HE KAN VOL. XXVIII NO. 68 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, UN DAY, JANUARY 13, 1929 PRICE 5 CENTS DAILY; . i'. NEBRASKAN PLAN MEETS APPROVAL Teachers, However, Balk at Compulsory Posting of Reports FEAR GRADE EMPHASIS P. H. Grummann, Dean James and. Guilford Express Opinion That the Dally Nebraska n pro posal for pouting the semester grades Is desirable but should not be niad compulsory for all In structors, was the opinion ex pressed by two prominent mem bers of the University faculty Sat urday. The Dally Nebraskan advo cates that all instructors be re quired to post semester grades by number so that each student would know hit own grade only. H. G. James, dean of the Arts and Science and Graduate colleges, said that the proposal seemed rea sonable to him. Instructors in his department political science, have posted the grades by names but he said he had no particular objection to using numbers instead of names. Would Avoid Grade Emphasis Dean James, however, is op posed to making the matter com pulsory. Many instructors, he said, do not care for the grading system at all and wish to take emphasis away from it. P. H. Grummann, director of the School of Fine Arts holds the same Continued vn t. forensorMngs Prof. White Sets Tuesday as Date for Tryouts on Jury Question Fifteen debater! have entered the tryouU on the jury question, " To toe tidffTruelnlarJantiarr 15, at 3:30 o'clock. The regular debate room, University hall 106, will be used. Negative speakers will be given eight minutes In which they will cover presentation and refuta tion in one speech. Affirmative speakers will be given five minutes for presentation, and three minutes for refutation. drawings for sides was made Saturday afternoon. Those who will take the affirmative are: Simon, Gant, Ladbury, Whitford, McMillan. Levy, Huber and Marold. Those on the negative are: Menter, Kinkelsteln, Duffy, Williams, Zelen, Kvasnicka and McMillan. Draw ings for opponents will be an nounced Tuesday, Prof. H. A. White, Nebraska debate coach said. The subject to be used In the try oui will be the same as that to be Ubed in second semester varsity de bates, that of the adoption of a substitute for the present Jury bb I'm In the United States. Tenta tive arrangements have been made fur fix varsity meets, but no defi nite dates have been set. CHATrlRNlSADTHOR Head of Applied Mechanics Department Discusses Highway Issue "The Effect of Highway Trans-l-urtatiou Efficiency on Land Values, Distribution of Population, and Marketing." an article analys ing the dependence of farm land talues on'productlvlty and market Ins facilities, was prepared by Prof, '"urge U. thatburn, chairman ol in-! department of applied me untiles of the University, for the tun ent special highway Issue of liie Engineering News-Itecord. Piofessor Chalburn argues that i' p'-ndable marketing facilities In M'ire greater production, and greater production Is conducive to 'I'Dser population. The land value Ik a summing up of all the factors involved Into a money measure ment of the economic relation of ''Wly and demand. Studies made In Nebraska and Minnesota indi cate that accessibility to g'd roads greatly enhances the selling values of farm lands. OF INSTRUCTORS Fragments of Animals of Phestocene Age Are Added to MorrUl Collection Fragments of mammoths and a llg found In Custer and Franklin "unties during Christmas vaca tion by Bertrand Schultz, unlver 'ty student from Red Cloud, have twn added to the collection of prehistoric animals at Morrill hall. The pig, family pecarry, rarely fuund as far north as Nebraska, Is relic of the later phestocene 8, and belongs to the class of iiuctumal and gregarious anln . r, Schulti will attempt to recon PLAN TO TRAIN WELL DRILLERS A two-day course for well drillers of Nebraska is to be held at the University the latter part of February, Dean O. E. Condra, o the conservation and survey di vision announced this week. The course wil be given by the Uni versity in cooperation with the United States geological depart ment. Present Indications show that practically all of the 400 well drillers now In "Nebraska will at tend the course. Organization of the drillers and the work to be given will follow that of afflacent states. GREEK CAGE TOURNEY Twenty-four Games Remain On Schedule; Seventeen Are in Class A FEW HAVE CLEAN SLATE Twenty-four games are sche duled to be played this week in the inter-fraternity basketball tour nament being run off la the Coli seum. Seventeen of these or class A affairs. Kappa Sigma and Farm House, tied for leadership In league four, are expected to furn ish the most excitement when they meet Tuesday evening at 8:35 o'clock, on the main floor. League four Is the only division in which there are two teams with clean slates. In each of the other groups there is but one undefeated quin tet. The teams with a perfect score of wins in their respective leagues are Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Farm House aqd Kappa Sigma, and Al pha Sigma Phi. Wednesday, Claaa A, Lambda Chi Alpha vs. Sigma PI Fpsilon, main floor, 7 o'clock, Sigma Phi Sigma vs. Omega Beta Pi, floor 3, 8:35 o'Mock. Delta Upsllon vs. Sigma Chi, main floor, 9 o'clock. Kappa Sigma vs. Farm House, main floor, 8:35 o'clock. XI Psl Phi vs. Phi Kappa, floer 3, V o'clock. Class B. Delta Sigma Lambda vs. Sigma Chi, floor 3, 7:25 o'clock. Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Farm House, floor 3, 7 o cloak. .Thursday, CIm..A v PI Kappa Alpha vs. XI Psl Phi. main tioor, 8:35 o clock. Omega Beta Pi vs. Phi Sigma Kappa, main floor, 7:25 o'clock. Sigma Alpha Mu vs. Delta Sigma Phi, main floor, 7 o'clock. Delta Sigma Lambda vs. Delta Chi, floor 3, 9 Continued an fmg Z. Chancellor Speaks at World Forum Luncheon Next Wednesday Chancellor E. A. Burnew will give an Informal talk to university students at the regular World For um luncheon next Wednesday, January 16, at the Nebraskan ho tel. The subject Is to be on uni versity finances, and will Include nit facts about the Increased appropriations asked by the Uni versity, from the state legislature. The luncheon w in start promptly i 12 o'clock, and the program will hp river in time for 1 o'clock classes. Thirty-five cents will be charged for the tickets, and they will be on sale at the "Y" office In the Temple or In JJllen Smith hall, until 6 o'clock Tuesday. Forty cents will be charged at the door Wednesday. Wednesday's World Forum meet lug b"glns a new series that will last for several weeks. The gen eral subject for these talks will be problems of university life. This is the third series of talks spon sored by the World Forum com mitter this vear. All the meeting have been well attended. O. II. WERNER TO TALK AT VESPERS "What shall I do with my leis ure lime?" will be the subject of a talk by Prof. O. II. Werner at Veipers, Tuesday at 6 o'clock In Ellen Hrultb hall. This Is one of a aerie of discussions on campus problems. Next week Dr. HerUler will speak on the dormitory ques- ""alary Ball will sins "Teach Me to Pray," by Jewltt. The meeting tbls week will be led by Eleanor Cooper. struct a complete animal around the partial skeleton, teeth and toe bones, obtained from the collection of the editor of the Franklin County News. Bones of the mammoth i buried thirteen feet in an old river bed In Custer county consist or vertebrae, ribs and an enormous tusk. This tusk partly "ashed away, measures eight and one half feet in length and ten Inches In diameter. This animal also lived In the phestocene age. 'ARMS AND THE MAN OPENS T Play by Bernard Shaw Will Show in Temple Theater All Next Week MEYERS, YENNE LEAD Consistency of Character And Satire of Author Are Combined With Gretchen Meyers, school of fine arts senior, and Herbert Yenne, instructor in the depart ment of dramatics, as the leads of the production, the University Players will present "Arms and the Man," the play by George Bernard Shaw as the fourth sea sonal production, opening Monday night, January 21 for a week's run. Announcement of the leads in "Arms and the Man" was made last night following the rehearsal of the entire cast in the Temple theater. As Ralna, the daughter of a major In tne Bulgarian army. Miss Meyers plays a peculiar part, peculiar In that It mixes the satire of Mr. Shaw with the consistency of the character. Miss Meyer has appeared In several University Players productions, the most noted of which was her recent theatrical success, "The Spider.". Yenn Is Mainstay Mr. Yenne, one of the mainstays of the Players organization has appeared In Players productions for the past several seasons. His Contlaoed on Tmf I. T Nebraska, Creighton Teams Deliberate Over Radio Saturday i Debat teams representing the Crelfihtfln university and the uni versity! of Nebraska met In a radio debate over KFAB at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, January 12,. No audience was allowed at the university studio, and no provisions for a decision were made. In order that the high schools throughout the state might be able to benefit by broadcast, the regu lar high school question was used. The official question, used by Ne braska and several nearby elates. Is: Resolved, that the English cabi net form of government is prefer able to the presidential form of the United States. Same Turn Performs Nebraska was represented by the same team which met the Kansas Aggies in a radio debate over KFOR on November 30. Members of the team were: Walter Huber, Lloyd L. Spear, and Nathan Levy. The Creighton team was made up of John L. Dugan, Elmer Ogren and Ephrlam Marks. Prof. H. A. White, Nebraska de bate coach, broadcast a special lec ture on debating over KFAB on Friday afternoon. He spoke on "The Use of Material In Debating." His lecture was made as a part of his work as president of the Ne braska high school debate league, made up of over sixty state blgb schools. TWO INSTRUCTORS WILL TAKE LEAVE Prof. John D. Hicks, of the de partment of history, will teach next summer at Northwestern uni versity. Prof. Louis Pelzer, of tbe University of Iowa, one of the best- known specialists in western his tory, will fill the position of Pro fessor Hicks during the summer session. Prof. C. II. Oldfather, also of tbe department of history at Ne braska, will teach this summer at tbe University of Pittsburgh. His classes for the summer will be given by Prof. Rolf T. Johannesen, of Wisconsin, who Is now chair man of the history department al. tbe Mississippi College for Women. Columbus, Miss. ENGINEERS WILL MEET THURSDAY A seven reel moving picture on tbe "Story of Petroleum" will be shown at the open meeting of the Students' Chemical Engineering So ciety Thursday, January 17. The meeting will be open to all persons Interested directly or indirectly In chemistry and will be held In room 209 of Mechanic Arts ball at 7:45 o'clock. ' The picture will show the com plete story of petroleum, beginning with Its refining. C. J. Frankforter, assistant professor of chemistry will give a fifteen minute lecture on petroleum before tbe movie Is shown. Walker It Vice-President Of Journalism Schools Prof. Oayle C. Walker, acting di rector of the School of Journalism, was elected vice-president of the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism at the annual convention at Ann Ar bor, Mich, during: the holidays. MONDAY AD COPY CAUSES AWGYvAN DELAY Delay In getting copy for two advertisements will prevent the publication, until early next week of the Exchange Issue of the Aw gwan, humorous magazine of the University, 'staff members an nounced yesterday. All copy and Illustrative material has been se cured and Is In the hands of the printers. The cover, designed by Archie Powell, has been printed. The Exchange issue will be the last one to be published by the present staff. An unusually large amount of illustrative material will add to the attractiveness of tbls issue." The best material from the leading college publications of the United Statee has been selected, and will be combined with fea tures worked out by local staff members. TRIPLEMffFENS Coach Bible Is Presented to Students During Half Of Cage Game MATMEN MEET INDIANA Nebraska formally opened the winter sport season last night with a triple event.- Tbe first was the Missouri-N e b r a s k a basketball game, the seafmd was the first in troduction of D. X. Bible, Nebras ka's new football mentor, to tbe Nebraska student body. Coach Bible was presented to the stu dents during the half of the Tiger- Husker game and the third event on the opening was tbe Indiana- Nebraska wrestling meet Coach Bible is in Lincoln for two weeks to get acquainted with tbe University and its students. He has been a guest at a series of dinners, luncheons and entertain menu and will leave at tbe close of this week, returning to Lincoln for spring football practice. Coach Bible was entertained at a lunch eon Friday and outlined something of bis gridiron Ideas which fol lowers of the Cornhuskers will see next fall. Uses Several 8ystms. The new Cornhusker tutor uses some of several football systems, He Is a strong adherent of the punt formation on offense when he has a good trtple-threater. "With out a triple-tbseat man," says Coach Bible, the pun t formation Contlmifd an Vnga I. Engineers Give Walnut Gavels To Legislature Following its usual custom, the College of Engineering of the Uni versity of Nebraska presented sil ver mounted native walnut gavels to the presiding officers of the state legislature at the morning session, Wednesday, January 9. Gavels were presented to Lieut Oov. George A. Williams, presiding officer of the senate; John W. Cooper, president pro tern, of the senate; and Bern K. Coulter, speaker of tbe house of representa tives. In order that the walnut gavels need not suffer the service of . a full session, the College df Engin eering is preparing two maple gar els for permanent use In the house and senate. JUDGES FOR ESSAY Holtz, Sheldon and Leadley Are Selected to Pick Best Article Harold Holtz, secretary of the Nebraska Alumni association; A. E. Sheldon, secretary of the State Historical society, and vice-president of the Nebraska Writer"! Guild, and T. A. Leadley, manag Ing editor of the Nebraska Farmer are the Judges for Chancellor E. A. Burnett's essay contest Forty-four essays were sub mitted and the Judges are now busy trying to choose the best three. The winners will be an nounced In about a month accord ing to It. P. Crawford, assistant to Chancellor Burnett. The sub ject on which the essays were written 1 "The Obligations and Rewards of a College Student." About twice as many essays were submitted by women students as by men. NO CONTESTANTS FOR PARIS PRIZE No contestants appeared for par ticipation In the competition for the Paris Prize" which was scheduled for 9 o'clock Saturday morning, January 12. The prize is offered yearly by tbe Society of Beaux Arts Architects, and consists of a scholarship for study in Paris. A twelve bour problem In architec tural design Is given, with contest ants free to work out any design they wish. Tbe society Is repre sented In Nebraska by Prof. Joe E. Smay, of the department of archi tectural engineering. Arrangements have been made for the display of the prize offer ings next year. Since It consists of the best student design work In the United States, It is expected to be of considerable Interest to students in architectural engineering. L PAY INFIRMARY EJECT YEAR Regents Announce Dollar a Semester Charge for Medical Service INCLUDES 1 FREE CALL Chancellor's Former House Is Being Remodelled to Accommodate Sick With the opening of school in the fall of 1929, an additional fee of $1.00 per semester will be charged each student for medical service, according to an announce ment made Saturday morning by Chancellor E. A. Burnett. This announcement follows the recent action of the Board of Re gents in establishing a student in firmary at 1310 R street The fee question was settled at that time. In addition to the semester fee, a nominal fee of one dollar per da) will be charged the students for Infirmary service. Health Department In Charge. Work of equipping the house, formerly used aa the residence for the chancellor, Is being rapidly carried on. It is expected that the remodeling will be completed next week and the infirmary ready tor service by the first of February At first twelve beds will be avail able for exclusive student use, but the capacity can be Increased to double that number as the need arises. The Infirmary will be supervised by the department of student Conttnaeri on Fafe t. Correspondence Classes for Second Semester Are Made Public Three new correspondence and - thirty-one " uishri courses - classes for the second semester of the 1928-29 school year have been announced by A. A. Reed, director of the extension division of the University of Nebraska. The new courses are In philosophy, and are 3 Religious Ideas of the old testa ment, by Dr. C. H. Patterson; ap plied psychology by Dr. J. P. Gull ford; and history of philosophy, by Dr. Zora Schupp Night classes for the second semester will Include courses la American history, advanced ac counting, business law, office man agement, money and banking, life Insurance, advertising, business English. English composition, mod ern short story writing, a study of the short story, mechanical draw ing, educational psychology. Tbe school child and his prob lems, problems on character edu cation, problems of test construc tion, dramatic interpretation, pub lic speaking, children classes in dramatics, drawing geography of Europe, algebra, trigonometry, sec ond semester French, second sem ester Snanlsh. sex education, prob lems of ureenacy. first aid, and home nursing. SIGMA XI WILL MEET MONDAY Nebraska chapter of Sigma XI, honorary scientific fraternity, w41l hold Its fourth meeting of the year In Morrill hall auditorium, Monday January 14, at 8 o'clock. This will be the 218th stated meeting or tne chapter. Prof. Clark Edwin Mickey, chair man of the department of civil en gineering will address the chapter on, A comprenensive nan ror tne Improvement of the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries." The lec ture w'ill be illustrated with lan tern slides to show the plans for complete regulation and control ot the waters of the Mississippi. Dr. N. A. Bengtson, delegate to the national convention held In New York during the Christmas re cess, will make his report. The meeting Is open to the pub lic, and visitors are welcome, E. N. Anderson, secretary of tbe chapter. announced. J. E. FRANZ WILL ADVISE SENIORS Mr. J. E. Franz of the National Cash Register company will be on the campus Tuesday advising sen iors In regard to placement after graduation. Mr. Franz has bad much experience In personnel work and vocational counsel. He -will be very glad to meet any seniors or graduate students who are Inter ested at this time In Mr. Bullock's office, Social Sciences 306. He will give a talk of general In terest to wblch all students are In vited at 11 o'clock in 8 8 101. Electrical Enpineers See TeIevox' Demonstration "Telvox," a mechanical man pro duced by the Westlngbouse com pany, was recently demonstrated at a meeting of the Nebraska sec tion of tbe American Institute of Electrical Engineering. Dean O. J. Ferguson and Prof. V. L. Hoi lis ter or the University ot Nebraska .UtoTded tbe meeting. STUDENTS WIL CONDRA IS MADE DIVISION DEAN Dr. George E. Condra, director of the conservation and survey di vision of the University, was awarded the title of dean of this division hy the board of regents during the Christmas holidays. He Is not dean of the Board of Re gents, as was announced Friday in The Daily Nebraskan. The conservation and survey di vision corresponds to a college in the University. This department does research and survey work on the resources of the state, and has nine subdivisions. The best known of these are the geological, soil, water, and Industrial dlvislors. HUSKERS LOSE FIRST I Indiana Outpoints Nebraska 15 to 11 as 4,000 Fans Cheer Favorites ' SIMIC GETS ONLY FALL University of Indiana wrestling team defeated the Nebraska grap piers, 15 to 11. in an exciting and closely contested match in the Coliseum Saturday night. The wrestling match followed the Missouri-Nebraska basketball game. Approximately 4,000 people stayed to see tbe match. Although the Hooslers failed to gain a fall they won by winning five time advantages. Adolph Slmlc, Husker end candidate and wrestling in the 155 pound class, gained the only fall of the evening. He threw Buchanan of Indiana after 7 minutes and 44 seconds of wrestling with a half Nelson and body chancery. Stone Shows Courage A feature of match was the cour ageous fight put up by Julian Stone who wrestled In the 165 pound class for Nebraska. He was op posed by Scott of the Hoosier state. Scott, having wrestled on the American Olympic team at Am sterdam last summer, is one of the best wrestlers In his class In the country. Stone put up a cour ageous fight and stayed with his opponent the full ten minutes re ceiving one of the greatest ovations ever given to a Cornhusker wrestler. Cantaln Joe Toman, although outweighed ten pounds by his op- -Captain MoaBiOLJndlana, gave'the spectators a great exhibi tion of wrestling. The Sesults Follow 115 pound class Klsh, Nebraska won from North, Indiana with a Continued on l'c 4. is Campus Organizations Are Asked to Report to Studio at Once All organizations wishing group pictures in the 1929 Cornhusker must make arrangements with A. F. Larrlvee at the campus studio Immediately, according to the busi ness manager of the Cornhusker. Pictures will be taken at noon each day starting Monday, January 14. and a limited number of days will be reserved for these groups. The list does not Include social fraternities and sororities. Honor ary fraternities as well as band. Corn Cobs, Farmer's Fair board, Scabbard and Blade, and llge or ganizations are especially urged to have their pictures taken for the year book. Each organization must make a contract with Bruce Thomas, busi ness manager of the Cornhusker, before the pictures can be accept ed. His orfice Is in the basement of University hall. Four dollars roust be deposited at the studio when the picture is taken. PROFESSORS CO TO CONVENTION Professor E. U. Hlnmon, chair man of the department of philos ophy, attended the convention of the National Association of Cos mopolitan clubs at Cornell univer sity, Ithaca, N. Y., December 27, 28, 29. His two year position as vice-president of the organization expired at this time. Professor Na thaniel Schmidt of Cornell univer sity was elected president of the association for the next two years. Mr. L. F. Llndgren, instructor in the bacteriology department, and Miss Leila Benedict, a senior In the University who was sent as a dele gate, also attended the convention. Mr. Llndgren's term as regional vice-president for tbe fifth district expired this year. The next convention of this asso ciation will be held at Indianapolis Professor Mickey Talks On Platte River Control "Irrigation and Reservoir Control of the Platte River," was tbe sub ject of a talk given by Prof. Clark E. Mickey of the University of Ne braska at a recent meeting of farmers at Kim Creek. About 300 farmers and their wives attended. On January 1, 1929, 4.892 stu dents had completed 19,460 hours of work through correspondence in struction In the University of Ne braska extension division, accord ing to figures compiled by A. A. Reed, director of extension work. The department has been in exis tence for fifteen years. ' HUSKER-TIGER BATTLE DRAWS RECORD CROWD Invaders Take First Big Six Game From Nebraska By 30-25 Score FIGHT FAST AND ROUGH Welsh High Score Man for Missouri; Roach, Munn And Olson Next Fighting within a few points of the lead to the last minute of the game, the Nebraska varsity quintet last night went down to defeat be fore tbe Missouri onslaught 30 to 25, in the first game of the Big Six conference season to be played on the Coliseum court. More than 5,500 fans, the largest attendance ever had for a basketball game In the Coliseum, watched the fighting Cornhuskers fall to overcome the Tiger lead and lose by five points. From the beginning, the game was fast, marked by rough play. Fast passing, close guarding and high spirit shown by both teams featured one of the beet games seen on the local court for a couple of seasons. At no time during tbe game were the Cornhuskers ahead, although they tied the Tigers sev eral times during the conflict. The first half ended 18 to 12 in favor of tbe Invaders. Welsh Is Tiger Star. Welsh was undoubtedly the star of the offensive Missouri quintet, scoring seven field goals and one free throw for a total of 15 points. Continued on race 4. AT NATIONAL CAPITAL Laura B. Pfeiffer, Professor Of History, Represents Local Group Dr. Laura B. Pfeiffer, professor of European history, attended a committee meeting of the Amer ican Association of University Women, which was recently hold at Washington, D. C. This com mittee, which convenes at Wash ington every two years, consists of seven members, faculty women of different universities. Their purpose Is to raise tbe standards for colleges and universities. Further restrictions were made on membership to the organisa tion of A. A. U. W. at this meet ing, according to Doctor Pfeiffer. It was decided that only college grad uates with degrees which Include sixty hours of liberal arts should be eligible for membership. The four standards which the A. A. U. W. committee Investigated In various colleges were: Contin ual progress of the women on the faculty; proper housing of girls of the university: development of physical training to highest stand ard; and capability and training of the dean of women. They also en dorsed the plan of having women members on the governing boards of the universities. T IS GIVEN TODAY AT 3 All University People and The Public Are Invited To Attend Following is tbe program which the University R. O. T. C. band, under the direction of Trof. Wil liam T. Quick, will present at the Coliseum at 3 o'clock tbls after noon: 1. Coronation march from "Die Folkunger" by K., Krelschmor; 2, Valse l.-nto, by Popy; 3, Overture Bohemian Girl, by Balfe; 4, char acteristic Rocking Horse Parade, by 1 lager; 5. A Japanese Sunset, by J. L. Deppen; 6, Serenade for Flute and Horn, by Tltl; 7, Chimes of Normanuy, by Planquette; 8, March University of Nebraska, by Sousa. This Is the band's first concert of the season. All university people and tbe general public are cordially Invited to attend. The band tbls year Is the largest in tbe history of the organization, one hundred cadet musicians being enrolled. Rollln Barnes of Omaha Is captain. LELAND IS HEAD CHURCH WORKERS Dr. D. R. Leland. Presbyterian student pastor for the Univers't ot Nebraska, was elected president for the ensuing year of the Church Workers in Unlvei.iltles at a con vention held In Chicago, December SI and January 1. "How to Make Religion Vital on the Campus" was the general subject of the meeting. The organization consists of uni versity pastors and secretaries of boards of Christian societies of the north-central states and an annual meeting Is held during the Christ mas vacation. Rev. W. C. FaweW, Methodist university pastor, also attended tbe convention.