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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXI NO. 12.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1931.
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Minority Groups Urge Abolition Class Presidents
TWO FACTIONS
REFUSE TO FILE
Yellow Jackets and Barbs Call Offices Useless; Blue
Shirts Nominate Mousel, Brownell, Saucr,
Soderlund for Presidencies.
FOUR WOMEN FILE FOR
Jean Rathburn, Gretchen Fee, Thelmn Hegenberger,
Mary jVne Swett are Candidates; Student Council
Sets uesday for Election Day.
By JACK ERICKSON.
Sisrnalinir a new attitude toward campus elections the
Yellow Jacket and Barb factious recommend the abolition of
lass presidencies. Characterizing the positions as "mere sine-)
cures," the two minority political groups advocate aiuaeiu
council consideration of the question. Both of the dissenting
factions have refused to file candidates for Tuesday's election.
Blue Shirts have filed a fullo
slate of nomines and unless names
are written in the ballots their
men will automatically be elected.
One independent candidate, Ruth
alee Halloway, Lincoln, has filed
for the senior class presidency of
fice. Four girls have entered their
names on the . honorary colonel
ballot. Identity of the winner of
this race will be known only to
Col. W. H. Oury and Student coun
cil president, Edwin Faulkner,
until she is presented at the Mili
tary Ball, Dec. 4.
Blue Shirts Differ.
That the Blue Shirts believe
class presidencies are more than
mere 'offices in name' is indicated
in their statement which comes as
an answer to the Yellow Jacket
and Barb action. Blue Shirts de
clare that it is a duty to the school
for factions to present worthy men
to be voted upon. They charac
terize the move of the minority
groups aa "unrepresentative," and
further announce that it is up to
the persons elected to make their
office of value to the school.
Otis Detrick, Yellow Jacket
president, points out that the rea
son for his party's action is based
upon the meaning of class presi
dencies in the past. He points out
that they have been nothing more
than "political plums" and as such
are detrimental to the best inter
ests of campus government.
Parties Not Disorganized.
Yellow Jackets and Barbs alike
declare that their groups are not
falling into disorganization but
that they are ftoing to present a
full slate at the Student council
and publication board election next
spring. At such a time, they aver,
there is more at stake than a
nominal position.
Four girls, thru the medium of
filing, have signified their deaiie
to be honorary colonel. Since
there are no fractional alignment
among sororities they will all run
as independents. These girls in
clude Jean Rathburn, Lincoln,
Delta Gamma; Gretchen Fee, Sioux
City, Delta Delta Delta, Thelma
Hegenbarger, Sterling, Colo., Pi
Beta Phi, and Mary Jane Swett,
Omaha, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Misses Rathburn and Fee are
president and vice president of
Mortar Board respectively. Both
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popuOsTrevoLT is
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Arts Dean Writes History
Oi Political Unrest
During 1890's.
John D. Hicks, dean of the col
lege of arts and sciences and pro
fessor of American history at the
University of Nebraska, has Just
published through the University
Minnesota Press his book entitled
"The Populist Revolt: A History of
the Farmers' Alliance and the
People's Party." Mr.Hicks is lec
turing on history at Harvard uni
versity this winter on leave of ab
sence from the university.
His book contains many char
acter sketches of the picturesque
people who led the revolt against
old established parties and prin
ciples, and who&e political activities
arose out of their sufferings in. the
period of depression that this
country experienced, about 1890.
Among the leaders who are fea
tured in "The Poplist Revolt" are
several whose odd characteristics
won them effective nicknames
"Sockless" Jerry Simpson of Kan
sas and his feminine aide, Mary
Elizabeth Lease, called "Patrick
Heniy in Petticoats;" "Pitchfork"
Ben Tillman of South Carolina, and
"Bloody Bridles" Waite of Colo
rado. Pictures of these men and
women and of many others who
led the movement in various parts
of the country are used tu illus
trations for the book. In its ac
counts of unemployment, overpro
duction, agricultural depression,
and financial difficulties, "The
Populist Revolt" presents frequent
parallels with present day affairs.
HONORARY COL. POST
ELECTION FILINGS
Senior Class President.
Russel Mousel, Blue Shirt.
Ruthalee Hollbway, Indepen
dent. Junior Class President.
Phil Brownell, Blue Shirt.
- Sophomore Class President.
George Sauer, Blue Shirt.
Freshman Class President.
Harold Soderlund, Blue Shirt
Honorary Colonel.
Audrey Greg..
Jean Rathburn.
Gretchen Fee.
Thelma Hegenbarger.
Mary Jane Swett.
SIX ENGINEERING
STUDENTS LEAVE
FOR MINNESOTA
Six Civil Engineering students
will make the trip to the fall meet
ing of the American Society of
Civil Engineers to be held at St.
Paul. Minnesota, Oct. 7-10 in
clusive. These boys are: H. C. Frank
man, Gen Melson, F. P. Oddo,
Darrell McOstrich, Loide Nelson,
and Calmar Reedy. The group
will leave Sunday, Oct. 4, going
first to Minneapolis, for an
inspection trip, then over to St.
Paul for the meeting, then to
Duluth on the way home. Profes
sor Clark E. Mickey will be in
charge of the group.
Marionette Show Holds Audience to
Strict Attention; Women Squeal As
Miniatures Go Through Crazy Antics
Lights! came the back stage
command. Programmes suddenly
ceased rattling, heads bobbed up
expectantly, and ' the red velvet
curtains of a marionette stage re
vealed its long kept secret to a
delighted audience. A few feminine
squeals were heard in response to
the scene which met their eyes.
There was a tiny sitting room
cleverly furnished with furniture
appropriate for a marionette. Mr.
Darby who reclined comfortably
in a cozy armchair was puffing
a long pipe, and Joan, his wife,
was dressed in the "very latest"
for marionettes. Both received the
loud applause of the audience.
Then with lift of his heavy eye
brows and a bow whi;h would
have done any musician credit,
Paddy Relsei himself, tickled the
marionette ivories. 'And how those
tiny fingers ran over the key
board! Mr. Paddy Refsky par
ticularly danced to the accompani
ment of bis own music. The piano
itself was a feature of the enter
FOUR SENIOR GIRLS CANDIDATES FOR HONORARY COLONEL.
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City, is a member of Delta Delta Delta. Mortar boards, Student council and A. w. b. board, jean Kainnurn, umcoin. is a meraoer oi
Delta Gamma, president of Mortar boards, member of A. W. S. hoard, W. A. A. and Thcta Sigma Phi. Mary Jane Swett, Omaha, is a
member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Thelma Hagenbarger, Sterling, is a member of Pi Beta Phi. The winner at Tuesday's election will be
kept secret until her presentation at the military ball, opening event of the formal season, Dec. 4.
MINORITY GROUPS
HEAVE BOMB INTO
POLITICAL ARENA
Several Motives May Figure
In Yellow Jacket, Barb
Action.
BLUE SHIRTS SURPRISED
Abolition Recommendation
Puts Class Presidents
In New Light.
Unexpected action on the part
of Yellow Jacket and Barb fac
tions with respect to their recom
mendation for abolition of class
presidencies throws a new problem
on the campus political carpet.
Blue Shirts and others arc possibly
reflecting upon motives for such a
procedure.
Some are wondering whether
such action on the part of the two
minority factions was a prear
ranged affair or if it was purely
coincidental. Whichever way it
happened it is certain that the
respective recommendations of
each group will carry more force
in that they were made simultane
ously. Barb Move Forseen.
The Barb move was not entirely
unexpected for after last year's
second semester election Delphian
Nash, then president of the group,
made the statement that class of
fices were useless and that their
slate was merely a pointer to
show that they were still organ
ized. Such action on the part of
Yellow Jackets, however, was un
expected in Blue Shirt quarters.
Whether the two groups, are
sincere in what they advocate will
be verified when second semester
votings roll around. If they mean
what they say they will again re
fuse to file, thus conceeding
another slate to the majority
group. Then too there is a chance
that the Student council may take
some action on the matter before
that time. Its authority in such
maters as these was clearly
shown two years ago when coun
cilors abolished minor class of
fices despite a faculty suggestion
that these posts be allowed to re
main. One thing is certain. The little
zip that remains in the class
presidency elections has been elim
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tainment. The master of cere
monies shoved it onto the stage
and lifted the top, a feat con
sidered very difficult in the
marionette world.
Soprano Warbles.
When Paddy had completed his
difficult creation, Adeline Fatti
renowned soprano, was introduced
by the master of ceremonies, who
talked at length on the marvels
of lier chest expansion. Adeline
opened her tiny mouth to its widest
capacity and trilled and how Ade
line can trill! Even the most
lanquid spectator sat forward with
interest.
Then came Flossie Flitter, a
ballet dancer who could win a con
tract from any Broadway pro
ducer and a Jiggly-Jug who jig
gled balls with his nose and toes
as well as with his hands.'
Among the other attractions of
the show was Signor Phony Taps,
a xylophone player, Wood W.
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Courtesy of Lincoln Journal.
Who arc president of the Yellow
Jacket and Blue Shirt campus
political factions, respectively.
Gallcher is a junior from Bassett.
He is a member of Delta Tau
Delta and is assistant business
manager of the Nebraskan. De
trick is a senior from York. He
is a member of Sigma 'Nu. In
nocents society and is editor of
the Cornhusker yearbook.
Annual Scholarship Awards
Will Be Given To
Sororities.
MRS. DEMI G ADDRESSES
That Mrs. H. G. Demlng of Lin
coln will speak to the guests at the
coming Pan-Hellenic banquet was
announced today by Mrs. Gerald
Carpenter and her assisting com
mittee, upon completion of pro
gram arrangements for the affair.
The Pan-Hellenic banquet, a major
social event for the sororities on
the campus, is scheduled for Tues
day. Oct. 13, at 6:30 in the eve
ning in the dining room of the
Cornhusker hotel.
The program will be opened by
sorority singing. Mrs. Deming, who
has traveled widely and is well
versed in current affairs, will then
speak briefly. Her address will be
followed by a musical program
upon which a Mu Phi Epsilon trio,
composed of Ruth Randall, Naomi
Randall, and Helen Lundun will
first appear. Audrey Reed will pre
sent a vocal solo, accompanied by
Frances Morley. Flavia Waters
Champ will appear in a "nautch
dance" accompanied by Mrs.
Binoche Trombla, and Naomi Ran
dall will play a violin solo, accom
panied by Ruth Randall.
Scholarship awards to those so
rorities having the highest aver
ages the past year will be pre
sented by the Pan-Hellenic council
at the close of the program.
MARY JANS 8WETT.
PANHELLENIC BANQUET
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Year Book Editors Select
Aids After Check on
Eligibilities.
BUSINESS POSTS OPEN
Mousel Will Choose Helpers
From Applications
This Week.
Selection of the editorial staff
for the Cornhusker was completed
Friday afternoon. Between seventy-five
and one hundred applica
tions were received and had to be
considered before final decisions
for appointments could be made.
Some trouble in picking the new
staff was encountered on account
of ineligibility of some of the can
didates. Certain requirements for
these positions made it necessary
to check the eligibility of all appli
cants before they can be appointed
for the Cornhusker staff. The com
plete list of the new editorial staff
is as follows:
Assistant managing editors :
Reginald Porter, Harold Day. Joe
Shramek, John Gepson and Keith
Lightner.
Associate editors: Dale Taylor,
Robert Kinkead, J. Gerald Young
and Arthur Pinkerton.
Agriculture editor: David Beng
ston. Athletic editor: William Crabill.
Fraternity editor: Frank Crum;
assistants: Carl Humphrey, James
Zook, Charios Kellogg, Neil Mc
Farland and Bernard Jennings.
Junior editor: Mary Alice Kel
ley; assistants: Madeline Wostou
pal, Alice Quigle, Jane Boos, Jane
Elizabeth Robinson and Mary Sut
ton. Military editor: Claude Gillespie;
assistant: Byron Sutton.
Senior editor: Elizabeth Rei
mers: assistants: Helen Baldwin,
La Verle Herman, Louise Driskill
and Harriett Neseldek.
Sorority editor: Dorothy Zoell
ner: assistants: Marjorie Pope,
Willa Norris, Rosalie Lamme, Ruth
Byerly and Doris Heumann.
Engraving editor: Lucille Hen
dricks. The Managing Editors Ralph
Spencer and James Crabill, Assist
ant Business Managers Charles
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ASSISTANTS
ON CORNHUSKER
Gossiping Coed Attends Saturday's
Game Via Yellow Net-work; Horace
Would Rather Listen to Announcer
By IDA HOZEN0ZZLE.
The kick-off oh, yes. Horace I simply adore kick-offs,
don't you? there's nothing so stimulating. 1 always say, as a
good healthy kick-off. .It was loo sweet of you really to ask
me over to your house to listen to the game. J remember once
a friend of mine was telling me bow he almost kicked off when
be saw I'.uneby Banks kick-off at the first kick-off of the year
at Notch Yer Dyme Doarcnngo
school.
You knew Eunchy? oh you
say its a bunch of hooey? I'm,
oh yes yes you mean what the
announcer is saying I never can
understand announcers; they're so
common I think. They always say
practically the same thing about
everything. I knew an announcer
once that what? oh, he threw
one of our pooy boys out on
double foul? But my dear, how
mean, how simply rancid of him
that's just why I can't endure an
nouncers, they're always ready to
pick on whoever is handiest. I've
never known it to fail they're,
you say it was the referee not the
Courtesy of Lincoln Jo'imal.
TttSLMA HAGENBERGiS.
V. C. .unit. Gretchen Fee, Sioux
HUSKERS LOSE TO
PURPLE 19 TO 7
Ilanlrynirn Find ltihlc's Boys Flat-footed With Stage
Fright to Cross for Three Touchdowns On
Long Kuns Early In First Period.
SAUER AND KENTNER
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.Minutes; Kreizinger Scores Scarlet Marker
In Second On 35-Yard Off Tackle.
By MURLIN SPENCER.
DYC'HK 'STAL) I l.M, KVANSTOX, I LI.. Tin minutes of
Maj:c fright in the first (juarter of the Northwestern-Nebraska
football Riiine Saturday proved the undoing of the Husktis
and the Wildcats romped home with a l!) to 7 victory. Start
ing from the first kiekoff, Northwestern ran wild, scored three
touchdowns and sewed up the contest.
TICKETS AVAILABLE
Although the Tassel cam
paign on University Players
season tickets has ended pur
chases may still be made by
phoning 79, two rings, on the
campus exchange and asking
For reservations. Student and
faculty rates are $2.
Six productions are to be
presented this season and the
First will be presented on Oct.
19. The first play has already
been selected and a cast is to
be announced soon. It is
"Berkley Square" and is one of
the current Broadway hits.
Other dates which ha.ve been
elected by the Players are Nov.
16, Jan. 11, Feb. 8, Feb. 29, and
March 28. All of them will be
produced with a cast composed
of University of Nebraska stu
dents and they will be presented
in the Temple theatre.
KAPPA DELTS ARE
SECOND PLACE IN
WOMEN'S SPORTS
In the list of sports awards
printed in the Friday issue of The
Daily Nebraskan ad announced in
the W. A. A. mass meeting Thurs
day, the name of Kappa Delta
was ommitted as having won the
second place trophy for the total
number of points aggregated in
intramural participation for the
year 1930-1931.
The list of individual sports
awards, the winner of paddle ten
nis was also erroneously published.
announcer who did it? I'm sorry
Horace, but you don't have to
make excuses for him. I wouldn't
be a bit surprised to hear that the
announcer had done something like
that, it's just what you have to
expect from such a person.
But I simply cannot get over
you're asking me over to your
house this afternoon, Horace. I
don't know when I've seen such
a perfectly marvelous radio! it's
positively the grandest looking
thing I've ever seen oh yes my
dear, of course I mean it I never
say things I don't mean. That's
one of the things I pride myself
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EDITS A COOPER EDITION
Dr. Louise Pound Supervises
Publishing of "Last Of
The Mohicans."
Dr. Louise Pound, department of
English, is the editor of a new
school edition of J. F. Cooper's
"Last of the Mohicans." She was
asked to make it as one of the
English classic series of the Har
low Publishing company. Included
among the new features of the
edition are some first edition
readings, a glossary, and an ap
pendix containing historical and
critical material.
Doctor Pound has also been
asked to serve on the general com
mittee of the American folk-song
society organized last August in
Kentucky. Some of the other mem
bers of the committee are Percy
Mackaye, Carl Sandburg, S. L.
Rothapfel, "Roxy," and Irving S.
Cobb. The society plans to issue a
journal of American folk-song.
An invitation has been received
by Miss Pound to accept member
ship in a sominar held in Mexico
during July under the auspices of
the New York committee on cul
tural relations with Latin America.
STAR IN OFFENSE PHASE
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Recovering from its early stage
fright. Nebraska went to work to
try and overcome the heavy lead of
the Wildcats, but the task was too
great and one touchdown was the
best they were able to do.
Sauer was easily the outstand-
ing player on the Husker squad,
passing .running and kicking in
all-American fashion. His work
on the defense was above par stop
ping everything that came in his
direction.
For Northwestern, Pug Rentner
was the mainspring in the attack
that fooled the Huskers. In the
first period, within three minutes
after the opening kiekoff, Rent
ner received a pass from Eylar
and ran thirty yards for a score.
Shortly after, Rentner slashed off
his right tackle, reversed his field
and ran 65 yards for a touchdown.
The other Wildcat score came in
the same period when Meenan in
tercepted Sauer'ar pass on his own
30-yard line and ran the distance
to the goal line.
Nebraska's touchdown came in
the second quarter. Debus, Hubert,
Adam and O'Brien were thrown
in to bolster the lone, and Nebras
ka stopped Northwestern's attack
on her 20-yard line. Kreizinger
ran 35 yards on an off tackle olay
thru a broken field and carried
the ball to the Wildcat 45-yard
line. Nebraska was held for downs
and kicked to the Northwest'rn
25-yard line. Hulbert recovered a
fumble on the 26-yard line to start
the fireworks. A pass. Sauer to
Nesmith was good for 22 yards
and gave the ball to Nebraska on
the 4-yard line. Brown hit the
weak side for no gain. Bauer
smashed the line for a yard and
Masterson added two thru the
center. Sauer then passed to Bos
well for the touchdown. Master
son kicked for the extra point and
Nebraska's scoring stopped for the
afternoon.
In the second half both teamt
battled up and down the field.
But either fumbles or a strong line
stopped any attempts that were
made to score. Nebraska con
tinued to fight and threw pass
after pass in an attempt to even
up the count, but Northwestern
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ANNUAL ROOTERS DAY
Several Hundred Farmers
Expected To Be Present
On Ag Campus.
Final preparations for entertain
ing several hundred farmers at the
annual Rooter's day held at the
agricultural college on Friday,
Oct. 16, are rapidly being com
pleted. Exhibition of experimental
livestock will be one of the fea
tures of the program.
Prof. M. A. Alexander of the
animal husbandry department an
nounced today that a fifty-six day
report on his sheep feeding test
will be available at the meeting.
He concluded his summarization
for the first twenty-eight days of
the test today and made the re
sults public.
Three Lots of Lambs Used.
There are three lots of black
faced Idaho lambs being used in
the experiment to determine the
relative feeding value of ground
corn and wheat when fed alone
and in combination. Thirty lambs
are being used in each lot. All
are being self-fed with hay going
to each lot.
The first lot is rece?ving ground
corn and hay, tha second is get
ting ground wheat and hay while
the third lot has a choice of ground
corn and bay or grouud wheat and
hay.
Tho the test is far from com
pleted the first 28-day report
shows there was practically no
difference between the gains pro
duced by the lambs fed ground
corn and hay and those fed ground
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