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Vol.39, No. 16
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, October 10, 1939
CAA approves 40 NU air course contracts
Regents pass
on 54 staff
appointments
Six M.D.'s added as
lecturers in dentistry;
Blish to take leave
Six doctors of medicine have
been appointed to the university
staff as lecturers in dentistry for
the ensuing; year. Confirmation of
their appointment was made at the
meeting of the board of regents
Saturday morning.
Dr. F. L. Rogers will lecture on
diabetes, diseases of the blood
vessels and diseases of the joints.
Dr. S. H. Underwood will lecture
on bacteriology of the mouth, in
fection and immunity, allergy and
diseases of the gastro-intestinal
tract.
Dr. John Peterson will lecture on
sinus disease in relation to the
mouth.
Dr. Harold Morgan will lecture
on pregnancy in relation to the
mouth.
Blish to take year's leave.
Dr. A. D. Munger will lecture on
surgical infections of the urinary
tract in relation to the mouth.
Dr. J. E. M. Thomson will lec-
See APPOINTMENTS, Page 4
R.O.T.C. doesnt mean army
saysThuis but von't talk war
"The R. O. T. C" Colonel Thuls,
newly-appointed professor of mili
tary science and tactics, says,
"is not a part of the armed forces
of the United States."
Commenting upon the effect
that war would have on the stu
dent body of a typical university
such as Nebraska, he continued:
"There is a popular impression
Student
crowd yields
nary a bottle
Not a single student was seen
drinking during the Saturday
game by Sergeant Regler and his
75 men. Confiscated, sealed and
stored In a safe place by the of
ficers were 59 bottles of liquor,
however, taken from celebrating
spectators.
Pickpockets worked throughout
the east and west ramps, but as
yet, they have not been appre
hended. "However," said Regler,
"considering the large attendance,
we had a very ordvrly game."
The pickpockets working the
game were a man and two wom
en, according to the sergeant. One
of the women would gc up behind
a victim, nudge his sharply in his
right side. lie would look around
and she would nudge his left side.
When he looked over his shoulder,
she would take his pocketbook and
presumably panned it on to the
man aiding her.
Fear responsibility.
Nobody was willing to take the
responsibility of accusing her. The
police soon spotted the trio but
they worked no more after that.
The pocketbook of one man was
found dropped through the mail
slot of the weather observatory.
Five others were found in the
washrooms.
All lost and found articles and
recovered floods tnny be called lor
by their owners at Sellcck's of
fice. Stephen I Lipaii of Kansas
City engaged in a fight with Reg
ler in the east stadium. He was
soon transported to jail. Two
other men were also locked up.
Hurold Lewis lost a pocketbook
containing a ten dollar bill and
various other articles, probably
by having his pocket picked, at
the Union donee about 10:30 Sat
urday night.
NEWS ROUNDUP.
Russia squeezes Baltic
states, prepares for war
By Steele and Woerner.
Russia was applying the pres
sure again tonight, this time to
two Baltic states, Finland and
Lithuania. Already, the other two,
Latvia and Estonia, have fallen
before the Russian Bear, granting
sweeping economic and military
concessions to the Soviet.
Reports were widespread to
night that Germany has under
taken agreements with Eastern
European nations providing for
repatriation of some two million
German minority residents in Bal
kan and Baltic countries. Russia
has agreed to admit Czechs and
Poles from Western Poland into
Soviet agriculture areas, thus
making room in newly conquered
areas for repatriated Germans.
At the same time, Russia was
preparing her economic system
for large scale production of es
sential war materials, to be trans
ported to Germany in return for
Boucher speaks Oct. 13
Chancellor C. S. Boucher will
address a southwest Iowa teachers
meeting at Coun.il Bluffs Oct.
13 on the subject, "The Adjust
ment of Education to Reality."
that the R, O. T. C. and the army
are the same thing, and that a
student who enrolls for advanced
drill is enlisting in the United
States army. The Reserve Offi
cers Training Corps exists as an
entirely separate and distinct or
ganization. It is a training school
where students may work for a
commission in the organized re
serves but that does not mean
they're going to get the commis
sion." V It is much the same idea, the
, colonel explained, as a college
such as arts and sciences. The fact
that a student is working for a
degree does not mean that he will
necessarily receive it. Neither does
enrollment as a student officer
Imply a position in the army.
The R. O. T, C. is under no ob
ligation whatever to become a
part of the armed forces of the
United States." Colonel Thuis
stated. "A military science stu
dent, basic or advanced, would be
conscripted in time of war the
same as anyone 'else unless, of
course, he had accepted a com
mission. In that case he would be
out of the hands of the R. O. T. C.
entirely and a part of the regular
army. And a commission in the
organized reserves is entirely a
voluntary mutter."
Colonel Thuis had supervision of
all R. O. T. C. units in the Sixth
Corps area with headquarters in
Chicago for four years preceding
his arrival at Nebraska. The
Sixth Corps area Includes Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin, and the
colonel had direct charge of the
military work In some 80 high
schools, preparatory schools and
See THUIS, page 4.
Engineers to 'see7 long
distance circuit operate
Long distance wires between
Lincoln, Omaha, PhiladoJphia and
New York City will be kept hot
Thursday evening when Dr. J. O.
Perrlne, assistant vice president of
the American Telephone & Tele
graph company, presents his dem
onstrated lecture on "Words,
Waves and Wires" at 8 o'clock In
the Student Union.
The snap of the speaker's fin
gers before a transmitter placed
on the stage of the Union ball
room will be sent approximately
2.000 miles aiotind the country
and ;vU come out again on the
manufactured commodities. Also
lending confidence to Germans
suspicious of the Soviet alliance
was the report that Russian news
papers were condemning the al
lies for unnecessarily continuing
the war.
Russ-German pact great
achievement.
And so, tonight, less than six
weeks after the outbreak of the
war, it beecame increasingly ap
parent that the paradoxical Russo
German alliance is the most colos
sal diplomatic achievement of
modern times. Russia and Ger
many have begun to play a new
role in the destiny of Europe
that of protectors of Eastern Eu
rope. The Balkans have long been a
mess, with Bulgaria hoping for
an opportunity to square an old
grudge with Rumania and Greece;
See NEWS ROUNDUP, Page 2.
Elect Fraser
field captain
.Toe Fraser was elected captain
of the Cornhusker Field company
at the election Saturday morning.
New executive officer is Bob Nel
son.
T Fraser is also treasurer of the
Scabbard and Blade and a former
second lieutenant of the local
Pershing Rifle unit. Nelson is the
captain of Scabbard and Blade,
former captain of Pershing Rifles,
and is now a major on the national
staff of Pershing Rifles.
Major Ayotte, . sponsor, Fraser
and Nelson are in charge of plan
ning the military problem that the
company works on each Saturday
morning. A demonstration prob
lem is to be given next Saturday
with the old members explaining
the organization and work. All in
terested men are asked to come.
Richardson picks 9 of 1 0
games to win Daily contest
Picking nine out of ten games
played off last Saturday, Jim R.
Richardson, Sigma Nu sophomore
from Omaha, won the DAILY
football contest and the first prize
in a field of 350 contestants. He
missed only when he picked Wis
consin to take Texas Into camp
Second and third prizes of $2
and $1 respectively will be split
between seven contestants who
tied, each picking seven out of
the ten games listed in the ad
vertising columns of the DAILY
The seven are E. F. DuTi-au
Jim Howell, Tom Higgins, Don
Young, John Hill, John Sullivan
and Dean Spuhr.
When library buys 2,133
pcriodicals-that's something
In this mass production, mass
spending era, figures which run
into the thousands often seem in
significant. Nevertheless, when the
platform, only to be sent back
swirling around the circuit sound
ing fainter and fainter until it has
traveled more than 10,000 miles.
To make possible this elaborate
demonstration of long distance
telephony, the Lincoln Telephone
company, the Northwestern Bell
company of Omaha and the Amer
ican Telephone company are co
operating in making available a
broadcast circuit which will extend
from Lincoln to Omaha to New
York and back to Lincoln, and a
voice circuit reaching from Lin-
Seo WIRES Page 2,
The weather
And so "The Rains Came." After
spending a gray, dull Sunday and
Monday, the forecast for today is
fair and warmer.
Alumni trave
far for game
Henry E. Winter, class of '34,
and three friends came from
Aruba, Curaco, Dutch West Indies,
to see the Minnesota-Nebraska
game Saturday.
Other alumni who came for the
game from a distance were Sam
Foster. '09, of Denver, who is
president of zone 4 of the alumni
association; Earl A. Howard, '24,
also of Denver, secretary-treasurer
of zone 4; and Christine Nesbitt,
34, of Torrington, Wyo., first vice
president of zone 4. They were
part of a group of 150 Nebraskan
fans who came on a special train
from Denver.
Between 175 and 200 people
made the trip on a special train
from Kansas City. The trains were
sponsored by the Nebraska alumni
club.
Ellsworth F. DuTeau, alumni
secretary, said yesterday these
alumni, and many others here for
the game, called at the alumni of
fice over the weekend.
Radio, films bring English,
U. S. tongues closer together
Practical speech requirements of
the radio and the sound films have
tended to bring the English and
American languages closer to
gether, in the opinion c f Dr. Louise
Pound of the department of Eng
lish, writing in a recent Issue of
the Saturday Review of Litera
ture. The university educator, who is
Boucher to speak
in eastern cities
Chancellor C. S. Boucher will
speak before three important Uni
versity of Nebraska alumni clubs
while on an eastern trip next
month. First of the three will be
the New York club on Nov. 10.
At that time the New York club
will apply for membership in the
national association and Chancel
lor Boucher will present the
charter.
The other two talks will be for
the Washington, D. C, club on
Nov. 16 and the Philadelphia club
on Nov. 20. Arrangements are be
ing made for the talks through
the university speakers' bureau
by Merrill V. Reed in New York,
Wendell Berge In Washington, and
Hollls Kirsch in Philadelphia.
university library counts the num
ber of separate and distinct peri
odicals which it now receives and
finds a total of 2,133, that's some
thing! As is the sum of $7,315,
when it is realized that this
amount is spent soley to buy
magazine subscriptions.
Further Indication of the scope
and importance of the library's
periodical department is found in
the fact that It is necessary to em
ploy two full. time librarians and
some part-time student help to
look after the magazines. The two
librarians in charge of the room
are Mrs. Margaret Horning and
Mrs. Margaret Smith. James Har
rison, part time member of the
staff, also works in the depart
ment.
Subscriptions and exchanges.
The total subscription list of the
periodical department includes
1267 paid subscriptions and 383
exchanges. The remainder are
either donations to the university
See LIBRARY, page 3,
Training will
begin Monday
at city campus
Meeting tonite outlines
purpose and objectives
of one year course
Contracts from the Civil Aero
nautics Authority providing for
flying instruction for 40 Univer
sity of Nebraska students were
received by the university Mon
day morning. After they have
been signed by M. A. Shaw, presi
dent of the board of regents, and
L. E. Gunderson, corporation sec
retary, civil aeronautical instruc
tion is expected to begin on the
campus Oct. 16.
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the col
lege of engineering, who is in
charge of the program, announced
that an open meeting for all ap
plicants will be held tonight at
7:30 o'clock in room 315 of the
Student Union. I. V. Packard, sec
retary of the Nebraska aeronau
tics commission, will explain the
purpose and nature of the course,
and will answer questions of
students.
Dr. J. I. Podlesak, physical ex
aminer for the commission, will
also be in attendance to explain
See AIR TRAINING, Page 4.
a national authority on language
usage, does not agree with stu
dents of both countries who claim
that the two languages are fast
drifting apart.
"In spite of the rapid coinage
of words and phrases, and the
growth of slang in the United
States, English and American
speakers ind writers will find
their utterances mutually intelli
gible for a long time to come,"
says Miss Pound.
"The British adopt the new
words we have evolved when they
gain common currency and incor
porate them in their dictionaries,
and we do the same with their
words. Our vocabularies for busi
ness and politics are distinctive,
and the shop and technical terms
of the two countries are not iderv
tical, nor are the colloquial lan
guage iand slang. But the formal
language remains about th4
same."
Annual team
saddened
bv NU win
Heartened by . the Nebraska
football victory over what were
supposed to be insurmountable
odds, Cornhusker staff members
have rallied in spirit and actually
stated yesterday that they may
get one first down in the coming
game with the DAILY.
"We were almost sure Nebraska
would lose Saturday and lost a
lot of buttons on the game," stated
the year! ok editor, Haggard
Hager. Business Manager Sher
man was downhearted upon the
Minnesota loss, but kept a stiff
upper Up, saying, "Well, we'll lose
next year."
Rains over the week end have
put the field in great shape for
the slippery, snaky Cornhusker
team and rumor has It that the
yearbookies may try to work three
footballs into the game on an in
novation in the rules.
Woe are we!
DAILY team members went
into a second week of intensive
training. Cokes have been de
coked for them this week and
cigarette consumption will be cut
from three to two packs a day for
squad men.
In the event that the DAILY,
eleven fails to score three touch
downs in the first five minutes of
play, the team plans to remove tba
Sec SAD ANNUAL, Page 2. ,