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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, February 27, 194?
Typical Coed Jeanne Branch
Representative of NU Girls
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By Elizabeth Schneider.
'"Lovely to look at, delightful to
know and typical, if you please."
This year's typical coed is Jeanne
Branch of Lincoln who was pre
sented Tuesday at the annual
Coed Follies sponsored by the As
sociated Women Students.
Jeanne is well-proportioned, 5
feet 10 inches, has light brown
hair and blue eyes, and is a mem
ber of Kappa Alpha Theta.
Selected by student and faculty
members of the AWS board from
a field of 20 candidates, Jeanne
is a sophomore in the college of
arts and sciences and is majoring
I DON-ATIONS
BY DON AMSDEX.
In the throes a charitable hang-over from American
Brotherhood Week, I'd like to mention the struggle of an
embattled minority here at the university. By that, of
course, I mean the venerable senior class.
Last week the fourth-termers suffered a burst of parting
sentiment toward their prospective alma mater. They met
to discuss demonstrating their gratitude by setting out to
establish a nev: tradition Senior Week. (No consideration
apparently being given to the fact that traditions generally
are not consciously established. Like Topsy, the worth
while ones "just grow".)
A presiding committee described a possible week of senior
activities. Murmurs of approval stirred the audience. Then
the committee explained that Senior Week would replace the
customary weak of final exams for seniors. Remaining
apathy vanished in unanimous and enthusiastic approval.
Senior Week not only sounds like a good idea it sounds
like a sensible one.
In the first place, final exams for seniors seem to have
even less purpose than for the rest of us. The time table
alone shows that, flradiiatinn pvprriKAs arp ar Vip1iiWil fnr
Monday, June 9. Final exams are scheduled from May 28
to June 7. Obviously, little attention or weight can be given
exams taken just a dav or two before commencement.
What's more, the instructors are asked to submit reports
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weeks before graduation well
those reports are "subject to change". And it is technically
possible for an instructor to bar graduation as late as the
day before commencement.
However, I hold that, in actual practice, such drastic
treatment would only be given those whose work had been
consistently failing or those who deliberately missed the
final entirely.
In other words, senior finals are not of earth-shaking
importance. They may be of some minor consequence to
the student who sees an importance in fractional percentage
points. For the final can have an effect on the numerical
grade. Yet even this consideration cancels out if all senior
finals are abolished.
The seniors have gone on record in favor of the idea.
Approval is now up to the faculty apparently. There may
be some undisclosed reason for opposition. Otherwise- it
seems to me to be simply a case
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
in sociology and physical educa
tion. Athletically-minded, Jeanne is
president of the Swimming club.
Her other activities include work
as a Cornhusker staff member,
YWCA cabinet member and Coed
Counselor.
Appearing in the style show
prior to her presentation, Jeanne
modeled a chic black afternoon
dress and lacy Paris chapeau.
Jeanne's reaction was charm
ingly typical when she was pre
sented Tuesday an excited,
sparkling smile shone above the
armful of American Beauty roses.
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in advance of finals. True, j
of "nothing to lose."
Patrick Pines
For Homeland,
Blarney Stone
Ily VIRGENE KOVAKIK
Let me introduce you to Pat
rick Michael rinnegan. In case
you hadn't noticed lie's Irish!
Patrick is a student on our fair
campus and he's lonesome. Is he
lonesome for company? No, his
roommates keep him company. Is
he lonesome for dates? No! What
girl could resist that impish grin,
those snapping eyes, and that
"cute" red hair? What is it then?
Even Patrick, himself, doesn't
know exactly what it is he's long
ing for. He only knows that deep
down inside him there is a desire
for a touch of something old,
something that once was very near
and dear to him.
Patrick vividly recalls his boy
hood days in Okie Eire. His grand
mother used to rick him on her
knee and tell him tales of yore.
His mother and father were hard
working farmers, and he loved go
ing out into the fields with them.
Then there were his little friends,
with whom he had so much fun.
Yes, Patrick was lonesome for
those days of carefree youth.
Sixes and Sevens
Each day of college life now
dragged by with leaden feet. He
has lost interest in all that went
on about him. Nothing he did was
right. Everything only made that
gnawing inside him grow and
grow until he felt as though he
would die.
Finally Patrick took to his bed.
Life was just too much for him
he would spend his last days in
Dr. Champe, Anthropology Professor.
Publishes Volume, "Ash Hollow Cave
By Eugene Bernian.
For Ihe purpose of presenting
"irrefutable evidence of stratig
raphy" to serve as a basis for
study of archeology and anthro
pology in the vast central plains
region, Dr. John L. Champe. pro
fessor of anthropology,, has re
cently published a book, "Ash
Hollow Cave."
This book is concerned with a
detailed study of the archeology
of Ash Hollow Cave, located in
western Nebraska on the Platte
river. It is published by the Uni
versity of Nebraska Press and is
the first book to appear in a new.
unified series of University of Ne
braska Studies which comprises
three sub-series. "Studies in Hu
manities," "Studies in Science
and Technology," and "Studies in
Social Science," are the divisions.
The "New Series" is the continua
tion of the Studies series.
Applications.
Dr. Champe points out that the
information gained in the excava
tion of Ash Hollow has many in
teresting applications. First of all,
a testing of previous hypotheses
of cultural sequence in the. cen
tral plains is made possible. Fur
ther, new steps are added to the
existing central plains sequence
and certain new formulations of
the older data are presented. At
tainment of these new perspec
tives permits a reconsideration of
the archeology of the central plains
and its relationship to that of the
adjoining areas. Finally, and in
addition to these purely anthro
pological considerations, this ma
terial is relevant to recent studies
in allied fields such as ecology,
geology, and plant geography.
Purpose.
.Vaillant, one of anthropology's
founders, points out that the first
purpose of archeology is the re
sTudy ofiSMTS
, human handiwork in ages past."
jThis s,U(3y s proposed as one step
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Itlul P'"s- Dr. Champe illustrates
vividly that such a study cannot
be accomplished without the help
of colleagues in related sciences. I
He says, "The present study, i
for example, has leaned heavily j
on the work of geologists, botan- J
isls and others, not alone for the
solution of specific problems, but
for basic concepts as welL The
contributions which archeology, in j
return, make to these related 1
fields have also been stressed un- J
til scientific co-operation might
well be regarded as the leitmotif
of this study." j
Having worked on the report
for the last five years. Dr. Charnpe !
refuses to take any credit for the j
excellent work done, saying that i
it was a team job. He gives par- I
ticular credit to Director A. T. '
! Hill of the Nebraska State His-1
jto-iical society archeological sur-'
jvey, who put the complete results 1
Hamstring Condemns Daily
For NU Coed Mythology
Dear Editor:
I have been reading the DAILY
NEBRASKAN for several months
now. With each passing issue, af
ter I finish putting your des
criptions of the fabulous U. N,
coeds, I become more and more
disgusted with my life, or I
should sa, with my girl!
Ih all the articles and features
I have read- the girls are des
cribed as gay, charming, poised,
attractive, beautiful, or glamor
ous. My girl cannot be pictured
in any of these terms; in fact, the
only adjectives that seem to fit
her are disagreeable, homely,
awkward, stupid and others of an
c ually revolting nature.
One thing that particularly an
noys me is the way she talks. In
books, and even in the "Rag"
some ravishing female is contin
ually whispering romantically
into the lucky hero's ear. My girl
never whispers romantically into
my ear, and as a matter of fact,
peace. His moaning and sighing
was lifted suddenly one day when
he casually glanced at a copy of
the Rag. What was this spread
on the front page in three inch
letters? "Come and Kiss the
Blarney Stone," it fairly shouted.
Could this be true? Was this
what he was waiting for? The will
to live surged in him again. .
Will Patrick drag himself from
his bed of pain? Is this really
what he has been searching for
so desperately? Watch for the
next thrilling installment in the
Daily Nebraskan!
of these excavations at his dis
posal; Harry E. Weakly, who car
ried out complete dendrochrono
logical analysis: Dr. C. Bernard
Schultz, who identified the fau
nal remains from Ash Hollow
Cave, and many others not only
from this section but also - from
Columbia University and the
Smithsonian Institute.
General Work
Commenting on the work in
general that is being undertaken
in his particular field. Dr. Champe
stated, "Recent releases by com
mittees concerned with American
archeology point out that 80 per
cent of archeological data may be
found in that two percent of the
land area which comprises the
river valleys. The construction of
dams, the floodmg of the great
reservoirs which they will create,
and the building and operating of
immense irrigation and power de
velopments will irretrievably de
stroy a very large body of basic
archeological data.
These remains are a national as
set, not only to the archeologist
or his scientific colleagues, but
also to the people who live be
side the dams today. A substan
tial part of this data may still be
salvaged by prompt action and ef
fective teamwork between the
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Friday, February 28th
C:0 to 8:30 P.M.
$2.00 per
Dinner music by Jay Norris. Make
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2-697 L Reservations acceptable
but not necessary.
UNDEB SCHIMMEL
she never whispers- or even talks
in a normal tone of voice she
screams and hollers most of the
time.
Your ads picture charming
creations for the college coed to
wear on every occasion, but my
girl never takes advantage of
these opportunities. You'd think
she would try and Improve her
natural disadvantages, but not
this girl. Why, only last week, she
appeared for a date with me In
her oldest pair of jeans and that
shirt I lost a month ago. (It was
a hot poker game.)
These are just minor examples
of the differences between my
girl and the girls that you are
describing in your paper. Where
are the coeds about which you
rave? Where are the beauties who
drive men to insanity? They are
not around here, unless you have
them all locked tightly in that
Bohemian hideout called the "Rag
Office".
You have turned my lite into
a mass of frustration with your
false claims about these girls. I
was happy with my ugly, un
couth and uncultured cousin to
Dracula until you brought these
dream women into my life.
Unless you can produce a Ne
braska coed with all the attributes
most of them are supposed to
possess, I shall have to leave this
forsaken blot of educational at
tempts and lavish my talents
elsewhere.
Yours until a complex attacks
you,
Aloyshious Q. Hamstring.
scientists and local and national
institutions. The Missouri valley
development has become the prov
ing ground for a genuine co-operative
effort between archeology
and the other sciences whose field
data are endangered."
SMITH-WARREN
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