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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 85.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Tuesday, February 13, 1940
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Science today
polytheistic
claims Nash
Clergyman traces growth
of scientific movement
from early Protestantism
Science today is polytheistic, de
clared Rev. Arnold Nash, speaking
at a Union seminar yesterday aft
ernoon. The clergyman declared
that science should attempt to co
ordinate its principles into a com
mon relationship.
Speaking on "Science and Reli
gion" the Anglican clergyman
traced the growth of the scientific
spirit as springing from neither
the Greek spirit as exemplified by
Aristotle and his philosophy, or
from the medieval church spirit
exemplified by the University of
Paris and the schoolmen.
Rather, said Mr. Nash, "it came
from the spirit engendered by the
Protestant reformation in North
ern Europe. Altho the modern
scientific investigation started in
Roman Catholic countries," he de
clared, "it reached its greatest
height in Holland and England
after the Reformation."
Protestant movement.
One of the three factors in the
Protestant movement he noted as
most important was the growth of
a large following interested in ex
periment. Roger Bacon, a pioneer
in inductive science, said Nash,
foresaw that his method could not
advance until there was a large
group ready to follow his method.
Second factor in scientific experi
mentation, Nash listed as the en
ablement of intelligensia to use
both their learned knowledge and
knowledge learned by experiment.
The third factor according to
Nash, was the glorification by
such leaders as Calvin, of manual
labor, which had never been pres
ent in any earlier civilization.
Editor of Vogue to speak on
vocational guidance scries
AWS, dean schedule Alice Burrows next Monday,
other business, professional women later
With a talk by Miss Alice Bur- j
rows, one of the editors of Vogue
magazine, Monday, Feb, 19, in
Ellen Smith, the AWS board and
office of the dean of women will
introduce a series, "Vocational Op
portunities for Women," which
will feature talks by women prom
inent in various business and pro
fessional fields.
Miss Burrows will speak on
fashion designing and will explain
Vogue's annual Prix de Paris con
test, career competition open to
senior women interested in feature
writing, fashion reporting, mer
chandising and advertising.
School secretary speaks.
Another speaker this month will
be Miss Dorothy Coates, place
ment secretary of Ihe Katherine
Cibbs school, Feb. 29. Muss Kath
erine Claybe.'ger, associate editor
of the Women's Home Companion,
and Mrs. Ma Migliario, editor of
the Household magazine, are
scheduled for talks later in the
series.
Letters will be sent this week to
the presidents of the houses and
organizations on the campus, giv
ing various vocational fields and
asking for requests for speakers
by the members of the groups.
The committee sponsoring the
project has planned the series to
cover neglected needs of women
students for vocational guidance.
Wr iking with the AWS board,
headed by Virginia Clemans, and
Miss Helen Hosp, dean of women,
are Mr I I Piko, oi tho exten
sion division, Miss. Norma Cat
penter, of the personnel staff of
Miller and Paine, Miss Mamie
Seniors meet tomorrow
for exam instructions
Dean Henzlik requests that
all seniors and graduate stu
dents interested in the National
Teacher Examinations to be
given on this campus next
month meet in Social Science
auditorium tomorrow at 4 p.m.
A number of large out-of-state
schools are requiring these
tests of all all applicants for
positions, and some Nebraska
cities are giving preference to
applicants who present good
records on these tests.
Since individuals cannot ar
range for the examination after
March 1, this meeting will be
the best opportunity to obtain
information on preliminary ar
rangements and a description
of the subject matter fields
which the examination will
cover.
'Cornet de Bal'
to show in Union
The French film "Un Carnet de
Ball" will be presented in the Un
ion ballroom Feb. 22, according to
an announcement released yester
day by the romance languages de
partment. "Un Carnet de Bal," or "Life
Dances On," has received most lav
ish praise by American critics,
who say that it surpasses Holly
wood productions, and term it the
best movie ever imported from
abroad. In 1937 the movie won the
Gold Cup as the greatest cinema
produced in the world that year.
Eight actors, each a star on the
French stage and screen, comprise
the cast. The plot of the film is
made up of seven stories molded
into one.
The film was selected from sev
eral French movies upon the rec
ommendation of Professor S too
key, who saw it in Paris.
Meredith, of the English depart
ment, Elizabeth Waugh, Melva
Kime, Betty Ann Duff and Peggy
Sherburn,
Four days Players are The
Lincoln Sunday Journal and St sr.
Pictured are members of the cast of "The Gentle People," which will open today to run until Fri
day. In the foreground are John Pruden, who plays Philip Anagnes, and John Gaeth, who plays
Jonah Goodman. In the center is Yvonne Costello, as Stella Goodman, and In the background are Clar
ence Flick, as Harold Goff, and Max Whittaker as Eli Leiber,
Confucius
says Is it
really out?7
February Awgwan stars
Chinese sage, new gore
from ag campus, authors
The "Awgwan," campus humor
magazine, will appear tomorrow
with new features and a new type
of humor in its theme, "Confucius
Say." The cover, by Bill Horn, fea
tures a picture of the famous old
Chinese philosopher and the maga
zine is built around his sayings.
Ag campus gore, written by
Peggy Beyl and Velma Reigle, has
been added to the gore column.
This edition of the "Awgwan" will
also be on sale in Ag hall.
Special Features.
Special features of the maga
zine will be a satire on college
professors by a NEBRASKAN
man entitled "Idiot's Delight," and
"Death Before Breakfast" by Vir
ginia Geister, a past editor of the
Awgwan. "Raber, a gory poem
by Gene Bradley, and "To Hell
With Women, a story by Dick
Gellatly are also included. As us
ual there will be candid camera
shots of social activities.
The Awgwan will be sold on the
city campus in Andrews, Social
Sciences, and in the Union. Stu
dents may purchase subscriptions
for the remaining five editions at
any of these places for 60 cents.
Two professors
leave for posts
Roger Hughes, graduate assis
tant in the Spanish department
'ast year, has been granted a fel
lowship at Wisconsin University.
Hughes worked towards a mas
ter's degree while with the de'
partment, and will continue his re
search at Wisconsin,
Mr.. John H. Hammond has ac
cepted a position at Texas Univer
sity where he will be an associate
professor in Spanish and will work
toward a doctor's degree. Ham
mond was replaced by Mr. Thomas
R, Wiley, a graduate of Ohio State.
The weather
The weatherman says that we
won't see much of the sun today
or tomorrow but Old Man Winter
has decided to ease up a bit so
that the ice can melt off all the
sidewalks on the campus.
Identification photos
available at office
Identification pictures taken
during the second semester
registration period may be
called for now in the registrar's
office, Administration 103. Stu
dents must present their ident
ification cards to secure pic
tures. The attaching of the pic
ture to the identification card
is a part of the official registration.
Boucher gives
progress report
Featuring "A Report of Stew
ardship" by Chancellor C. S.
Boucher, the Nebraska Alumnus,
edited by Ralph Reeder, which was
released for distribution yesterday,
brings alums the February news
of the University and of their fel
low grads.
Edna Bullock, '89, reminisces
about her days at the University,
presenting a picture of Nebraska
before the turn of the century.
Miss Bullock tells of her first visit
to the University, while still in
grade school, when she went inside
the sacred pale, then a board
fence, to view some "skeletums!'
In the 1880's, when Miss Bullock
entered Nebraska, the faculty
consisted of 11 professors and four
instructors. Center of campus ac
tivities were University Hall, and
a science building, built in 1886,
which is now pharmacy building.
U. hall on cover.
In keeping with the reminiscent
strain of Miss Bullock's article, is
the sepia cover etching of old U
hall, by Dwight Kirsch.
The chancellor in his report
tells of unification of university
functions, such as the simplifica
tion of publications and thru the
appointment of Carroll Chouinard,
director of the editorial and pub
licity depart, and the bureau of
instructional research headed by
Dr. Guilford.
Dreamers escape a factual
world in Players production
Tonight's play features
Clarence Flick, Yvonne
University Players open tonight
with "The Gentle People," an
amiable fable of modern living,
according to the author, and a
Gentle People7
Instructor
from Liberia
shows films
Furbay, faculty member
at Mills College, speaks
on Africa in Union today
J. H. Furbay, a member of the
faculty of Mills college in Cali
fornia, will speak today in the
Union ballroom at 4 p. m. on Li
beria. A technicolor film which Dr.
J. H. FURBAY
...a "debunking" columnist.
Furbay spent two years in making
will accompany the lecture. This
film is a complete record of the
life of the negroes in Liberia, and
shows native dances supplemented
by the addition of recordings of
native music.
U. S. negroes govern.
Liberia is governed by Amer
ican negroes who rule a popula
tion of 2 million uncivilized ne
(See FURBAY, page 2 j
first season performers
Costello, in Broadway show
Broadway production of last sea
son. Leading roles will be taken
by first season performers, Clar
ence Flick and Yvonne Costello.
Flick is cast as a tough young
villain and Miss Costello is the
hero's daughter in this one hun
dred and seventy-first production
of the University Players.
"The Gentle People" by Irwin
Shaw was presented in New York
last season by the Group theater
and won the praise of critics.
Franchot Tone, Sylvia Sidney,
Sam Jaffe and Lee J. Cobb were
in the major roles.
Lazy fishers
This story tells in an entertain
ing manner the way two dreamers
escape an undesirable and factual
world. Two quiet men, Jonah and
Philip, spend most of their time
fishing in order to escape reality,
and they make plans for a south
ern fishing trip.
A gangster, Harold Goff, ap
pears and steals the heart of
Jonah's daughter and a portion of
his money for protection on his
boat. When Goff attempts to ex
tort part of the money the men
have saved for a new vessel, a
crisis is reached.
Foiled again
A crooked Judge foils the old
men's attempt to secure justice, so
they put the gangster into their
boat, take him for a "ride" and he
never comes back. As the play
ends, Jonah is again thinking
about bis southern cruise.
John Gaeth again Joins the play
ers to take the part of Jonah
(See FLAYERS, page 2)
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