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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
2-409
Vol. 40, No. & (,?
Lincoln, Nebraska Sunday, January 12, 1941
Registration for second semester
gets underway Monday morning
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A WS court in session
Case of Mary Blank versus
House of Rules sit down . . .
By Ralph Combs
In long black robes the AWS court sits in session. Once a week
they gather in a darkened room of Ellen Smith, lighted only by candle-flames.
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The violator sits in a solitary chair facing the eight judges.
What has she done?
Functioning independently from
the dean of women's office, the
AWS court is composed entirely
of senior women students and of
ficers of the AWS board which is
elected by the coeds of the uni
versity. The court is the foremost
example of student self-government
on the campus; its power
is almost entirely dependent on
the co-operation of the entire
women's student body.
Can appeal case
The only condition under which
the university authorities may in
terfere with or revise the court's
decision comes when a girl appeals
her case to the dean of women.
Appeals of the court's decisions
are few; only one in the past year
and a half. The girls have been
willing to accept the judgmei!1.
of their fellow students. TliC scarc
ity of appeals seems to indicate
the success of this self-governing
system.
The court meets to try cases of
girls violating university rules for
women rules that are numerous.
Established times to get home
from dates, and hours when men
are, and are not, permitted in
girls houses are the major rules
for women.
Poor girl!
Mary Blank (a fictional crea
. turei gets in from a date at 2
a. m. Sunday morning instead of
12:30- a violation of the rules.
The house mother meets her at
the door, and Mary signs in at
2 a. m.
The trouble, tho, is just begin
ning. Every week the registration
sheets are sent to Marion Stone,
who is in charge of the court's
records. After cnecking records
from all sorority houses, women's
co-ops, and the dormitories, the
court notifies officers in each of
the houses of any violations by
membeis of their group. Mary is
summoned to appear before the
court to answer to the charge of
not quite making the 12:30 dead
line. On the day the court sits, Mary
and any other violators, appear at
Ellen Smith hall. Court member
Betty Newman goes downstairs
Students
Ninety-one percent of 300 stu
dents turned thumbs down on the
student health department in a re
cent survey conducted by the Stu
dent Council, and 62 percent said
they would not go to the health
service in preference to a private
physician if in need of a doctor's
care or adv'e. Students gave their
reasons for disapproval of the
health service as preference to
private doctors, no need for the
service offered, or as 11 percent
stated, inefficient service.
The survey was begun when the
Student Council, feeling that con
ditions in the health department
( should be investigated, appointed
a committee of three at the be
ginning of the semester to make
such an investigation. An attempt
to investigate the health service
was made last spring, but due to
Indirect questions and failure of
the students to answer all ques
DAILY staff photo by Charles Eilholm,
and brings Mary to face the court.
Mary sits in a solitary chair fac
ing the judges. Her violation is
checked with the record of past
offenses for the information of the
court in reaching a verdict.
Don't get nervous
Judges Marion Stone, Marg
Krau.se, Patricia Sternberg, Betty
Roach, Ben Alice Day, Jean Sim
mons, and Ann Hustead look on
while Mary's charge is read. She
then has the opportunity to defend
herself to offer explanations and
excuses. Perhaps the car ran out
of gas, maybe she didn't know
what time it was. Thus far thif
(See AWS, Page 3.)
of the University of Nebraska
football team
BY BILL STERN
Rose Bowl game announcer.
I have long known that Nebras
ka teams were among the nation's
greatest. It has been my pleasure
to come to Lincoln on various oc
casions to broadcast sports events,
particularly track meets and foot
ball games. But 1 believe that I
can honestly say that I have never
encountered a finer group of
young men representing a large
university than those boys who
came west to the Rose Bowl, wear
ing the colors of the University of
Nebraska this year. They were
not only clean, intelligent and
gentlemen but most of all, they
were a fine football team, well
coached, and embodying the high
est principles of fine sportsman
ship. Team shows doubters.
Many people, in the state of
California particularly, believed
that Nebraska would stand little
or no chance against Stanford.
Those people lived to eat their
words. The tackling of the Ne
braska team was a sight to be
hold. The down-field blocking
disapprove health department
tions, it was never accepted as
giving sound basis for discussion
of the department. This year's
Council committee reorganized the
survey questions and methods, and
this time was able to draw logical
conclusions from answers given to
more direct questions.
Use of service.
About 16 percent of those ques
tioned had never used the health
service and the average number
of times the remainder of the 300
had used the service was twice.
In general the student health
department met with students re
quirements for cleanliness and lo
cation, though many said the de
partment should be on the first
floor instead of the second. One
answer complained, "It is a nui
sance to climb stairs for medical
care for an injured knee."
MacMillan
talks on far
north today
Arctic explorer tells
experiences at lecture
in Union ballroom today
Appearing on the Union special
event series in the Union ballroom
today at 4 p. m. will be Com
mander Donald B. MacMillan, arc
tic explorer and benefactor of a
village of Eskimo-Moravian peo
ple. He will lecture on "Beyond
the Arctic Circle."
Commander MacMillan has
made a series of valuable scientific
explorations in the north during
his career, but his work with Es
kimos is now his chief motive for
his annual trip to north Green
land and Labrador. In 1932, ob
serving the unfavorable conditions
in the education and health of the
natives in the village of Main,
MacMillan built and equipped a
school which has helped these peo-
(See MACMILLAN, Page 2.)
clearly illustrated the principle of
team play which had been drilled
into these boys. Thown up against
the most deceptive attack in mod
ern football, the boys rose to the
situation by completely amazing
the entire football world in their
savage attempts at stopping the
Stanford offense. But for one or
two breaks of the game, the Ne
braskans would have come home
victorious. As it was, there was
glory for both teams on the field
on New Year's Day.
The colors of Nebraska were
never higher than they were at
the conclusion of the Rose Bowl
game. Not one of the 90.000 peo
ple who filed out of that huge
stadium could have anything but
the utmost respect for the dy
namic Comhuskers. I have seen
teams rise to great heights on
previous occasions, notably Notre
Dame against Ohio State in 1935.
Cornell against Ohio State in 1939,
Minnesota against Washington in
1940, Princeton against Yale in
1936. These are but a few. Yet I
have never seen any team play a
more inspired or magnificent game
(See STERN, Page 2.)
Red tape is the thing that gets
them though, as 74 percent of
those questioned declared there
was too much unnecessary delay.
A large percent found it annoy
ing that there never seems to be
a doctor or nurse available when
they have only a short time to
wait. Comparatively few, however,
considered the cost of the student
health service too great for the
service offered, and most of those
questioned insisted that they knew
enough about the medical services
offered to get full benefit from
them.
Questions used.
Following are the questions
asked in the survey, and the re
sults, excluding comments written
on the questionnaires by the stu
dents answering them.
1. How many times have you
made use of the student health
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Lincoln Journal.
Donald B. MacMillan
Speaks in Union.
All-university
chorus to sing
Taust9 in April
Westbrook reveals plans
for Gounod opera; any
student may participate
Lincoln Journal.
A. E. Westbrook
Will direct "Faust."
The university chorus and or
chestra will present the opera
"Faust," by Gounod, on April 28,
Dr. A. V.. Westbrook, director of
the school of music, announced
yesterday.
Anyone who attends the univer
(See FAUST, Page 2.)
service since you have been in the
university? Average-2.
2. If you have not made use of
it why not? No need -55 percent;
Prefer own doctor 25 percent;
Inefficiency--11 percent. Nine
percent gave no reasons.
3. If injured, or needing doc
tor's care or advice, would you go
to the student health in preference
to a private physician? No 62
percent; yes 38 percent.
4. Is the location of it conveni
ent? No 36 percent; yes 64 per
cent. 5. Does the student health meet
your requirements for: (a) Clean
liness? No 19 percent; yes 81
percent, (b) Efficiency? No 71
percent; yes 29 percent.
6. If you are in need of imme
diate attention, have you found
Early registration will save
many headaches for students who
want certain class sections, the
registration committee announced
yesterday. Elementary courses es
pecially will close, rapidly after
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day, predicted Dr. G. W. Rosen
lof, registrar. Registration ends
Saturday noon.
Late fees will be charged to
students who do not see their ad
visers and whose applications are
not in the offices of their respec
tive deans by the closing date, ac
cording to Roscnlof.
The first step in registering is
seeing advisers during their office
hours. Credit books which must
be presented to the adviser may
be obtained by presentation of
identification cards in the regis
trar's office. Advisers aid stu
dents in filling out application
forms.
The next step.
After application blanks have
been signed by advisers and the
dean of the college they must be
presented to the assignment com
mittee which meets in the YMCA
room in the Temple. Class assign
ments will be checked and ap
proved and students will fill out
their class cards.
In the junior division, city cam
pus students should call for their
work sheets and class programs at
their advisers' offices as early in
the week as possible. The work
sheets and typed forms must then
be presented to the assignment
committee in the Temple. After
assignments have been checked
(See REGISTRAR, Page 3.),
Tay Garnett
tells students
of movies
Pre-premiere event will be the
Monday convocation in the Union
ballroom at 11 a. m. which will
bring . Tay Garnett, director of
"Cheers for Miss Bishop," to
speak .before a special event audi
ence on "The Art of Making Mo
tion Pictures." Garnett, a veteran
of Hollywood productions of the
last 20 years, will be introduced
by Armand Hunter, speech in
structor, and will answer ques
tions from the audience after his
lecture.
Before his assignment to the
movie version of Bess Streeter
Aldrich's story of a midwestern
university, Garnett had specialized
in adventure pictures. Among his
famous escape pictures are "Trade
Winds." "China Seas," and "One
Way Passage." The production of
Mrs. Aldrich's story is his first
attempt at a motion picture which
is realistic. Garnett has also writ
ten a number of scenarios and a
novel, "Man Laughs Back."
there is too much delay? No 26
percent; Yes 74 percent.
7. Have you always found i
doctor or nurse available if you
have only a short time to wait?
No- 90 percent; yes 10 percent.
8. Do you consider the cost of
student health service too great
for what you get out of it? No
54 percent; yes 46 percent.
9. Do you have complete confi
dence in their medical skill? No
69 percent; yes 31 percent.
10. Are you in favor of chang
ing the present location of the in
firmary, moving students from the
campus to some local hospital?
No 33 percent; yes 67 percent.
11. Do you know enough about
the medical services offered you
by the university to get full bene
fit from them? No 32 percent;
yes 68 percent.
