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Th Daily Nebraska The weather For Lincoln and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Mon day; warmer Monday. Lowest temperature tonight about zero. Listen to the 11 o'clock edi tion of the DAILY NKBH AS IC AN Monday night when Prom Girl candidates will bo inter viewed over KFOR. Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Vol. 39, No. 94. Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday, February 25, 1940 Pro of the Week 3 V .Tfi'i By Bob Aldrich. Unless you are an astronomer or in the habit of wandering into unusual places, the chances are eaerainst vour ever having visited the campus observatory. It is not an Imposing structure. Its look of shabby unimportance makes you wonder if It is a store room or a relic of early University history. Right now the interior is In a state of upheaval because carpen ters are completing a new class room and remodeling to make a li brary, classroom, office, and pho tographic darkroom. The work men bump one another in the nar row confines of the rooms and you have to do considerable ducking to move about. He runt it. Ypu are greeted by Professor Oliver Charles Collins who is prac tically the whole works in the ob servatory. A studious-l o o k i n g brown-eyed man, Professor Collins greets you warmly and begins at once to talk about the main inter est of his life astronomy. "It isn't very much," he says of the building and equipment, com pared to the million dollar observa tories found in Chicago, Los An geles, and other large cities. But we can do a great amount of in teresting research with the instru ments we have." Mr. Collins was born in Devon shire, southern England, and got t:$sv: mm wwmmmmmmmmmmm m fill Ilpllilililllillill w&Mi 't ' 111, i .iP Armstrong characterizes NU college as 'forward-looking' Coordinator for national says teachers college sat "One of the most forward-looking and satisfactory" educational programs offered in the country today, is the pronouncement of Dr. W. E. Armstrong of Washington, D. C, well known educational con sultant, after studying the acad emic and service program de veloped by the Nebraska teachers college. Dr. Armstrong, coordinator for the commission on teacher educa tion of the American Council on Education, which is sponsoring a $500,000 five-year teacher train ing study, interviewed members of the university faculty last week to learn their views on the teacher .education problem and to see what teachers college educators are do ing about it. Nebraska is one oi 34 institutions over the country participating in the na tional program. See TEACHERS, page 4. . i llPiltl DAILY atalf photo by George Royal. his education at Lincoln college, Oxford. He came directly to Ne braska from Oxford in 1919. Though thoroughly American in outlook, he is still quite English in his short, clipped manner of speaking and his leaning toward tweed suits. His grasp of astron omy is so complete that he can discuss with ease the technique of its various branches. Not much room. He has, without doubt, the smallest office of any professor on the campus. He has to get behind his desk before a visitor can get inside. It is well crammed with books, instruments, charts, and photographs. Rut nrimarilv of Interest in the observatory is the 4-inch telescope mounted in the center or me Duua ing above a short flight of wooden stens. Small comDared to the 12- inch instrument in the ag college observatoiy and still smaller com nnr.'d to California's 200-incher. it is adequate for valuable studies of the heavens. However, rroiessor Collins is hoping for a bigger one thnr will let him set out farther into the vastnesses of space that make our world a specK or oust in infinity. He has the nebulous wonder of the scholar for the mysteries of space. He calls the observatory th "eve of the University." Every other study, he points out, looks within the earth or its products or people while astronomy is left See COLLINS, page 4. teacher education council isfactory, 'doing fine job' White issues second call for debste hopefuls Prof. H. A. White issued a sec ond call yesterday for any one wishing to take part in the inter collegiate debate try-outs Thurs day to report to him immediately. The try-outs will be held in room 106 of University hall Thursday evening. To date, only four students have reported to take part in the try outs. They are, David Curtiss and Edwyn Carrahcr, affirmative speakers, and Wendell Basye and Jesse Younger, negative speakers. The question to be debated is, "The government should own and oper ate railroads." 1: Kosmet Klub sets show try-out dates Tuesday, Wednesday on schedule for testing all-male cast candidates Try-outs for the all-male pro duction of "Ski Stealers," the Kos met Klub's spring show slated for April 8-13, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Klub men yester day announced. "Ski Stealers" ( pronounced Shee Stealers") includes a cast of 17 characters headed by Egor the "egotistical," dictator of Rush and President Helsinki, head of the government of Funland. Egor is the "Hitler" type loud mouthed, big-shot conspirator ol Rush's forces. President Helsinki leads Funland's attempt to gain revenge on Rush. Studsky, Egor s lefthand man, and Crabbitch, an other henchman, support Egor. Guy Helsinki, son of the president, and the Colonel, an Englishman called in by Funland to solve the See KOSMET, page 4. Iowa Artist Grant Wood to speak here Convo committee, Union to sponsor the painter of 'Parson Weems' Grant Wood, prominent figure in the art world, and a recognized leader in the regional art move ment, will address a Union audi ence Sunday afternoon, March 3. His subject will be regional art. The famous Iowa painter is be ing sponsored here by the convo cation committee and the Student Union management. Since this will be the second Sunday of the an nual art exhibition, the Nebraska Art association will join with the university groups In the convoca tion program next Sunday. Works shown in Morritl Mr. Wood is now artist in resi dence at the University of Wiscon sin. His works of art have been displayed in the Morrill hall gal leries for several years. Nine years ago the Nebraska Art association purchased his "Arnold Comes of Age," which Is recognized today as one of the Iowa artist's best paintings. Grant Wood addressed a Ne braska program at the University in 1931, under the auspices of the art association, and also lectured before art students the same year. During the last 15 years he has devoted himself to the painting of the American scene, particularly the midwestern scene, and such canvases as "Dinner for Thresh ers," "Daughters of the American Revolution," "Woman with Plants' and "Parson Weems," a painting discussed m last week's issue of Life magazine, have brought hiir. international fame. Tarbell plays in Union at 3 Modern mystic presents rope trick, eyeless vision Dr. Harlan Tarbell, world fa mous magician and mental scien tist, will present his program of "Eyeless Vision" and "Mysteries of the East" today at 4:15 in the Union ballroom in a performance free to all students. Dr. Tarbell is a modern ma gician who has developed now angles on magic. His new Hindu rope mystery has set up a new world-wide era of rope magic. Thurston and HoudinI called his rope trick the greatest mystery of its kind. He will also perform the tricks of India, China, Japan, See TARBELL, page 3. Six candidates file; Prom vote Tuesday DAILY sponsors question: 'Should Council or student body elect Prom committee members?' Six candidates have filed for Prom Girl to be chosen nt a general student election Tuesday. Also to be voted upon at Tuesday's election is a DAILY sponsored question, "Should the Student Council or the student body as a whole elect the members of the Junior-Senior Trom committee ?" Two women can't occupy same space Prom Girl must not be plural, eligibility rules, and Steutevilles are out Can two girls file as one candi date for Prom Girl? The Steute ville twins, Mortar Boards from the Alpha Xi Delta house, thought they could, and filed as one can didate. When the Prom Committee learned that the girls were run ning for Prom Girl (or girls), their opinion was again divided. You can't do that! "They can't do that," said Ed Segrist. "Of course they can. It's good publicity," said Marian Bradstreet. Professor Lantz, chairman of the department of secondary edu cation, and Council advisor, ruled that the twins could not run as one candidate, because they were undoubtedly two people, and it would be unfair to the other can didates for them to run as one person. Lowell Michael, chairman of the Student Council eligibility commit tee concurred in the opinion, and so, nobody on the campus will know whether the Steutevilles would have been Prom Girl or Prom Girls, how the committee would have presented two Prom Girls at once, and whether the twins were a candidate or candi dates. Boucher to speak to engineers Chancellor C. S. Boucher will be the principal speaker at the annual roundup banquet of the Nebraska Engineering society March 9 in Omaha. He will talk on "Educa tional Paradoxes." Engineers from all parts of the state will be in attendance at the annual winter meetings, which will be held in the Paxton hotel. Prof J. P. Colbert of the department of engineering mechanics is secre tary-treasurer of the society. Music honor fraternsties present joint recital today Sigma Alpha lota, Delta Omicron members sing, play varied classical, modern program in Temple NYA assistant extinguishes fire in uni building An odor of suiokc from the base ment of Social Sciences Friday afternoon prompted nn investiga tion which led the searchers to the door of the men's washroom. Evidently a lighted match or cigarette had been thrown into a waste basket of papers which were burning. An NYA assistant braved the suffocating smoke to open the windows and pour water on the fire. A janitor then turned the ventilating fan off to prevent the spread of the smoke thru the building, Candidates for the honor of rul ing over the annual Junior-Senior dance are Betty Groth, Alpha Phi; Dorothy Swisher, Kappa Alpha Theta; Yvonne Costcllo, Chi Omega; Ruth Yourd, Alpha Omi cron Pi, and Laura Ellen Finney, Towne Club, and Woodie Campbell, Phi Mu. Vote on election of prom committee members is to sound out student opinion on the present method of election. Results will be turned over to the Student Council for possible action in ac cordance with student opinion. All students may vote. All regularly enrolled students in the University may vote in Tuesday's election. Polls will be open from 9 to 5 in the Union on the city campus, and in ag Activi ties building on the farm campus. Student Council members will of ficiate at the polls, and a faculty supervisor will be present. Joe Venuti and his orchestra will play for the prom which tradi tionally closes the formal season on the campus. Venuti is nation- Sec PROM GIRL, page 4. Sigma Xi s will hear Schramm Geologist to discuss minerals and national defense in open meeting "Important Strategic Minerals in Our National Defense" will be dis cussed by Prof. E. F. Schramm, chairman of the department of geology, at the meeting of Sigma Xi, scientific, honorary Monday evening. The program, which is open to the public, will begin at 7:30 in the auditorium of Morrill hall. Dr. M. G. Gaba of the department of mathematics, president of the so ciety, will preside. Future of metals. In his address, Professor Schramm will deal with the min eral production record in the United States, and will discuss what can be expected in the fu ture in respect to such important metals and minerals as mangan ese, chromium, nickel, tungsten, tin. aluminum, mercury, antimony, platinum, mica, bauxite and alum ite. Sigma Alpha Iota and DeltH Omicron, music fraternities, will present a joint recital today at 3 in the Temple. The program is open to the pub lic, with special emphasis upon student attendance. Sigma Alpha Iota's program in cludes Tuccini's "One Fine Day," Janet Regnier, with Faith Fox as accompanist; "Concert Etude," by McDowell, Betty Jo Koehler; "With Verdure Clad," Haydn, by Louise Stapleton with Betty Ann Eginton as accompanist; "Trio in D Minor First Movement," by Mendelssohn, played by Ada Char lotte Miller, bass viol, Harriet Meyer, cello and Ruth Fox, piano. Delta Omicron will present Scri abine's "Album Leaf, Op. 45," and Prokofieff s "Marche Love of Three Oranges," Marian Percy; See RECITAL, page 3.
