Sunday, October 26, 1941
DAILY NEBRASKAN
3.
NSFA Delegates Declare . . .
Convention A Success; War
Attitudes Many and Varied
BY ART RIVIN.
Fertile territory for interview
ing' purposes was the Union yes
terday. We managed, during tjif!
time out periods of football games,
to question a number of student
council representatives from a
cross-section of mid-w estern
schools.
Consensus of opinion was that
the convention was a great suc
cess, an educational institution in
itself. But in the responses to the
second question asked there was
definitely no consensus of opinion.
Replies to the query: How is the
war affecting student thinking on
your campus? were as many as
the people interviewed.
University of Kansas represen
tative Willis Tompkins felt that
students on his campus were
having their fling while there
was still time." "There is less
studying" he said, "but more in
terest in extra-curricular activity
and in discussion groups."
From a smaller school, Kearney
State Teachers, is Jim Ranz. Sur
prising reaction to the war on
Jim's campus is a revitalized
school spirit. Ranz attributes this
phenomenon to a general unrest,
a confusion.
"Most of the students on our
campus are in a stupor," declared
Carleton's Flossie Wood. She was
referring to a disinterested atti
tude of Carleton toward world af
fairs. "It's because we are so
small and so isolated"' explains
Miss Wood. She told of the ex
istence of a Committee on Social
Relations which promotes student
faculty roundtables, engages out
side speakers, and holds discussion
groups on national and interna
tional problems.
At Iowa State, according to
Dick Mathison, students have not
yet sensed the seriousness of the
world situation. Only particularly
noticeable evidence of reaction to
war. Dick points out, is greater
action in the ROTC.
At the University of Minnesota
students have grown more serious
in everything they do. That from
representative Ed Van Housen.
"Discussion of foreign relations,
something not even considered a
Miss Powell Gels
Post on School
Of Nursing Skiff
Miss Frances Lear Arlene
Powell has been appointed assist
ant professor of nursing in the
university school of nursing in
Omaha, according to announce
ment Monday from the chancel
lor's office.
Professor Powell received her
B Sc degiee in 1936 from the
University of Chicago and her G N
degree in 1931 from the Coolc
County School of Nursing in
Chicago. She has also taken
graduate work toward her mas
ter's degree at the University of
Chicago. Her experience includes
ten years in administrative and
teaching positions.
YW Girl Reserve
Staff Will Hold
Meeting Tueslav
The second regular meeting of
the YWCA Girl Reserve trainin-;
staff will meet Tuesday at 4 p. m.
in Ellen Smith. Miss Mimmie
Schlichting will speak on the work
of the counselor in planning pro
grams. Anyone desiring a certificate at
the end of the course must attend
five of the six regular meetings.
If there are any women students
who have not attended the first
meeting, but desire to join the
group, they must attend this
meeting.
Party Platforms
Appear Tuesday
Both union and barb party
platforms will appear in the
Tuesday issue of the Nebraska
because of lack of space in
today's paper. Copies of the
proposal to amend -the student
council constitution may be ob
tained in the Nebraska office
for those who wish to study it
mora closely before the election
Tuesday.
On Different Campuses
few years ago, has become popu
lar on our campus," declared Mr.
Van Housen. "It has even come
to the point," he says, "where
fraternity houses turn on news
broadcasts."
Ellsworth Woestehoff from St.
Cloud Teachers discussed the en
rollment problem in hi3 school.
Said the Minnesota n: 'The war
comes close to us because we're
a small school and -the draft and
defense industries have cut our
enrollment sharply."
"At the University of Wyom
ing," stated Darwin Solomon, "we
don't talk about war very much,
we don't get excited very often
or very easily." "Of course we
are interested in the war, but the
question of whether or not we
enter the war is not a pressing
one," Solomon pointed out.
Why all this difference in stu
dent reaction ? Why should per
sons in a small college in Ne
braska think differently about the
war from persons in small Min
nesota college? In the opinion of
most of the people interviewed the
reason is this: that thru bringing
in outside speakers and holding
discussions on the world crisis,
some schools are more exposed
to the situation than others.
While Working on Thesis
Grad Student Finds Method
Of Determinina: Cleanliness
By Mary Kierstead.
Who has not sworn at finding
a lipstick smudge on a drinking
glass or at getting a dirty knife
or fork?. Who has not seen the
meticulous old gentleman at table
wiping off each piece of silver
with his napkin?
Improperly washed eating uten
sils have long been known to
carry bacteria responsible for
trench mouth, diphtheria, influenza
and many other respiratory di
seases. Dut no one ever seemed
to know how to tell if eating uten
sils were clear or not that is until
a grattuate student in the depart
ment of bacteriology, Kenneth
Rose, and Dr. C. E. Georgi. assist
ant professor of bacteriology, de
veloped a method.
Only last fall. Rose, working on
his senior thesis, struck upon the
notion of not looking for the disease-producing
bacteria or eating
utensils but rather for a harmless
bacterium which is found abund
antly in the human mouth Strep
toccocus salivaritis.
It was reasoned that if this bac
terium was found on the so-called
"washed" eating utensils, it was
certain that the micro-organism
came from the mouth and not
from any other Foureef and that
the liklihod of disease germs being
associated with S. salivarius from
the mouth of the previous user of
the utensil was very hig'.i. If
those things were true, the utensils
upon which this bacterium would
be found was imnroperly cleaned.
After a year of study, Rose and
ASME, AIEE
Members Visit
Bomber Plant
One hundred and five members
of the student branch of the Amer
ican Society of Mechanical Engi
neers and American Institute of
Electrical Engineers will travel to
Omaha Wednesday to inspect the
Martin bombing plant located
there.
Before the inspection trip a
dinner will be- given for the stu
dents by the Nebraska section of
the ASME and AIEE and the
Omaha Engineers club at the
Omaha chamber of commerce. The
inspection trip is an annual af
fair, but each time a different
place is picked to visit.
Before entering the plant each
student must have a permit which
will entitle him to stay in the plant
from 1:30 to 4 in the afternoon.
This trip will give the students a
rare opportunity to see the plant
as no visitors are allowed.
The student branch , of the
ASME and AIEE i will leave Lin
coln Wednesday morning at 10
a. m. in private cars. All students
that are going are asked to report
at the E. .E. building before 10
Discussion
iudent Council Convention
Nebraska has been a most won
derful host and this has been an
excellent convention," declared
Evelyn Petersen. University of
Minnesota, general chairman of
this meeting of the National Stu
dent Federation of America.
For the past two days represent
atives of 16 midwest universities
and colleges have been discussing
problems of student government.
This is the largest convention in
the history of this region's NSFA.
The conclave got under way
with a general session Friday
morning. Following that, Hugo
Srb, secretary of the Nebraska
Unicameral, led a clinic on parli
amentary procedure. Programs of
student councils, their aims and
purposes were discussed in the
day's first discussion group.
Elections of Interest.
Election of the various schools
took precedence ovei other mat
ters of discussion at the afternoon
meeting. Minnesota, which uses
the Hare system, startled the
group with an estimate of election
cost $300 per election, 'lne coun
Jcil relations with the student news-
paper waa ai.iu a ihquci ui w.i
troversy in many institutions.
Saturday morning meetings were
concerned with discussion of a sat
isfactory demarcation line between
student government authority and
, . Of Eat in Utensils
Georgi developed a method for
the detection of this organism.
They then went out in the field and
actually employed the method to
prove it satisfactory and to dem
onstrate the presence of S. salivar
ius on improperly washed eating
utensils.
They discovered that this oval
streptococcus was present on 91
percent of human lips, on 45 per
cent of the unwashed glasses, and
on 10 percent of the supposedly
washed glasses tested. Their find
ings have been published in the
June issue of "Proceedings of the
Society for Experimental Biology
and Medicine."
The method may be of value to
public health authorities in enforc
ing sanitary legislation near army
camps and in congested areas.
Betty Holtorf
Weds Paul Brown
Betty Holtorf was married yes
terday to Paul Brown. The cere
mony took place at a church in
Alliance. E. J. Petty of Red Oak
and Polly Wendell were brides
maids. Mrs. Brown wis a member of
Delta Gamma and he belonged to
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The brides
maids ate sorority sisters of the
bride and attended school here
last year.
Prof, Grad Student . . .
Pharmacy Men Investigate
Treatment for Vein Disease
, . . Aided by Fellowship
Men of science who are con
stantly seeking to improve" present
medical treatment aren't confined
to books and far away institu
tions. Prof. Paul J. Jannke of phar-'
macy college and Howard Jensen,!
graduate student, are now inves
tigating the possibility of an im
proved medicament for treatment
of vericose veins. Altho thus far,
their efforts have been limited to
research, they plan to begin lab
oratory tests soon, j
Jensen is being aided in this
work by a $400 research fellow
ship from the American Pharma
ceutical association which an
nounced the gift Oct 1. This is
the first time that any UN stu
dent has ever received a fellow
ship from the association.
Started from Scratch
Since this is also the first time
that pharmacy college has ever
made a study of treatments for
vericose veins, Prof. Jannke and
Jensen have had to start from
scratch. They both agree that
there is plenty of work ahead.
In the case of vericose veins,
Groups
faculty and administration au
thority. Charges were made by Iowa
State and Carleton representatives
that faculties are too high-handed
in their policy of changing rules
without consulting the student
body. Some members questioned
whether the administration really
understood the students.
Much was made of the topic of
the selection of sneakers for cam
pus convocation. It was the con
census of opinion that students
should be represented on whatever
committees exist for the selection
of speakers. The meeting revealed
that in no school, with the possible
exception of the University of
Minnesota, do students have a
voice in deciding who shall be
barred and who shall be allowed
to speak at college assemblies.
Thompson's Rebuttal.
After listening to the students'
UN Museum Cleans House
Sets Pup Tents on Mall
By. Ed Hirsh.
You're wrong! It wasn't a band
of gypsies that moved onto the
university campus Saturday morn
ing. It was the annual "house
cleaning" of the university mu
seum. Each year the museum puts up
the tents that are used on the
summer field trips and inspects
them to see if there are any rips,
tears or other defects, so that they
can be repaired for use the follow
ing summer. They have about
20 tents and each houses two per
sons. Tools Sharpened.
Also while the tents are inspect
ed for needed repairs the field
tools are looked over. The picks,
axes, mattocks and shovels that
are used in digging fossils are
sharpened and the handles are
painted red so they are less easily
lost. Gas lanterns, gas stoves,
cots, folding tables and chairs and
small hand tools are also in
spected. Each summer the museum sends
out field parties consisting mainly
of students interested in securing
additional material for the muse
um collections. Last year about
Army Offers Five Aviation
Cadet Courses
Five aviation cadet courses are
now available to U. S. male citi
zens who are of good moral char
acter, unmarried, and between the
ages of 20 and 26 inclusive, ac
cording to a report received by
the university military depart
ment. The courses and brief minimum
qualifications are as follows:
Pilot training 50 percent of col-
the walls of the veins collapse. As
a result, the flow of blood is re -
tarded, the veins enlarge and lose
their ability to carry blood. The
disease often develops into ulcer
trouble.
Treatment now includes injec-
tion of irritating material into the
veins. This causes the veins to
harden and the course of blood to
be rerouted. Sodium morrhuate
is now being used extensively, but
many other materials are also
used. , ,
Analyze Present Treatment.'
Prof. Jannke and Jensen plan
to compare the various irritating
materials in an effort to find the
most efficient medicament. Their
study will even include analysis
of the different kinds of sodium
morrhuate. They don't expect to
discover anything new; their main
interest is in finding the best of
the present materials.
Jensen will probably incorporate
photography, one of his hobbies,
into his study. He plans to make
photographs of a rabbit's ear after
various irritating materials have
been injected.
High Sight
opinion, Nebraska Dean of Stu
dent Affairs T. I. Thompson pre
sented the administration angle.
He declared that the first aim of
student councils should be to deal
with strictly student affairs-to
handle such affairs as cribbing and
buying and selling of term pa
pers. He said: "If student councils
show that they are something be
sides privilege-seeking bodies, I'm
sure that the faculty would re
spond to their wishes for a greater
share in governing the university."
i titutions represented at the
"i. ntion were: Kearney State
. i ..ers, Mankato Teachers, Iowa
State, Kansas State Teachers at
Pittsburg, Chadron Teachers. St.
Cloud Teachers, Carleton College.
University of Wyoming, Univer
sity of Minnesota, Macalaster Col
lege in St. Paul, Kansas Univer
sity, Coe College, York, Wayne
Teachers, Nebraska Wesleyan,. and
the University of Nebraska.
30 persons wenton the trip and
were grouped into five parties,
each a different location. Best
find during the summer was a gi
ant ground sloth. When alive this
sloth stood about 10 to 12 feet
high. The locations of next sum
mer's field parties have not yet
been decided, but most of them
will be in western Nebraska.
Inspection Usually in Spring.
The inspection of the tents usu
ally has taken place in the spring,
but because of added work at that
time of year it has been changed
to fall. Experience in past years
has shown that the tents must be
in excellent condition for the trips.
Two years ago one expedition
went to Arkansas. While there,
semi-wild pigs, frightened by re
turning fossil hunters, ran thru
the walls of one tent and it was
necessary to put a fence around
the camp to prevent further dam
age. Tents are also damaged by bad
windstorms which often occur on
the annual trips, and this is an
other reason why the tents must
not have any tears and why the
supporting rods must be in good
condition.
to Students
lege credits leading to a degree or
pass a mental examination, and
excellent health.
Navigation training 50 percent
of college credits leading to a de
gree with credits in college alge
bra and trigonometry.
Engineer training At least sen
ior standing in an engineering col
lege. Meterology training College
graduates specializing in sciences
or engineering.
Communications training Sat
isfactory completion of two years
of college leading to engineering
degree, or college graduate with
amateur radio license.
Hooper Attends
National Dental
1 frlcclllVl HI 1 CXttS
Dr. Hooper, dean of the dental
college, left last Saturday for
Houston, Texas, where he will at
tend the National Prosthetics
Meeting this week and the Amer-
ican Dental Association convention
next week. The entire dental col
lege faculty attended the ADA
convention, presenting a clinic on
Saturday.
The National Prosthetics Asso
ciation, a limited organization of
50 members, requires all . pros
pective members to present a
paper for admittance into the as
sociation. Dean Hooper hag been
a member of this organization for
a number of years.
The Clinic to be presented by
the dental college faculty will be
a repetition of the clinic they gave
at the state dental convention
held in Omaha last spring with a
few additional displays. All phases
of dentistry will be featured in the
displays.
All dental classes aid the clink
will be discontinued from October
, 25 to November 3.