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Prof of the week rfht 1ailyIebraskam Ojlicial Newspaper 0 More Than 7,000 Students 2-408 Vol. 69, Ho.-f-o Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday, November 19, 1939 Uobn, Francis blast Pitt line, Kohrig kicks, IKluskers win 14-13 rw I iff Thin Ik the wrmiil In the DAILY'S twrU-n of Brtlrlex on out-tlunilliiic linl vrnlly profcuHorii. Next prof of th! fU will Ik I.. ('. WlinliiTly, KiikIIkIi di-partnifiit. Kd. By Bob Aldrich. "Newspapers," says Oets Kolk Bouwsma, assistant professor of philospohy, "don't care about the truth. They want to interest the reader. So why should I tell you the truth about myself? Nobody would be interested in it. "If I were to tell you that I had been born in Hongkong, edu cated in Canton, your readers might be interested. The truth is not important." O. K. Bouwsma Is interesting, clever, witty, comfortably bad mannered, and about as easy to interview as a statue of Buddha. His reluctance to talk about him self is refreshing but not very helpful to a seeker after facts. Our conversation with him, though stimulating, was most unenlight ening. In fact, when we had fin ished, we knew no more about Prof. Bouwsma's life history than when we began. He has an ability to sidestep questions that Neville Chamberlain might envy. Doesn't like questions. "I don't like answering ques tions," he confessed. He was in tently trying to decipher the ques tions his interviewer had hope fully written down. ("Married? No. Children? Yes. How would that be? H'mm. Better not.") He sat leaning back in a creak ing wooden chair in his office, legs crossed, feet propped up on the radiator, rubbing his . small, plump hands together as though to coajc some heat by means of black magic. His short, slightly curly hair resisted an attempted pompadour to flop over his fore head. His mouth turned up at the coiners, narrow eyes crinkling over the absurdity of anybody in terviewing him on anything. ACBC cops Coll-Agri-Fun skit trophy atannualshow Ag College Boarding Club car- v..v- w, . ..(,.. 1 .... v.t'fl.j last night for the second straight year as 11 groups competed for the grand prizevbefore a crowd of more than 750 in the student activities building at Coll-Agri-Fun, ag college's annual student show. Seven skits and four cur tain acts competed in the show. - First prize in the curtain act di vision went to Pie House, barb womens club. Runncrs-up in the two divisions were the Cafeteria club in the skits competition and Milton Gustafson with a solo cur tain act. Three judges announced their decisions immediately after the close of the show, with Louise A paragraph or two. "Tell you what I'll do," he grunted finally. "Write you a naracranh or two. You can do with it what you will." He did, writing in a small, neat hand, the words spaced far apart, pausing now and then to glance roguishly at the interviewer or out at the fog-banked campus. The "para- graph or two" expanded as he warmed to his subject. (It's re produced elsewhere in this dithy ramb.) The interview struggled on. "How did you happen to up teaching philosophy?" "H'mm. Why did I?" pause. "I don't know." "Where were you born?" "What does it matter?" take Long "Where did education?" you receive your "Oh, nobody cares about that. XXTVirtf Ark trt urn nf t lnttii fnp?" V f 1 1(1 1 J uu mailt. niiun v ' "What are your hobbies?" "James Joyce and theology." (Ah, we're getting somewhere.) Onion puller. "Were you ever engaged in any other occupation beside teach ing?" "Yes, I used to pull onions.' "Where ?" "On a farm. I ens, too.'' encouraged chick- "Where was the farm?" "Let's say it was in Cuba. Or, let's say I used to peddle onions i,n a boat on Lake Maracaibo in Venzeula. Hows that? Ana a moment later, "interest first, then truth in journalism, eh? What do you want to take up newspaper work for?" (Continued on Page 5.) Turner, Coll-Agri-Fun manngcr, makine the presentation of the prizes, Music was the dominating note in the 1939 show, as both ag men and women turned out their best musical talent, along with a dash of comedy to provide two hours of real entertainment. Non-competitive specialties were were interspersed with the student acts. Dancincr to Jimmie Miller and his orchestra was the eve- nimr's finale. Coll-Agri-Fun is sponsored annually by the Coll- Agri-Fun board, managed by Miss Turner. George Goodding is as Histant manager and Vivian Brown. Marian Smrha. Floyd Ol son, and Milo Tcsar are board members, Grid injury is fatal to Doug Davics Husker frosh dies after blocking man in Friday's practice game Death spelled its name on the at T 1 I 1 green swara or me nusner gnu- iron for the first time in the his tory of the university, when Doug Davies. freshman football player, died as the probable result or a concussion of the brain and injury to the respiratory system when he sought to block an opposing player. The accident occurred during the annual inter-squad game Friday Davies. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davies of Hastings, suffered injury a few seconds before the end of the third quarter when his team was returning a kickoff and he was blocking for the ball car rier. When the play ended Davies stood up and then collapsed un conscious on the field. The team physician, Dr. R. N. Miller, ran on the field and ordered him to be carried to the dressing room on a stretcher. An ambulance was immediately summoned by Fresh man Coach A. J. Lewandowskl, but within five minutes Davies was dead. Post mortem exam. l post mortem examination (Continued on Page 7.) Stefartsson tells of arctic at next convo American explorer may explode popular beliefs in Union Friday Vilhialmur Slefanson, famous American explorer who debunked the theory that man could not live by meat alone, will discuss "Abol ishing the Arctic" at a convoca tion at 11 o'clock Friday morning in the Union. Through his many years of travel and observations in the wastelands of the frozen north, Stefans.ion has done more than any other man to revolutionize the thinking of the world toward the arctic land. In his spacious New York apartment he has prob ably the world's largest privately owned library on the subject oi the arctic and antarctic regions, Saw Iceland first in '04. His first trip to Iceland was made in 1901. In 1906-07 he trav eled through the Canadian arctic where 'ie tried out his famous practice of living off the country, an experiment which proved that white man could thrive on the Kskimo diet. His subsequent expe ditions, through nine more arctic winters, were sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History of New York and by the Canadian government. His many explorations and bril liant achievements have won him the thanks of governments and the medals of the leading geo graphical societies of Chicago Philadelphia, London, Paris anu Berlin, and the American and Na tional geographic societies in the United States. Stcfansson has studied at the University of North Dakota, the University of Iowa and at Har vard university. He first took work in comparative religions for a year at the Harvard Divinity School and later transferred to tho Graduate School, where he was for two years, first ns a fel low and then as an instructor in anthropology. Lincoln Journal nnd Star. DOUG DAVIES. . fatally injured in grid game Beth Howley acclaimed 39 Sweetheart Sigma Chi, Delta Gamma, Phi Mu win honors with skits Beth Howlev. Nebraska's 1939 sweetheart, stepped out of a huge red heart to the acclaim of an au dience of over 1,000 at the annual Kosmet Klub Fall Revue. Jim Minnick, Prince Kosmet, and Miss Howley, took the throne vacated bv Jeanne Newell. Sweetheart of 1938, and Roy Promt, Kosmet Klub president. Miss Howley's first task was to present cups to Delta Gamma, winner of competition in sorority skits, Sigma Chi, frater nity winner, and Phi Mu, adjudged first among curtain acts. Delta Gamma's skit featured Ye Olde College Daze" when mother was in school. They pre sented Mother at the seaside, mother and her merry Oldsmobile, Mother, the life of the party, and Mother at the military ball, which combined into a finis with all the members of the skit included. Sigma Chi's "Daily Doings." Sigma Chi presented "Daily Do (Continued on Page 3.) NU will STILL hold Thanksgiving on November 30! Nebraska will celebrate Thanks giving on both Nov. 23 and 30, says Attorney General Walter Johnson, but, says Dean Thompson, the uni versity will have its vacation only on Nov. 30. Attorney General Johnson's de cision was based on a JNeorasKa statute which says "any clay ap pointed or recommended by the governor of this state or the presi dent of the United States as a day of fast or Thanksgiving" shall be observed. "Since the statute is in the alternative, then any day ap pointed or recommended by either the governor or the president must be recognized as Thanksgiving," says Johnson. "It is therefore our opinion that if the proclamation of the president and the governor do not coincide as to date, both of the days are legally Thanksgiving days." Johnson went on to say that this decision applies- especially to courts and legal business. Dean Thompson said that this decision would not affect the uni versity vacation. "Thanksgiving vacation fcr the university will begin at noon Wednesday, Nov. 29 and continue until 8:00 Monday , morning. Dec. 4." Victory is first in series since 1921 Panthers outplayed as successful conversions give Nebraska triumph PITTSBURGH. With the stage set in the shadows of the' Temple of learning covering Titt stadium, Nebraska's underdog Cornhuskcrs, realizing an 18 year dream, humbled the Panthers 14 to 13 to finally end the long streak of Pitts burgh victories. Henry Rohn fought his way across the goal from the one yard stripe" after German Herman Rohrig had faked a pass and, sprinted 17 yards from the Pitt 18. Rohrig had set up the pine for the score on a 20 yard pass to Roy Petsch. Hermie kicked the ball squarely between the uprights fof the extra point. Score in third period. Nebraska scored again in tho third quarter when Luther and Alf son teamed to recover Narick's fumble on the Scarlet 25 after an exchange of punts. Francis plunged for 2 at center and on the next play raced 23 yards for the touchdown. Knight booted a per fect conversion. Pitt fired right back at Ne braska in the second period after Thurbon recovered Hopps' fumble on the 30-yard line. On the first play Kracum rifled a pass to Thur bon who scampered across the goal line unmolested. Thurbon fumbled the pass from center, and Pet tinger had no chance to kick. Pitt's second score came midway in the fourth quarter when Kracum went over from the one yard line. Rohn had fumbled and Stahl re covered on his own 40. Kracum tossed a pass to Stahl who raced (Continued on Page 7.) 200 Dental college grads to meet here Two day celebration of new alumni group features Friday clinic Some 200 graduates of the col lege of dentintry will return to the campus rnday and Saturday to assist Dean B. L. Hooper in offi cially organizing the Nebraska dental college alumni association. A full two-day celebration has been planned, featuring a clinic and address Friday afternoon by Dr. Louie T. Austin of Rochester, Minn., a dinner Friday evening, culminating with the Oklahoma Nebraska football game Saturday, Dr. Austin, who is on the Mayo staff at Rochester, will lecture on the "Interpretation of Dental X- Rays," and will show motion pic tures of intravenous and intratra cheal types of anesthesia, a re search which has made him na tionally famous. The clinic will be held at Morrill hall auditorium be ginning at 2:15 p. m. Alumni registration will begin Friday morning on the third floor of Andrews hall. There will be an informal luncheon at the Student Union that noon( and at the dinner Friday evening in the Union Chan cellor C. S. Boucher, as guest of honor, will speak to returning alumni. An open house has been planned for Saturday morning. At noon F. F. DuTsau, alumni secretary, will address the group at their luncheon in the Student Union. At this program the first official or ganization of the Nebraska dental college alumni wlil be perfected.