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' i ...I; 1 ! ;,..v. ? i 1 S If , i , i " - ' t f . t J i ft I M v;,l s i . 1 ... PAGE 4 Meet Your Faculty Dental Head Enjoys Time In Workshop By Jerry Bailey Dentist . . . executive . . . in structor . . . photographer . .. in ventor. You name it and Bert L. Hooper has done it. The Dean of the College of Dentistry has even used his hobbies as aids to his career. Graduated from the old Lincoln Dental college in 1915, Dr. Hooper made prosthetics his special field. Dental prosthetics, to put it crudely, is the art of pulling out people's real teeth and putting artificial ones in their place. Dr. Hooper joined the Univer sity dental staff in 1923 and be came Dean in 1939. Having . more than a small '. amount of aptitude for things mechanical, Hooper chose both hobbies and a profession that gava him opportunity to work with his hands. Hours spent in a home work shop have produced both prac tical and amusing devices. Early in life, as a farm boy, Hooper built a chicken feeder that en abled him to ignore the hens for days at a time. A hopper fed grain down to a revolving disk, which turned on at set times to scatter feed about the hen-yard. At the same time, a recording of Hooper's voice turned on, calling "Chicky chick chick!" Grapefruit Spoon An Eddie Cantor joke inspired him to make a more wacky gad get. This was a grapefruit spoon with an umbrella attachment on the handle. It was designed to shield one from squirting juice. Of more practical use have been inventions designed to aid in dental work. The latest of these is a mixing device . for impres sion materials, used in fitting pa tients with dentures. If the de vice is produced commercially it will be available to all dentists or manufacturers, since it will not be patented. The Dean's other hobby, pho tography, has proved of use to the University and the dental profession in general. For years Hooper was the photographer at Family Problems Presented In Freshman One Act Play BY SHARON COOK The Freshmen acting group presented two one act plays, "Suppressed Desires" by Susan Glaspell and "Fumed Oak" by Noel Coward. Friday night in the Temple building. "Suppressed Desires" centers around the unyielding intent of Henrietta Brewster to delve into the fascinating, if horrifying, depths of each person's subcon scious mind. Stephen, her exasperated hus band, cannot seem to cope suc cessfully with the problems in volved with such a rare fancy. Mabel, Henrietta's naive sister, arouses Henrietta's psychoanlyt ical mind with such meaningful signs as dropping a plate on the floor and dreaming she was a ben. Having been convinced that she must be uphappy, Mabel seeks the advice of a psycho analyst Wife Concerned Meanwhile Stephen returns from being "psyched" himself, after so much prompting from his concerned wife. Although slyly chuckling behind his hand, he manages to convince Heri- Pacific College Adds Classes The Board of Trustees of the College of the Pacific announced recently that as of Sept., 1951, the college will once again be come a four year school. Since 1 936 the college has been operat ing as an upper division and graduate institution. Lately there has been much pressure exerted from all over the west by the constituency of the college, who are now denied the opportunity for enrollment In lower division work. The Military Department of Califor nia has also requested the es tablishment of an R.O.T.C. unit on the campus because of the e rlous world condition. The R.O.T.C. encompasses a four year curriculum. Most Important is the question of meeting edu cational standardizing require ments, as well as requirements of athletic conferences. Thai developments have brought about the necessity of reestablishing the college's lower division on a limited basis. Gophers' Paper Fools Competitors tome people will do anything to beat competitors. When the football coach, Ber n!e Bierman, of the University of Minnesota, announced his resignation, the editors of the Minnesota Daily elected to put out n extra announcing the fact Th Minneapolis Star, local metropolitan paper, had the story too, and their first edition was due on the atreet a half hour be fore the Daily extra. Qulcit thinking Daily editors solved the problem of competi tion by buying up all the Stars s soon they hit campus news elands. The result an extra that wts a success and an office full tl tha competing paper. 'Couple Sitters' Gain Popularity Something new In the way of "couple sitters' has found its way into Harvard society. Harvard boys can now enter tain their girls until midnight by fciiing a "sitter" from Rad-rii-Ve College. This gets around the sdiool feulatlon that pre vents a girl from staying In their rooms after 8 p. m. unions ac corofwnied by another girl. all University football games. His rnlnr slides and movies on dental work have been widely used for instructional purposes. His col lection of films is one of the largest of its kind in the world. All Men Students Dr. Hooper is head of one of the smaller colleges in the Uni versity which has an instructional staff of 40 and a student body of 126. At present, students are all men, although some women have been known to graduate and en ter the profession. Dentistry is almost as hard a field to enter as medicine, if not equally so. Of the 250 to 450 students who ap ply for admission to the college each year, only 32 are accepted. Entrance requirements are high and going higher. As chairman of the committee of dental education for the American Dental association, Hooper aided in establishing a program for aptitude tests for dental students. After a test pe riod of four years in dental col leges all over the nation, the pro gram was made official this year. The aptitude tests enaDie zacui ties to weed out more applicants, nnH tr nreriiVt how Well those who pass will do in their dental work. Dental Authority Classed an international auth- thority in prosthetic dentistry, Dean Hooper nas lectured in ine United States, Canada, and ,Eu Hp received an invitation to address the International Den tal Congress at Stockholm in 1938. Ho is a member of Xi Psi Phi. Omicorn Kappa Upsilon and Sig ma Xi, dental protessionai ana honorary groups. He belongs to id Hpntal societies, including the International College of Dentists, American Dental association, and American College of Dental Re coQrch Hooner is the cast presi dent of the Lincoln District Den tal society, Cornhusker Denial Study club, the American Full Denture society, and the National Acadamy of Denture Prosthetics. Dean Hooper has written many articles for trade magazines, with one article printed in booklet form. His "Instructions for the Edentulous Patient" was put out in 100,000 booklets and distri buted to dental patients all over the country. Domain of the dental men is etta that his dream of the fad ing away of walls into forest has 11 v nroven to mean his suppressed desire to be freed of marriage, ne wuuiu have left immediately except for uia fool i no fnr her and the fact that his laundry was not back. This turn of events ratner up sets Henrietta, particularly after she had sent the psychoanalyst so many patients. Mabel returns to the scene to announce that her suppressed de sire is for Stephen. The circum stantial evidence lies wnnin ner hen dream "Step hen" being the enVwineriniis pauivalent of Ste phen, Brewster meaning "Be rooster" and unconsciously try ing to put herself in "Henri etta's place. This really puts Henrietta in a frenzy, for she had associated th dream with a man named "Egg"elbert. The fact that Mabel is already married complicates matters even more. Keeps Husband With surh a crave situation facing them, Henrietta readily her OKVchoanalv- tsis in favor of keeping Stephen. Mary Kay lomver porirayea the understanding, and later frustrated. Henrietta conven- iencly. Charles Rossow as the indignant husband, displayed ine nrnwr amount of outrage and concern. Connie Nye personified Mabel in an ingenuous manner. The plot spiced with witticisms onH th narkllnp nerformanees contrived excellent entertain ment. Dallas S. Williams directed the nlav and Mariorie Miller was production manager. In "Fumed oak," Henry oow remains submerged behind his paper while Doris Gow, his wife, crabs and nags, his motner-m-law, Mrs. Rockett, snoops and nnmnhini DnH TT.ls the vnnnppr generation, whines and sniffles unceasingly. The breakrast xaiK is anything but pleasant as each nf he three women airs her abuses; the atmosphere Is lack ing in family congeniality. When Henrv flnw return from work to find a cold supper and the female memoers or ine iamuy leaving, he stands up at last, for his rights. Tricked Into Marriage He declares he was tricked Intn the marrlnee and nrocecds to tell the family In no uncer tain terms what his dissatisfac tions are. Usually a very sub- mincUm man Hpnrv h sum moned this courage from two scotch and sodas. Henry, having saved a goodly nm nf mntipv nrrwlaimx his OM... v m i j f t freedom and plans to take to the open seas. Doris becomes quite tvnrrlorf ahnnt her future even though Henry Is leaving her a little money. She alternately pleads and threatens, but to no avail. As bitter words are exchanged, Henry prepares to desert his family, despite the tumult he is causing. As a fond farewell, he sug gests to the sniffling Elsie that If she ever has enough gump tion to earn some money of her own, she spend It on having her adenoids removed. Mildred Goodman was well cast as Doris Gow, bossing and snapping at her family, Don Sil verman porfay Henry Gow as the meed, and, after the revolt, gruff and cynical man he was. Diane Downing assumed the affectatlous and spoiled ways of Elsie with conviction. Mary Ann IebKack In the role of Mrs. Rockett was perfect for the stereotype of a mother-ln-l8w. The subtle plot and unre strained humor contributed to the accurate portayals. Director wss Jack Wenstrand and pro duction manager was Sharon Fritzler, THE the third floor of Andrews hall, where most of the room is taken up by the dental clinic. Here Lin colnites young and old, from all walks of life, come to have den tal work done for a nominal fee. The dental students do the work, under close supervision of their instructors. But since the boys are just learning, the work takes a longer time to accomplish than it would with professional den tists. Judging Team Places 13th Of 20 Teams As a finale to their year's work the University's meat judging team placed 13th out of 20 teams at the International Intercolleg iate meats judging contest in Chicago this week. Members of the team include: Leroy Nelson, Ralph Hild and Herb Cast. West Virginia university was first in the lamb judging divi sion, Nebraska was fourth. Ralph Hild placed as third high indi vidual in this division. Nebraska placed seventh in lamb grading, 16th in beef grad ing, 13th in beef judging and 15th in pork judging. The team left for the contest Thanksgiving night and worked out at the John Morrell and com pany packing plant in Ottumwa, la., Friday. They arrived in Chi cago last Sunday to visit the In ternational plant and then worked out at the Swift and company plant Monday before entering the contest Tuesday. Charles H. Adams, of the ani mal husbandry department, is team coach. Out of a possible total score of 3,120 points the high team accumulated 2,774 points. Nebraska closely followed with 2,635 points. Shoftlifting Problem at USC Shoplifting is responsible for losses of thousands of dollars every year at the University of Southern California sponsored book store. Representatives said that one of the principal reasons why the book store had such a small profit last year was the enormous loss in revenue incurred througn student pilfering of books. Grafft explained that students commonly utilize the simple method of accumulating five or six unpaid for books on the counter and then sending the clerk to look for a volume on the top shelf at the far end. While the clerk is so engaged they pick up the books and walk out of the store. He said that two plain clothes men were employed for the spring semester rush to watch dishonest students and part-time employes. The board empowered an in vestigating committee to investi gate methods on other campuses to provide evidence of the prac ticability of a rebate system. JUL UilUm TODneeo giiqueqs' m t 'tpi ' ' VC3QSELF...:' 7fiS U M . V :.:.......y....xl.,.llf....y...t...A.L. ?,,,:..;. : I ' '"f J YES. , . Compare Chesterfield with the brand you've been smoking . . . Open a pack . . . smell that milder Chesterfield aroma. Prove tobaccos that smell milder smoke milder. Now smoke Chesterfields they do smoke milder, and they leave NO UN PLEA SA NT AFTER-TASTE. DAILY NEBRASKAN Shucks Staff Seeks Humor Specialists (Editor's note: This article Is definitely the first nnd last In a series submitted by the Corn Shurk staff.) Do you feel that the world is ignoring you? Would you like to give it a great big kick and be come famous, or infamous? If you can write the English language and have a sense' of humor that complies with the United States mail's criterion of morality, there is hope for us all, according to the editors of Corn Shucks. These gentlemen are again in search of budding Cornelia Otis Skinners and Robert Benchleys who can write humor in short story form. Stories submitted should have a general university setting and be of interest to college students. They should not be porno graphic. The editors point out that anyone overcoming this contradiction" can be quite sure of success. The editors of Corn Shucks also remind potential authors that because the University budget for the current biennium was only 15 million dollars, they will be unable to offer any monetary reward for published stories. The Corn Shucks staff has however, taken up a collection among themselves and can guarantee a 7 cent cup of Union coffee to any author whose work is published. Past harvests of Corn Shucks literary contests are currently filed near the waste basket in the Corn Shucks office, said a Shucks spokesman. Anyone who was unsuccessful in past efforts, and who wants to try the New Yorker or At lantic Monthly, can have his ma terial back by calling at the Chucks office within the next ten days, he explained. Music Fraternity Pledges 15 Men Fifteen men were pledged re cently by Phi Mu Alpha Sin fonia. The new pledges are: Paul Baird, Donovan Crandell, Jim Christiansen, Dick Garretson, Kent Phillips, Gene Kuyper, Wes Reist, Milford Myhre. Harold Slagel, Stan Schaum way, Jack Wells, Con Woolwine, Joel Waddell, Bob Zanger and Charles Klasek. The organization is a profes sional and honorary musical fra ternity. It is the only male fra ternity in the United States. Members are elected from those who are taking some musical subjects or majoring in music. Art Group to Sell Christmas Cards Delta Phi Delta, national art fraternity, has made a number of Christmas cards which may be purchased at five cents apiece. There are posters in the library and the Union which display the five designs available. The cards can be purchased from any mem ber of Delta Phi Delta. dUVUC UilUZil r 4 inning. J J , I ( ' ' ' '' Sociology Group Holds Initiation Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology honorary, has initiated five new members. l ' r'H ' EVERYBODY . 1 jf, "' 1 likes them! IIV CJ I ,B Vs. ' EVERYBODY I "Jr wears them! ' J EVERYBODY can afford them! 1 The favorite California I light grey shade 4 100 Wool! Handsomely f Tailored! , Grey flannels, a he-man slack favorite, because J . they can be worn anywhere, always in good tasle jT f f f ... at school with shirts and sweaters; for bus! I ness with sport coats. Comfortably styled with 1 I extended waistband, deep pleats. A most-for- f I yoiir-money buy at this special price! A I Regular siies 28 to 36. Men's Clothing, Second Floor ' : U ;- - It nr. 1 11 Ill) fiBUfi , 1 i They are: Marilyn Hintz. John H. Lane, Jean Malone, Dorothy Kurth and Shirley Nelson. A pamphlet is being prepared by the group on the vocational opportunities for sociology stu dents and will be published in the . . - .v. I -' e,j i - ,xx n ' . . l-..- - - .i"..-, ., I i fr.rft..J Monday, December 4, 1950 near future. Officers for this year are: Au drey Rosenbaum, president; Elea nor Wiberg, vice president; Bar bara Waldron, secretary-treasurer and Dr. Paul Meadows, faculty adviser. if: . ...