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The Weather
Don't let the clear skies fool
you today for the weatherman
Tonight at 11
predicts that the cold snap of
last night will continue
through the day.
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 83.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, February 9, 1940
Listen to the radio
edition of the DAILY
Hosp handles
nev Mortar
Board loans
Project to make
small short-time loans
to women students
Mortar Board this week trans
ferred administration and super
vision of their service loan project
which makes small, short-time
loans to women students, to the of
fice of the dean of women.
Loans, formerly available to all
students, were restricted to women
by the reorganization plans be
cause the money was raised by
coed organizations. Mortar Board
started the fund last year with a
contribution of $100 as part of its
three-point program of service,
scholarship and leadership. Ad
ministration of the loans was
changed from the office of the
dean of student affairs to the of
fice of the dean of women because
the latter is the center of women's
activities and serves to promote
projects of women s welfare.
Loans will be short time and for
Immediate assistance. The amounts
to be loaned vary from approxi
mately two to 20 dollars, and may
be used to supplement fees, buy
Tassel uniforms, buy books, or for
any such need.
Applications for assistance are
to be made in person to Dean Hosp,
with a statement of the purpose
for which the money will be used
A Mortar Board committee will
supervise administration of the
fund.
No interest will be charged on
the loans during the period agreed
upon in the individual conference
with the dean.
35 students
attend meet
Thirty-five student leaders of
the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
from the university will attend the
annual tri-school conference of
these organizations at Marysville,
Kas., on Saturday and Sunday,
this meeting brings together the
leaders of the Kansas State, Kan
sas university and University of
Nebraska youth organizations.
The meeting will be spent in
exchanging ideas and plans of
programs from the different
schools. Group meetings will be
held on the various phases of the
work. This annual meeting has
been invaluable in planning the
programs for the city and agricul
(See Y' MEET on page 4.)
Roaming reporter sees . . .
Players workshop 'secrets7;
collapsible waterfront sets
by Hubert Ogden.
If a person wanders into the
Temple Theatre during one of the
next few days, or if he attends
the next production of the Univer-
sity Players, he will see on the
stage some remarkable property
work.
This work Is remarkable be
cause of the ingenuity employed
in producing the "props," and be
cause the massive sets must be
shifted ten times in eleven scenes.
And the "dock" and "steam room"
seta are not small things. Al&o,
to be transported about between
scenes, is a ten foot outboard mo
tor boat.
Backstage workshop
Escorted onto and backstage
and into the workshop of the the-
atre by Herbert Yenne of the
speech and dramatic s department
and Delford F. Brummer, designer
and technician, I began to visual
ize the work and problems of the
property workers. Mr. Brummer
directs all of the property work
before and during the plays. Here,
I learned a few of the "trade se
crets" of the stage.
: For the riayers next produc-
700 see second
German movie
'Der Maulkorb'
More than 600 students and 100
adults saw the German movie,
"Der Maulkorb," which was pre
sented yesterday in the Student
Union ballroom.
The movie, a fast-moving com
edy, won favorable comment from
those who witnessed it. The lan
guage spoken in the show was
termed by one professor to be
"good German" from a grammat
ical viewpoint.
"Der Maulkorb" was the second
German movie to be given this
year by the romance language de
partment. German professors
agreed that the film accomplished
the purpose for which it was
shown to stimulate interest in the
German language. Another movie,
still to be selected, will be pre
sented in May.
DuTeau goes
east to speak
Charter Day
Alum secretary plans
three speeches before
distant grad groups
Leaving Sunday night, Elsworth
DuTeau, secretary of the Nebras
ka Alumni association, will make
addresses at several important
alumni Charter Day dinners. His
first stop will be at Milwaukee
on Feb. 12. DuTeau will also show
movies of the Nebraska-Oklahoma
football game. His second stop will
be Chicago where pictures of the
Minnesota-Nebraska game will be
shown. On February 19, DuTeau
will be found at the Charter Day
dinner in Denver.
Other Nebraska alumni are to
be guest speakers in various cities
throughout the United States. Go
ing the greatest distance will be
Dr. G. E. Condra, dean of the Sur
vey Division of the University,
who will go to Washington, D. C.
Dr. A. E. Alexis, professor of Ger
man languages, will be guest at
Columbus, Neb., and Alice H.
Howell of the speech department
will go to Exeter to address the
Philmore County Alumni club.
Dinners will be held in Los An
geles, San Francisco, Seattle, Salt
Lake, Detroit, Portland, Lexing
ton, Philadelphia, Rochester, New
York, and Connecticut.
tion, "The Gentle People," "props"
had t made for scenes in a
motor boat, for dock scenes, for
a "team room in which a plot is
concocted, and for a living room
with "ch disturbing decorations
that it aided in driving the hua-
band from home.
Ten foot motor boat
First they took me onto the
stage and exhibited their ten foot
motor boat It looks like the real
thing from a spectator's seat, even
to the outboard motor. The boat
even rocks hidden under it are
Chair rockers and a slight motion
of the pilot's body Is all that is
necessary to start the motion. The
motor looks real enough but from
where would the "putt-putt"
come? It comes from a phono
graph record. The sound made by
d, e,ectr,c
and , , d fc k wh
ever the boat must run. Without
knowing this it would fool you
for sure.
The dock is an enormous thing,
seemingly, for a stage. I was sure
it was made of heavy, rough lum
ber when I fLst saw it In reality
(See TLAYERS on page 3.)
Cowboy, leader, composer;
Tomlin's each and all of em
A big time cowboy, that's Pinky
Tomlin.
Popular composer of the song
hit, "The Object of My Affections"
brings his band to the campus Feb.
17 for the Interfraternity Ball.
Playing six nights weekly for
fifteen consecutive weeks at the
Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles,
and conducting music for its floor
shows, Pinky and his orchestra
have just finished a musical short
for Universal Pictures.
Into this busy schedule he has
sandwiched recordings for Bruns
wick and Decca. Some of these
records are "Object of My Affec
tions," "I'm Just a Country Boy
at Heart," "Ragtime Cowboy Joe,"
"Lost and Found," and "My First
Impression of You."
Big mystery.
The repetition of the question
"How do you write your songs?"
in his fan mail, has convinced
Pinky, that "how he works" is of
universal interest and here is the
answer.
His inspiration for a song may
come from a familiar expression
or a line of poetry which can be
developed into a musical idea. The
idea is worked over again and
again until it evolves into a musi
cal story. Then with his guitar,
he develops the music which com
bines the lyrics and melody. Be
cause of the simplicity of words
and melody, it has appeal. The
fancy of the public is caught and
another song joins the Tomlin list
of hits.
Rythm and melody.
Pinky has founded his orchestra
(See TOMLIN on page 2.)
Furbay sees
human side
of Liberians
Convo speaker brings
dances in technicolor;
native African music
Dr. J. H. Furbay of Liberia, who
is scheduled to speak at 4 p. m.
Tuesday in the Union ballroom
will bring with him detailed mov
ing pictures of the native life in
Liberia. Furbay has photographed
the native dances in technicolor.
He brings with him records of
the native music to accompany the
movies of the dances. Scenes of
activities carried on at the mission
stations of the Methodist, Lutheran
and Episcopal churches of Liberia
are Included in the movies.
Furbay, who has been tn an ex
tended .lec'ure tour, has many
angles on the "human side of the
Liberians." For example, the most
popular entertainers in Liberia are
Amos and Andy, who are so well
liked that the president's own radio
carries it out into the street to
many assembled Negro Liberians.
Most of them have never seen
taxi driver but sympathize with
the troubles of Amos and Andy.
Furbay claims that his motion
pictures are the first and only
complete set ever made of Liberian
life.
Union presents
opera broadcast
Puccini's famous opera, "La
Boheme" will be presented in
radio broadcast in Parlor X of the
Union Saturday at 1 p. m. A ro
mantic story of Parisian artists
the opera stars Bidu Sayao and
Annamary Dickey, sopranos, in
the leading feminine roles. Ar
mand Tokatyan, tenor, and Gulscp'
pe de Luca, baritone, have leading
male roles.
Henri Murger's novel, "Life of
the Bohemians" formed the basis
of the opera which Glacomo Puc
cini composed. Gcnnaro Fapl con
ducts the program which goes over
all three major networks.
5. I
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PINKY TOMLIN.
Coed Follies
skit entries
due at 5 today
Names of best dressed
candidates should be
included with the skits
Rough drafts of the skits for the
AWS sponsored Coed Follies must
be submitted today to Mrs. Ada
Westover's office along with the
name of skit directors, Mary
Steuteville stressed yesterday. The
Coed Follies will be presented
March 24.
Each house that intends to enter
a skit must give the name of their
candidate for the best-dressed girl
and the name of two girls for
models in the style show. A pic
ture and the class schedule of
each best-dressed nominee is to be
included.
A judging committee of the
AWS board will look at the pic
tures to learn who the candidates
for the best-dressed title are. The
girls will then be observed for the
next two months while they go
about the campus.
Skits for the Follies will be
judged Feb. 21 and 22. Five full
length skits and four curtain acts
are to be chosen. Even tho a house
hands in a draft, they should con
tinue to practice, the board ad
vises.
Chairman of the Follies is Jean
Simmons.
Whot'ja mean . . .
7
Who said it was a pipe?
Here's a buck, I'll take Chem
by Elizabeth Clark. professor, "because of the Intri-
"It's a pipe," somebody told cate and detailed nature of the
you, so you registered for it even material covered, class attendance
if it did come at eight. As you almost compulsory."
wander into the classroom you . . ... .
see that, as you overslept five ,tWith th preliminaries out of
minutes, the professor has already the way. yu P1" to wonder if
begun to talk. Twenty grad stu- 11 possible that he will dismiss
dents look up disgustedly as the yu- But yu look around once
prof wastes five mnutes looking more at the grad students avidly
up your name on the roll call, and drinking in every word; you look
you drop into the vacant seat in baclc at the prof, and you know
the front row, after assuring him that you might Just as well make
that, yes, that's the way you spell yourself as comfortable and in-
your name but you don't pro- conspicuous as possible,
nounce it that way. Then the prof ... ..., ,
resume, his little introductory "e. yu5 a,.n- un
lecture " n professor says, "And now,
for the texts and assignments.
"There will be a term-paper on Buy a syllabus at the book store
assigned topics due before the last on which you will find the names
week of the semester. Also there of four books, three of which I am
will be weekly reports on as- the author. Your assignment for
signed reference material to be Wednesday will be the first three
found in the library. One day a reference readings listed on the
week we will devote to a class syllabus, and a short paper on
quiz, so I may more correcUy tne subject "Why Was Tlato a
judge your ability." Great Man?'"
You look around. "This can't be Completely bewildered, you de
the right class," you think. "He Par for tne registrar's office, de
Bald it was a snap." termlned to pay your dollar, and
get Into something simple Ilka
"Fui Ihermore." continues the Chem, 19.
Arnold Nash
lectures at
University
Anglican clergyman
leads seminar, Union,
Monday to Wednesday
Father Arnold Nash, young
Anglican clergyman in America on
a lecture tour, arrives this morn
ing to spend five days at the Uni
versity in speaking to classes and
church groups under the sponsor
ship of the Religious Welfare
Council.
Nash, distinguished as a "thor
oughly open-minded liberal" on
such topics as "The British Labor
Party and the War in Europe"
and "The University and Its Place
in the Social Order," will speak
in several university classes, as
well as lead a seminar every day,
Monday through Wednesday, at 4
p. m. in the Union.
To speak for Youth Council.
First meeting with the Episco
palian and his sociologist wife will
be Friday night at 6:30 at Vine
Congregational church, when the
Lincoln Youth council holds its
first annual banquet. Other uni
versity students besides the of
ficial delegates of churches may
attend by making reservation with
R. A. Dawson of Vine Congrega
tional.
Climax of the clergyman's stay
will be his talk as guest of honor
at the annual Interfaith banquet
sponsored by Religious Welfare
council as successor to the Inter
national Friendship banquet, to be
held Wednesday night at 6:30 in
Parlors XYZ of the Union. Res
ervations may be made through
C. D. Hayes. C. A. Forbes is in
charge of arrangements.
Citylaunches
15th street
opening plan
Initial launching of the specially
authorized double-header program
calling for the opening of 15th
street from O to R and the build
ing of a new city auditorium took
place yesterday when councilmen
met with directors and engineers
to consider plans and other data
concerning the opening of the
street.
According to Mayor Copeland, a
special committee of from five to
seven members and representative
of different sections of interest
will give the project advisory
guidance.