiaon.
Modem Society and Mental Piseaoes,
by Carney Landia and James P. Paire.
The ('.host of Napoleon, by Basil H.
Liddell Hart.
lectures on Japan, by Nnaze. O.
Hitobe.
The Memel Statute, by Thorsten V.
Kalitarvi.
"Beloved Friend." the Story of
Tsrhaikowskv. hv Catherine S. Bowen.
Poland's Access to the Sea, by Kazi-mx-ri
SmoKorzewskl.
History of Spanish Literature, by
Krnest Merimee.
Justly Pear: Charles and Wary Lamb,
hv Klsie Thornton Cook.
llardv Perennial, by Helen R. Hull.
Present Indicative, by Noel Coward.
Crime and the Man, by Krnest A.
11 not on.
Kamal: Maker of Modern Turkey, by
Ikt.sl All Shah.
Adult Kducatlon. by F. W. Keevcs
and C. O. Houle.
Collection of Old F.nplish Lustre, by
Jeannette R Hodedon.
Morocco As A French Fconomlc Ven
ture, bv Melvin M. Knitht.
Powers of the President, by W. H.
Rinklev.
Art for Art's Sake, by Albert L.
Cuerard.
College Journey, by Ronald B. Lev
Inson. Slow Wall, by Mrs. Leonora Soever.
Jobs For All. bv Mordecal Kzekiel.
1 Am A Spy. by K. 7.
Sons of the runtans. by Pon Mirquls.
Heroes of Thought, by John M. Murry.
YWplcmsMay
morning meal
Breakfast to mark
55th year on campus
Closing 55 years of Y. W. C. A.
on the university campus the
freshman cabinet of the organiza
tion is sponsoring a May morning
breakfast to be held in the Union,
May 14, at 8:15.
Members of the various staffs
will be honored at the affair and
a farewell will be given to the
graduating seniors.
In charge of the program is the
freshman cabinet. The committees
in charge are: Program, Evelyn
Pacper, Deloris Hansen, Ben Alice
Day, Katherine Houser; tickets,
Jane Allen, Florence Mall, Marian
Cramer, Lorraine Grant; general
chairman, Betty Fosbury; notifica
tion, Natalie Burn, Ruth Somberg,
Lois Billesback, Maryellen McKee;
publicity, Gail Ferguson; menu,
Phyllis Neff, and Ruby Buschon.
Tickets are on sale at all or
ganized houses and at the Y. V.
C. A. in Ellon Smith. Reservations
must be made before May 10.
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