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Z 408 Prof of the week 7TT MLYWKIEBMSKAM Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students r 'TflHff'PMiiiiii 'i i iiiiiiiiirinnii)piiMifiMw?)uWP'w.jW ,tittwMiwpwiWMii , , , . f t V i ' V i ' ' '. . I : tt ' J rvr, : - , - - i x j s t ' $ i ' t'J i ' ' I A - ' v 7 .- - -. ""'1 I i s Vol 39, No. 64. Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, December 20, 1 939. Peace on earth, good will to men DA.UA tuff pboto. by Bob Aldiich. cases. He's trying to collect a When this snorter nounred hundred of them. Most of them upon Prof. D. D. Whitney in his lair in Bessey hall, the chairman of the department of zoology waa busy pasting Christmas seals on amlnation papers. Professor Whitney explained that it is his way of wishing his students a Merry Christmas when they arrive Wednesday morning for their exam. We agreed that the gesture takes some of the gloom from the sight of blank paper. "Oh, we have a lot of fun In my classes," Whitney remarked. "The students have got to have fun or they won't do any work. If they play hard, they work hard." Advocates some play. This philosophy of the value of fun in education has made Profes sor Whitney's courses among the most popular on the campus. Ills students have learned to expect anything in the way of entertain ment and they usually get it. Not that Whitney neglected work, either for himself or for his students. He is an indefati- able worker and expects his classes to put their shoulders to the wheel when the fun is over, Born and raised in Vermont, Whitney went from Montpeller boarding school to Wesleyan col lege, Middletown, Conn., for his B.A. He got his Ph.D. and Mas ters degrees at Columbia. Loves teaching. x There was no question In his Tnind as to a vocation. Even as a lbov he had wanted to be a teacher. ' Hobbies? Well, it's hard to U tide has regular work from hla oi'f-the-iecord activities. When he Isn't annoying rotifers ("class of minute, usually microscopic, but many-celled aquatic animals" Webster) by investigating their private lives he is photographing the noses, lips, teeth, and ears of people to show heredity. He has pictures of people with holes in their ears or flattened noses. sliowing how the characteristic is handed down through generations, He may do a book on heredity if he gets enough pictures and are of people in Lincoln and vi cinity, many of former students. Students mostly serious. He thinks the majority of stu denU are "fairy serious" with only a few studying just hard enough to get by. Most of those majoring in zoology plan to teach since there is "not much else to do" outside of government surveys and park work. He is a member of the Amer lean Association for the Advance (See WHITNEY on page 4.) by Margaret Ann Osborn: "The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Our soul' waiteth for the Lord: He is our help and our shield." ' French troops today hurled back one of the largest German raids of the war, when several Ger man company sections, supported by artillery, at tempted to capture prisoners from the French lines in the western "Our Father, Who art In heaven," They were driven off, according to French ac counts, by automatic rifle fire, hand grenades, and some counter-fire by French artillery. "Our Father, who art In heaven, Hallowed be Thy name," Russian troops were reported advancing stead ily through northern Finland today, but military sources said the Finns were preparing a counter attack. "For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit hit life?" Bridges were dynamited and the ice on lakes blasted by the Finns as they prepared to face the enemy farther south. "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as It la In heaven." First came the droves of bombing planes over all main Finnish cities. . .Three fliers who fell into the hands of a mob of Finnish women and children were soon killed with axes, pitchforks, shotguns. "And as the white bird, wearily and heavily flying at her journey's end, returned and at the feet of Noah felt dead, Noah sighing, to his chil dren said; Tomorrow I will send over the life less leagues of sea, over the world deep-drowned in misery, another dove: for God is not perpetual wrath, but everlasting love." Fifty-four days of industrial warfare in De troit. AH that time Chrysler corporation has been closed, and 56 glass and rubber plants throughout the United States were also closed. . .Perhaps 150,000 workers who needed work and wages got neither! "Give us this day our daily bread, and for give us our debts as we forgive our debtors." In the relief deadlock in Cleveland, relief funds continued to dwindle, approximately 16,000 unem ployed were dropped from food lists, left to feed themselves, somehow. Cut to crusts were the food allowances of families with children. . .Meanwhile, in ironic contrast, Cleveland' businesses were booming towards 1929 levels. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, salt your God... Lift up, be not afraid, Behold your God, Behold the God, Jehovah." President Roosevelt appealed to both Finland and Russia, said to both: "The ruthless bombing from the air of civilians in unfortified centers of population. . .has sickened the hearts of every civ ilized man and woman and has profoundly shocked the conscience of humanity." "And lead us not into temptation, but de liver us from evil." The platform of the railroad station of Hub lln in German Poland, teemed. On it stood a for lorn, broken spirited crowd who moved only when shoved. The people were utterly destitute. All they had for baggage was here a knapsack, there a handbag, sometimes just a cloth bundle. A few carried scraps of food for which they had no stom ach... Trains after trains pulled in. "For Thine is the kingdom, the powr, and the glory forever. . .Amen." Santa Claus in 1939 2,000 jam Union party Christmas open house features band, carols More than 2,000 students jammed the Union last night to attend the first open house Christmas party, given by the Union as its gift to the students. For two hours the party lasted, students used all of the Union fa cilities to entertain themselves. A German band played in the lounge, and students sang Christmas car ols in the ballroom under the di rection of William G. Tempel of the school of music. Toys and cash contributions were collected by Alpha Phi Ome ga, national service fraternity and turned over to the Social Welfare society which will distribute the toys and buy Christmas baskets with the money. In addition to the entertainment features, the Union provided free turkey sandwiches. and cokes for students attending the party. Union bakers worked all Monday night baking rolls for the sand wiches used at last night's party. Corn Cobs and members of Al pha Phi Omega helped by check ing identification cards and serv ing food. ; 'VV-'. !
