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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 74
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, January 17, 1940
YW to elect
officers for
1940 Friday
Pat Sternberg, jane
Shaw prexy candidates;
poll in Ellen Smith
Y. W. C. A. members will elect
officers for the coming year Fri
day. Candidates, announced yes
terday are Jane Shaw, Pi Beta
Phi, and Pat Sternberg, Raymond
hall, for president; Mary Bullock,
Alpha Chi Omega, and Jean Sim
mons, Delta Delta Delta, for vice
president; Jean Carnahan, Chi
Omega, and Flavia Ann Tharp, Pi
Beta Pht, for secretary; and Ann
Hustead, Kappa Kappa Gamma,
for treasurer.
The election will be held in El
len Smith from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Friday. Eligible to vote are all
members of Y. W. who have paid
their contribution pledges.
Alumnus contains
history of group
Featuring a complete history of
the Nebraska Alumni association,
the January issue of the Alumnus
was mailed out yesterday. Aside
from the history, the magazine is
devoted largely to personals about
alumni and to news from local
alumni chapters.
Written bv Ralph Reeder. the
history reviews the struggling ex
istence of the association for the
quarter century after its start in
1874. The first directory of graa
uates was published in 1900. Since
then, the story of the group has
been one of growth and organiza
tion. During this period, the alum
ni helped to secure Memorial sta
dium and other improvements on
the campus.
Business representatives
to interview students
Students desiring to obtain post
tions thru the university commit
tee on placements may now obtain
application blanks from Prof. T
T. Bulldck in social science 305-
Plans now being completed by
the committee provide for the ap
pearance on the campus of per
sonnel representatives of several
large business concerns to inter
view students. Many of the cor
porations sending representatives
offer special training to new em
ployes.
One would conclude
It must take brains to figure
out how not to use brains
With exam week and its doubt-
ful outcome hovering over the
campus, students are cramming
hard, trvinr to learn in a few
davs what they should have
learned in the past semester.
Thrtti. tth or riiiMnua f thplp
brain capacity will soon begin pre-
paring crib sheets a method of
.T.min0iinn. in Mu vnn
didn't know huddle, ten or twelve will get to
gether and pass answers up and
Students use almost the same down the line. It's very effective
tricks for passing tests from year when working right Closely re
to vear but occasionally a new lated to this trick is the one used
one will make life interesting for
eagle-eyed profs.
A most charming trick brought
over by a coed from Ames is to
write your cribs on cigarettes if
you can get rid of practically an
entire package of "dope sticks"
during the test you might pass
the thing. It's a sure way of not
geumg caugm Decause you Durn
up the evidence.
Space limits this method
Limited space limits this wav to
mathematics and chemistry where
formulas and equations are the
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where vou can smoke durine ex-
imi.
An older and somewhat hack
Jack Bittner plays role of life
saver in Players9 'What a Life9
By Fern Steuteville.
Jack Bittner picked up tte
pieces of the University Players'
'What a Life" last night, saved it
from utter collapse, and performed
an entertaining "Henry Aldrich'"
midst Buch disconcerting draw-
backs as sloppy lines and wooden
acting on the part of most of his
fellow players.
The audience, emitting polite
laughs during the first act, gave
vent to spontaneous guffaws
later on when Bittner yelled
"Damn" at his high school teacher
and when an unknown "extra"
pranced across the stage in gym
bloomers. These were the high
Club show
scripts due
immediately
Proff itt announces $40
prize for winning 'pony
chorus' manuscript
Only two weeks remain for play
wrights to finish manuscripts for
the Kosmet Klub spring show
April 8 to 13, Roy Proffitt, Klub
president, announced yesterday, as
he urged entrants in the contest to
submit scripts at once.
The $40 prize offered to writers
of past productions will again go
to the winner of this year's play,
he declared, adding that $10 will
go to the next best author and $10
to the writer of the best song.
Work on the play will begin
soon after the start of the second
semester, making it necessary to
have all manuscripts in at that
time. Plays must be about two
hours in length and feature a pony
chorus.
He indicated that selection will
be based upon applicability, upon
humor of circumstance rather than
overdone puns and upon the clever
ness pnd weight of the plot.
Social workers hear Glick
Dr. Frank Glick, director of the
graduate school of social work,
will represent the university at the
meetings ,pf the American Associ
ation of Schools of Social Work in
Washington, D. C, Jan. 27 to 28.
Nebraska's school will probably be
admitted to membership in the as
sociation this year.
neyed trick is to write your crib
sheets on examination paper so
that it looks like a common page
of your exam. It can easily be
laid in full view of the professor
and he will not catch on.
Inecnuity has its place, how'
ever. Many students, athletes and
the like, have developed the huddle
system to a high level. In the
in true and false tests- The eraser
end of the pencil means true and
the lead end false. Perfect timing
is essential or disastrous results
are the outcoT.
Looks Interesting.
Another type or cribbing that is
very hard to investigate is the
"silk stockiner" method. Lone calf
covers are a boon to the women,
Bince notes may be slipped in the
top before the exam and removed
for inspection. This works as
very decided disadvantage to men
distracting.
Coeds wearing
white saddle
shoes have been
known to write
(See CRIBBING on page 4.)
points of the play. They served to
put the listeners in a lighter mood
and consequently the student play
ers warmed up a bit to their job.
Bittner looks, acts his part.
Bittner, as the radio-famed trou
ble-hounded youth whose worries
increase as he is smitten by puppy
love, caught cribbing in an exam,
and accused of pawning the
school's brass instruments all on
the same day, puts his heart and
soul into the part. He looked and
acted like "Henry Aldrich."
Miss Barbara Birk took the part
of Miss Shea, the superintendent's
secretary. She could be spotted in
a crowd by her forced manner of
speaking. Louis Wilkins as the
stuffy teacher of Roman history,
Mr. Patterson, did as he should
and gained the contempt of the au
dience. It was extremely disap
pointing when Grant Thomas, in
his first Players' role of the assis
tant superintendent, didn't poke
him when he started to.
Brutal audience!
Another disappointment of the
play came when Deon Axthelm as
George Bigelow the bully went
into a clinch with Bittner. They
looked like they were having a
game of pat-a-cake instead of a
good bloody high school boys'
fight. Otherwise Axthelm forgot
his university standing and acted
very much like the prep school
letterman.
Virginia Thede portrayed the
character of Henry Aldrich's love,
the junior class president. She
stood by his side during all his
difficulties in the superintendent's
office and turned out a fairly good
performance.
Grace Hill plays competently .
Grace Hill as Mrs. Aldrich took
Pre-Iavs
to organize
Lincoln lawyer will
address first meeting
Bernard S. Gradwohl, Lincoln
lawyer and retiring president of
the young barristers association,
will address pre-law students
Tuesday. Jan. 23. at 7 p. m.. at
the organization meeting of the
first pre-law society on this cam
pus. Interest in the organization of
such a group arose ut of a con
vocation shortly before Thanksgiv
ing at which prospective law stu
dents showed interest in forming
a society. the purpose of
which would be to bind together
pre-law students, to give proper
emphasis to debate and parna
mentary law and to bring good
law speakers to the campus.
Form constitution
At that time an organization
committee was appointed to draw
up a constitution and to plan the
next meetin? of the group. On
this committee were Ed McCon
nell, junior; Hugh LaMaster,
freshman: Otto Woerner, senior;
and Blaine Sloan, sophomore and
chairman.
Gradwohl, on "The Toung Ad
vocate," will tell the group of the
problems confronting a young
lawver. Chairman Sloan an
nounced. According to Roy E,
Cochran, adviser to the society and
chairman of pre-law advisers, the
visiting lawyer is one of the most
interesting speakers in Lincoln.
With Sloan presiding and De
lore Carter acting a secretary,
the pre-laws will pass on the con
stitution drawn up by the commit
tee and will present it to the Stu
dent Council for ratification.
The weather
Overcast ikies with probable
now flurries today was pre
dicted by the weatherman last
night
too minor a part to gain much
glory. The few minutes she spent
on the stage, she spent competent
ly. John Guthrie as Mr. Ferguson,
the detective, gained laughs with
his bellowing voice.
"What a Life," as a University
P1.yer,
production might be
whipped up into an acceptable
comedy when the actors lift an
chor and show some color and
action. The Players who take the
roles of students all look like they
fit their parts. It is easy to be
lieve that their high school days
aren't far behind them. Those
Players who were in the roles of
the high school teachers were less
satisfactory, however. They gave
the impression that they were
"playing school."
Hanya Holm
group dances
tomorrow
Modern interpretation
is theme of program
by teacher, ten artists
When Hanya Holm presents her
dance group in Lincoln tomorrow
night, students will have an oppor
tunity to see dance interpretation
as it is taught in one of the leading
modern schools.
The program which she will
present here Is composed of two
parts, the first, a presentation or
successions of movement based on
some of the principles of move
ment; the second, a presentation of
studies which deal with the dance
problem itself.
Miss Holm received her training
in Europe under the famous Mary
Wigman. She came to America
to direct the New York Wigman
school, and is a leader in the Ben
nington school of dance. She also
teaches at Mills college. This is
her second transcontinental tour,
Her ten artists art from various
parts of the country and are all
studying under her leadership.
The concert sponsored by W.A.A
will be presented tonight at 7:30
in Grant Memorial. Student tickets
are 40 cents, others 75 cents. Tick
cts may be obtained from the
W.A.A. office or at Danlelson
floral shop.
Alexis claims
German blood doesn't make
Americans back nazi cause
Americans of German descent
are Interested in Europe's troubles
but they have no desire to fight on
either side, according to Dr.
Joseph Alexis, head of the new
modern languages department.
In a written statement for the
DAILY, Dr. Alexis answered the
question, "What do you think it
the attitude of Americans of
German descent toward the cur
rent war?"
"The attitude of Germans in
America toward the war," Dr.
Alexis said, "is practically that of
all other Americans, they are in-
terested In what is going on in
Europe but would like to see the the case formerly, and we are
contest ended at an early date, more on guard against propa
They have no desire to go across ganda, no matter what the source
the Atlantic to help Germany, nor may be."
do they wish to cross the sea to
fight the Germans.'
Do Germans In America favor
the nazi regime? Dr. Alexis was
asked.
"There may be some Americans
of German descent in this country
who favor to a certain extent the
nazi regime but the great majority
do not. They believe in our present
1000 finish
registration
second day
Congdon announces 20
closed sections; frosh
rules won't be altered
With an unusually heavy second
day registration of approximately
1,000 students, following a normal
first day, registration for the first
two days ended heavier than regis
tration for a similar period in
other years, according to A. R.
Congdon, chairman of the assign
ment committee.
At the close of registration yes
terday Congdon announced that
the following 20 courses wer
closed:
..Bun. Or. 4, II, Vn.
Run. Orx. 1M, I.
L'hrm. SI, A.
Commerrlul Arti 17, I.
Civil MiKrineerlng 219, I.
Klec. Kngineerln 198, C.
lOngiiiepring Mech, 4, D.
KitKiim-rtng Merh. 228, I. n.
KnKlneerln Meeh. 228, A.
Moch. Knglneerlnff 6, A.
Meeh KiiKlneerln 211, B.
KnirUsh 12, I, II, III, IV.
OKiKraphy 1, R, C.
Geography 72. Ill, D, H.
(Irrnian 4, III.
Math 2, V.
Math 40, in.
Math 104, II, IT.
I'lill. 90, B.
1'hynlca 4, Quia II, B.
Roman numerals repreneat trritani,
letter! represent laboratories.
Explaining that a "closed seo-
tion" is one that is entirely filled,
Congdon said, that students who
could not take closed courses at
any other period would be admit
ted to a closed section if he ap
proved the registration.
Students wishing other excep
tions to registration rules must see
Congdon before registering. No
exceptions can be granted to th
ruling barring freshmen from en
tering specified sections since that
ruling was made by the university
senate.
No changes can be
registration until Feb. 5.
made la
Walter Hansen fills
botany staff vacancy
Walter Hansen, Seward high
school principal, has been appoint
ed assistant instructor in the bot
any department to fill the vacancy
left by Dr. Joseph Robertson. Iren
Mueller, graduate student, pinch
hits until Feb. 1 when Mr. Hansett
will take up his new duties.
The new assistant instructor
took his M. A. at Michigan and is
a graduate of Peru State Teacher
college-
republican form of government;
that is, an executive branch
headed by the president; a legis
lative branch and the Supreme
Court. They are aeainst the die-
tators but do not feel that they are
obligated to rush across the seas
to throw out the dictaors where
they happen to be in power at a
given time."
Will there me a recurrence of
anti-German feeling In America
as a result of the war?
"There will not be a recurrence
of the same anti-German feeling
that prevailed during tho World
war. We now get news from both
camps much i.iore fully than was
"How do the majority of such
Germans feel about the nazi
bund?"
"The majority of Americans of
German descent are not the least
interested in the so-called bund.
which is known by the fact that
tney d not belong to it Only
negligible number are enrolled M
(See ALEXIS on page 4.J
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