vol xxix no. 121. iiann ft m nnr nan mt i ii TALKS ON POETS AT Editor of Poetry Magazine Discusses Midwest Verse. FAVORS WRITERS CLUB Aspiring Authors Should be Allowed to Display Their Ability. Harriet Monroe, founder an J edi tor of Foetry magazine, addressed the Tuesday morning convocation audience on the subject "Poeta of the Middle Went." starling with the founding of the mngailne that for seventeen yeara baa promoted the interests of better poetry. Miss Monroe trared the work of our modern writers down to the pres ent lav. Vaciiel LlnJsay. whom she roen tlored as the first of the great trio of Midwestern poets, attended a banquet given In Uonor of William Butler Yeats. Mr. Yeats addressed his remarks to a fellow artit whose poetry had strange beauty. In appreciation and response. Mr. Lindsay gave his chanting, half singing, rhythmical reading of "The Congo." This assisted the young pnt on his way to success, and he has since written aurh out (landing poems as "General Wil liam Booth Enters Into Heaven, and "The Chinese Nightingale." Likes Masters. One of her favorite poem, how ever, la "The Lake Hosts" by Ed gar Lee Masters. Having I "en born uear these lakes, the .' ubjc I holds a natural fascination for her. Mr. Masters is also known for his "Spoon River Epitaph to Ann Rut ledge." Mi.-s Monroe laughed as she re lated the efforts of Carl Sandburg to get his work published. He pent his poetry around to various edi tors but It always camo ba k. In those days editors were afraid of free verse. Now she tells us that the only thing we should demand of a poet Is that be should make a poem. Although a slow vein pre dominates in bis writing as in "Joy." the verse "Dawn" trips along. Sue. also read the finale of hia long; auloblogtsphic poem "Prairie." More Women Poets. "Women poets were rarely beard of seventeen or eighteen years ejo. Now we have Mich prominent poets as Kara Teasdalc who wrote Debt" and "On the Dew;" Jessica North, associate editor of the Poetrv magazine and author of Matbem.-uiral" and 'Truth:" and Helen Hoyl, whose "Happiness Be trays Me" and "Memory" arc un forgettable," she said. Mjss Monroe believes that every college .should have, a poetry club where aspiring writers could get together and in her own words "criticize each other's poetry un mercifully." Since there is no school of poetry we have to teach ourselves. . The University of Chi cago has such a club and it has produced several writers of ability. Among them are George Dillon, who published one book before he was twenty, and Elizabeth Rob erts, author of the novel "The Time of Man." As a conclusion she read several of her own lyrics. "The Wonder of It" expressed the emotional strangeness of life, "Back Home" is a summing up of her feelings when she felt herself once more on American soil after her trip around the world, and "Their God" was written about the great artists in a museum In Spain. HUSKER GRADUATE GETS POST WITH ELECTRICAL FIRM Mr. H. C. Myers, Nebraska uni versity, '27, is now design engi neer for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company. Hav ing completed the electrical engi neering course, ho immediately en tered the graduate students course at Westinghouse. Since complet ing the course he has assisted in the design of the large D. C. ma chines for the steel mills of the Gulf States company and the 1111 inoia Steel company. In addition to this he has been working on special problems of eddy current losses in the arma ture conductors of D. C. machines. By the use of the material and data gathered on this work he has received his master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Ho is a member of Sigma Xi and his present address is Penglyn addi tion, Idwin, Pennsylvania. COl FRT TOURNAMENT REVEALS MATERIAL Results of maiches played Wed nesday in the round robin tourna ment to bring to light material to add to the prtstnt varsity tennis squad of Mahood, Cameron and Sbermaa, are: Swenyjn beat Yunker. 8-6, 6-2. Elliott beat Frerlchs, 6-3, 6-2. Martinez beat Fishbaugh. 6-4, 6-1. Tagg beat Gant. 3-5, 6-3, 6-1. CAMPUS CALENDAR Friday, April 4. "Little Clay Cart" by the Uni x verslty Players. 7:30 p. m.. Tem ple theater. Sunday, April 6. Kpp Phi pledging. Grace M. E. c'jurch. 3 to 5 p. m. Attend ance required. CONVOCATION The Daily Nebra i itfrary sonny WILL C;iVK VARIKO PROGRAM TONIGHT A mi--i chantauqua program will I tivrn nl nn on ineetiut of Union Luerary society. Friday evening nt 8 at the Temple. A ne-U comedy. "Porta All." will the leading feature of the pro gram. There will also l a talk on pro hibition and varum musical num ber i will tw iclvfn. The evenirg'i a carnival, having the usual for entertMnmcnt will be Marled with tune telling hoot ha and gvnea of fhante w.th free pmes. Theology School Head Will Address Convocation on Thursday, April 10. TO BE HERE THREE DAYS "PlfCUHMun of preparations for the visit to the campus next week of Dr. K. Guy Cutsball. president of the Iliff bibool of theology at Denver, was taken up at a meet ing of the Interdenominational re ligious federation at the Temple theater Thursday noon. It was de cided to make a campus wide ap peal to solicit lntereot of students in these meetings. Dr. Cutsball will address a uni versity convocation in the Temple theater at 1 1 o'clock Thursday morning. April 10. on the subject "Moral Challenge of Applied Sci ence." At meetings to be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day evenings at 7 o'clock In Social Sciences auditorium he will spcalt on such topics as "A Self Destruc tive Culture," "The Meaning of the Inductive Method for Ethics and Religion." and "The Parable ;.f the Kaglc." Was University Pastor. Cfo: taking bis present posi tio i. Pr. Catchall was for several years Methodist university pastor at tho University of Pennsylvania, He also f-erved a period extending over a numlcr of years as presi dent of West Virginia Wcsleyan. His interests have been particu larly devoted to the field of stu dent service. He holds several aca demic degrees, among them an A. i?. from Cornell and his rh. D. from the Univeisity of Chicago. SOCiETY WILL OFFER Pr.lladians Slate Annual Program for Friday Meeting. Annual senior program of Palla dian Literary society will be pre sented at an open meeting of the society Friday, April 4, at 8:30 o'clock. Miss Ixirena Platz is in charge of the program which will in clude a playlet, "A Proposal Un der Dirficul'ties," given by Mal inda Keller, Margaret Dale, Ralph Elliot and Bruno Klinger. An other play. "How He Lied to Her Husband," by George Bernard Shaw, will be given by Margaret West, Basil Wendt and Victor Sey mour. As a closing number a very grand opera, "EI Janitoro," will be presented with Bruno Klinger play ing the title role, Helen Hopt the heroine, Gerald Briggs the bero and Victor Seymour, the conductor, director and majordomo. Tbey will be supported by full orches tra, chorus and ballet. SIGMA PHI EPSILON HOUSE OPENS ON hi J Vmu ill! ! fi J . IHV- - JL' i?Jflj . ' j;' hk1- liy& I UirH r Courtei-j' of The Lincoln 8tr. -- This week marks the opening of the new Sig Ep house, located at 601 North Sixteenth street. The building fronts on T street, which is to be cut through from Fourteenth to Sixteenth street, within a few years, according to the university construction program. Red brick and natural stone, modeled according to the Oothic and French chateau lines of architecture, are used in this most recent frater nity home. . , , Active chapter will entertain members of the alumni cxecuiive board at a formal dinner dance at the official opening of the house, Saturday evening, April 12. Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska LINCOLN. PLAYERS ARE 10 APPEAR TONIGHT Thirza Fay and Jcrc Mickcl! Lead in Play. 'Little Clay Cart.' ATTRIBUTED TO INDIA Presentation Has Humor j Although Written in Filth Century. I'mverMtv riavers will present the first performance of the Hindu play. "The Little nyj Cart." tonight at tho Temple theater at i :30 p. in. tne'or,Ctna.k Si the Goodman theater of Chicago., will take the leading male role of Charudatta, a Brahman merchant. Mr. Mlckel has been hecn many times in the Player productions, and last appeared as the son in "Enter Madame." The leading feminine role will be portrayed oy Thirza Fay. Miss Fay. who will be remembered as the eccentric opera singer in "Enter Madame." will have the part of Vasantasena. a courtezan. Cast Given. Other members of the cast are; Arthur Singlcy as Maitreya; Lois Grandstaff as Radanitsa. a maid Richard Page as a courtier; Har bin Easton as Sansthanaka, a lisping villain, the brother-in-law of the k.ng: Taulinc Ccllctly na Mn.innlka. Vasantasena's maid: Doris Hosman as a maid: Paul I Miller as a hampoocr who turns j Buddhist monK. Also. Edwin Quinn as Mathura, a gambling master; Judd Brenton as another gambler; Paul Thomp son as Darduraka. a gambler; W. Zolley Lerner as Sharvilaka, a Brahman i.i love with Madan ika; Valeric Worrell as the wife of Charudatta; Al Tiffany as Sthavaraka. Sansthanaka's slave; Kenneth Threlkeld as Chandan aka, a policeman; and Katherine Gallagher as Vasantasen's mother. "The Little Clay Cart" created considerable comment when it first appeared in New York. It has only beeu shown in two cities previous to its presentation in Lincoln. Jt is an eastern play attributed to King Shurdraks. a former emperor of India, and translated into English by Arthur William Ryder. The play abounds with humor which at times verges on farce. The puns and humorous situa tions are said to have a decided American flavor although the play was written in India in about the fifth century. WESTERN SCHOOL (JIVES AWARD TO HUSKER STUDENT Joe Deming. senior in the chemistry department, has re ceived a scholarship of $2o0 from, the California institute of tecl I nnloirv at Pasadena. R A. a ml Milllcken. who is neaa nf that in.it itutlon. stated that as a general rule, only students who have taken some pre-graduate work there are given scholarships. Joe Deming was given the award on basis of his fine qualifica tions. He plans to work for his doctor's degree there, taking a major in physics and a minor in mathematics. Deming is the son of Prof. H. G. Deming of the chemistry department. HINDU DRAMA Nl Hit KA. 1 HIDAY. WILL SPEAK HERE. 1 OR. HARTLEY BURR ALEXANDER. i,l nt.M tnurcn unocr ;m ,o. a former professor of philosophy at Ncbraski. will I asked to speak at an all-university convocation during his week-end stay here. F( Modernistic Effect is to be Carried Out in Decoration for Barb Party. OLD MEMBERS HOLD OVER The All-Universitv party to be hld Saturday night at the coli seum will be the scene of Pie elec tion of now members for tho barb council. According to Alnn Wil liams, present chairman of the council, thirty-five new members have, filed for positions. The records of the members have been checked and all were found eligible for election. Vot ing will take place immediately after the students have entered the coliseum. Identification cards must be presented, and only those of nonfrvternity groups will be permitted to vote. Several members have been held over for another year. They are as tolKnv.f: - Mali Wimtm?.' Lin coln: M;irie Broad. Lincoln; Ern est Klinger, Hanover, Ks.: and Delphian Nash. Henry. Neb. Is Season's Climax. The party Saturdny night will be the climax of the barb nodal season. The decoration scheme will be modernistic in every de tail, even in tho favors which will be presented to all who attend. Parties have been the chief con sideration of the Barb council, but there have been other matters of import nncr brought before the council. The dutlc- of the new members will begin immediately after their election. New officers will be chosen as soon as the organiza tion is effected. irTIK W'l! I ' -L,rjJ 1 . RE HERE TODAY Pr. IX. W. Valentine of Hal-ey, Stuart nnd company of New York ai,d Cli'cago, will interview stu dents i't business administration today r.nd Salurday at the office of Professor Bullock, Social Sci ence 30C. . Appointments to see Mr. Valen tine can be made at Professor Bul lock's office up until noon Friday. Dr. Vallneine was formerly an in structor in investment and cor poration finance at the University of Illinois. FRATERNITY ROW " " r - r J . , I , 4 .. Ml : ; if; -: vV ELIGIBILITY CHECKED R COUNCIL ELECTION APRIL I. 1930 ENGINEERS WEEK GROUP ADVANCES PLANS FOR FETE Schedule is: Picnic. April 30; Open Night, May 1; Banquet, May 2. PUBLIC EXHIBITPLANNED Campus Structure Will be Model of Bessemer Converter. Engineers' Week committee met In M. E. 201 Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock and dlocussed plans for their annual celebration. April 2S to May 2. John Clcma. general chairman, presided. The annual engineers' banquet will I! held at the Lincoln hotel Friday evening. May 2. at 6 o'clock. The committee plans to secure an orchestra for the eve ning, and there will be speeches by men yet to be selected. Antelope park will be the scene of the field day celebration. Wed nesday, April 30. Lunch will be served at noon, and the afternoon will be spent playing games and In other amusemeuts. Thursday, May 1, the engineers will hold open house. All of the engineer ing buildings and the geology building will be open to the public. A large variety of exhibits, in cluding one by the agricultural engineers, will be on display. Hubbard In Charge. Howard Huhhsrd, w-'isted by Francis Young. Is in charge of the campus structure. They arc plan ning to exhibit a Bessemer con verter, which will show the method of changing Iron to steel. Russell Lindskog is in charge of the en gineers' convocation, which will be held Wednesday morning. The Engineers' Week committee is composed of the following: John M. Clema, general chairman: Jerry Evans, secretary-treasurer: Floyd Petersen, work chairman; Francis Noting. Ag. E.; Nielson, Arch. E.; Howard Hubbard. Chem. E.; Harold Aitken, C. E.; Harbert Kimberley. E. E. chairman. Kalph Wickwire, M. E.; C. B. Schultz, geology; Art Caress, ticket chairman; Jerry Briggs, activities; Chas. McReynolds, chairman, and Rhuel Anderson, banquet; Robert House, field day; Russell Lindsko, convocation and pep rally; Ronald Dysart, window display; W. W. Frankfort. Richard Devereaux, Louise Westover and Bernard Osterloh, assisting with ptogram; Ed Knigbt, publicity. L Superintendent Taylor in Talk Cites Advantages of Such A School. State. Superintendent Taylor spoke to the Omaha chamber of commerce at a luncheon Thursday on the question of a city univer sity, to be located in Omaha, and financed by taxation of property in Omaha. At the present time, he pointed out, "We are confronted with the same old problem of sending im mature youths away from homes to the collegiate educational cent ers. And as before, only the few can go because of the economic handicap." The cost of maintaining such an institution would be slightly higher, but would be rewarded for the extra cost by the numbers of boys ar.d girls who would be able to get an education at a minimum cost by living at home. The prop erty levy would not be more than one mill per dollar. Superintendent Taylor spoke of the municipal universities of Cin cinnati, and of Wichita, Kans., as being outstanding examples of this type of university. If this system should be adopted by Omaha it will give many stu dents now enrolled in the high schools a chance to continue their education. It will probably be ac- j companied by a decrease in the : numbers now attending the state I university because many of the ! students come from Omaha, the I superintendent said. TASSELS DECIDE TO HOLD RUSH EE PARTY APRIL 16 A report of the committee in charge of the revision of the con stitution was made at the meeting of the Tassels, girls' pep organiza tion, which met last night in Ellen Smith hall. It was also decided to hold a rush party Wednesday April 16 in tbe Alpha Chi Omega house. Each sorority will be requested to send two of ita members to this party and the organization will elect one of the two to membership la ita organization. Summer Regalia is Seen on Campus as Temperature Soars Sleeveless dresses and light col ored knickers made their official appearance on the campus yester day when the mercury climbed to 74degrces, one of the three high est readings for the year. Tbe forecast for today was lair and not much change in temperature. Tb other days during which the SKAN FA1MI ATI 1 1 FTIC CLl 11 PLANS TO SPONSOR DANCE Another f the agricultural col lege informal frolics will be held Friday night at the Mudcnt aitiv- , Hies building. The athletic club i-f , the college will iponor this af- ' fair. , AdmisMnn for ladies will be free, as usual .according to Han- S.K?i"'..::reU HemSlDr. Thompson. Philosopher, tlon i ar,N will iw. ,aed for. bow.. The Golden Kd r renadtrs. 1 local oubestra. will furnlfh th , music. : - temperature equaled or bettered yesterday's ninrk were on Match 12 when' it equaled the record of venterday and on the MMeentb of Starch when the records of the I weather bureau show a high of "s ' decrees. Although tueie wric Mnie Jays in March that leu .tud-nls to be lieve that it not only tame in but al. went out lik the traditional lion. iccurdM on j ito at the United States wei.lher bureau's office ou the univcrMW" mnipus :how the temperature vt the piut month to have been 2.2 di'ijrees above nor mal, no lasting snowfall, two summer thunder showers, and the percent of Minshincy days seven points above normal. Peterson Writes Concerning Joaquin Miller for French Paper. WEIGHS POET'S ABILITY Martin S. Peterson, in.-trurlor in the English department, is the author of an article entitled "Joa quin Miller" which waj recently accepted for publication in the Re vue Anglo-Americaine. one of the most important French magazines dealing with American literature. The article is a S.OOo word esti mate of Miller's standing as a poet in American literature. Although his place is not high be is inter esting and important because of his romantic, Ryronic character istics. He tried to establish a sort of Greek . republic for the American Indian. His sympathies were first aroused when he was captured by the Shasta Indians cf California. with whom be subse quently lived for three years. His dreams of an Indian republic even tually met with failure. Native Californian. Miller, a native of California, was prominent from about ISSO to 1910. Ho belonged to the Whitman school in manner, adopting the rough and ready characteristics of Walt Whitman." M. Cestre. editor of the Revue Anplo-Americaine, recently taught at Wisconsin as sn exchange pro fessor. He has invited Mr. Peter son to prepare another article on a kindred topic. Mr. Peterson is also preparing a topic for a doctor's dissertation entitled 'Some Scandinavian Ele ments in a Micmac Indian Swan Maiden S'.orj'," which has been ac cepted for publication by the Scandinavian Studies for its sum mer issue. JOURNALISTS ARE GIVEN NEWS TEST Both sections of journalism 82 took a "news familiarity test" yesterday morning. This test, orig inated by the New York Times and used in many eastern schools, in cludes questions regarding news events that have occured during the past yeRr. Some of the questions coneeren ed Madame Curie; "The Yellow Bird;" who the governors of Porto Rico and of the Philippines were: and many other similar inquiries. i ne test was conducted by Prof. Cayle C. Walker, director of the school of journalism and instruc tor of the classes. Wible Discounts Story of Unusual Disturbances Coming From Pharmacy Zoo, "Dogs Are Dogs" He Declares By BOYD VON SEGGERN Thus, did C. L. Wible, of the pharmacy college, dismiss the idea that the dogs in the new animal annex east of Pharmacy hall are causing too much disturbance. Continued yelping, barking and general disturbances on Thursday caused many students on the cam pus to wonder if new and unruly demons had been caged within the walls of the animal house. Mr. Wible stated positively, however, that the dogs have been there for months, manj1 of them lor years. Wible is chairman of the de partment of pharmacognosy and under his supervision various forms of crude drugs are studied. This includes experimental work in effects that drugs have upon ani mals. "Just Natural.' "I guest it a just natural for dogs to bark," Mr. Wibel explained when asked w hat caused the can ine delegates at tbe animal house to expound so contemptuously at this particular time. "Dogs are dogs, you know," he added. "But what made them bark more on Thursday than on other days?" "Each one of those dogs haa been barking since the day it was born," Ce chairman of tbe drug department said. "Tbey are all healthy dogs." PRICE FIVE CENTS i FORMER HUSKER WILL SPEAK 10 LOCAL AUDIENCE i- n wjjji Parrmuj, Over Week-end. . MAY ADDRESS STUDENTS ! Authorities Plan to Ask i Essayist to Appear at : Convocation. Dr. Hurt ley Burr Alexander. former pmfesM-r of phtloaonby at the University of Nebrakka. at present oci upyinj a aimilar pos ition at Scripps college. Claremont, Calif., will i in Lincoln thla wee: ' end. according to Information re j leased from the university cepart- ment of philosophy. I The former Nebr.vkan. however, i i rot coming here under the au ! i-pices of the university but Is bc ' ing brought here by a civic group. ' the A Capello i lnur. The latter organi7Htln. in the main, is com I posed of University of Nebraska ! Htudents but Is entirely separate from oth?r student activities. ! Dr. Alexander's fint public ap ' pearance in Lincoln will be at 5 I o'clock Sunday evening at the Westminster Presbyterian cburcb. ! Arrangements are being made K Hn endeavor to have the dlt-tin-1 guisbd vis.lor speak at an all ! university convocation Tuesday. I April 8. Whether this will come ! to pass is not definitely known as ; yf "' ; Tickets Limited, j Because the A Capelli choir, though having no connections with ' the church, has been furnishing music at the Westminster church for the past season, it was thought advisable to sponsor the lecture at that place. Tickets, admitting persons to the lecture, have been and are being sent out so that only a limited number enough to fiil the church edifice can be accom modated. Distinguished as an essayi. poet and philosopher. Di. Alexan der has added another profession to the already growing list of avo cationsthat of his own particular field of architecture. The doctor has also- gained intrnatiooaJ re pute a. an authority on the Ameri can Indian, being sought by many foreign countries for his knowledge on the subject. Noted In Architecture. His wide distinction in the field of architecture has made it possi ble for him to be an authority on the matter and for that reason will devote his talk Sunday evening l "The Last Architecture." Much of his prominence in this realm, according to local faculty associ ates, was aided through his asso ciation with Bertram Goodhue, ar chitect for the Nebraska state house and the Los Angelea public, library, aside from numerous other public buildings. "Truth and the Kaitb." a book recently published by Pr. Alexan der, has done much to raise bis standing in philosophical circles. The book, a new interpretation cf Christianity, has, in the opinion of a Nebraska professor, given Dr. Alexander a place among such men as Eddington, Whitehead and Rus sell. President of Philosopher. Tbe eminent philosopher ba been president of tbe American Philosophical association, one of the highest honors to be attained by anyone in th field of philoso phy, according to local men. and he is now president of the Pacific division of the American Philo sophical association. The choir sponsoring Dr. Alex ander's visit, according to one of its members, is composed of but a few Presbyterians, being made up of Catholics and Protestants and Jews and students of other faiths. The group was organized ten years ago and tho it is its policy not to go out ou a tour and particularly not to go out of the state of Ne ( Continued on Page 3.) "What kind of dogs are they?" "Just plain dog." "Where did you get them?" "We raised them. They are fed regular pets of the Institu tion, you understand." Contradicts Idea. This last statement contra dicted any ideas that the four footed captives in the animal in I firmary are picked up from the streets" bartered for at the city I dog pound, or borrowed from the humane society. I Roll call at the anntx now in I dudes ten dogs, eight cats, a gross I of rats, three white leghorn chick ens, seven raoons, ana a numoer of guinea pigs. Tbe doga are all mongrels. Tbe leghorns are thoroughbred and the rata bear pedigrees which are being guarded very carefully. Well Cared For. All of the animals receive the best of care, according to Mr. Wible. The cagea are of galvan ized Iron and they are aterilized with ateam each day. A cement floor adds further to the cae of keeping the Infirmary clean. Quartz glass windows maVe it possible for the full value of the sun's rays to reach tbe animals, and mercury arc lamps provide ultra-violet ray in tbe winter The rats dine upon ultra-violet radiated milk, and the other ani mals are also well fed. , , i? f