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The Nebraskan
Wednesday, rov.
'Dubious Value9 Tablets Deciphered
By Jim Fon;est
If at first you don't suc
ceed ... file under "Miscel
laneous Items of Dubious
Value."
And so it was back in 1924
that the officials of the Ne
braska State Museum stored
a dozen undeciphered clay
tablets which were more
than 4,000 years old in a shoe
box in the basement of Mor
rill Hall for want of an ex-
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pert on ancient cuneiform
writing.
Remained Mystery
The messages, written on
the tablets from the Baby
lonian empire some 2,400
years before the birth o f
Christ, remained a mystery
until the arrival in Septem
ber of Rev. Alan J. Picker
ing, pastor of the United
Campus Christian Fellowship,
who studied cuneiform script
and documents as a gradu
ate student at Hebrew Union
College in Cincinnati, 0.
The tablets, which were
acquired by the Museum in
1914 and 1924 from Dr. Edger
James Bank, professor of
Turkish and Semitic
languages at the University
of Chicago and American
Consul in Constantinople from
1897 to 1898, are being trans
lated by Dr. Pickering.
The biggest of the tablets
measures only five by six
Inches and is believed to be
a master record, similar to
a ledger, kept by a temple
scribe of items sold by the
temple, said Dr. Pickering.
It is a loaf-shaped piece of
sun-baked clay with the writ
ing divided into columns and
lines much as an ordinary
newspaper.
, Temple Archives
This particular record, he
said, came from the temple
archives at.Drehem a su
burb of ten thousand people
nf Ninmir located southeast
of Babylon on the Tigris-
Euphrates River vauey.
The second tablet, Dr. Pick
ering said, was found at
Jokha, the central Babylonian
city known in ancient times
as Umma. and is a formula
tablet prescribing an incense,
drug or medicine.
The third is a square case
tablet one within another
with the outer being the case,
explained Dr. Pickering. It
acted much as a safety de
posit box to protect the docu-
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Read any good books lately ... the Rev.
Alan J. Pickering (left) is reading one of
the 12 cuneiform tablets dating back to
2400 B.C. which records the delivery of
seven sheep and five goats to the temple
(right). To translate them Rev. Pickering
must first sketch out each line of symbols,
then check them against a special dictionary.
ment inside, usually a con
tract, from damage.
The pastor said that the
fourth is a votive tablet be
ginning with a dedication to
Nana, the goddess of heaven,
and then recording a vow to
the temple at Warka, which
was the Biblical city of urecn
noted .in Genesis, the first
book in the Old Testament.
The tablet ends with the seal
of the scribe and names of
two witnesses, he said.
The remaining tablets are
Dr. Miller
Addresses
Nat'l Council
Dr. James E. Miller, Jr.,
chairman of the English de
partment, cautioned the na
tion's English teachers
against using too many
"scholarly aids" in an ad
dress to the college section
of the National Council of
Teachers of English.
Discussing "Putting Schol
arship to Work. in the Class
room," Dr. Miller explained
scholarship is best which is
felt and not seen,, sensed and
not heard.
Dr. Miller added that the
teacher who has digested his
scholarship brings into some
meaningful relationship to
the poem or novel he is teach
ing. "On an elementary level in
literature classes, scholarship
in the classroom may be dan
gerous, while on a more ad
vanced level it should be use
ful, and on a higher level
it is surely essential," Dr.
Miller said.
In the advanced course,
consisting of graduate stu
dents and English majors, the
situation is considerably
changed.
"But even on these levels,
it should be constantly re
membered that an original
relation is the most lasting
between student and litera
ture," explained Dr. Miller.
Men who face wind and weather"
choose the protection of..,
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AFTER SHAVE
LOTION
Skin protection, that is. Old Spice refreshes and stimulates, guards against the loss of vital
kin moisture. Feels great, too. Brisk, bracing, with that tangy Old Spice scent. It does seem
to attract female admirers, but what red-blooded
man needs protection against girls? 1.00 piiuu S M U U X O N
receipts, said Dr. Pickering,
listing produce delivered to
the temple. One shows de
livery of fish and another re
veals the delivery of seven
sheep and five goats for sac
rifice.
Since their acquisition, the
tablets were classified under
the catagory of "Miscellan
eous Items of Dubious Value"
along with grass skirts from
Java, South Sea pottery and
war swords, personal pro
perty of: President: Abraham
Lincoln, small oil lamps from
Greece and Rome and as
sorted brass junk, said Dr.
Pickering.
In regard to their value
now that they have been de-
ciDhered. Dr. Pickering said,
"I do not believe that their
monetary value has increased
now that they have been de
ciphered. The value lies in
that we now know that they
are a record of transactions
and economic activities of an
ancient civilization which we
can study." ,
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Holiday Gobbler Must
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Tho rmmher of Dinnines and!
engagements announced fol
lowing the Thanksgiving va
cation seems to prove the
addage that "absence makes
the heart grow fonder" tor
these eight couples at least.
Plnnings
Cathv Cronn. Willard alum
at Wesleyan from North
Platte to Don Epp, Farm
House senior in Agriculture
from Lincoln.
Pat Tvler, from Creighton
ta Mvlon Filkins. Farm House
junior in Agriculture from
Creighton.
Artie Gilson from Lincoln
to Jim Eno, Delta Sigma Pi
junior in Business Adminis
tration from Lincoln.
Iois Pettv from Grand Is
land to Ron Whitefoot, Delta
Sisma Pi sophomore in Busi
ness Administration from
Grand Island.
Judv Ann Grav. Pi Beta
Phi senior at the University
of Kansas, in radio and tele
vision to Al Roots, Sigma
Phi Epsilon senior in Busi
ness Aammisirauon 1 1 u m
Kansas City.
Engagements
Woren Hanson. Phi Mu
coninr in Political Science at
Wesleyan from Lincoln to
Jim Olson, Mgma inu grau
student in Agriculture from
Lincoln.
Annie Olson, Alpha P h 1
senior in Music from Flag
staff, Ariz., to Jack Holmes,
Phi Delta Theta alum from
Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Joan Graf, Zeta Tau Alpha
senior in Arts and Sciences
from Huntley to Gailard
Schroder from Huntlfy.
Home Ec Award
Delores Ostdiek, freshman
in home economics, has been
awarded a $400 scholarship at
the National 4-H Club Con
gress in Chicago.
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LUCKY STRIKE PRESENTS:
but if enough ttudenti got together, maybe skittles could make a big comeback.
Dear Dr. Frood: I don't speak from personal experience, but I
understand all the men in this college are wolves. What do you
think a respectable girl like me with a good old-fashioned up
bringingshould do about this situation?
Strait Laced
DEAR STRAIT: Drop your handkerchief.
1 a
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i . v t-Atud tA fcnirfrf J 1 f
Dear Dr. Frood: I just don't understand the
men in this college. Not one of them has
' ever asked me for a date. I am intelligent
and1 easy to get along with. Enclosed is my
snapshot What do you think is wrong? '.
: Lift Out
DEAR LEFT: After considering this problem
from every angle, I can only conclude that
you have enormous feet. .
Dear Dr. Frood: According to my figures
over ninety-five per cent f the students
here are below average. What is wrong?
' Moth Major
DEAR MATH: You are obviously going to a
below-average college. '
Dear Dr. Frood: When I entered college as a freshman this fall, my
father gave me a very large sum of money to cover room, board,
tuition, books and all other expenses for four full years of college.
Because of an unfortunate series of poker games, however, the
money is now completely gone. How would you suggest I handle
this situation?
Ten High
DEAR TEN: I feel confident that your father will give you another
chance if you go up to him like a man, tell him you are sorry, admit ,
your mistake and promise him that your luck will change.
Dear Dr. Frood: Do you think it is safe for
a girl to walk home alone from a college
dance?
- Nervous
DEAR NERVOUS: Safer.
DON'T BREAK TRADITION, WARNS FROOD! One of the proudest traditions on the American
campus, reports Dr. Frood, is smoking Luckies. Today college students smoke more Luckies
than any other regular. According to Dr. Frood, "Any student who breaks this tradition not only
robs himself of the full pleasure of smoking but also could, conceivably, bring 'the Curse of
Frood' down upon the entire student body." 1
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CHANGE TO LUCKIES and gel some fasfe for a change!
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