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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39 No. 73
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, January 16, 1940
Opening day
gone, lines
not too long
With from 400 to 500 registra
tion blanks passing through the
assignment committee, the first
day of registration closed with all
sections open, Dr. A. R. Congdon,
chairman of the committee an
nounced last night.
Though lines were parti
cularly long at the registration
office where students called for
credit books the total number of
blanks turned in to the office of
the various deans, was small
compared to the volume that will
come later in the week.
Twice this number later.
Beginning Wednesday, Congdon
explained, it will be impossible for
students to get registered for
sections of their own choices, and
lines will be much longer than they
have been earlier in the week.
More than twice the number
registered yesterday will have to
go through the lines each day
until registration closes Saturday.
The loss of the first day in act
ing upon assignments means a
larger job for the committee at
the last of the week. Late registra
tion fees will be charged to all
students who haven't turned in
their blanks to the respective
deans before Saturday night
Fees are payable in memorial
hall Jan. 26 from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Jan. 27 from 9 a. m. to 12 m. and
from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1 from 9 a. m.
to 4 p. m.
Union ag
party Friday
Program includes films,
dancing; 800 expected
Secoral annual ag night party,
given by the Union for ag stu
dents, will be held next Friday
night. The party will be an an
nual affair, after last year's
success.
Friday's program will feature
movies, in room 315 from 8:30 to
10:30 p. m. and dancing to the
music of Dave Haun's orchestra
from 9 until midnight
Approximately 800 tickets have
been printed, and will be distrib
uted free to ag students at Dean
Burr's office and at the Union of
fice. Though he party is limited
to ag students, the latter may
bring outside escorts.
To accommodate students liv
ing near ag campus, special ar
rangements have been made for a
bus to leave the Union for ag
campus at midnight Friday.
Filings due Feb. 5
for federal exams
College graduates and seniors
receiving degrees before July, who
are interested in taking civil serv
ice examinations for Junior, pro
fessional assistant posts in cavern
ment service should apply before
Feb. 5, according to an announce
ment by Harold W. Stoke, dean of
uie graduate college.
The purpose of these examlna
tions, which are offered this year
for the first time, is to select men
having a broad educational back
ground for Junior professional and
scienuric posts in 28 lines of pro
fessional work.
Astronomy lob will be
open for sun spot view
The astronomical observatory on
me city campus on 10th and S
treeU will be open all week to
tudent who wish to view the
extraordinary sun spot group now
in progress across the sun's disc.
For profs, students
Registration woes are many;
balms are few, far between
This article does not attempt to portray
registration as It really Is at Nebraska.
It Is a fanciful attempt to show a few of
the trials and problems encountered by
both students and professors during the
registration period. Exaggeration Is evi
dent. Those parts In parentheses Indicate
the thought which accompanies the con
versation. 4.
by Bob Aldrich.
The professor sat in his office,
his graying head bent over a desk
piled with papers, his pen scratch
ing noisily in the quiet gloom of a
winter day.
He sighed with weariness. There 1
were dozens of papers left to read,
papers written in scrawling, faint
ly legible hands by students who
had been interested only in writing
as much as they could remember
in as short a time as possible. The
prof picked up another one and
bent to his work again.
Here comes trouble.
Somebody knocked at the door.
The teacher grpaned, put his pen
aside and grunted, "Come in."
A young man entered. The prof
strained his eyes in the dusk of
the office trying to recall the stu
dent's name. Somehow he con
nected it vaguely with low grades
and pleas for one more chance.
"What can I do for you? ' the prof
murmured with forced pleasant
ness. ("And get it over with, for
heaven's sake," he moaned in
wardly.")
The student pulled a crumpled
piece of paper from his pocket.
"I want to register for these
courses, doc, he said.
"Don't call me doc."
ie had nearly forgotten it was
the first day of registration. The
teacher cleared his throat and took
the paper. "Sit down, please," he
invited. "And please don t call me
doc."
"Okay," the young man said. He
did not look at all perturbed. He
sat down and put his feet on the
rungs of the chair. He lifted the
elephant paperweight from the
teacher s desk and juggled it nois
ily on the edge. He chewed gum
with a smacking noise. (And he
was thinking, "Hope the old moss
back makes it short and sweet. I
gotta scram outa here before
three.")
The teacher grunted and laid the
paper aside. "I'm afraid you
haven't paid much attention to ac
quirements, Mr. ah ."
'Twinkle, Macintosh Twinkle."
"Ah, yes. Now, I see you have
the course in the American Indian
written here. Are you really in
terested in the American Indian as
a study, Mr. Twinkle?"
"Well, yeah, I guess so. (What's
the old boy driving at7j
"Music appreciation, meteorol
ogy, and ah sex hygiene. Your
selection of courses Is not well or
ganized, I am afraid. (Good Lord
I'll wager this fellow's I. Q. Is so
low, they cant find it.)
Pipe courses!
"What's the difference, doc, as
long as I get my hours?"
The professor winced. "I fear"
he coughed I fear, Mr. i winkle,
that you have chosen those courses
which are known as ah pipe
courses. Am I not right?" (Moron
Why do I have to devote my life
to throwing information at people
like this?)
"Yeah, I guess so." (Why doesn't
he mind his own business? wnos
going to have to take this stuff,
him or me? )
You can do better.
"I suggest, Mr. Twinkle, that
you take this catalogue and select
a more suitable outline for the se
mester."
"OUnv rlrw Anvthlnp- VOll SftV."
j , J O mf
With a sigh, the young man bent
over the catalogue, his mouth
twisting; with the torture of mental
errort.
The teacher bent over hU pa
pers. Fifteen minutes elapsed . . .
a half hour. Presently, Macintosh
Twinkle handed a piece of paper
to the teacher. "Here y'are, doc,"
he said. There was a smile of
complacency on his round, blank
face.
The road to glory.
The teacher looked at the paper
and read:
General woodworking 1.
(See WOES on Page 4.)
Otto! ... are you
If not then... where?
by Paul Svoboda.
In reality Otto Woerner is "The
Little Man Who Isn't There' in
the Student Council at least.
A majority of the student gov
ernors may think he is still an
esteemed member, Mr. Lantz may
think he is still an esteemed mem
ber, and even Mr. Woerner may
think he is still an esteemed mem
ber, but according to Roberts'
House Rules the barb representa-
Uni chord
groups give
sing festival
Madrigal Singers make
first appearance
Sunday in coliseum
Collaborating with three other
choral groups in the presentation
of a winter choral festival in the
coliseum Sunday, the newly
formed Madrigal Singers will
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W. G. TEMPEL.
Hit choruses sing "Shadrach."
m.nke their first public appearance.
The concert, open to the public,
will be directed by W. G. Tempel.
The Glee club and the Univer
sity Singers will be appearing for
the second time this season. They
appeared earlier in the production
Christmas Rhapsodie.
Mr. Tempel, after studying a
large library of choral music, has
selected some of the most popular
folk songs along with a few bet
ter known secular numbers. Es
pecially rich in harmony will be
the four love songs by Brahms,
sung by the Madigral Singers, with
Richard Morse and Warren Ham
meL Louise Stapleton, soprano, and
Earl Jenkins, tenor will be soloists
with the singers. A feature of the
program will be Miss Stapleton's
rendition of "A Mountain Morn
ing Hymn" with choir accompani
ment. Highlight of the program will be
one of the nation's favorite Negro
spirituals "Shadrach." Members of
the men's octette will be costumed
during this number.
Players open run of
'What a Life' tonight
Jack Bittner, Virginia Thede take top roles
in reproduction of Broadway stage success
For the first time, students will be in complete charge of a Uni
versity Players production when the curtain rises tonight on "What A
Life."
Players will be called into place and the signal for the lights will
be given by Gladys Rupert, student director. Stage managing will be
intrusted to Joyce Birk, while Don Sullivan runs the control board.
But these student managers will have not first night jitters to fear.
The play has already been presented to inmates of the state peniten
tiary, and to an invited audience Monday night.
there?
tive is still on the outside look
ing in.
To quote Mr. Roberts, "When
the adjournment does not close
the session, the business inter
rupted by it is the first in order
after reading the minutes at the
next meeting."
Interrupted business.
The "business interrupted" was
the report of the committee ap
pointed to investigate the resigna
tion of Mr. Woerner. The com
mittee presented a resolution ask
ing the resignation not be ac
cepted. However the Council did
not vote on the resolution but
voted on a motion made from the
chair by President Kidd who said,
"How many want to vote on this
again?"
Miss Kidd was referring to a
statement made by John Mason
who said that since the Council
did not accept Mr. Woerner's res
ignation which he submitted at
the meeting when the Junior-Senior
Prom committee was elected,
the matter was at an end and
Woerner was never out of the
Council from which he resigned
Mason neglected to mention the
resignation was voted down in fa
vor of referring the matter to a
committee.
Gentlemen's agreement.
(It was a gentlemen's agree
ment to vote down the measure
so that it could be put to a com
mittee, but this was never read
into the minutes and therefore
technically Woerner was still a
member since the minutes stood
approved as read.)
So the Council was voting on
nothing. The motion was carried
by an overwhelming majority, 21
to 2.
What they should have been
voting on was the resolution made
by the investigating committee
but they didn't. Therefore, accord
ing to Roberts' Rules of Order,
when the Council meets after ex
aminations the motion will have
to be passed or rejected. Until
that time Mr. Woerner is not of
ficially a member of the Student
Council.
All very confusing.
By what parliamentary pro
cedure is the Council's actions
governed? They don't conform to
Roberts, Phillips, or Longan. In
fact the Council's actions are so
various and amazing it is almost
impossible to find anything which
confirms them.
It is all very confusing. Evi
dently the Council Is befuddled for
it voted on nothing and conse
quently the Woerner affair is still
in the air. Mr. Woerner must be
amazed by the fast turn of events.
And your reporter ....
Symphonic hour
set for today at 4
Second in the new series of
symphonic harmony hours will be
held at four today in the faculty
lounge. Selections chosen for to
day's program, arranged by Mr.
Frank Cunkle, of the school of
music, Include representative
pieces by componers from H&yden
i to Gershwin.
One of 1939's ten best.
"What A -Life" played on
Broadway last year, winning the
title of one of the ten best pro
ductions of the season. It has only
recently been released to ama
teurs, and the University Players
are the first to produce it as a
little theater production.
Henry Aldrich, portrayed by
Jack Bittner, is a high school boy
with limited capacity who tries to
live up to his father's Princeton
Phi Beta Kappa record. If for no
other reason, than this, Henry
has had a most unfortunate start,
and scholastic setbacks keep him
in a complete muddle throughout
the play. Barbara Pearson, presi
dent of the junior class, seems
to be the only person who under
stands Hcr.ry, and through this
understanding a case of puppy
love arises.
The difficulties which Henry
encounters in finding enough
money to take her to the school
dance will delight anyone not too
far removed to forget their simi
lar high school experiences.
More mature love interest is
supplied by Grant Thomas and
Barbara Birk, as Miss Shea, th
office secretary, and Mr. Nelson,
assistant principal. Members of
the cast, in order of their appear
ance:
Miss Shea Barbara Birk
Mr. Nelson Grant Thomas
A Student James Comatock
A Student Betty Rangier
A Student Arthur KMenhans
Mr. 1'atterson Louis Wilklna
Miss Pike Dorothy Ward
Bill Robert Gelwick
Mis Eegleaton Mildred Manning
Miss Johnson Bettle Cox
Mr. Vecchltto Jon Pruden
Henry Aldrich Jack Bittner
Barbara Pearson Virginia Theda
Gertie Marjorle Adams
Mr. Bradley Verne GeissinKer
Miss Wheeler Virginia Sack
George Bigelow Deon Axthelra
Mrs. Aldrich Grace Hill
Mr. Kerguaon John Guthrey
Students ..Dorothy Aakey, B...
Students
Dorothy Aikey, Boie Beans. Joyc
Birk, William Green, Harriet Bow
man.
Ad contest ends
at noon Friday
With two and a half days left
before the deadline in the "You
Write It Ad Contest," sponsored
by the DAILY and six Lincoln
business houses, Arthur Hill, busi
ness manager of the DAILY, asked
that all contestants get their en
tries in on time.
Prof. Forrest C. Blood will judge
the ads submitted. All entries must
be turned in to his office or to
the DAILY business office by Fri
day noon. The contest deadline
has been extended two days.
Each firm co-operating in the
presentation of the contest con
stitutes a separate entry. Prizes
offered by the houses for the best
made up ads for their firms are:
Capital Hotel, two one-dollar din
ners; Union, one-dollar in trade at
the Corn Crib; Nebraska Book
Store, a copy of "Capitol City,"
Lincoln Theatres Corp., two passes
each to the Stuart and the Ne
braska theatres; Ideal Bottling
Company, a case of "7 Up;" and
Modern Cleaners $1.50 in trade.
Winner of the most first prizes
will be given a copy of the 1940
Cornhusker. Contest sheets may
be obtained at the DAILY office.
Members of the DAILY business
staff are not eligible to compete.
Contestants may enter as many
ads as they wish. AH prize wlnninf
ads and the names of the winners
will be published in the DAILY.