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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 69
Lincon, Nebraska
Wednesday, January 10, 1940
Proffitt sets
Feb. 1 for
skit deadline
Kosmett Kfub president
annowimces four plays
now Him preparation
Deadline on the submission of
original fiiutw for the Kosmet Klub
spring show, .April 8 to 13, will be
Feb. 1, Roy Proffitt, president of
the Klub, nnwanced yesterday.
One script hatj already been handed
in and three otters are known to
be in preparation.
Selection wiE be on the basis
of clevernemj and adaptibility to
an all male cast. Forty dollars
will go to the writer of the ac
cepted skit, all rights of repro
duction being merved to the Klub.
Ten dollars ia awarded for second
prize with honorable mention to
all other entrants. The two best
skits, for which prizes are .given,
will be kept in the possession of
the Klub.
Production will begin soon after
examinations with tryouts and
dance routine which will be
scheduled later according to Pres
ident Proffitt. All scenery and cos
tumes are prepared by Kosmet
Klub workern under the direction
of committees of the Klub.
Feature fony choruses
Plays Bhouii! be about two
hours in length and should have a
swift-moving interesting plot
rather than an tmphasis on puns
ami dry wit. Pony choruses are
the feature of all spring comedies,
Proffitt added, and therefore
should be brought into the play.
Manuscripts should be sub
mitted at once to Roy Proffitt or
Wt at the KoMuifet Klub office on
the third flooor of the Union.
Another prls of ten dollars will
be given later in the year to the
writer of the best song. Though
the lyrica cannot be penned till
after the how has been selected,
music can be mi; omitted to Proffitt
now. Any nonjf writer wishing in
formation about the preparation
of music for the show is asked
to inquire of Kiub members.
Schoolmen hear
Kansas educator
Speaking on "Some Conclusions
of a School Board Member," P. J.
Newman, preHident of the Man
hattan, Kan., board of education,
adiressed the winter dinner meet
ing of the Nebraska schoolmas
ters' club at Grand island last
night.
Dr. W. II. Morton, principal of
teachers cohere high school, and
clulrman of the department of
secondary education, who ia presi
dent of the club, presided at the
dinner which was hem in ine Ho
tel Yancey. Ti.e dinner wus at
ten led bv ileU rates to the con
v'nlion of the Nebraska School
Bnrds association.
Mastodons couldn't stand
the weather, the big sissies
Nebraska people may think they
have suffered drouth and dust
storms, but their woes are far
overshadowed by those of the
poor historic wastadons, according
to a theory e tressed by two Ne
braska scientists.
C. Bertrand Schultz, assistant
museum director, and Thompson
M. Stout, gcolcgy department, in
a recent report at an annual con
vention of the society of verte
brate paleontologists told of the
plight of the ancient animals.
" Drouth and duststorms drove
animals found now only In mu
seums from Nebraska to the far
south. ThcHC animals were mas
todons, rMnoccri and other similar
creatures.
Arctic weather helped to hasten
Druggists told to
be businesslike
Knowledge of modern mer
chandising methods is absolutely
necessary for the successful drug
gist, John A. Porter, Lincoln
pharmacist, told members of the
Pharmaceutical club at a monthly
meeting held last night.
"The only way to get practical
training as a druggist is to work
in a drug store," stated the speak
er in emphasizing the value of
business training to would-be-pharmacists.
In discussing the service which
druggists render to their com
munities, Mr. Porter called the
drug store "indispensable" to mod
ern life. The speaker is a former
member of the state board of ex
aminers and a member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Nebras
ka State Pharmaceutical associ
ation. Players give
'What a Life1
next week
NU students are first
amateurs to produce
latest Broadway hit
"What a Life" will be produced
by an amateur group for the first
time when the curtain rises upon
the next University Players pro
duction Tuesday, Jan. 16. The play
was just finished roadshowing,
with Jackie Coogan its star, and
has been released to other groups
only recently.
The play, a swift moving com
edy of high school life, has de
lighter theater, motion picture and
radio audiences since its opening
in New York last season.
Growing directly out of the pro
duction is today's radio serial,
"The Aldrich Family," writeen by
Clifford Goldsmith, author of the
play. The serial takes Henry Al
drich from his scholastic difficul
ties into one of more domestic
nature, but the characters are por
trayed as they were originally cre
ated. The movie, released last
fall, starred Jackie Cooper.
Jack Bittner will play the lead
ing role of Henry: Virginia Thede,
Barbara Pearson, the junior class
president; Barbara Blrk, Miss
Shea, the office secretary; and
Grant Thomas, Mr. Nelson, the
assistant principal. The setting is
a principals office.
Henry, whose father Is a Prince
ton Phi Beta Kappa, Is a high
school boy with limited mentality
and more limited inventiveness.
Had he been either a better scho
lar or a more plausible liar, his
troubles might have been a little
less involved. But he was neither,
and the difficulty is encounters in
his attempt to take Barbara to the
school dance, will greatly amuse
everyone not too far removed from
the high school clays.
the migration to a southern cli
mate. This is Indicated, the two
stated, by the absence of fossils In
windblown deposits.
Wide fluctuations In climate oc
curred. coverlne millions of years,
during the tertiary and ice age pe
riods, according to uiem.
"At the beginning of the Ne
braska territory a period of wide
spread aridity apparently was a
factor In the extmction or a group
of huge rhlnoceros-lke animals
Known as tiianineras, me acien
tists said.
Another drouth.
"Just before the beginning of
the Ice age another great drouth
was probably responsible for the
death of such animals as the long'
(See SISSIES, page 4)
Countryman
filings close
today at 5
14 positions to be filled
in near future by ag
publications committee
Filings for positions on the staff
of the Cornhusker Countryman
will close today at 5 p. m., R. T.
Prescott, faculty chairman of the
ag publications committee, warns
ag students. This is the annual
election of editorial and business
executives for the ag student pub
lication. Ag men and women interested
should file written applications In
ag hall 301 if they have not al
ready done so. The faculty com
mittee asks that applicants state
their experience, preference of po
sition, and time available.
The positions open: Editor, as
sociate agricultural editor, associ
ate home economics editor, busi
ness manager, associate business
manager, circulation manager, as
sociate circulation manager, and
assistants to each of these. The
positions of staff photographers
and staff artists are also open.
Officers elected now will be in
charge the last semester of this
year and the first of next, accord
ing to the committee. Applications
have been coming in steadily the
past few days. The new officers
will be named late this week or
the first of next
No cure for colds,
says Lyman, but
can be avoided
There is no sure method of pre
venting colds, says Dean R. A.
Lyman, director of the student
health service. "Popular notions
about preventing colds thru the
use of well known mouthwashes
and other medicines have been
proved to be bunk as the result
of experiments."
Speaking of mouthwashes, Dr.
Lyman asserted that there are no
safe antiseptics for use in the
throat. Weak solutions do not kill
germs, and preparations strong
enough to kill disease microbes
injure throat tissues and weaken
the cells in the lining.
Keeping away from crowds was
suggested by Dean Lyman as one
possible method of preventing
colds. Making proper clothing
adaptations to changes in tern
perature was also urged.
Frosh aptitude exams help
advisers predict scholarship
Scholastic aptitude examinations
such as are given to freshmen en
tering the university Increase the
efficiency of predicting the stu
dents' scholarship as much as 33
percent, according to a study con
ducted by the bureau of instruc
tional research.
When advisers depend merely
upon incidental information derived
chiefly from interviews, the effi
ciency of their predictions of the
students' scholastic success is gen
erally estimated at about five per
cent, Dr. J. P. Guilford, director
of the bureau, and H. M. Cox,
statistician, point out. With the
use of the Ohio State psychological
test, which Is given to all entering
students, the forecasting success is
increased considerably.
Guilford, Cox collaborate.
To determine the valU'ty of the
ei. ranee examinations given at
Nebraska, Dr. Guilford and Cox
computed the co-efficient of corre
lation between these test scores
and final marks on various fresh
man courses. Perfect correlation Is
indicated by a score of 1, which
(See FROSH EXAMS, page 4)
Bengtson reveals
division's policy
m
Dr. Nels Bengtson, dean of new
ly created Junior Division. See
page three for complete story.
Daily offers
ad awards
Six firms co-operate
in sponsoring contest
Embroyonic ad writers will be
rewarded for their efforts if they
beat their competitors in the "You
Write It Ad Contest" announced
today on page 8 of the DAILY.
Six firms are co-operating with
the DAILY in sponsoring the con
test. The firms will present valu
able prizes to the winners of the
contest. Prof. Forrest C. Blood,
professor of advertiing, will judge
the entries. All entries must be
turned in to the DAILY business
office or Professor Blood's office
by Wednesday noon, Jan. 17. Win
ning ads will be published Jan. 21.
Prizes offered by firms include
free theater tickets, a case of
7-Up, meal tickets and credit at a
local cleaning shop. Contestants
may enter as many ads as they
wish. Ads may be entered for as
many firms as the contestant
wishes as each firm will award
a separate prize.
Additional contest sheets will
be available at both the DAILY
office and Professor Blood's office.
Members of the DAILY business
staff are not eligible to enter the
contest.
Hendricks article
Dr. B. Clifford Hendricks of the
department of chemistry has an
article entitled "Irene Curle-Jollot
Wins a Nobel Prize" which will be
published in The Scientific Leaf
let in February.
Chief custodian describes
Union heating, cooling plant
When you rush Into the Union
during these cold, stormy days,
have you ever stopped to think
how heat Is so comfortably main
tained throughout the building?
And then on those hot days, dur
ing the second semester finals,
when you come in for the grand
breath of cool air? If you have,
here's the answer.
The Union is heated and cooled
by one system, which is among
the finest of its kind in the coun
try, according to Charles Bolus,
chief custodian of the building.
The cool or warm air is dis
tributed by blower type fans
through seven large units, each
regulating their share of the
rooms. All units are thermostati
cally controlled.
These units are intricate ma
chines, Indeed so much that only
George Brebon, air conditioning
Council meets
in delayed
session today
Group lacks quorum
for first meeting; will
discuss rally plan
In extraordinary meeting today,
the Student Council will gather to
discuss and pass upon issues that
were supposed to have been set
tled at their regular meeting last
Wednesday. Due to an absence of
a quorum, the previous session was
adjourned without taking any ac
tion. Before the house are the resig
nation of Otto Worner, barb mem
ber of the Council; report of the
budget committee; report of the
political rally committee on the
proposed change in faction rallies;
appointment of an honors convoca
tion committee; underwriting of
the Junior-Senior Prom; and a re
port from the library committee.
Dispute starts with Prom election.
Woemer submitted his resigna
tion last meeting following the
election of the Prom committee
members, in protest of the actions
of the Council in the election. The
Council, with a progressive major
ity, garnered an enormous plural
ity on the committee to elect a
clean progressive slate. Woerner
before the election advocated the
appointment of one membr from
each faction on the committee but
the Council rejected the measure
on the basis that, since the Council
was a representative body and
acted as such, the Prom board
should conform to this policy.
Some definite action is hoped
for at this meeting on the new
"model" political rally plan which
was Initiated by a committee ap
pointed by the Council to investi
gate the possibility of eliminating
the torch light rally which this
fall resulted in a serious injury to
one student.
The proposed rally embodies a
mass meeting of the entire stu
dent body at which time political
hopefuls and faction representa
tives would address the students.
Committee members feel that this
will eliminate faction friction and
allow for more businesslike and ef
ficient electioneering.
The Weather
Wednesday will be mostly
cloudy, tho not quite so cold.
Tuesday night temperatures of 10
to 15 degrees will rise consider
ably today.
Iowa State offers
course in brick laying
Do you want to be a good brick
layer? Iowa State colhge, recognizing
a shortage in skilled labor, opened
Jan. 9 a nine-week course in tho
art of piling bricks. Thirty-five
appentices with at least six months
experience were enrolled.
regulator, is allowed to handle
them. They are controlled by a
panel where at a simple push of
a button, heat is blown into any
part of the building. All air is
first tempered by coils before
passing into the units, in order
to keep the latter from freezing.
Air pulled In from roof
The air is pulled in from the
roof, and mingled with previously
heated air from the building.'
Twenty percent fresh air is mixed
with 80 percent return air, then
passed over the colls. The other
20 percent of used air is pulled
out through the exhaust system.
All the air passes through a
double set of filters which clean it
thoroughly before it goes to the
rest of the Union. The filters are
cleaned twice a month to insure
students and employees of breath
(See UNION HEATING, page 4&
