Neerase of :can 11 ii RILd VOL. XXVIII NO. 69 HUSKERS ARE SECOND DIVISION IN BIG SIX RACE Tigers, Sooners, Cyclones Are iri a Triple Tie For Honors SCARLET MEETS KANSAS Missouri Shows Class in Downing Nebraska in Opener Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa State jumped into a triple lead as die Big Six basketball season got under way Saturday night. The championship race opened with Nebraska, Kansas and Kansas Ag' gles taking the losing end of the scores. Nebraska's Scarlet and Cream miintet met Missouri on the Col iseum floor Saturday night in a whirl-wind game. The Tiger of- fnii.se led by the dazzling Welsh completely baffled the Husker Kiiaids and the final count found i he Nebraska five trailing 25 to 'in. The game was fast with plenty of action but the superiority of the Tiger forwards and the well worked passing game of the Ed wards' team accounted for the first defeat for the Nebraskans this season. Oklahoma Beats K. U. Kansas continued lis losing si peak and dropped a close game to the Oklahoma Sooners, 2o to 27, The Sooner aggregation is rated as one of the title contenders for the first Big Six championship while the men of "Phog" Allen down at Lawrence have started out the season playing a mediocre brand of ball, losing six games and turn ing in a lone win over the Cali fornia Bears. Iowa State, another powerful five 'i the conference, took the season opener from the Kansas Aggie Wildcats, 41 to 30. The Cy clone quintet had little difficulty in downing the Aggies and by vir tue of the victory, go high in the Continved oo Page 7. oebateksiHt . FORVARSiTY TEAM Adoption of a Substitute For Present Jury Is Question Several new men who have not previously debated at the Univer sity of Nebraska will compete in lite tiyouts on the jury question, to be held today at 3:30 o'clock In I'tiiversiiy hall, room 106. Judges lor the meet will not be announced until shortly before, the debate, l'ror. H. A. White, Nebraska debate coach, said. Negative speakers will Include nil their remarks in one speech, lor which eight minutes have been al lotted. Those on the affirmative will divide their material into two speeches, the presentation to take Aw minutes and the refutation tliiee. The second semester varsity de bute question, that of the adoption oi a substitute for the present jury system in the United States, will b" used in the tryouts. The new list of entrants in luda : affirmative, Simon. Gant, Whltforu. McMillan, Levy, Huber, Harold, and Saltzman. On the neg ative are Mentor, Flnkelsteln. Wil liams, Duffy, Zden, Kvasnlcha, Mc Millan, and Hunt. IIohcII or Holm May Attaint Eruot Hrurg According lo reports received from Topcka, Has., by the Linroln S'nr. Sunday, i;iroer Holm or Pine Howell. cosptlns of the 1$2K -t'nrnhusker football team, may as sist Ernest E. Bearc, Washburn mentor. Bcarg stated Saturday he had no 'itnment to make other than "ther n'ay be some announcement of In "rest from Washburn lu a couple of weeks." Historical Society s Collection Of Bank Notes Recalls Wildcat Period Nebraska State Historical society has in Its possession a large sum of money In the form of one, two five, and ten dollar notes. But "las, these tempting greenbacks, instead of being acceptable for malted milks, clgurs or even band script, are merely reminiscent of the wildcat bank day in Nebraska. The story of these now worthless notes Is Interesting. In the sec ond session of our territorial legls atture, charters were grunted to Klx banks, which were the Bank of Nebraska, at Omaha: tbe Platte Valley bank, of Nebraska City; Ihe Bank of Florence; the Nemaha Valley bank, at Brownville; and Jje Richardson County bank. I'liete banks with several others, which were founded later are known a the wildcat banks. They Issued notes which were "lentiful In Nebraska seventy years ". In spite of the great abun-1 dance of money ihe people were hard-up financially because their! Department of Geology Holds Valuable Fossils Cash Register Man Is t Scheduled For Speech J. E. Franz of the National Cash Register company will speak at 11 o'clock today In Social Sciences 101. His talk will be open to the public. Mr. Franz is here to meet with seniors and graduate stu dents who are interested in placement after graduation. He has had much experience in personnel work and vocational counsel. Students are Invited to see him in Mr. Bullock's of fice, Social Sciences 306. IS T E New Editor Promises Novel Fun Magazine for February COVER IS ONE 'FEATURE Announcement of the February issue of the Awgwan was made to day by Douglas Timmerman, newly appointed editor. The issue will be known as the "Mystery Num ber" and will carry out the mys tery motif. The February issue will be dedi cated .to a well-known personage on the Nebraska campus. The name of the person has been with held until the number appears. A full page cartoon of the dedicant will be drawn by a staff artist One of the features of the "Mys tery Number" will be the cover which will be drawn by James Pickering. The front-piece will be drawn by Marge Ketring. A mystery s'ory for the number will be written by Bill McCleery. staff member. Other members of the staff and contributors have been working on the new issue for some time. Issue Will Be Larger An especially large issue Is promised for February. Accord ing to Mr. Timmerman the num ber will be the largest that has been published this year. The February Awgwan will be the first Issue of the second semester. All members of the first semes ter staff and new applicant "tor positions are requested to report to the Awgwan office during the afternoon on any day this week. Members of the editorial depart ment will make assignments to staff members. Artists and short-story writer are asked to report as soon as pos sible to the office. BURNETT PLANS TALK E Chancellor's Address Will Cover New Legislative Appropriations Facts about the University Fi nances" Is the subject of an in formal talk that will be given by Chancellor Burnett at the regular World Forum luncheon Wednes day noon, at the Nebraskan hotel, i lie cnancriior s talk will cover faces about the increased appro priations asked from the state leg, islature. and other questions of university finances. This will be the first meeting of the World Forum In the third series of talks that have been ar ranged. The second series was completed before Christmas vaca tion. Thirty-five rents will be charged for the luncheon tickets that may be obtained before S o'clock today in the Temple 'V of lice and Kllcn Smith hall. Forty renin will be charged at the doo Wednesday. Announcements .of Chancellor Burnett's talk ere sent to all fra ternities and sororities Ih t week. The topic is one that should be of inleretit to all university students, and it Is the dcrire of the World Forum rommlttee that a large num ber will take auianlsge of this op portunity. The lunrheon start promptly at 12 o'clock and the program will be over In time for I o'clock classes. money like the present German marks and Russian rubles bad little, value. Like tbe Germans and Russians tht- early settlers of Nebraska had lo loam that the printing press cannot create wealth and that money without credl' behind it is worthless. Rarely Seen Now These wildcat LuiiU notes are how rarely Mtui. 'I li" Nebiask.-t State Uiiloni .i xorle-y has a fair collection u! th.w on exhibition In its rooms In the basement of the library building. Although the notes look prosperous and Impos ing, they are worth ao more than the piper they arr printed on, ex cept as curios. The democratic party, which as usual In the minority, opposed the chartering of these terrlloria1 banks J. Sterling Morton, a mem oer o: the legislature, refers lo the establishment of these banks as cmituM m rm t. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1929 Citizens of State Send In Oil, Water and Minerals To Be Tested by Heads Of Department Editor's Note; While training of the state's youth Is th pri mary objective of the University of Nebraska, numerous depart ments of the institution carry on work through the state. With this Issue begins a series of articles devoted to the contacts of these departments with outstate Ne braska. The articles will cover some phases of service to the state carried on by the Univer sity Jointly with Its major edu cational interests. (By Edgar Backus) Anything from elephants to tiny chips of rare gems may find its way into the department of geology of the University of Nebraska. Rocks, sands, oil, water, fosBils, minerals all manner of specimens come to this department from citi zens of the state who seek Informa tion for either scientific or com mercial purposes. Operating primarily for the edu cation of the students who attend tbe university, the department is able to combine with this a wide variety of services for the benefit of any wno seek technical inrorma CuntlnmMl an Pass 3. PLAY AROUSES MUCH High Points of Forthcoming Dramatic Production Are Divulged HAS FOREIGN SETTING Unique, because of Its queer phil osophy of love and war, "Arms and the Man," the play by George Ber nard Shaw, will open next Monday evening at the Temple theater for a week's run. The plot which has caused much comment, wag ex plained In some degree last night by Zolley Lerner, business manager of the University Players. Ticket sales for the evening and Saxurdar matinee. . performances were put on sale at Ross P. Curtice music company downtown offices yesterday and reports show that Arms and the Mon ' will be well attended. Evening admissions are selling for seventy-live cents, while the Saturday afternoon matinee tickets will be fifty cents. Plays Are of High Quality According to Mr. Lerner, the university students are urged toM1"' ,or 157 ene. or seventy patronize the University Players eight and one-half years. This is de- because the quality of play regu larly presented by that organiza tion will warrant a pleasant eve ning. Here to fore the majority of evening patrons has been confined to the non-university people of the city. However good attendance haa been prevalent. Mr. Lerner states. In regard to the plot of "Arms and the Man" Captain Bluntschli, portrayed by Herbert Yenne, In structor In the department of dra matics. Is a young Swiss who is serving as a professional soldier in the Servian army. He runs away w hen his battery is attacked by the Bulgarians, io escape the altera tions of the Bulgarians, who are searching for him, Bluntschli hides 'nliltHMl Ml J, y ADVI Councillor Committee Is to Hold Informal Meeting Wednesday Night Advisory board of the Y. W. C. A. will have a dinner at Ellen Smith hall Wednesday evening January H. The dinner will be followed by an Informal meeting at which the board will review the work done by It this past yea rand outline the work for the criming one. Miss Edith Quinton has charge of the arrangements for the dinner which will be presided by Miss Hum Iavls. The Advisory Board acts as a committee of councillors to the university Y. W. C. A. The members of the board are; B. A. Hlnman; R. N. Westover; A, L. Candy; E. A. Burnett: Roy Creen; Herbert Darnell; B. F. Wll Hams; F. A. Coleman; Misses Mary Masan; Margaret Fedde; Florenc McGahey; Amanda Heppner: Ade line Reynoldson; J. P. Sennlng; Frances Drake and Mrs. Howard Parnialee. Y.W.C.A. Official Will Visit C.inipii-i This Week vii.. i i 4yi . targe of the Y. W C. A. summer charge camp positions, wlli ba lieie Fri day and Saturday, January 18 and 19, according to information re ceived from the "Y" office yester day. All iils desiring conferences with Mist Allen concerning sum mer camp positions must make ap pointments with Mrs. Parmelee in Ellen Smith hall, at once. Since this Is tbe last opportunity In which girls may obtain camp work, they are urged to see Miss Allen while she Is here. t E Daily Nebraskan Proposal Receiving Support From Faculty Ranks FOUR ARE INTERVIEWED Professor Kesner Thinks New Idea Would Save Trouble and Time That the Dally Nebraskan filan for posting grades is desirable be cause It permits each student to know only bis own grade, several members of the university faculty testified yesterday. Under tfce plan advocated, grades would, be posted by numbers which would be known to the student and to no other. The policy of tha university In this matter is to refuse to make public a student's scholastic rec ord. Information of this kind Is not available at the Registrar's r. flce to anyone except member', of tbe university faculty. Some Poet Grades Some professors, however, post the grades of students opposite their name and find no complaints coming from anyone. J. W. Haney of tbe Department of Mechanical Engineering follows this practice. He said that he had no objection to The Dally Nebraskan plan how ever. G. O. Virtue, chairman of the De partment of Economics, ordinarily puts the final semester grade on the examination paper. "I agree that the students are entitled to know their grades within a short time after they are available," he said. Professor Virtue thinks that the proposal is a very good one but does not think an arbitrary rule concerning it. He Is also opposed to posting tbe grades with tbe names. The matter of giving out grades has never been a great one to Yv Continued on Pac 7. University Gives EnougbrCourses' For Many Years The ambitious student at Neb raska, if he were to stay in school long enough to take every subject offered by the university, would be termined by a division of tbe to tal number of hours by sixteen, the average number of hours carried each semester. Sixty-eight hundred students each year have their choice of 999, courses given under 55 departments in ten colleges, and offered under the supervision of about 612 in structors In thirty-seven buildings, including those on the College of Agriculture campus. English Is Leader English, of course, as well as sci ence and language, are leaders in the numbers of students enrolled, as these subjects are compulsory. Of the fifty-five departments, those offering the greatest variety and number of courses are English, his tory, psychology, the languages. architecture, business organization, chemistry, economics, maihematics. mechanical engineering, music, phy university dollar during 1927-28 MICKEY FAVORS UTILIZING RIVER Flood control and diversion of Ihe flood waters of the Platte rlvrr for Irrigations! purpose were the points stressed In an address given by Trof. Clark Edwin Mlrkey last night before the Nebraska rhapter of s,Kma x)( honorary hdeuiiflc fraternity. Prof. Mlrkey alartpd by showing the conditions that at present exist on the Mississippi river and on the Missouri rlver. lle then brought the case nearer home by showing how the control of tbe flood waters of the Platte river would affect the present condition. Advisee Irrigation Prof. Mickey advises the divert ing of tbe river water when it is at flood stage, Into reservoirs where it may be kept until the dry months come and then taken out through canals and ditches to be used on the crops. Water used in this way will lessen the floods and at the sane time Increase tti'.- water Jn the streams dui 'i,g il,v dry uiuiiihs at the Wkicr will h-. p tiark li;io tin river after u ha be'-n used on IU- crops, li. I nii'.n is Jn opeiat: " ;n Die Platte river i.liov .Ninth Sigma Delta Chi Will Hold Business Meeting Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalist,? fraternity, will hold its regular meeting this evening In University hall, 105. The meeting Is scheduled to begin prcmplly at 7 o'clock in order that all members may be out in time to attend the basketball gsitie with South Dakota. MANY DEANS AR N FAVOR OPPLAN POSTING GRADES CONDRA PRESIDES AT FIRE MEETING Dean G. E. Condra, of the con servation and survey division of the University of Nebraska, will preside at the educational sessions of the Volunteer Firemen's associa tion of Nebraska which Is being held at Fremont Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday. The conservation and survey di vision of the university, along with several persons from other institu tions will conduct a short course on "Fire Prevention." Included In the topics for the short course are "Control and Extinguishment," "Firemen's Responsibility," "New Developments in Fighting Fire,'' "Apparatus and Equipment,'' and "Fire Aids and Life Saving." today is given over to organiza tion of the association and arrange ment or the program. Lloyd C. Thomas Is state president of the association. 'TIME BY STARS5 IS SWEZEY'S TOPIC "Finding Accurate Time by the Stars" will be the topic of Prof. G. W. Swezey's talk tonight those who attend In the university observatory will he allowed to view the skies through the telescope. If weather permits, from 7 untill 10 o'clock, "No clock is accurate enought to go without checking up," Professor Swezy explained. This service Is done dally by the Naval Observa tory, and It is from that observa tion that timepieces throughout the word are checked. RAG T LIE STARTED By STAFF Editor Wants Many to Write Copy for Cornhusker Humor Section SECTION IS DIFFERENT Work on the student life section of tbe 1929 Cornhusker has been started, and will be continued until the yearbook's deadline for copy is reached, according to William Mentzer, editor. The section has been planned, and writing will be gin immediately. Persons wishing to contribute to the humor section of the Corn husker are requested to report at the Cornhusker office in University hall as soon as possible. Assign ments will be made to these sta dents. It is the wish of the 1929 Corn husk'-r to employ as many students as possible from various fraternl ties, sororities and organizations in order to make the student life as representative as is possible. Section is Different Tbe layout for the 1929 student life section is entirely new, and dif fers from any section of past years. 1 he Idea that will be UBed through out Is being kept secret, and will not be known until the yearbook is released next spring. A large number of cuts will be used in tbe section. These will in elude snapshots, photographs and pen sketches. Students having snap shots that they consider suitable for a student life section are urged to bring these lo the Cornhusker office as soon as possible. The Cornhusker staff photographers will "keep ihelr eyes open" for fea ture material from now on. In order to make the section a review, rather than a muddled assortment of humorous events that have been seen or Imagined during the pres ent school year. FEW STUDENTS ARE Y Percentage Remains Same As Last Year; Arts College Leads The number of siiidenu ho registered yesterday shows little Improvement over the number of first-day registrants of previous semesters, according to tho deans of various colleges of the univer sity. liean O. J. Ferguson of the Cc', lege of Engineering reports that seventy-five engineers registered, which Is about the usual number for the first day. Dean J. E. Le Kossignol of Ihe College of nusl- ness Administration finds no gain In the number of early registrants In his college. However, Dean A. L. Candy of the College o' Arts and Sciences reports that 125 stu dents registered In his college yes terday, which is a gain of about twenty-five or thirty over the first day of previous registrations. Students are urged to register early this week, for the last few days are usually congested. A ate registration fee will be harged those who register after 1'ild.ty noon, January 19. Convention Iteport Ik Given at Clu! Meeting Miss Leila Benedict chapter dele gate of the Cosmopolitan club to the national convention at Ithaca, New York, gave a report of the con vention at a business meeting of the society in the Temple building Sunday afternoon. Plant concerning International Night, which was postponed be cause of the Influenza epidemic, were also discussed. It Is planned lo hold this night early in the sec ond semester. Call Is Sent Out for Publication Applicants Applications for appointment lo the following positions on The Daily Nebraskan will be re ceived by the Student. Publica tion Hoard until Friday noon, January 18: Editorial Editor-in-chief. Managing editors. News editors. Business Business manager. Assistant business managers. Application blanks may be got at the office of the School of Journalism, 104 University hall. Material already on file need not be duplicated. J. K. SELLECK. Secretary Student Publica tion Board. FOUR CENTS OUT OF DOLLAR GOES TO U Regents Are Asking for $125000 to Be Used For Education LOSE MANY PROFESSORS Only about four cents out of the average dollar paid for taxes in Ne braska in lb27 went to the support of the state university, according to a recent Issue of the university bul letin. During the time from 1925 up to the present, seventeen pro fessors, nine associate professors, thirteen assistant professors, and eighty-five instructors have re signed their positions because of insufficient salary. This year, however, the univer sity Is asking the legislature for $125,000 more money in order that new instructors may be hired. It Is also asking for an increase in money for salaries so that out standing men may be held and small Increases may be made to younger members of the faculty. Dollar Is Divided Fifty-eight cents out of every University dollar during 1927-28 went for instructional purposes, ac cording to the bulletin. Fifteen cents out of the remainder of the dollar was spent for the central ex periment and agricultural exten sion: eleven cents for the construc tion of buildings and the purchase of land; eleven cents for commer cial activities; five centti' for spe cial activities. There are a number of Interest ing facts about the university which are not generally known, es pecially by the people out in the state. For instance, it is not commonly known that the Regents do not t'ontlnued en I'mre I. GLEE CLUB WILL GIVE Don Carlson Is Appointed Business Manager of Organization As an added Incentive lo the work done by the University Men's Glee club, during the year. Direc tor Heiman T. Decker, yesterday announced that the organization would make their formal appear anre In a Lincoln concert some- ime during February. A number of appearances in nearby towns are now under consideration. To Ail a vacancy in the organiza tion, Donald A. Carlson, '31, Chey- nne, yoming. was elected busi ness manager lor the year. Cyril HJnlJer. '21, Ix-xingtoti. waa elect ed librarian to fill the acancy left by Carlson. According to Hie plans il tii" present business manager, the membership of the club may be cut down to prevent scholastic dif ficulties and to lessen the expense of carrying the organization on a lour of (he mate. The glee club has made but two appeaianreH this semester, one oter KFAU at the Lincoln theater, and t he o'lier under the auspires of the AdSe rluh in Omaha. Extra rehearsals are bring planned lo work up varied pro crams which will be precented In the early future. Fifty-Five Tons of Coal Used Monday To Ueat University Campus Buildings "That's only a pile of ashes." one may remark. But think where its been. Start at the beginning of tbe process and follow the flfty-flve tons of coal UBed on Monday, Ihe coldest day of the year, through their various advent urea ffO'ii Ue mine to the ash pit. Co.il mines in Arkfinsiig, O. ia homa, IiiliiOiti uiid Kms.i", !i.m. fuel known "black," or 'Ycru n ago," to 1 1 ( University of Ne braska. V. hen the coal p'.ia rre loaded to capacity, there are about 100 tons walling to be burned. Behind the Mechanical Engineer ing building, there is a reserve sup ply of COO tons of semi-anthracite coal for emergency use. Coal Moved on Conveyors There a man burrows all day long in this great heap. He tosses one shovel lull after another Into a conveyor, which carries the coal up to a belt which in turn carries It from one end of the building to PRICE 5 CENTS SCARLET MEETS E Non-Conference Tilt Opens Week of Basket Play For Nebraska MANY DEFECTS SHOWN Starting Lineup Will Have Grace and Fisher at Forward Posts With the University of South Da kota as tbe basketball assignment for tonight on the Coliseum court at 8 o'clock, the Nebraska Varsity squad held a light practice session last night. Tbe only practice since the Missouri game last Saturday was scant and was held mainly to check up on the faults shown la the Saturday conflict. South Dakota comes to Nebraska tonight, with a fair percentage of wins in the score column, having played a greater number of teams than the Cornhusker aggregation. Nothing of importance can be gained through the press in regard to the strength of the boys from the northland, but Coach Charles Black of the Varsity predicts a "tough game." Tiger Game Shows Defects Although the University of Mis souri quintet Saturday night showed many defects in the Nebraska de fense, the men have improved through the slight drill and talk last night in the Coliseum. In many respects the Missouri game showed a good deal of Varsity strength which has been lacking for several seasons and that is in the reserves. Black, at the present time, has more than two complete teams which could play In any combina tion with only a slight degree of difference. Welsh's devastating one-handed shots and the Inability of Nebraska to work the ball under the basket during a large part of the game Ointlnafsl on Pafe 7. AT Kansas Beats Nebraska Out For Annual Trophy Nebraska's junior livestock judg ing team placed third in tbe judg ing contest of the National West ern livestock show. The college championship cup. a feature of the opening day at. the Denver show was presented to Kansas, with Col orado coming in second. The Ne braskans have previously won tbe Denver contest for four successive years. All men on tbe Nebraska team are juniors, who won their right to i represent Nebraska, in competition with a number of seniors. Men competing in any contest previous years are not eligible. There is an understanding that juniors will usu ally be sent Into tbe contest. Those named on the team were Bernard Barnes, Loretto: John Rei-mt-rs, Brule; Raymond Nixon, Fair field; Glenn Hedlund, Julesburg, Colo.; Ephraim Danlclson, of North Platte, and George Powell, Hardy. Prof. A. D. Weber of the depart ment of animal husbandry Is the coach. PROF. WERNER IS VESPER SPEAKER Prof. H. O. Werner, of the borti cutlure department, has been se lected to talk at the Vespers Serv ices to be held this evening at o'clock In Ellen Smith hall. Hie subject, "How Shall I Spend My IeKure Time?" Is one that serious ly concerns the student body of tbe University. Arrording lo Miss Eleanor Coo per, in charge of the preparation", a special musical number, "Teach Me to Pray" by Jewln, will be given by Miss Mary Hall. Miss Cooper is chairman of the Inter racial department of the Univer slty V, W. C. A. cabinet. the other. From tbe lelt tbe (. Is carried down chutes which te . it into the hoppers. And now the boilers: There a. six of them. However, there Is on one which Is of real Interest, looks like the big brother of the i I. It Is thirty feet high from ' ifhplt to the to;) and Is tbe b'l-a. 11 t iWil. rco:d ng to E. t. Pl.ic as:i:r.Mjji HUp-.-riPietident "Tht. boiit-r ig rated ut 800 Uv. power," Mi. Place explains, "j,jt i often carries a load of about 20i)v This Is due to the fact that horse power is figured from the number of square feet of brick surface. This was fairly accurate at one time, whc;i applied to the old boll era, but vlth the new ones it Is different A spectator looks at tbe big boiler In admiral lou, almost tempi ed to ask U It Is running, for no abnormal amount of heat is notlre- SOUTH DAKOTA A GAME o