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Vol. 40, No. 90
Class heads
organize
tonight
Senior Council to make
plans at dinner tonight
in Union; Boucher to talk
Kickoff dinner," inaugurating;
the work of the newly formed
Senior Council for this year, will
be held in parlors ABC of the
Union tonight at 6:15.
The dinner, arranged by alumni
secretary, Ellsworth DuTeau, will
bring together more than 100
members of the Council for the
first time.
John McDermott, president of
the senior class, will act as toast
master at the dinner. Speakers
will be Norman Harris, who will
discuss the student angle of the
organization; DuTeau, who will
describe the value of the organi
sation in later years; and Chan
cellor C. S. Boucher, who will talk
on the need for a Senior Council.
Members.
All Innocents, Mortar Boards
and presidents of Greek houses, if
they are seniors, are members of
the Council, as well as elected
(See HEADS, page 4.)
WSSF fund swells after two
convocations arouse interest
Following the two lectures by
Claud Nelson, director of the
World Student Service fund, at
city and ag campus yesterday,
chairmen of the Nebraska drive
announced that $220 had already
been collected toward the campus
goal which has been set for 500.
Nelson spoke at the Union con
vocation where he explained what
tthe WSSF representative in a na-
AWS sponsors
'read while yon
wait' project
Coeds can now enjoy reading
good books while waiting for ap
pointments or for the beginning of
a meeting in Ellen Smith. AWS
upperclassmen are sponsoring the
book project under the direction
of the office of the Dean of
Women.
Books on vocational guidance,
career opportunities, college eti
quette, and biographies of famous
career women have been placed
on the center table in the court.
Seniors present
musical recital
Senior recital of the school of
music was given yesterday after
noon at 4 in Temple Theater. The
program included numbers by
Harriet Pugsley, soprano; Imogen
Mastin, pianist; Reiner Andreesen,
tenor; Jeanette Zimmerer, and
Malcolm Hayes, accompanists.
Other recitals planned at Temple
Theater are the Mu Phi Epsilon
concert, March 2; Sigma Alpha
Iota, March 16; Delta Omicron,
March 16; and Phi Mu Alpha,
March 23. All of these organiza
tions are musical fraternities or
sororities.
Use
uni athletic
facilities
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Lincoln, Nebraska
Science departments'
Dishwashing goes
modern in Bessey
By June Jamieson.
Dishwashing has gone modern
and has become complex in the
basement of Bessey hall where the
storeroom, media preparation lab
oratory, and dishwashing plant of
the university science department
is located.
Here, under the direction of
Floyd Sohroeder, 20 workers scrub
test tubes, pipettes, flasks, and
Petri dishes with newly installed
machinery. As the tube comes
from the laboratory, it is steril
ized and brushed with an electric
buffer to remove Identification
marks. A "squirter' removes the
media from the tubes and brushes
for different containers do the
actual job of scrubbing.
Distilled water removes the last
traces of bacteria and the utensil
is soaked for twenty-four hours
in a sulphuric acid and sodium
dichromate solution.
Tubes rinsed, polished.
After several rinses and a
thorough polishing, the tubes are
stored in baskets for use by stu
dents and professors. Petri dishes
are sacked and sterilized for three
hours at If degrees Centigrade
before they are ready for the lab-
tion at war does when he enters
a prison camp to contact Btudents.
"Our representative, upon enter
ing the camp, surrounded by
barbed wire and characterized by
men huddling together in corners,
must first contact the command
ant to see if some attempts to
raise the morale of the men might
be made. After red tape, a pris
oner committee which sets forth
tthe desires of the men is named,
and the WSSF representative
after determining the limitations
because of space and policy, goes
to work."
Recreational, religious and edu
cational facilities are the main
Stott makes study of
Punishment
retards child
development
Did you ever stop to consider
the fact that the personality you
now possess is a direct result of
your early childhood experiences?
Did you know that the habits and
ideas of your high school years
have much to do with making you
the type of person you are now?
In this modern world, scientists
are turning more and more to the
study of human beings, their
thoughts and actions, and the fac
tors determine why they should
think and act as they do. For a
number of years Dr. Lei and H.
Stott, associate professor of home
economics research, has carried on
extensive research work regard
ing child development, at ag col
lege. Publishes article.
. During the course of his years
of work in this field, Dr. Scott has
published many articles concern
ing child development and child
welfare.
General problem with which Dr. .
Stott is concerned in his research
work is that of the factors in home
environment which are related to
EBRASIffl
Thursday, February 27, 1941
oratory. At least 2,000 and some
times 5,000 pieces of glass-ware
are washed by the staff each day.
Not all of the tubes and dishes
go directly to the laboratory, how
ever. Many tubes and Petri dishes
are used In the preparation of
media for student and special re
search. The department has recently re
ceived 6,000 culture tubes to add
to the 30,000 already on hand and
two gross of new Petri dishes. The
chemistry department contributes
soap which it makes to the dish
washing process.
IVJ7 geologists
in Nebraska's
By Bill Palmer.
"Boomers" testing for oil in
the fields of southeastern Nebras
ka are being aided by the geology
department of the university.
E. C. Reed, professor 'of conser
vation and assistant state geolo
gist, directs the work in testing
soil samples from test wells and
desire of most prisoners, according
to Nelson, who has worked with
student prisoners. Nelson empha
sized in all of his talks the im
portance of saving the young men
who will take the leading part in
reconstruction following the war.
WSSF efforts, exerted in China
and European belligerent nations,
are aimed at keeping students in
terested In something besides the
war, Nelson said. With fewer stu
dents in China than the state of
Texas, the Chinese government is
not calling students to war. 30
new universities have been insti
tuted in the interior since about
90 have been bombed on the coast,
he said.
the personality development of the
child. Most of this research has
been carried on by means of ques
tionnaires and personality tests,
sent out to high schools all over
the state for students to fill out.
Further research has been don;
in the form of visits to homes an i
consultations with parents. As a
(See PUNISHMENT, page 4.)
Defense heads
are sympathetic
Seacrcst says
"Defense commission officials In
Washington are very sympathetic
with the needs of the middle west
for getting a portion of defense
orders," said Joe Seacrest, co
editor nd publisher -of the Lincoln
Journal in a speech before Alpha
Kappa Pal, professional bizad
fraternity.
Seacrest, recently a member of
a committee which went to Wash
ington to ask for a share In de
fense orders for the middle west,
believes that this section of the
country has received an ample
share of rearmament orders con
sidering the scarcity of large in
dustry in the middle states. "The
sincerity of Knudsen, Stettlnus,
and others of the defense commis
sion waa very impressive" Seacrest
stated.
Fees may include
Daily Nebraskan
Beginning action to place the DAILY NEBRASKAN on a uni
versal subscription basis next fall, the Student Council officially voted
to back the plan at their regular meeting yesterday afternoon.
Chris Peterson presented the following motion, which was sec
onded -and carried unanimously.
"That the Student Council of the University of Nebraska offici
ally goes on record as recommending that the DAILY NEBRASKAN,
official newspaper of the university, be sold to all students by a sys
tem of universal subscription whereby the purchase price, not to ex
ceed 75 cents a semester per student, be included in tuition fees."
To ascertain the popularity of the idea, Burton Thiel moved the
following:
"That the Student Activities committee be given the power to
circulate petitions to students calling for the forwarding of universal
subscription for the DAILY NEBRASKAN and that it be allowed to
take any other actions essential to putting the plan into effect."
This motion also passed unanimously.
In supporting his motion Peterson pointed out that "under such
a system, the DAILY would be
doubled in size, would carry a
wider variety of news, and would
incorporate improvements that
can only come about under such
a system. It would then rate as
(See COUNCIL, page 4.)
help drillers
oil fields
advises drillers in the field. The
work of this department has, in
creased at least 20 times within
the past year. Two years ago there
were only two or three test wells
around Nebraska City in Richard
son county. Now there are over
50 in that one area and test wells
in many other locations.
jMt we soj(
predictable.
State law compels that soil sam
ples from every ten foot interval
in deep well drilling must be sub
mitted to the state geologist.
These samples are washed and ex
amined under the microscope.
When the geologist finds certain
combinations of materials in a
test well that were present in suc
cessful oil wells, he can predict
to the driller that oil may be pres
ent. Each soil sample is stored in
an envelope or small bottle so
that oil men may study the sam
ples from producing wells. From
near producing levels drillers take
a large core of soil by using a bit
with a hole in the middle. These
cores are also sent to the geologist
for study.
Oil men from all over the coun
try who are thinking of buying oil
interestsn Nebraska or who only
desireto keep in touch with new
oil field developments have come
to the university to study these
samples.
personality
Youth dislikes
reflect later
individuality
Do you hate your parents ? Well,
maybe the word "hate" is a little
strong, but according to research
made by Dr. Leland H. Stott, as
sociate professor in home econom
ics research, many adolesenta do
dislike their parents to a point
where that dislike affects their
personality development.
Two-thirds of the adolescenls
questioned in the study reported
no dislikes. Slightly more criti-
clsm was given of mothers than
of fathers. Girls tended to crlti- ierm Ior oewara ana iorK coun
cize more freely than did boys. es
ported 5T&Xt& "i Whi,e In the un,ver8it Matzke
poriea me ntgnesi percentage or th naH)Htnnf Bt,nrt rttvi-
cnticism, while the city people
rvA th inu,Mt
gave the lowest.
City boys most serious.
Of the criticisms made, those
given by the city boys seemed by
far the most serious. The type of
things they criticized included
items of social conduct and per
sonal habits, while the farm peo
ple devoted their criticisms more
to trivilities.
When questioned as to possible
(See DISLIKES, page 4.)
if students approve
Innocents
ban Prom
corsages
Sponsors to take lead
in no flower drive; Prom
Girl filing deadline ncars
"In order to enable students
who cannot afford both the cost
of a ticket and the added expense
of a corsage to attend the Prom,
the Innocents Society has recom
mended that corsages should not
be sent for the party," Bob Aden,
president of the society announced
yesterday.
Aden added that the Innocents
were taking the lead in the matter
by pledging that the 13 members
shall not send corsages.
Present Prom Girl.
Feature event of the Prom wilt
be the presentation of the Proru
(See CORSAGES, page 4.)
Capitol
Personalities
Lincoln Journal.
STANLEY A. MATZKE.
. . . another UN grad.
This is the story of another Ne
braska law school graduate who
gradually found his way into the
state legislature. His name is
Senator Stanley A. Matzke, '24. A
Seward attorney for many years,
the senator is serving his initial
t. . ,.. "0 a a
ties agent for three years. And in
cidentally, while telling about hi.1)
work, he reminded your reporter
that in those days he used to
(See MATZKE, page 4.)
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