SKAN I tit JJA1LY iNJiBKA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXX H). LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, FKHIUJARY 17. VJM. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AMES BLASTS HUSKERS HOPES STUDENTS ELECT OFFICERS TODAY Campus Factions Conclude Campaign Activities Among Women With Dinner Talks and Serenades; Sororities Seek Prom Girl Voles. iNON-FKATEKMTY ORGANIZATION NOT ACTIVE STUDENTS ISSUE PAPER Ag College Journalists Edit First Number of Publication. Class Presidents, Ivy Day Orator Aspirants Are Alan) ; Seventeen List Candidacy for Ten Positions; Student Council Supervises Polls. By JACK ERICKSON. Campus fact inns have finished campaigning ami have marshalled their ballot box forces: sorority representatives have made their bid for llie masculine vote; and evervthinsr is in nadiness for the (lection of the four class presidents, an Ivy itay orator, and lour 1 nun pii-l today in the Temple, beginning Formal campaigning took place nominees which takes place t !l o clock. last evening when factional and sorority groups went into the field in quest of any possible votes. The B.ue Shirt faction opened activi ties with a canvas of sorority houses where they presented their late and furnished musical enter tainment. Various sorority groups campaigned during dinner hour when they made the campus fra ternities, presenting the respective merits of their Prom girl aspi lants. Later in the evening the Yellowjackets put their side of the question before feminine voters by means of outdoor serenades and speeches. v Barbs Inactive. No activity was evident on the part of the non-fraternity Barb taction. This group has no candi dates in the running during the current election but it has been j authentically rumored that they I will swing their support to the Yellowjacket side of the ticket. Balloting at the Temple polls is to be under strict Student council supervision under the direction of Boyd von Seggern. chairman of the election committee. Associated with him on the committee are Julia Slmanek, Paula Eastwood, Lorenz Hopfer, and Minnie Neme check. All council members, how ever, will be on duty at the polls during different periods of the day ?nd it has been announced that nothing but properly validated in dentificatinn cards will be ac cepted. This announcement lias Weather For Lincoln and vicinity: Tuesday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Lowest temperature last night about thirty-five degrees. The first Issue of the Farm Op erator Spotlight, official mimeo graphed newspaper of the short courses at the agricultural college, appeared .on the ag campus Satur day. Merton Kuhr of Blair, a second year student. Is the editor while Maurice Kremer is the man aging editor. A basketball resume of the pres ent season Is one of the features of the publication. It tells of the five victories the farm boys have bag ged this season and of outstanding players. Other stories tell of so cial news in the short courses, fea ture stories, trips, and about new students in the course. Through the editorial column, Editor Kuhr welcomes the new students in the farm operator's short course. He cites the growth of the course and believves it will continue to grow in the future. BEEZLEY SMITH'S ORCHESTRA PLAY FOR PROM L HOLD 1931 ELECTION Carnegie Institute Annual Contains Parisitical Sea Fish Data. DISCOVER NEW SPECIES Senior Honorary to Select Mew Members From High Thirty. TO CHOOSE MAY QUEEN The thirty girls pollinj the high est number of votes in the election to be held Thursday will form the list of candidates from which the old Mortar Board will choose its successors this year. Tb May Queen and her maid of honor will also be chosen at this time. The polls will be in the main corridor of Social Science between 9 and 5 o'clock, and in the home economics parlors at the agriculture college j Dr. Master's work included between 12 and 1 All junior and senior women are elieible to vote for the Mav Queen. t een instigated by certain rumors, but onlv members can vote lor current last fall to the effect that I candidates for the Mortar Board, a large number of votes, .seriously in the latter ballot, the senior affecting the election's outcome. women are instructed to vote for had been obtained by the use of j not le.-.s than six and not more unvulidated cards. , han thirty members of the junior Seventeen Are Candidate. j class whom they think deserve the Seventeen candidates have been ; honor of membership in this hon entercd on the ballot for the ten ! orary. Any ballots containing less e'ective positions which will be i or more than the specific number filled today. Two nominees have will not be counted, filed for each of the class presi- I The first requirement for mem dency positions, three aspirants ; bership is scholarship, according Hie listed on the Ivy day orator! to the ruling of the national or ballot. and f ir. womei., have been ! ganization. Tbe standard set for p'a-.ed in the running- for tbe four i the Nebraska chapter is an aver i'loin girl nominations. '. age for all previous temestej-s ar.d The six Prom girl candidates . a record clear of conditions, in f -Uow: ! complete, or failures. Participation Dorothy Silvis Kappa Alpha j in campus activities is tbe second Thcta from Wagner, S. D.. is i consideration, not merly the num r.mong the candidates.. She is the j ber engaged in, but the service s?iior Pan-Hellenic delegate and rendered while participating in i past president of Thela bigma I any of them Results of research v orlc with various eea animals which was carried on last summer at the Tortugas island laboratory by aj number of the nation's outstanding zoologists representing the Car negie institute were outlined in a recent report by Dr. H. W. Manter, of the University of Nebraska zoological department, in the year book of the Carnegie institute pub lished in December. Dr. Manter was one of a party of a dozen prominent zoologists who were invited to make up the staff of the laboratory research department on the Tortugas island, which lies in the gulf of Mexicc just a short distance f- Key West, Fla. Each of these men were assigned to some special phase of sea animal research, and re search dealing with parasites oi sea fish. During the summer period spent on the island. Dr. Manter accom plished many interesting resulU. finding a total of 103 species of parasitic worms, forty of which were new. He has a varied collec tion of sea animals on display in BegKey hall. Tha men who spent tbe summer in this research work received no salary, but all expenses were paid by the institute. No women in habit tbe island, and, the only hu mans were these men who engaged themselves in zoological research work. The men did not leave the island during the entire summer period, supplies were sent weekly from Key West. Dr. Manter has declared his intention lo return to the island next summer and con tinue his work with tbe zoology research woikers. Mousel, Music Committee Chairman, Announces Engaged Music. PLAYS AT MANY EVENTS 1 Band Is Radio Feature of Broadcasting Chain; Completes Tour. Beezley Smith's eleven piece or chestra will play for the fifth an nual Junior-Senior prom it was an- late last night by Russ Mousel in charge of music for the affair. The Prom will be held this year in the coliseum on Feb. 27. Smith's orchestra has just closed a long run in the Schroeder hotel in Milwaukee, Wis., and comes here on its first middle western tour. The band is a feature of the National Broadcasting company and is well-known by radio fans. Earlier in the season the organiza tion played for the prom at Pur due university and for a similar affair at the University of Illinois. Plays Long Engagement. The band played a successful forty-eight weeks engagement at the Andrew Jackson hotel in Nash ville, Tenn., recently, and has also played long engagements at the Swiss Gardens in Cincinatti, O., and the Bagdad club, Dallas, Tex. Tickets for the affair went on sale yesterday afternoon for $2.50 each. Corn Cobs are selling tbe ducats to the closing affair of the "stiff-collar" season. Elect Prom Girl Today. Interest today centers in selec tion of prom girl candidates at the polls. Six Nebraska coeds have filed for the honor and students will select four of these today one of whom will be picked as Prom girl the night- of lh party. The six candidates are Margaret Mc Kay, Minnie Neraechek, Mildred Chappell, Alice Connell, Dorothy Silvism and Georgia Wilcox. Decoration plans for the party are progressing rapidly according to Bill McGaffin and Jean Rath burn, committee on decorations. The contract was let last Friday. The plans provide for cutting off part of the floor and also for a false celling. These will serve to hold the music in the hall and not allow it to escape to the ceiling as in previous years when it has been difficult to hear the orchestra, McGaffin said. PROFESSORS WILL MEET Group to Hear Marvin, Void, Hinraan at Uni Club On Feb. 23. The Nebraska chapter of the American Association of Univer sity Professois will have a dinner meeting at the University club Feb. 23. The topic of the meeting will be primarily that of the organ ization's work. Professor H. H. Marvin will report on the annual national meeting held at Cleveland, O., last December. Professor E. L. Hinman will describe a special case dealing with "academic free dom from tenure." Professor Lauriz Void will analyze some of the decisions which have been made in such disputed cases. "All members of the American Association of University Profes sors not yet affiliated with tha Ne braska chapter are urged to come," said Professor D. A. Wor chesterecrelary of the organiza tion. ! CYCLONES DEFEAT BLACKMEN 42 TO 28 Jack Itouricai) unci Tram Exhibit Superior I)aketIaII In Hrlurn Hireling on Iowa Stale Cainjui; Nebraska Completely Outplayed. DAVEV PILES LT NINE POINTS FOK HIGH SCORE Opponents Hold 11-16 Lead Over Scarlet and Cream Until Last Five Minutes of Play When 16 Marks Are Added to End Fracas. MOTION PICTURE MAN WILL SEE ASPIRANTS -.IKS. Iowa. Jack Koadc.ip mid liis fellow linsk'.'t bailors of Iowa State put a deep crimp in the ( 'ornlmskers crop percentage points .Mnndav nijrlit when thev handed iho Black- iiien a 42-28 defeat. Woadcap played one oi the best ffftni'S of his career and inspired his mates to ;i point where they were able to thoroughly outclass the highly touted Nehraskans. Previous to Monday, the Husk- Ungar of Laernmele's Studio To Hold Interviews Here Tomorrow. SEEKS YOUNGER TALENT All University of Nebraska stu dents who are interested in any phase of the motion picture indus try, especially the dramatic branch will have an opportunity to inter view one of Carl Laemmele jr.'s producers, Arthur Ungar of Holly wood, tomorrow morning and aft ernoon at the Temple, room 202.. Mr. Ungar, representing Uni versal Pictures corporation, is on a tour of the United States seek ing types for younger set roman tic leads. On this tour, which was started four weeks ago. he has visited twenty-five universities and a large number of small stock companies as well as civic play or ganizations and art theater troups... During the. inspection trip he has been singling out desirable types and making arrangements for a film test trip to Universal City with all expenses paid. "We are not particularly inter ested in an individual's dramatic experience, although that is a de cided asset." Mr. Ungar pointed out. "My job is to pick out young er types who will replace the pres ent cycle of juvenile actors who are ready to move on to higher positions in their careers," he said. Talent from both sexes is being sought after, according to Mr. Ungar who has been especially del egated by Carl Laemmele, jr. to seek new material. "There are," he declared, "certain specific phy sical aualificalions which must .SPEAKS AT CHL'KCH1' met. For women we ask that their height range between four feet, eleven inches, and five feet, four inches. As for the men. their height requirements varies from five feet, eleven inches, to six feet. three inches. ( "Carl Laemmele. jr., who at i Cornhusker Picture To Be Taken Today The Cornhusker editorial and business staffs willhave their picture takenat the campus studio at 12:15 o'clock today. LE T COTNEK PKOI ESSOK ers were doped to finish no worse than in a tie for the conference bunting, but they hit a serious slump against the Kansans and continued in the rut throughout the game at Ames. With three minutes to go. Iowa State was holding a 41-46 lead, and the Hustl ers counted sixteen points in the last few minutes when Ames let up on their close guarding. Hokuf Plays Welt." Steve Hokuf, Nebraska's potent guard, played a bang-up game at his position, but the rest of the team appeared sluggish and unable to get started. Big Steve counted eight besides blanketing, many of the Iowa scoring gestures. Selden Davey was high point man for the Huskers, accounting for a trio of field goals, and a like number of gift tosses. Fisher continued in the slump 1mA i n tl r in ninna tna Dut Ian I Cf r I r n f I T II I I A I I I jv.. ii hi mute nit; iJULK.t LUUK UVtrl OLD U HALL j game, and appeared unable to lo cate the hoop. Charlie Black in- House Finance Committee Makes Campus Tour Late Monday. The finance commitee of the serted Conklin and Stipsky In an Phi. journaliKtic honorary sorority Georgia Wilcox, bcoUsbluJf, is the Chi Omega entry. She is on (Continued on Page 4.) At The Studio Tuesday, Feb. 17. iXirnhurker staff, 12:10 o'clock. Wednesday. Feb. 18 N club, 12 o'clock. ' Inlet-fraternity ball committee, 32:10. Daily Nebrakan editorial staff. 12:30. The preserit members of the Mortar Board will be in charge of the polls. Identification cards are necessary for balloting, and names will lie checked with lists from the registrar's office. Results of the election will not be announced until Ivy day, which will be April 30. when the May Queen in crowned at a formal cere mony. Tbe girl receiving the sec ond highest number of votes will be maid of honor. Both May Queen and Mortar Board are regarded as representa tive positions. For this reason all these that are eligible should vote in order that these selections should represent as large a group of public opinion as possible. y. M. C. A. TO L Prof. J. K. Snellen berg, of Cot ner college, spoke before the young people's group of the First Presbyterian church lat Sunday evening on tbe subject "Why Man Has Religion." Professor Shellen- berger was introduced by Charles i DeFord. who led devotions. Lor raine Hummel, assisted by James i Howard, had charge of the social I hour. The refreshments were pre j pared by a committee headed by Evelyn, Maxwell. A special sermon for young people was given by Dr. Paul Calhoun, pastor of the churc h following the meeting. lower house of the Nebraska state I effort to curb the scoring of the legislature yesterday were the j Cyclones, but they just were not guests of university officials on an i r'Jj", , . f ,.., . , ; Nebraska was shoved out ol a inspection tour of various buildings , tie for first place jn tne game amJ on the university's campus. (are just about out of the running Among other buildings inspected j for the conference championship. was University hall, in place of F" hav,e now. ifit. -hrt:e Samfs aiiu air ,iuiiicu LJJC jaj uaw A" which the board of regents of the university seeks a new bulding. .A request for funds to replace the building was not taken note of by Governor Bryan in his budget pre sented to the legislature. He recommended no funds be spent for buildings this year. The legislatures likewise in spected the university's new heat ing plant and the electrical engin ers. who have only lost two games and who have only three moie tussels to play. Nebraska's "Iron Men," tbe five regulars who have carried the Cornhuskers along in big league style, and who for a long time ap- ; peared as probably champs, i emed unable to function, and even when they did get going, tbey , " " , J. , ; lof the Ames attack, shown the proposed girls dorm.t- Hawk Rt for Ameg ory site, after which they con- Djt k k h sccon(J b ,f f ,Z .minl t Jl f yffltlaIs at the diminutive Iowa combination the administration bu.ld.ng. , f forwanJf( ilve6 a b i Vv t y m u n"W mrC tha" ifi ' "all, and was a constant fh-ZhlLV botn tn "H and deffne' wni W The The Iowans climbed up to an even first floor is used for classrooms. ' !,.,, tu , ,. ; , . . , . ,. , break in their games, winning four while the basement houses the of-i, . . . . . . " ail i niniiif Lijr niujc liujijijrja. (Coiitirued on Page 3. ) UP TO BE HELD FEB. 25 fices of The Daily Nebraskan, the Cornhusker, the Awgwan, and a few clasKrooms. i Governor Bryans' budget recom- m e n (1 a tion to the legislature trimmed several thousand dollars I off the budget for the university I m recommended by the board of I regenets. Richard Bonelli, American Baritone, To Appear as Tonio in 7 Pagliacci' In Chicago Civic Opera Presentation That Richard Bonelli. American barit'Tie of the Chicago Civic Opera company, who will be bear J with that organization at tbe Uni vernity 'f Nebraska coliseum Xbi evening t;f March 17 already is well-known to Nebraska irusic lovers. Bonelli In addition io beiti--beard frequently over nation-wtde radio broadcasts, sang the Valen tine in the '"Faust" performance jf civic ie;a at tbe coliseum two year ago. Bonelli will appear in ibe role of Tonio, '.be clown, when "I Pagliacci" is presented in Lin coln next month. This opera is part of tbe double program which aleo includes "Ctvalleria Kusti cana." He was born at Port Huron. N. Y. When he was three, his fam ily moved to Syracuse. There h worked bis way through a public school education, as newsbcy, sewepaper bundle boy, circulation clerk of a newspaper, solicitor for magazines, farmers' helper in hr rest time, bank messenger, book keener, teleubone accountant, gar dener in a cemetery, auto mechao- l from Oorge ic'a helper end accident insurance investigat or. Hi ambition was to be an autu-i motive engineer. He obtained a acholarehip at Syracuse university, and he took a course in er,giner ing. Here it was that one of his professor advised niin to give up his course, in which however be had made a succenirful beginning, and cultivate his voice. He was re luctant at first, because of tii habits of thinking o far had bsen mechanical and commercial. After he had studied sinpmg f' awhile, his health gave way und;:. the triple strain oi working for en education and studying both eng ineering and music. He went to Kingman. Arizona, near which he worked in a zinc mine, winning the good will of the other miners by singing to them in their spare time. From there ue went on to Los Angeles and other cities in the west working in odd Job. Clairvoyant Advises Him. Three memorable event oo , curred during this period of his : life. His cousin, of the same name I and living in the snv? California town, wa receiving his mail: and he Iberetor changed his name Richard Bunn to Richard Bunn, which in Europe had to be changed to tbe more euphonious Richard Bonello. Jn (Continued on Pae l l K. U., Kansas Aggies and Nebraska Men Will Meet in April. Plans' for the triangular confer ence of V. M. C. A. of Kansas uni versity, Kansas Aggies, and Uni versity ot Nebraska will be dis cussed at the Y. M. cabinet meet ing Wednesday evening at 5:45 o'clock in the V. M. cafeteria. The discussion will be held in the Y. M. C. A- meeting room after dinner. This U to be the second such conference to be held between tbe three schools. It was held last year at Marysvi'le, Kas.. and will be helld here this year due to the central position. The probable date is April 17 to 1. As part of the program for tbe conference, provisional arrange ments have been made to have the , Rev. Ervine lnglls. Vine Congrega- ( tional church. Lincoln, as a speak er. Leslie E. Eiche) berger, field ! secretary for student Y. M. C. A. ' work in the sou ih western miction will probably also be a speaker. ENGINEERS INSPECT YARDS. At the regular adult program in j r:ff0pn Morrill hall Sunday alternoon at; rlilcCll 4:15 Vc)ock. Paul Alcorn will speak on "Our Midwestern Novel ists." In discussing outstanding writers who have come from Jlli- Specialists Be on Program First Project. "Pioneer Engineering ; EiflMMi Cadel Enroll yyjlji in Advanced Drill Work at Jack Roadcap ascended Into fiist I place In the incidental scoring in i the conference when he counted ' nineteen points for a total of eighty-three. He passed both Fisher and Btahop to attain first place. Fisher ix in second place with sventy-wveii counters and ! Bishop is trailing in third with seventy-five points. Hutkers to Play Aggies. , Nebraska dashes with the (Continued on Page Z.I in Ne- noia. rwansa, iowa unci jeorjsa. i VlL.. .: i, , u ,lo,u .(,. he will make especial mention of !(. , . f . , . , . ' . WilJa Cather and Bess Strceler nePnJ. r(U,1( )o ,w hr,d ,,ere Aldnch, Nebraska novelists. Ke(j 2r ,,, , K rjavidson. chairman Sigma Delta Chi to Meet at Delt House A meeting of 6igma Delta Chi will be held at the Delta Tau Delta house at 6 o'clock Thursday evening, it was an nounced Monday by William T. McCleery, president All mem bers and pledges were urged to attend. j f ifteen cadet, having linixhed ! their basic It. O. T. C. course, have I enrolled for the advanced tours in military drill this semester. I The new olficers are: M. N. 8'c lej, O. I. Dean, Donald F. Jacob I sen, Roseoe R. Kroger. Clarence F. I Janecelt, F. Earl Webb. J. M. Oa- bill, I'M J. Fkinner, John L. Con- I I Campus Calendar Frewhrnar students in mechani cal engineering made an inspection tour of the BurJtngton railroad yards Saturday under the direction of Prof. R. V. Keim. Yearbook Purchasers Must Make Payment Of the students wh' bought Cornhusker yearbooks on the installment plan, nearly cm hundred of them have final pay ments t make before books will be orde.td for ahem, ac cording to Ed Edmonds, busi ness manager. These payments must be in within the next two days for book order are to be dispatched to the printers on Thursday. Tuesday, Feb. 17. Student election. Temple, 1 to 6 o'clock. Sigma Eta Cbi, Ellen Smith hall, 7 o'clock. Kosmet Klub, club rooms, 5 o'clock. "N" club meeting and dinner at 6:15 in club room in coliseum. Iramatic club tryouts. Temple. 7:30. Wednesday, Feb. 18. lota Sigma M. 7 o'clock. Eopbcmore communion, Ellen Smith hall, 5 o'clock. Student council, V. ball 111, 5 o'clock. A. W. S. board meeting, Ellen Smith ball. 12 o'clock. Lutheran Bible league. Temple 20S. 7 o'clock. Verper choir tryouts, 4-5, Ellen Smith ball. Thursday, Feb. 19. W. A. A. executive council meeting, W. A. A. office, armory. 12 o'clock. Phi Upkilvn Omicron, Ellen , Smith bail, 7 o'clock- j in of the department ol , ' raH I, r ,.,..' UllUh ,, ,,.. agriculture engineering at Iowa de RJctol1 w. winner. Verne I hUllf Sv!kT' " "l'0nS f,,Ucn I Ayres. Kenneth II. Majors, and F. specialists to speak. I K Olsen iijvjiauori.f io auenu irje rouno ! up are being i-erit to 7M engineer s, j The engineering groups over the ! state especially are co-operating I with the university in making the twenty-fifth a big day. j Five brief talks will be given ; : during the morning session and I ten In the afternocn. Dr. George E. Condra, director of the univer sity's department of conservation i and survey, will preside at the1 noon luncheon at the chamber of commerce. C. A. Walker of the Nebraska Power Co. at Omaha will act as loastinasler at tbe ban quet in the evening, at tbe Lincoln hotel. In the JiUeruoor. R. O. Green, executive secretary of the Nebraska chapter cf tbe Associat ed General Contractors of Ameri ca, will serve as chairman. The complete program of sched uled addresses follows: "Federal Land Grants a a Basis for the Development ot Ne (Continued on Page 4. .ehraskan Staff lo Have Picture Taken All members of the editorial staff of The Daily Nebraskan have been requested to be at the Campus studio at 12:30 Wednesday noon for the. staff picture. Reporters and mem bers of the paid staff for both semesters this year are eligible. Miss Helen Tufts Declares Women Make Good in Journalism; Believes That Nebraska School Is Good One McCleery Announces Innocents Meeting Members of the Innocents so ciety will meet In the society's rooms In Nebrsska hall Thurs day evening at S o'clock. Wil liam T. McCleery, president, an nounced Monday. The members will hear dis cussions of a student union building by Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary, and Elmont Waite. editor of The Daily Nebraskan. By DE MARIES HILLIAED. The falles wi re turned on Helen A, Tufts, director of tire Denver eolleiruite bureau of oeei;ji;itioiih. wlieii six? spent Mon day liere x'imu'j; vocational 'uH.'iu-e io i' ls iutc tested in carver and iroj'cNsious. Inxfiiid of iiskiii- ijiiiKlioiiN. one I'liiversity of .N't'biuska eoed risked Miss Tufts liow kIk- happened lo enter .her. chosen field of work, to which she an-, between placement and the ork swered. "Possibly because of my j ers. she became Interested in tha sympathy for girls who leave rol-, possibility of advising people, lege with no idea In mind what ! young women in particular, about thev intend to do." ! occupations open to them. M)m Miss Tufts declared that when she left university she knew only one thing that she did not want to teach. Such, she believes, is the same feeling that nwny girls have. Needed an Advisor. "I was not Interested In any particular vocation and tbe one field, teaching, which I might h.ve entered, was particularly un appealing to me. Accordingly. I felt tbe need of an adviser, one who knew vocational fields and the op enings tbey offered. It was neces sary for me, then, to feel my own way." During the war, Mlwi Tufts did rovernment work, which consisted of placing women In suitable po sitions. Realizing tbe connection Tufts has alxo done some person nel and social work, both of which have helped her in her present po sition. Moreover, she took voca tional and personnel courses at col- Women In Journalism. When questioned about women In journalism, she replied, 'It la no harder for a woman tn succeed In this field than In any other. Al though It is crowded, comparative ly young women are holding mar velous journalistic positions today. They are especially successful in advertising, which pays well. For Instance, some new sin tittles hw that 4i per cent of the women in advertlirig are earning from three (Continued on I'sgt 2.)