0icia Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 69, No. 43
Lincoln, Nebraska Thursday, November 16, 1939
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Swayzee directs survey
of Lincoln unemployment
Fourth of labor relations professor's studies
will be published in bizad college publication
. r Lincoln unemnlnvment and tts
musM nrP th suhwt nf a si.rvev
being conducted by Dr. C.eon O. over 16 who is employed and par
Swavzee, associate professor of ticularly heads of households are
nprsnnnpi and labor relations fcen- interviewed. Between 4 and 5
assisted by Dick White (left) and
Beverly Finkle (right), and 60 stu-
dents irom his classes in current
labor problems and government in
relation to laoor.
The survey, which will be pub-
lished by the university college of
business administration as "Ne-
braska Studies in Business" will
be the basis for scientific study of
labor problems, ew sucn surveys
have ever been made. Most of
them to date have been purely
uuoe i.uuiiw mint un.jr "uii.ii.
of employed ana unempioyea.
This, the fourth of a series of
Dr. Swavzep'a studies emphasizes
quality rather than quantity of
employment. Conclusions on causes
of unemployment can be made as
a result of these surveys.
Seek importance also.
"We are trying to find not only
' , the amount of employment or un
t a employment, but the quality of it.
; In other words we are trying to
find not only the number of un
; employed, but the importance of
unemployment to the individual
and to society," said Dr. Swayzee.
"The real significance of study is
in the method used and in the
showing that the qualitative as
pects are more important than the
strictly quantitative ones."
The new figures received in this
year's enumeration completed
Thursday will be tabulated and
compared with surveys made in
1932, 1933 and 1937.
Studied in relation to each other
and particularly to unemployment
will be (1) employment status at
present, (2) duration of unemploy
ment, (3) causes of unemploy
ment, (4) education, (5) number
of dependents, (6) areas, (7) in
dustry groups, (8) unemployment
. since 1929, (9) government relief
work, (10) industrial shifts.
Scientifically conducted.
1 The survey is being conducted
scientifically. Enumerators, who
are the 60 students, have rung
3,500 doorbclb and questioned sup
- porters of families. The 3,500
houses represent an adequate
i cross-section of the city. Figures
for ten arjas compare closely with
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'Family Portrait'
requires many
artistic settings
Painters and set-makers in
Temple are working long hours
. ' these days as University Players
prepare their presentation of
I "Family Portrait," a play which
i requires more artistic background
J than most plays produced.
In direct contrast to the bare
'; setting of "Our Town," the scenes
in the forthcoming play will have
a background of neutral tones in a
; Betting decorated by gaily colored
. costumes of the cast members. The
1 scenery, on the whole, is dull to
avoid a clash with these costumes
One of the most unusual sets
wi'l be that of the outdoor wine
shop. Greys and browns will be
used throughout for the buildings
in the background, with coptumea
supposedly styled authentically
Only one indoor scene is in the
play, that, a scene of the Last
Supper, lesembling Da Vinci's
painting.
"Family Portrait" will be pre
sented bv the riayers Nov. 21
through 24. The cast, not yet com
pleted, will be announced later,
DAILY staff photo.
the 1930 census report. - Everyone
thousand individuals will have
be?n reported on when all the
carus nave oeen laouiaieu,
The cards come in and are coded
There is a number for every "pos
sible answer to the questions
asked, including sex, age, birth,
education, employment, industry,
cnanges in employment, aim rea
sons, weeks or years of unemploy-
ment ana reasons,
Bv ,lse n the code fie-ures
answera can be tabulated merely
by punching holes in a card. The
caras are usea m a noiientn ma
chine Which sorts and counts any
classification which is desired
From these, tables can be set up,
published and conclusions drawn
"um menu
Hinds doubts
trade boom
Trust company officer
addresses bizad group
"Unless the United States par
ticipates directly in the war,
American business will not be
greatly stimulated as a result of
the conflict," said Clarence Hinds
treasurer of the First Trust Com
pany, conducting a discussion on
business conditions and their re
lation to the war Tuesday night
to a group of bizad students and
members of Alpha Kappa Psl.
Mr. Hinds also said that in all
events war profits are more in
clined to be war losses in the sue
ceeding depression. He stated that
business prosperity is dependent
largely on two factors internal
conditions, and external conditions
One of the biggest handicaps to
internal business prosperity, Mr,
Hinds believes, is a heavy regula
tion or the regimentation of busi
ness.
How to get in Whos Who
-graduate from Nebraska
What chance have you to make
Who's Who if .you graduate from
Nebraska? Quite a good one,
according to statistics compiled by
W. Kunkel and D. B. Prentice in
the Nov. 4 issue of "School and
Society." In an article "Colleges' cause graduates of newer institu
Contribution to Intellectual Lead- tions are now doing their best
ership," Nebraska is listed twenty-
fourth in the number of graduates
who are in the ultimate record of
noted Americans, Who's Who.
During the last 30 years, figures
show, a college education has be-
come more and more of a neces-
sity in the success which will land
you on the pages with the lamous.
14.5 percent more of the people
:r;:ZZZ
over 50 percent had a college eau-
uates listed, because of the diffl
" . ', 4 . ui culty of a woman graduate to
special training school.
Lists trowing larger
Nebraska is one institution of
tho mnnv in the midwest which
are obtaining larger and larger
listings of graduates in Who's Who.
Up rontrul section of the country
has gained much in the promi-
nence of its alums at the expense
of the Eastern states.
Liberal arts schools of small
size and publicly-supported state
universities have made the largest
gains in graduates listed by per-
centage. The number of alums
of libtral aits colleges listed since
Dr. Harrison
speaks today
before convo
Medical missionary
here on leave from post
in hospital at Muscat
Experiences of 30 years in the
heart of far off Arabia, teaching
and curing with the aid of mod
ern but restricted medical facili
ties, will be related by Dr. Paul
Harrison in a convocation address
at 11 this morning in Temple.
The missionary will tell of his
travels through the country with
the Arabs, of primitive living con
ditions, of lack of medical knowl
edge, of the work of his 25-man
staff in treating more than 125
patients daily, and of the results
that they have achieved. 1
Home on furlough until next
September, the doctor declares
that he is spending most of his
time in lecturing and in medical
work in hospitals. As a recognized
authority on spinal anesthesia and
hernia, he is kept busy instruct
ing and talking on these subjects.
Spinal punctures necessary.
In explaining the reasons ' for
his renown, Harrison contended
that he has had to resort to spinal
punctures because ether and
chloroform were impractical. In
the first place, he had neither the
apparatus nor the helpers to
handle them properly, and too, the
weather in those parts is so hot
that ether evaporates.
At present, Dr. Harrison is
working on a report of his sur
gical experiences, which, when
published, will tell why his pa
tients suffer no headaches from
an operation, and why they are
able to mount a camel several
weeks before an American would
leave the hospital.
Before a student forum in the
Union at 4 tomorrow afternoon,
Harrison will discuss the political
aspects of the Arabian civiliza
tion. "Of course," he admitted, "if
students ask questions about any
other field, my discussion will
change accordingly."
Movie of K. U. gome
to be shown tonight
Play-by-play moving pictures
of Nebraska's victory over Kan
sas university last Saturday
will be shown to ;tic!ents in the
Student Union ballroom tonight
at 8 o'clock. The movies are
free of charge.
1929 has gained 21.2 percent and
of state universities and colleges,
18.5 percent.
Along with this increase, both
because of the larger size of
classes now graduating and be
work, and were too young in 1924
to have gained great prominence
has come a decline in the per-
centage of graduates listed from
such schools as Harvard, Yale
technical schools such as Georgia
and Rensselaer; and women's col-
leges, such aa Smith, Barnard
ana vvenesicy.
Men make ghowlns
college, generally have
the highest percentage of grad
make an outstanding success
Listed before Nebraska are liar
vard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia
Michigan, Cornell, Wisconsin, Lai
ifornia, Pennsylvania, Chicago,
Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth
M. I. T., U. S. Military Academy
Minnesota, S t a n f o r d, Williams
U. S. Naval Academy, Illinois
Indiana, Johns Hopkins and Ohio
State, but following Nebraska are
such colleges as Iowa university
lowa biaie college, ivansas uni
versity. Missouri university, Bay-
lor, Pittsburgh and Southern Cal
ifornia.
Cooamiciifl dirops MIS
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Committee begins work on plan for peaceful
political rallies for use in spring elections
New Awgwan
theme will be
The Women'
Popular objection leads
to 'omission' of gore
column in next issue
There'll be a rush of men to the
Awgwan stands tomorrow as it
comes out with its long-awaited
issue, "The Women".
"Women, women everywhere
and not a man in sight" is the
idea this month. The cover fea
tures campus beauties taken as
they forget to eat for a change
and watch the cameraman. Pic
tures, taken during the dinner
hour, include scenes in Raymond
hall, Sigma Kappa, Theta, Kappa
Delta, Chi Omega and Pi Phi
houses.
Carrying out the theme is a
treatise of sarcasm and satire by
Annbeth Keith and Mary Kerri
gan, entitled ' Call Them Coeds.
It discusses the datable women of
the campus. Illustrations are by
Rafe Combs.
Due to popular objection, there
is no gore this month. However,
space is devoted to a "discussion
of social affairs and affairs" of
the campus.
Bob Hemphill's "Platter Chat
ter" is devoted to women artists
in the musical field this time.
There is a page of snaps taken
inside and outside houses on the
campus. Ernie Bihler took these
and also the cover pictures.
Two short squibs of interest are
What Makej a Sorority House"
and "One Hundred Per Cent". A
dash of poetry now and then and
many laughable jokes complete
the issue.
Chemists will
hear Marvel
'Polymers subject
of Friday night talk
Prof. C. S. Marvel of the Uni
versity of Illinois will address the
November meeting of the Ne
braska section of the American
Chemical society at 7:30 Friday
evening In the Avery lecture
room.
The visiting, scientist will dis
cuss the "Structure of the Vinyl
Polymers," and will explain the
significance of these structures in
connection with the theory of
polymerization. One of the poly
mers, polyvinyl butyral, is one of
the most useful plastics yet
evolved. Used as a filter for safety
glass, this new substance is highly
flexible and can be drawn out
like a rope.
Iowa coeds vote
bachelor 'queen1
AMES, la. Reversing the pro
cedure which results in the elec
tion of "homecoming queens,'
"harvest queens" and other fern
inine campus rulers, Iowa' State
college coeds themselves go to the
polls today to elect "the most
eligible bachelor."
Their choice will be made from
15 candidates.
The winner will be announced
at the Tress prom, a dance spon
sored by the Iowa State college
student publications on Nov. 25.
n An
The Student Council yesterday
dropped the recommendation
made by the judiciary committee
of that body that punitive meas
ures effected by the Council, act
ing as a committee or a whole, if
a faction or member thereof could
be proved to have assaulted an
other faction or member during
rallying previous to an election.
In its stead, a committee of five
will formulate a model rally which
is hoped will be followed by fac
tions in the spring election. The
committee will first investigate
present rally conditions and then
submit to the administration and
factions their plan. If the sugges
tion is acceptable to the parties
concerned, the plan will be
adopted as a by-law to the con
stitution of the Council.
To work on new type of rally.
On the committee to map out
a new form of political rally are
Elsworth Steele, Lowell Michael,
See COUNCIL, page 5.
Botanist sees
'plenty1 ahead
Dr. Clements forecasts
bright future on farm
A brighter future for the drouth
stricken farmer of the state is
forecast by Dr. Frederic E. Clem
ents, famous Nebraska botanist
and former Nebraska professor,
who visited the university cam
pus Wednesday.
Taking stock in new and more
efficient methods of preparing and
mulching soil as well as more
drouth resistant forage and feed
crop plants which have been de
veloped in the last few years, Dr.
Clements declared "that Nebraska;
as well as the other drouth bitten
states can take heart and look to
a future which periods of defi
cient rainfall will not be so de
structive as in the past."
Nebraska out ahead.
The former university botanist
pointed out that Nebraska has
been doing some of the most sig
nificant work in this field of re
search. He described the agron
omy research of Prof. J. C. Rus
sel of ag college and F. L. Duley
of the federal conservation serv
ice, Lincoln, as "one of the most
important and promising agricul
tural investigations today."
"Preservation of soil moisture
and the cutting down of water
evaporation to a minimum are
major problems confronting Ne
braska today," he said. "The new
methods which are being devel
oped to hold ground moisture, to
gether with the more hardy crop
species, provide the farmer today
with the tools capable of reducing
the tragic consequences of the
drouth."
Grandma, here we
come with waltzes,
rjolkas and bustles
It'a modern to be old-fashioned f
It's modern to learn what's old
because it's new.
Grandma and granddaughter
have both bowed to the same
styles in dress, and if the present
trend in dancing makes any head
way they both will be able to say
that they danced the same dances.
Yes, granddaughter has come
out of her jitterbug spin on al
most every campus from coast to
coast, and ia gliding along to the
beat of the waltz and polka of
grandma's day.
The style has proved so popular
among students on other cam
puses that a Barn Dance club ia
being organized for Nebraska
students. Meetings, open to every
one, both men and women, will be
held each Thursday starting Nov.
16 from 7 to 7:50 p. m. in Grant
Memorial.