8
DAILY NEBRASKAN
rriday, February 14, 1941
Jiamfuidu
with Marion Cramer
Spread, spread!
called the pledges at the Sigma
Delta Tau house Wednesday night.
So all the actives hurried down to
first . . . and they got a surprise as
well as a spread when they were
fed bread and water. All of which
reminds us of iron bars and
dungeons.
Valentine
extraordinary is the beautiful
diamond ring now sparkling on
the finger of Lea Hyland, CliiO,
who has been going with Charlie
Meade nigh onto seven years they
tell me. One of those high school
romances that did last.
Buffet Suppers
make headlines this week end. The
Sig Alphas, Phi Gams, ATO's and
ChiO's all plan to entertain in this
manner on Sunday. A few ad
vanced dates have come to the at
tention of yours truly, such as
ChiO Lois Drake's date with Sig
Alph Chris Berger. Wonder which
one they will go to?
Long Distance
phone calls have been a frequent
occurrence at the Gamma Phi
house this week for Mary Ellen
McCracken and Mary Jean Rob
erts have both been hearing from
secret loves wh are in the army.
"Oh there's something about a sol
dier.. ."
Confidential
chats seem to be the thing as far
as AGR Don Steele and Pi Phi
Janet Haggart are concerned. We
Ag research proves ... ,
Winter wheat losses solved
by injecting chemicals in soil
On Armistice day of last year,
you undoubtedly heard reports of
severe losses in the winter wheat
crop of Nebraska. Research work
ers were somewhat puzzled from
the fact that losses were greater
in some localities than others un
der the same weather conditions.
Eric Kneen, of ag chemistry,
with the cooperation of the plant
pathology department, has been
investigating this problem and
has reached some definite con
clusions. The work has been
carried out by utilizing the "con
trolled weather" equipment in
college.
Experiments showed that plants
must have plentiful sunhght in
the daytime in order to bulid up
food reserves by the process of
photosynthesis. Cold nights proved
desirable in order that relatively
little reduction of the food re
serves would take place. The
amount of food in reserve within
the plant seems to be a large fac
tor in cold resistance.
Under proper environmental
factors, the wheat plant stores
up large quantities of sugar
within its cells and is reduced in
available water content. This
concentrated solution of sugar in
water lowers the freezing point,
thus reducing the danger of
freezing.
To put the results of this ex
periment into practical usage, it
would be wise to encourage vigor
ous growth of wheat plants in the
fall of the year. Application of
calcium phosphate to the soil prior
to seeding is a possible solution.
If one is to promote growd by add
ing nitrogen to the soil, Knecn
warns that a too liberal applica
tion may be detrimental to the
plants.
Studies have been carried out
J Congratulations
ON YOUR
72 YEARS
OF SUCCESS
First National Bank
10th and O
hear that their little visit would
have been worth listening in on.
New Officers
were elected by the Fi Phis. Presi
dent Helen Kelley, vice president
Charlotte Stahl, secretary Helen
Ayers, treasurer Lou Ide.
The Phi Mus announce the
pledging of Doloras Self and Ruth
Preston.
Pictured
in the room of Kappa Sig Dick
Berg Is a lovely picture of Theta
Peggy Gellatly who is also seen
with Phi Psi Kurt Knudsen and
Phi Gam Chi Isenhart.
While on the subject of people
who see a lot of each other we
would like to comment that the
combination of ATO John Mason
and Beth Howley looks like a good
one. You will see them at the In
terfraternity Ball this week end.
Incidentally, that will be a grand
party. .. .what with old and new
dating combinations and a smooth
band. See you there!
Another fhing to put on you
don't mis. t is "Key Largo"
which is tiie best university play
that they have put on in a long
time. I could mention some
couples that I saw there the other
night, but I guess that it would
get them in dutch, so I won't.
Charter Day speaker Wendell
Berge, will be the speaker at the
Acacia Founder's Day banquet to
night. Berge was an Acacia dur
ing his undergraduate days at Ne
braska. Your Cornhusker picture will
make splendid application prints
Order now for early delivery.
Townsend's Studio. Adv.
on the relationship of differen
tial nutrition to hardening re
sponse of winter wheat. Nitrate
added to the sand cultures Tn
which plants were growing,
showed no ill effects when tem
peratures were lowered below
freezing. Plants growing in cul
tures to which ammonium had
been added were severily injured
when placed in freezing tem
peratures. There is reason to believe that
winter wheat plants infected with
covered smut are less able to de
velop adequate cold resistance.
This relationship is being studied
in conjunction with other disease
problems. It is hoped that in the
near future these experiments will
help to eliminate unhardy plants
and varieties so that only wheat
of cold and disease resisting quali
ties will be grown in Nebraska.
Siring ensemble
schedules concert
The University string ensemble,
under the direction of Mr. Em
manuel Wishnow, will give a con
cert in the Student Union ball
room, Sunday afternoon, at 3
o'clock. It will appear under the
sponsorship of the Student Union
with the cooperation of the uni
versity school of fine arts.
Solo parts will be played by
violinists Virginia Clarke, and
James Price doing Sammai tini's
"Concerto No. 2."
A sextet composed of James
Price, Hazel Fiieke, Philip Heller,
Verginia Clarke, Evelyn Ncrud,
and Wilma Miller will play "Sex
tet" by Brahms.
Newspaper
continued from page 3.)
item contoined suh facts as
"Lowenboeck tells us of an insect
of which 27 millions would only
equal a mite. Insects of various
kinds may be seen in the cavities
of a grain of sand. Mould is a
forest of beautiful trees, with the
branches, leaves and fruit. Butter
flies are fully feathered. Hairs are
hollow tubes. The surface of our
bodies is covered with scales like
a fish; a single grain of sand
would cover 150 of these scales,
and yet a scale covers 500 pores."
"Through these narrow open
ings the sweat forces itself like
water through a sieve. The
mites make 500 steps in a sec
ond. Each drop of stagnant
water contains a world of ani
mated beings, swimming with as
much liberty as whales In the
sea. Each leaf has a colony of
insects grazing on it like cows
on a meadow. Moral Hove
some care care as to the air
you breathe, the food you eat,
and the water you drink.
The copy of this paper is on
display on the third floor of the
university library, as a part of a
special Charter Day exhibit pre
pared by the referende depart
ment. Included in the exhibit is
the book published in 1919 cele
brating the 50th anniversary of
the university; a color picture of
University Hall, the first building
on the campus; and a copy of the
act of the state legislature which
authorized the granting of 90,000
acres of land by the Nebraska
Congress for the purpose of en
dowing a college "for benefit of
agriculture and the mechanical
arts.
Also displayed are copies of
the early records of the board
of regents and chancellors of
the university in a file contain
ing matters related to univer
sity affairs.
Shylocks-
(Continued from Page 1.)
present moment, the idea of
working hard until they grad
uate is uppermost in their minds.
Lotus Thurkelson, a Lincolnite,
works in the ofice at law school.
She is a PBK and a senior.
The women are extremely
fond of the law smokers which
are held once a month. Enter
tainment is in the form of songs
and skits and at one of the pre
vious smokers the "gals" inter
faced the "fellas" with songs.
Altho the lasses don't smoke,
they always bring home a cigar
for the boy friend or for dad.
All in all these future lawyers
are fond of the school, learn to
take anything, and feel that they
are treated like grown individuals.
Charter Day-
(Continued from Page 1.)
tion, an athletic fieldhouse and
a women's co-operative residence
hall for home economics stu
dents at ag college.
Today the university occupies
a host of buildings on three cam
puses accommodating a student
body of approximately 6,500 and a
faculty of about 400. Supplement
ing Its ten Colleges and four
schools are a number of divisions
and services.
It is a member In the highest
accrediting organizations in the
country while its prestige is ap
parent fro mthe fact that stu
dents in the current year have
come to it from 35 states and
seven foreign countries.
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By June
Comes grass, as the Sigma Nu's
say comes spring, and all the new
trappings that help to further boy
meets girl and vice-versa. Just as
a new hat is a way to cheer a
coed, so is a new tie the way to
man's heart. In this column we
will try to let you in on some of
the new and different outfits which
will be on parade from now until
the heat wave.
Leading our spring parade is
Dean Helen Hosp, with a blue
and white print silk dress fea
turing a straight neckline with
clips at each side. And Nebraska
Sweetheart Ginny Bergsten, will
lead off with a pale blue flannel
skirt, and matching angora
sweater with tiny pearl buttons.
For men only are the monk's
shoes Jim Selzer wears when
skirting the puddles in front of
the Phi Psi house. Which brings
to mind the straw-soled puddle
jumpers that Kappa pledges will
wear as th weather improves.
And Beta Jack Stewart is fasci
nated with his hand-knit green
and "burnt-red" tie. We think his
blue sweater with the new wide
V-neck Is a knockout.
Despite protests from the men
of the campus, coeds are taking
a liking to the new mannish hats
and tailored suits. Shirley Wiley,
Pi Phi, wears saddle-leather ac
cessories with a sky-blue covert
cloth suit. And on the lapel is
one of those new gadgets, a
street-light complete with elec
tric lighting. Delta Gamma Dot
Thomas's plaid suit will be in
blue, too.
Blue will be the coming color,
so we can't blame Eligible Bache
lor Bob Sandberg for making his
ATO brothers jealous with a su
per blue shirt complete with tan
stripes, French cuffs, and a wide
spread, soft collar with celluloid
tabs. And while we're glimpsing
the Tau house, it might be well
to take note of Ferdie "Hank"
Braun's coffee-brown corduroy
jacket which has large pockets
and is tailored like a suit coat.
The draft, or something, has
sent this patriotism angle up to
a new high. Kappa Ann Craft
shows her loyalty with an army
gray gabardine suit. The long
jacket is finished with epaulets
and gold army buttons. Jeanne
Miller DG wears an army hat
with her spring silk in blue
again.
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Since we know very little or
less about men's fashions, we can
only ask for advice on the sub
ject. Herewith, see some of the
quotes as picked up: Pres Hayes,
Sigma Nu, "Definitely, this year,
odd vests will be coming back!"
The DU's in general, "But we have
to wear these plaid, shirts so the
tags will show on our tobacco
pouches; we're rolling our own
now. And Kappa Sig, Dick Berg,
"If we aren't wearing khaki for
the government, we'll be wearing
it in suits and hats this spring."
As a parting word, we view
with approval the white-beige
reversible Theta Joan Metcalf
throws over her skirts and
sweaters, DG Jesse Moore's
white jersey formal, as simple
a confection we've seen in a
long time, and SigNu John
Mackey's covert suit which is
gray-green during day - light Jri
nours ana natural covert ai
night.
Radio committee
develops plans
for programs
Members of a committee to de
velop university sponsored radio
programs In conjunction with Lin
coln broadcasting stations were
announced Wednesday by Chancel
lor C. S. Boucher.
Dr. K. O. Broady, teachers col
lege, is chairman of the committee.
Other members are Dr. A. E.
Westbrook, director of the school
of fine arts; Dr. L. T. Lasse, act
ing chairman of the speech depart
ment; Union director, W. Joyce
Ayres; F. C. Blood, professor of
advertising; Ray Stack, radio di
rector; George S. Round, agricul
tural extension editor, and Rich
ard deBrown, of the editorial and
publicity department. Chuck Mil
ler, program director of KFAB
ana Khun, win also serve on thev I
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