The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 23, 1930, Image 2
Daily Nebraskan HE 'IS' 1 ( Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska r, VOL. XXIX NO. 91. LINCOLN, M.HKASKA. M'NDAV, I t imUAHV 23. 1'ttO i ( PLAYERS SELECT 111. I' FORM NEWPRODUGTiON; Futuristic Drama by Karcl Kapcl Will Open on February 28. IS CZECH PRESENTATION Plot Deals With Making of Mechanical Men. Has Strong Climax. R. U. R.M by Karel Capek has been elected by the University Players as tbt next play which they will present. Tba opening pe r formance will bo riven Friday evening. February 2s. R. U. R." ia a thru act melo drama containing & epilogue, and Is ooa of the most tinuiual plays ever presented on the American stage, It la in fact a Creca play Imported from Vienna, and deals with tha antics of robot or mt rhanlcal men who dwell on an Is land oraewbera on our planet. The time of the play Is acme few de cades benre from the present day. and tba play Is symbolic of the author"! idea of what will happen If the prMent mechanical age con tinues. Mechanical Men. The Island where the action of the play takes place is the central office of the factory of Roesurn's Universal Robots. By that time man had become so efficient that he could turn out mechanical men to do bis work. Already, following a secret formula, millions of these manufactured workmen, without souls, desires, or feelings have (Continued on Page 3.) IS Girl Reserve Heads Will Receive Instruction By Miss Olson. MEETINGS JJEGIN FEB. 27 A Qivl Reserve leadership train ing course under the direction of Miss Violet Ann Olson, city Bee rotary of the Girl Reserves, will begin Thur&day, Feb. 27, and will continue for six meetings. Atten tion is called to the change or meeting place as It will not be possible to conduct the course In Ellen Smith hall. The basement of the University Episcopal church will be used instead. The leadership training course under Miss Olson will consist of a series of six lectures to be held every Thursday afternoon be tween 5 and 6 o'clock, starting Feb 27. In addition, those who complete the work required before the certificate is issued, will have to make at least two observations of Girl Reserve clubs In Lincoln as they are at work, and will have to have one personal con ference with Mrs. Olson. The cer tificate is Issued by the national board of the Y, W. C. A. For those who have time and are interested there will be an opportunity to do actual work with some of the Lincoln clubs. In the course planned for this spring Miss Olson will combine lectures, demonstrations and ex hibits, and require the girls reg istered in the course to keep a notebook. A pageant describing the history of Girl Reserve will be presented to the class by a group of Lincoln Girl Reserves, and if possible a supper hike to (Continued on Tags 4.) EADERSH1P TRAINING . T. Decker Enjoys Reputation for Being Fine Arts School Handy Man, Writing Is Also Instructor's Hobby By MARGARET TINLEY. Whenever anything mechanical goes wrong in the depart ,nent of fine arts, there is a call for H. T. Docker, instructor in the theory and history of music, because "fixing things is one of his hobbies. . A door that will not close prop -y -i i. t,of tint run. erly a. clock mat. win nui lock that will not turn in re a pairing these Mr. Decker finds recreation. To be familiar who the inside works and workings of a phonograph has often proved valuable to him in his courses. "According to a test they gave our class in college." laughed Mr. Decker, "I should have been a mechanic instead of a musician. I have always claimed that here was something wrong with the tests but st.U I have always en joyed tinkering to make things right as a pestime." Enjoys Writing. Mr. Decker finds play writing, too, a decidedly interesting way to spend the hours outside of school. This Is a comparatively new hobby with him but since his first play was accepted by the publishers in 1925. Mr. Decker has written four more. Unlike many who wrote for publication just as a bobby, every one be has ubmitted has been accepted. For the most part they are written for amateurs to stage and because of this they merely f.'flnf IntHan Student 11 ill Talk at l rfH r Scrricf on Tuesday M. Kamakabri Rao, an Cast Indian tudent ol the Univer sity of Kansas, will speak at the Vesper service on Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smltn hall. He will describe the custom of lnttret to col lege students. Marguerite Dan lelton will lead the meeting and there will be a program of spe cial music. SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON Pictures German Conditions At Joint Meeting Friday Noon. 250 ATTEND FUNCTION "You can't expert Idealism to flourish in a nation, which has had the experiences which Ger many has had In the last ten years", declared Dr. Wolf von Dewall at the Joint meeting of the niu.r.iiv Woriit Korurn. the Lin coln Rotary club, and students from Wcsleyan university. i i Lincoln chamner oi commerce, Friday noon. More than 200 people attended the luncheon. Dr. von Dewall, who is touring this country for the In eighteen months, was & close friend and adviser to Stresemann. He was brought to Lincoln under the auspices of the university cnristian associations, nminatinc Ideals in Germany Today", wan the subject of his talk at the worm rorum iimcacun. rr vnn Dewall stated that the unemployment situation was very grave in Vjerroauy. 4j- wtntcr months two million have been without work, he said, "which leaves ten millions without the means upon which life de pends." Not Idealistic. Dr. von Dewall stated that many In Germany who were millionaires before the war. are now poor nnnii. Because of the value which the German securities lost. "Idealism can grow In a soil ...kifh ia rirhpr. It can not be ex- n.kiv. hoa haH the disaDnoint- ments which Germany has had since the war," ne conciuaeu. "The Germans are not much (Continued on Page 3.) KAPPA PHI MEMBERS Miss Lemon Gives Talk at Annex Cafe Program Held Thursday. A dinner meeting of the Kappa Phi. Methodist sorority, was held at the Annex cafe, Thursday eve ning, from 6 to 8 o'clock. dutine- of talks A . V.fe . I"., o given by prominent members ot the Home Mission, was headed by Miss Hallie Lemon, the principal speaker for the evening, who for twelve years has taught in a girls boarding scnooi siiuauju ai callentes, Mexico. Miss Lemon's talk was centered the r-eneral Mexican cus toms. Other talks were given by Mrs. E. G. Gallen and Mrs. Victor West, both officers of the Method ist Home, Mission in Nebraska. Dcvotlonals were conducted by In- geberg Nielsen. The evening's program was con cluded by the presentation of a MsviKin miiKiml number by Dor othy Maxson. violinist . and Eth i.r rnirioieii nt the tambourine, with Mary Ellen Patterson playing the piano- accomp.m.-uv- ,re simp)e stage settings and i.. iio.Vi Hmmatie tal- call for only slight dramatic tal . Thiion limitations demand in genuity of plot, and developing it is not the last interesting part of this hobby. Sho'i Stories. Although Mr. Decker has had five full length plays published he himself has never seen any of them produced. At one time when he was with the Glee club on a tour, they arrived in Seward the morning after one of his plays had been presented. "I enjoy writing short stories, too. and watching the characters as they change. They often seem to write the story themselves without consideration for my orig inal idea at all." Mr. Decker chuckled. "Some events, though." he said, 'when I sit down intending to write for several hours, something goes wrong with the typewriter and 1 start to fix It then before it is finished the evening is gone. But I enjoy both my hobbies, if you would call them that, and cer tainly believe that everyone should have some special Interest outside his usual work." ADDRESSES COLLEGE CLUB, COLLEGIANS TO PLAY FOR PROM Hahn Perfects Decoration Plans for Traditional Formal Party. CORN COBS HEAD SALES Three Acts Professional Vaudeville Engaged By Committee. College Club, popular Omaha dance orchestra, and Ben Cadd's Collegians will furnish the music for the JunJor-Senlor prom, March 7. according to announcement made laM night by George Mlrlvl. member of the prom committee. This la the first time that such a plan has been used for one of the major university parties during the last four year. According to the plan formu lated by the committee, the tradi tional party will be held at the Lincoln hotel, using both the main ballroom and the Venetian room. A specially built runway will con nect the two ballrooms. Presenta tion of the prom girl will be held In the main ballroom at. a pre scribed time, to be announced later. DeMots to Entertain. The Collegians, augmented to twelve pieces, and Lyle DeMoss as entertainer and director, will fea ture a number of arrangements especially prepared for the prom. The Coliege Club of Omaha Is planning novelty numbers to "ini tiate" Nebraska students In their new style of dance presentation. Three acts of vaudeville have (Continued on Page 3.) SLATE TWO CONTESTS Affirmative Speakers Will Meet Iowa State on Disarmament. University of Nebraska debaters will meet Iowa State college in two successive debates this week on the disarmament question. The first debate will be held at Platts mouth, on Tuesday, Feb. 25; the eoond at Omaha, Friday. Feb. 28, before Central high school students. For both debates the question Is: "Resolved, that the nations should adopt a plan of complete disarmament, except such forces as are needed for po lice protection." On Tuesday, Christian Larsen and Lloyd Pospishil will take the affirmative side for Nebraska, and on Friday a third man, Ted Fctd lcr, will also support the team on the affirmative. The last debate staged by the Nebraska team took place last fall when Oxford university of England met Nebraska on the sub ject of the superiority of the types of government used by the two na tions. At that time the audience gave the decision to the English. County Extension Agent Aid in Transaction For Chicks. to The offer of exchanging one hundred baby chicks for the promise to return a dozen cock erels next fall, which the Nebras kan credited the extension depart ment of making to 4-H club mem bers was not made by the ex tension department but by the commercial hatcheries, at the sug gestion of the extension agents. . The college or agriculture nas no hatchery, but only a small number of incubators in which it batches just enough chicks to maintain the college poultry flocks and to do experimental work. The project amounts to a con tract between a commercial hatch ery operator, a boy or girl of 4-H club age and ability, and a county extension agent in his advisory ca pacity. In the contract the hatch ery operator agrees to furnish 100 or more chicks to a well qualified 4-H club member, providing the member will bring back twelve cockerels per 100 chicks about the first of October. . The project will be effective, Mr. Rcddltt pointed out, only where the hatchery operator is willing to encourage the boys and girls to the extent just mentioned above, and where the county ex tension agent will find and ap prove of the poultry club mem bership. POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR WRITES ON BRITISH VIEWS The February issue of Interna tional Conciliation, published by the Carnegie Endowment for In ternational Peace, is given over to an article by Dr. Norman L. Hill of the department of political science, on "British Arbitration Policies." Nicholas Murray But ler, director of the division under the foundation, calls attention in the preface to the timeliness of the article as related to the naval con ference now going on in London. WASHINGTON .MAN HELPS NEBRASKA AG PROf.RAMISTS O. W. Kifcr of the bureau of agricultural economics In Wash ington. P. C. arrived in Lincoln Ut week end and la now taking part in the agricultural outlook programs of southern and western Nebrc-Va. H. G. Gould and Ralph Cole ire Icul' ral college are on tJ . T.grams. It. E. Hol land mid Harold Hedges of the college are taking the eastern and northern Nebraska meeting". Aa outlined at the start of the meeting, the programs are to in clude discuKsUms of the following queMiona: How l the outlook mhterial prepared? What la the value of the report? What I the outlook In the dairy industry? Are good prices encouraging beef cat tle production? Will growing de mand take care of Increased hecp production? How ran we know the consumer demand? How does the outlook material fit In with the organlratlon of a farm busi ness ? MEETS FOR SPEECHES Von Dewall and Miss Read Give Main Addresses For Program. LEAGUE IS DISCUSSED As a feature of the V. M.-V. W. Institute, being conducted this week in the Interests of the World Christian Student confederation, three Internationally known mem bers spoke at a meeting at Ellen Smith hall which lasted from 9 until 3 o'clock Saturday. Miss Margaret Read, secretary of the World Student confederation in Great Britain, explained the work done by the federation, and what it meant to foreign students. Herr Von Dewall, well known German journalist, and editor of the Frankfort Zeitung, spoke on the League of Nations, and the conditions in the famine districts of China. Frank Wilson, one of the national secretaries of the Y. M. C. A., spoke briefly on the question of racial prejudices, and led the group of about fifty stu dents and faculty members at tending the meeting in several negro spirituals. Deaths by starvation, according to Herr Von Dewall, are mount ing to the millions in a single prc- ,lnA In Phtna nnri nre due to flouble by June if relief is not sent to the stricken areas soon. The Red Cross, in a statement made public recently, announced that its rea r.nn for stavinc out of China at this time was that an attempt was being made to bring pressure on the Chinese from within, in an ef (Continued on Page 3.) L Groups Selected After Try Outs Are Working to Prepare Acts. REHEARSE Bl - WEEKLY "All the material we need and every bit of It exceptionally good." u (hp fttatement Fred Grau. man ager of the college of agriculture vaudeville productions to be held in the activities building Feb. 28, made concerning the prospects for the 19C0 presentation of Coll-Agri-Fun. Following the final tryouts for the program last Wednesday nignc, in which all the groups aspiring for a place on the program pre sented their acts for the commit tee's appraisal, the groups selected for the show have been working rMifentlv in nreoaration for the rehearsals to be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings of this week. The Thursday evening rehearsal will be a full dress rehearsal with the orchestra and all lighting ef fects in use and the committee is urging all those that have a part in the show to have all costumes in readiness. Tuesday night's rehearsal will be for the purpose of arranging the program in the order that the acts will appear and to make any final changes the committee sees necessary for the betterment of the show. The entire managing committee expressed the opinion that the show would be better than that of last year, which was successfully staged as the first attempt at such an activity in the college of agri culture. The committee has limited the time of the acts to a maximum of ten minutes and has arranged the program so as to have a continu ous presentation of the longer acts, with curtain acta and humor ous takeoffs Interspersed. CAMPUS CALENDAR Sunday, Feb. 23. Book lovers' hour, Westminster house, 5 p. m. Monday, Feb. 24. Faculty Men's club dinner, Uni versity club, 6 p. m. Tueaday, Feb. 25. Gamma Alpha Chi luncheon. Lincoln hotel. Piano recital, Temple. Wednesday, Feb. 26. May Queen and Piortar Board primaries. Social Sciences corri'jor, 9 to 5; at A g college. Home Eco nomics parlors, 12 to 1 p. m. GOOD SHOW MATERIA THOMPSON WILL SPEAK AI Presidcnt-Emeritus of Ohio State Comes for Series of Lectures. TO ADDRESS FACULTY Speaker Has Long Record as Missionary, Minister, And Educator. Dr. William Oxley Thompson, prealdent-eroeritua of Ohio State university, will speak at convoca tion Thursday. Feb. 27, and will be the guest at the Faculty Men's club dinner Monday evening, Feb. 24 at the University club. Men from the faculties "of Nebraska Wesleyan, Cotner and Vnlon col leges will be Invited to attend thit dinner. Dr. Thompson was born on a farm In southeastern Ohio where he attended the one room rural school In his community. He pre pared for college in Mufkingum academy, New Concord, O., and later g'raduted from Muskingum college. Ordained a minuter in the Presbyterian church, he en tered missionary work at Long mont in the pioneer days of Colo rado. Wat at Miami. He was elected president of Longmont college but resigned to accept the presidency of Miami university, Oxford, Ohio, later be coming president of Ohio State university at Columbus, O., in 1899. Dr. Thompson served this institution utnl 192ft, 'when he re tired at the age of seventy with (Continued on Page 2 I GRAIICH SPEAKS AT MEETING OF FARMERS Instructor Explains Need Of Co-Operation With Agriculturists. Prof. Howard Gramlich of the department of animal husbandry, addressed the chamber of com merce dinner in honor of the farm ers at Grand Island last night. The dinner was accompanied by a mu sical program. Mr. Gramlich pointed out the value of such meetings, since they bring the city business man and the farmer business man together, and aid in establlsbi-,' better rela tions and better understanding be tween these two essential factors In the welfare o. the community. In the past, according to Mr.. Gramlich, there has been too much misunderstanding. The city man antagonized the farmer, and the farmer was overly suspicious of the city mai?. Neither realized the facts that the success and pros perity of the one is directly de pendent upon the success and prosperity of the other. One necessity, he said, confronts the producer. He must meet the demands of modern commerce. People are not living as they were twenty years ago. and demands are very different today than they have been In the past. The farmer of today must meet the conditions of today in the raising and mar keting of his products. Gamma Alpha Chi to Hold Luncheon Tuesday for Miss Goldstein. Initiation ceremonies were held for five pledges by Gamma Alpha Chi, national professional sorority, Thursday night in Ellen Smith hall. Those initiated were: Uretta Klein, '31, Lincoln; Tobie Gold stein, '32, Omaha; Elaine Haver field,, '31, Scottsbluff; Miriam Greenberger, '31, Grand Island, and Virginia Randall, "30, Omaha. Next Tuesday, members of Gam ma Alpha Chi will have a lunch eon at the Lincoln hotel. As their guest of honor they will have Kate Goldstein, now an employment di rector of the national organization at Pittsburg. Miss Goldstein was one of the first members of the Nebraska chapter of Gamma Alpha Chi. TEACHERS LEAVE FOR CONFERENCE IN ATLANTIC CITY Members of the teachers college faculty who will attend the meet ings of the National Education as sociation in Atlantic City, N. J., this week Include Dean W. E. Sea lock, Miss Clara Wilson, Dr. D. A. Worcester, Dr. C. C. Weidemann and Dr. F. E. Henzlik. Dean Sea lock will speak before a section of the meeting. Miss Wilson is an officer of the kindergarten and primary section of the N. E. A. and the other three faculty men will participate in section meet ings. "Should the Essay Form Be Discarded As An Examination Question?" is the title of a paper to be given by Dr. Weidemann be fore the American educational re search association. THURSDAY MEET Eligibility list lu turm'd, '.at to Be Annoum'vd Soon Eligibility ltU for the ma jority ot principal part of the Ketmet Klub apring how, "Sob Suter." have been returned, ac rorrfing in a titn.tnt lud by the Klub Saturday, and the catt will be announced tome time n'xt eek. The chorut eligibility litt not back yet and to final selection of Chorut members will be delayed until late rent week. DELTA GAMMA KISSES GET MUCH PUBLICITY Omaha Bee Features Story About N Carnival Oscillations. RETRACTIONJS OFFERED Contrary to a story appearing I In yeMerdav's Omaha Morning Pee. IVIta Gammas did not sell real k!se two for five cents at their booth at the Cornhusker carnival Friday night. They were candv ones. "The statement In the Bee a. well as a feature printed in Fri day's early Dily Nebraska were entirely misleading." said Betty Craft, president of De'ts f.amma when interviewed yesterday. "The kisses were only candy." The Bees story was headed "Capitalirc on Lyman Theory at Carnival." A picture of Dean R. A. Lyman of the pharmacy col lege was printed with a caption 6tating that he denied the state ment each kiss takes three min utes off the life of the woman be ing kissed. Following is part of the story as It appeared Saturday: "Kisses chaper than hot dogs. "That was the slogan for the Cornhusker carnival, held Friday night at the University of Nc braska. The Delta Gammas were quick to take advantage of the pronouncement by Dr. R. A. Ly man of the college of pharmacy, that kissing is not harmful. "The Delta Gammas had a kiss ing booth as their contribution to the carnival. "They put the price at two for five." The Daily Nebraskan feature Friday about the Delta Gamma kissing booth was headed " Cakes' Take Notice Delta Gammas Will Offer Kisses for Sale!" It was to the effect that since Dr. Lyman had stated there was no harm in kissing, the Delta Gammas would have a kissing booth at the Carni val. That bcth the Bee-News and The Nebraskan stories were mis leading is seen in the fact that the Delta Gammas' did not sell real kisses, but only candy ones "two for a nickle." The Bee in a later edition recti fied its sttry by saying that the kisses were candy Instead of real. MISS HAC'S CLASS Palladian Society Hears Program at Friday Meeting. Students of the piano class of Marguerite Hac appeared in a cos tume recital before the members and guests of the Palladian liter ary society. Friday. The program consisted of piano solos, duets, songs, readings and dances, which depicted the music ot twelve dif ferent natiois. Dorothy McVey. Jack Thomp son, Gladys Alvord. Leola Musc moller, Evelyn Bullock, Carol Clark, Heten Pauley, Lucile Nel son and Hughina L?gge took part In the recital. Dorothy Keller and Helen Hopt each gave several readings. Claude Koe, a ranaaian senior, gave a short talk on IX. O. T. C. summer camp work. Ivy Day Adds to Scanty Nebraska Tradition, Has Been Annual Event Since 1S9S, Was for Seniors Only Ivy day. in I In- sixty odd years of Nebraska history, lias grown 'to 'be tlio strongliold of tradition in a rather tradition loss college. "With the daisy chain, the crowning of the Mar Queen, Hie planting of the ivy. Hie tapping of the Innocents, tin masquing of the Mortar Hoards, the interfratenijty sing and the intersororit v sing Ivv day has combined activities of more general interest to both students, O alumni and townspeople, than any other gala day of the year. Shirt tail parades, serenades, and Law Engineer frays have in the past held general attention, but with other reckless student life tradi tions they too, have faded into the dim and forgettable past. Ivy day has this year been set back to its original position in the first week in May. for during Round-Up Week, though it was a nice courtesy for visiting alumni, it made an inconvenient break just before the period of final exams for students. If it continues to be staged in the same week with Farmer's Fair, Engineer's Night, Honors Convocation, Pharmacy Nipbt and Bizad Day, as it will be this year however. Ivy day will undoubtedly lose much of the prestige which it has commanded in the past. For Senior Only. In 189S, the year of the first Ivy day, only seniors were excused from classes to take part in ine ceremonies. Underclassmen were pernrUted no part in the day, and MORTAR BOARDS ANNOUNCE MAY QUEEN POLLING 'Junior, Senior Women Will Vote on Ivy Day Honor This Wednesday. TO NAME CANDIDATES Fourth Year Women Only Arc to Pick Choice For Society. Flection of May queen, and ot candidates for Mortar Board will be held in the main corridor of SK-ial rVlenres hall between ft and 5 o'clotk Wednesday. Feb. 26. and In the home economics par lors at the college of agriculture In-tween 12 and 1 o'clock. All junior and senior women are elig ible to vote for May queen, and seniors may ballot on candidates for Mortar' Board for next year. Identification cards must be pre sentci. Mav quern i an honor estab lished in 1912 when Loui.se Barr. now Mrs. Lewis Anderson, was chosen by a popular vote at a miM meeting of all renior women, held in Temple theater. Ever iince, by the precedent established at that time, the May queen baa been chosen by the senior women on the basis of her contribution in time and effort to all the activi ties of the campus. Seniors Vote. Recent controversy on the cam pus and in the columns of the Daily Nebraskan. has led to con ( Continued on Page 3.1 PI K rVSWlST Attractive Sorority Booths Draw Many Attendants At Party. ALPHA 0'STAKE RELAY By scoring eleven points in the events held during the Cornhusker carnival Fridav night. Pi Kappa Alpha placed first. Sigma Chi and Tan Kappa Epsilon were second and third A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 attended the pro gram sponsored jointly by the N club and the W. A. A. Gay colors and attractive signs decorated the sorority booths sur rounding the main floor. Fortune telling booths drew a good crowd. A huge red h eart marked the Delta Gamma kising booth, and next to it was the Kappa Delta house of death. A mysterious and spooky passage followed on paying $1,000 bill of wild cat money. Thctas Draw. Another bcoth, the Downfall of Modern Greek, was a takeoff on the Awgwan by Alpha Omicron Pi. The artists from the Kappa Alpha Theta house worked all eve ning giving charcoal reproductions. The awaids for the booths have not vet been announced due to the fact' that part of the judging de pends on the ticket receipts. Alpha O't Win. Events and relays were run olf at the first part of the program. Alpha Omicron Tl won first place. Alpha Dcla Theta, second, and Phi Mu third in the thread and needle relay. Barrel boxing was won by Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Xi, second, and Farm House third. Soper. Delta Sigma Phi, won the Indian wrestle contest with Lewis, Pi Kappa Alpha, second. Phi Kappa rode in first in the horse and rider contest with Beta Theta Pi a clos! second, and Alpha Sigma Phi com ing third. even the resting place of the first ivy is not Known. At tnai umc the planting of the ivy was the main event o fthe day. Two years after the first occa sion, Ivy day became "senior day," and the Ivy day oration, the read ing of the class poem, and the an nouncement of the class gift were added to the ceremonies. After the planting of the ivy by the senior president, he handed the trowel to the junior president, a custom which has been observed ever since. The first May pole dance was held in 1903. This has now been supplanted by the dance drama presented under the direction of OrcheBis and the department of physical education for women the night before Ivy day. In 1905 the Innocents made the tapping Of their successors an added evnt in the growing tradition. It was in this year, too. that members of the Black Masque society, now Mortar Board, masked their successors for the followiug year. Innocents, having adopted this Continued on Page 4. AT ANNUAL CARNIVAL