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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL XXM.-NO. 18.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER IX V)M.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HP
SKAN
BEGIN CAMPAIGN
10 SELL SUPS
FOR HOMECOMING
Associated Women Students
Undertake Sale of
'N' Stamps.
WILL CANVASS HOUSES
Evelyn Simpson. Chairman
Of Sale, Asks All to
Purchase.
Tn an rfiort to stimulato spirit
ma uroubo rnlhusiuf m among both
Aden's n,,:",v;f fr Iv;"
rowing on Oct. 21 the A. W. S.
bnBid'is now promoting its annual
.minted s-' 'nipagn of the
t-pditional "N" stamps. The "N
MtfiilPS are l nc P'ccu im nu
f ratine going mru iuc umna, cot.
iis!Iy to' alumnae, to make home
coning a tuccesa.
The animal campaign got um.-i
,vnv In si week when all freshmen
icpVef ntatives of various sorori
ties oegan to canvass business
houses m the name of the Asso
ciaied Women Students board. The
board h;'s reported that the mer
chant arc co-onerating with it,
and that they have been support
in? the lampaigr. in such a man
ner ii3 lo indirate that they are as
anxious for an enthusiastic home
coming' as are the students.
The hoaid. in us campaign, has
pla.-cd one active member in every
.sorority. This member is to man
age tiie stamp sales in her respec
tive huu be.
Will Canvass Houses.
F'icien.itie.. as well as sorori-
, ' ' t canvassed if th2 pro
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WILL PRESENT TALKS
Fl
Dr. J. Wm. Terry Makes His
First Appearance
Tomorrow.
Speaking to members. pf.Uie fae
iTty and student body on matters
if world political prominence. Dr.
I. William Terry, managing editor
i 1 h 3 League of Nations Chron
cle, and Hctive in political affairs
throughout the country, will be in
.Lincoln this week.
"Russia and the League of Na
tions, will be the subject of his
talk srivrn in connection with the
WoiKi Korum and will be related
with the series of discussions now
held at the meetings of this organ
ization. This series was .started
two weeks ago and four meetings
remain after the Wednesday talk.
Hi first appearance will be at
4 o'cio. k Tuesday alternoon, when
ne will meet with the upper class
commission in Ellen Smith hall.
There will lie room for visitors de
siring to hear his talk.
At ,r o'clock. Dr. Terry will
speak at the meeting of the' Y. W.
C. A. on Ghandi.
Tassi h II ill Meet
Thursday Evening
The regular meeting of Tas
'"ls has been changed from lo
r.ipht t- Thursdav evening at
".30 at Ellen Smith hall on ac
count of the Pan-Hellenic ban
ket this evening, according to
Julienne Deetkin.
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row: Barnes. Lineoln:
dark.
Lincoln; Eno, Lincoln;
jff?: Peteron, Norfolk, Schmidt,
man cv., u ' Jla: Head Fresh
Coarh ,.Ch Ed Weir. Assistant
int fV tJCVls- ieve HOKur,
L Art Perry. Carter,
- rtogers; Boecken-
BENGSTON GOES ON TOUR
Geography Head Scheduled
Speak in Minnesota,
North Dakota.
Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, chairman
of the department of geography,
will lonvo Tuesday to address four
groups in Minnesota and North
Dakrta on the topic, "The Old and
the New in Caribbean America."
He will speak Wednesday at the
State Teachers college at Moor
head, Minn., and to the State
Teachers college at Valley City
and at Mayville, N. D., Thursday.
An additional talk on "The Contri
bution of Geography to High
School Science" will be given be
fore the Minnesota State Teachers
association at Crookston Friday.
Dr. Bengston will return to Lin
coln u week from today.
AWGWAN "TO APPEAR
ON CAMPUS LATE IN
WEEK. EDITOR SAYS
Material for First Issue
Beinq Printed Now;
Cover Received.
The first issue of the Awgwan
for the 1931-32 school year will ap
pear on the campus the last of this
week, Marvin Robinson, editor, an
nounced yesterday. The cover, de
signed by James Pickering, was
received from the engravers in
New York the last of the week and
the rest of the magazine is being
printed now.
There are many special features
in this number, including the work
of some famous authors and ar
tists according to Robinson. The
last contribution, received Monday
morning, is a cartoon by Herbert
Johnson, who with Ding, of the
Dcs Moines Register, is rated as
one of the best political cartoonists
in this country.
Johnson, who is now drawing
for the Saturday Evening Post, is
a University of Nebraska gradu
ate, and has gained a wide reputa
tion thruout this country with his
unusual cartoons.
Another of the features of this
number is a story by an author
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Director of Athletics Gish Back
After Three Months Tour of South
Africa With Squad of Track Stars
BY JOE MILLER.
The University of Nebraska ex
tended a hearty welcome to Her
bert Gish, when the Cornhusker
athletic director arrived in Lincoln
Saturday morning from a three
months tour of South Africa as
manager of a group of star A. A.
U. track athletics.
"I was never so glad to get back
from any trip as I was Saturday,
and especially s. lecause I could
see the 1931 edition of the Husker
football team in action." said Mr.
Gish. in commenting on how happy
he was to be home. "I've had a
wonderful trip with many thrills,
but Lincoln looks awfully good to
me."
In recognition of his talents in
staging the A. A. U. games of 1927
and 1931, Mr. Gish was selected
by officials of the Amateur Ath
letic union to accompany the track
sters wno were picked on the
basis of their showing in the 1931
meet, held in Memorial stadium,
July 2, 3, 4. There were nine men
in the party which included Bar
ney Berlinger, University of Penn
sylvania decathlon star; Eddie
Genuiig of the University of Wash
ington; Jimmy Hatfield, Univer
sity of Indiana; Frank Crowley,
UNIVERSITY OF
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hauer, Wakefield; Delaney, David
City; Prokop, Hay Springs: So
rensen, iJiurp?; Arenson, Sedalia,
Mo.; Hoffman, Fairbury.
Second row: Dukeslaw. Pawnee
City; Scholl, St. Joseph, Mo.;
Eldridge, Norfolk; Thomas, Bro
ken Bow; Burnett, Gentry, Mo.;
Hedlund, Chappell; Aden, Chap
pcll; Armstrong, Omaha; Horchem
SKIT DEADLINE
APPROACHES
MORNINGREVUE
Acts Must Be Submitted
To Kosmet by Five
O'clock Today.
JUDGES REVIEW WORK
Fhal Selections for Show
Will Be Effected
Later.
This afternoon at ft o'clock is
the deadline for submission of
skits for the Kosmet Klub corn
ing revue. According to club
members, a number of skits have
been presented but there is still
room for a few more.
Anyone wishing to submit an
act fbr the show, which is to be
presented S a t u rd a y morning,
Nov. 7, may see a representative
of Kosmet Klub in the club rooms,
west side of the Annex building,
between 2 and 5 o'clock this after
noon. Kosmet Klub will hold a special
meetine at 5 o'clock tonight to
review the skits which have been
submitted. All organizations and
individuals who have entered acts
are requested by the club to begin
rehearsing at once so as to get
them in shape for the Kosmot
Klub judging committee.
Commence Judging.
Judging of the acts will com
mence either. this evening or to
morrow. Some of the organiza
tions have been practicing their
acts ever since submitting them a
week or so ago. These will be in
good enough shape so that the
judges can view them at once and
form an opinion of their merit
All acts will be seen by the
Kosmet judges and the best chosen
for the morning revue. Eight or
nine acts will be selected to make
up the show which is to run about
two hours.
The judges expect to finish their
reviewing work by the end of this
week, if possible, in order to give
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Manhattan college, New York;
"Cy" Leland, Texas Christian;
Emmett Toppino, Loyola college;
Waiter Marty, Fresno, Calif.,
Teachers; Vic" Williams, Univer
sity of Southern California; and
Nathan Lotg of the University of
Utah.
The troupe left Lincoln July 6
and sailed four days later from
New York on the White Star
steamer Majestic, landing at South
ampton. Gish and his crew went
immediately to London. They spent
three days working out at the
Duke of York's headquarters where
an excellent track had been placed
at their disposal.
Then they embarked on the
Union Castle steamer, Arundel at
Southhampton bound for Cape
Town, a distance of 6,000 miles.
Tibs voyage required seventeen
days, and you have Gish's word
for it that he was plenty glad to
see land once more.
The athletes engaged in two
workouts at Cape Town and then
started on a tour of 3,500 miles,
participating in nine meets and
winning all of them. The men
traveled on the South African
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NEBRASKA'S 1931 CROP OF FRESHMEN
Ranson, Kas.; Swanson, Omaha;
Sears, Decatur; Kothmeier, Alex
andria; Lake, Dewitt; W. Ewert,
Columbus; SchicK, Curiia. Bet,
Waverly; Skewes, Imperial.
Third row: Green, Friend; Hoff
man, Des Moines, la.; Slaughter.
Gregory, S. D.; J. Miller, Lincoln;
Mickey, Lincoln; Moeller, Lincoln,
Anderson, Lincoln; Freeman, Lin
!'ebraskan Editor
Aspirants Are Ashed
File Applications
Applications for the position
of editor-in-chief ot the Daily
Nebrasknn wIM be received by
the Student Publication board
until Thursday noon, Oct. 15.
Application blanks may be got
at the office of the School of
Journalism, U 104. Material al
ready on file need not be dupli
cated. Applications should dem
onstrate clearly the competency
of the applicant to execute the
duties of the position.
GAYLE C. WALKER,
Chairman Student' Publication
Board.
OURNALISM
PLANS FOR ANNUAL
Theta Sigma Phi Sponsors
Dinner at University
Club This Month.
The annual Journalism dinner
sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi,
women's honorary journalism sor
ority, will be held Thursday, Oct.
29, at the University club, accord
ing to announcement made by
Roseline Pizer, president of that
organization.
The dinner which has come to be
a tradition in the school of journal
ism, is given chiefly for students
in that school but "is open to all
who are interested.
Prof. Gayle C. Walker, director
of the school of journalism, says
of the banquet: "I heartily approve
the plan of Theta Sigma Phi for
the annual journalism dinner. The
occasion furnishes opportunity for
publications workers, members of
the school of journalism, and
others interested in various phases
of journalistic work to make new
friendships and to renew old ones,
and to gather in festive spirit for
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KOLA SNYDERWINS PRIZE
High in Concession Sales;
W. Shallcross, S.
Grover Next.
Kola Snyder was awarded the
prize as the highest W. A. A. sales
man in the concession at the game
Saturday. Winifred Shallcross. the
winner at the first game of the
season, was the second high sales
man. Samelyne Grover placed third.
Jean Alden, fourth; Helen Knollen
berg, fifth, and Margaret Medlar,
sixth. Miss Snyder was recognized
as the second highest salesman at
the South Dakota-Nebraska game.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Tuesday. 1
Vesper service -in Ellen Smith
hall at 5 o'clock.
Sophomore commission at 5
o'clock at Ellen Smith hall.
Wednesday.
A. W. S. board meeting in El
len Smith hall at 12 o'clock.
Y. W. C. A. informal hour from
4 until 6 o'clock at University
Episcopal church.
Sophomore commission meeting
at 5 o'clock at University Episco
pal church.
Corncobs at Phi Kappa Psi
house, 7:15.
Inter-fraternity council meeting,
Morrill hall, room 9. 7:30.
Thursday.
W. A. A. executive council meet
ing in the Armory at 12 o'clock.
At
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coln; Romatzke. Arapahoe; Byers,
Minden; O'Connor, Omaha;
Shields, Hastings; Butler, Coun
cil Bluffs, la.; Drier. Omaha;
Oliver, Onawa, la.; Chittenden,
Clatonia; Davison, Fairmont;
Cawthra, Bushnell.
Fourth row: Mitchell, Omaha;
Toman, St, Paul; Eisenhart, Cul
bertson; Brecht, CulberUon;
PUBLICATIONS
THOUSAND
WILL
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ANNUAL
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Mrs. H. G. Deming Will
Talk cn Scholastic
Theme of Fete.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Varied Program of Dancing,
Singing and Violin
Music Planned.
Over a thousand active and
alumnae sorority members will at
tend the annual Panhellenic ban
quet at the coliseum, this eve
ning at 6:30. Mrs. H. G. Deming.
a graduate of the University of
Nebraska, will speak on the schol
astic teme.
A musical program, beginning
with sorority songs, will include a
Mu Phi Epsilon trio, Misses Ruth
Randall, Naomi Randall and Helen
Ludlam; a vocal solo by Miss Au
drey Reed accompanied by Miss
Frances Morley. Mrs. Flavia Wat
ers Champe will present a Nautch
dauce, and Miss Namol Randa'.i ac
companied by Miss Ruth Randall,
will play a violin solo. The pre
sentation of scholarship awards
will conclude the program.
Committees Named.
Mrs.
Gerald Carpender, Kappa
Alpha Theta, general chairman of j
the affair, appointed on me decor
ation committee as chairman Mrs.
W. W. Burr, Phi Omega Pi. Other
members of the committee are
Mrs. Gayle Walker, Chi Omega,
and Mrs. E. A. Reed, Alpha Delta
Theta. In charge of table arrange
ments are Mrs. F. D. Coleman,
Delta Delta Delta, chairman and
Mrs. Howard Kirkpatrick, Pi
Beta Phi.
Miss Alice Howell. Pi Beta Phi
is chairman of the program com
mittee with Miss Susanna Jobs,
Delta Gamma, Mrs. Sheldon Hal
lett. Phi Mu, and Mrs. E. W.
Lantz, Delta Zeta, assisting her.
Mrs. Paul Lessenhop, Kappa Delta,
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K BANQUET
Feature Writer Dwells on Virtues
Of Slickers, Ponchos, Raincoats,
As Steam Heat Inspires Reflection
BY IDA HOZENOZZLE.
1 bit at my typewriter and absorb the stolid t-om fortius
warmth of a steam heated, room. It sort of envelopes and walls
me in. It is very pleasant and soothing to my cold shivering
limbs. It has a reflective influence I am moved to rant on
at leisure.
Pponle walk nast mv window. Iost of them are wearing
rain mats of some size, shape oro
i -
snape
form all sizes, all shapes, all
forms. Some of them are wearing
thick silk raincoats, some of them
are wearing cloth rain proofs,
some of them are wearing heavy
shiny trench coats, and some of
them quite a number of them
sail by in glistening yellow
slickers.
There is much to be said in
favor of thicK silk raincoats. They
are thick, and they are silk. They
are exquisitely tinted, and they
cling in sophisticated folds to one's
body. They look elegant, and re
mote, and quite desirable. They
are thick and silk, and they cost
anywhere from twenty to thirty
dollars.
There is quite a lot to be said
in favor of cloth rain proofs. They
are trim and snooty looking. They
are business like and conservative.
Thev are snug and fitted. They
FOOTBALL
PLAYERS
""mjg'Mfm
Maxey, Superior: Tipton, Seward;
O. Ewert, Columbus; Blend, Om
aha; Plechas, Omaha; Debrown,
I.inrnln; Srhliieter. Fremont: Kil
zer, W'althill; Howard, Paris,
Tenn.; Mehring, Grand Island;
Christiansen, Akron, Colo.; Stcn
berg, Oakland; Gay, Casper, Wyo.;
Hood, Creston, la.
Upper row: Baroch, Geneva;
EDIT NATIONAL MAGAZINE
Wesley Players in
October Issue
Charge
of
'Footlights.
Tin October issue ot "Foot
light." national publication of Wes
ley Players, will be issiird by the
local chapter about Oct. 15, ac
cording to Ci'orge Dunn, '32, who
is associate cditoi. He ts being
assisted by Lloyd Watt, '33, Liv
ingston. This number will include an ar
ticle on religious drama by Prof.
F. A. Stuff, of the University De
partment of Knglish. Reports
from the various cnapters, and a
message froiu the president of the
organization will complete the con
tents. Alice Geddes Is President;
Misses Becker, Lyon,
McLeese Elected.
Members of Alpha Lambda
Delta, freshmen scholastic hon
orary for women chartered on this
campus last year by Mortar Board
society, have met to elect new offi
cers and plan a definite program
for the year. This program begins
with a fall initiation of those
freshmen women who made an
average of 90 percent both semes
(ters of last year.
New officers are: President,
Alice Geddes; vice president, Kath
leen Becker; secretary, Evelyn
Lyon; treasurer, Doris McLeese;
and faculty advisor. Miss Winona
Perry. A delegate to the national
convention which is being held this
year at DePauw university, Green
castle, Ind., Oct. 30 and 31, will be
appointed within the week.
Chartered Last Year.
The Nebraska chapter of Alpha
Lambda Delta was chartered last
year by active members of Mortar
Board who sponsor the organiza
tion. Eligibility is based entirely
on scholarship and all freshmen
women who attain a 90 percent
average for the first semester of I
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are cloth and rainproof, and they
-.ost anywhere from ten to fifteen
dollars.
There is some to be said in favor
of heavy shiny trench coats. They
are heavy and they are shiny.
Tbey are warm and they are
bulky. They oelt tightly and look
collegiate. They have deep roomy
pockets, and shiny caps lo match.
They are heavy and shiny, and
they cost anywhere from five to
ten" dollars.
There is just time to mention j
glistening yellow slic kers. They j
are glistening and thev are yellow, j
They are flappy and they are .
gappy. Thev are long and pro-'
tectiiig. Thev a-e listening and j
yellow, and they cyst anywhere;
from one to five dollars.
I think I will buy a glistening ,
yellow slicker. j
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
Merrill, Geneva: Bristol, Ansley;
Ryan, Loup City; Jirkovec. Can
ton, O.: Bill Weir, Lincoln; Cham
bers. Council Bluffs, la.; Mier,
Lincoln; Teten, Lincoln; Fowler,
Lincoln; Martin, Lincoln; Pflum,
Imperial; White. Tecumseh; Peek,
Tecumseh; Hladky, Crete; Fahrn
bruhc, Crete; Parsons, Lincoln,
Metxger, Gordon.
OFFICERS
PROGRAM
y.v. j' nmart
ii t u z m
FIVE STUDENTS
MAKE
REQUESTS
OE
Rhodes Scholarship Group
Takes Applications for
Scholarship.
CHAIRMAN GIVES NAMES
Bartels, Hubcr, Scymorc,
Kubc, Gund File With
Dr. Oldfather.
Five studenta of the university
applied for the Rhodes scholar
ships this year according to Dr. C
H. Oldfather. chairman of the
University Rhodes Scholarship
committee. They are Russell "V.
Bartels, Wayne: Walter Huher,
Irvington: Harold Kube, Buffalo,
Wyo.: Victor Seymore, Lincoln;
and Henry Gund, Blue Hill.
This year the forty-eight states
will be divided into eic,ht districts
of six states each. The university
is allowed to select five applicants
whose names are t'.ien submitted to
the state committee. The statue
committee is allowed to nominate
two men to appear before the dis
tiict committee. The district com
mittee will select from the twelve
candidates appearing before them
the best four to represent their
states at Oxford. A state may then
receive two scholarships or none,
in accordance with the merits of
the candidates. Rhodes scholars
elected in December 1931 will en
ter Oxford in October, 1932.
Must Be Men.
In order to be eligible for these
scholarships the applicant must
be a male citizen of the United
Slates and unmarried between the
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L
Vote to Appoint Committee
To Work for Cheaper
Ballroom Rates. .
The Pan-Hellenic council voted
to appoint a joint committee to act
with a committee from the Inter
fratemity council in an attempt to
get the prices of orchestras and
rental on local hotel ballrooms
lowered, at their meeting Monday
afternoon in Ellen Smith hall. The
organization agreed to act accord
ing to the report of the committee,
according to Julia Simanek, presi
dent of the council.
The committee will be appoint
ed in the near future and will
make its report at the next c aneil
meeting to be held the first Mon
day in November, stated Miss Si
manek. Miss Simanek and Elizaoctli
Barber, secretary of the council,
were elected delegates to the na
tional convention of Pan-Hellonic
to be held in St. Louis. Mo., from
Oct. 27 to 30. the wek end of the.
Missouri-Nebraska football game.
This is the first time that active
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Final Directory
Lists are Posted
Lifts of students whose last
r.amcs begin with the letters S,
T. U. V. W. Y, and Z have been
posted on the bulletin board in
Social Science hall for correc
tion for the student directory.
These lists will be taken down
tonight, so all changes must be
made today.
JAMES CRABILL, Editor.
1 GRADS VISITJN CAMPUS
' Seven Former Students Call
! At Eng-ineering College
Ferguson Reports.
fn former students of ths
cr.uty returned to the campus
i;n
last wee
k to visit tne conege ui
emrir.ecring.
J. "Ferguson
according to Lean u.
They are Harry M.
Hay;
with
2i, illuminating engmeirr
he ' Westinghou.se Electric
. 4. inmnonv.
and .1 a n U I attui lug w"!".'
Cleveland. O.; Gordon P Gibson.
30 Wahoo; Sanford W. Saunders.
2. chief engineer of the Red Oak
Bridge and Iron Works at Red
Oak, la.; Harvey B. Johnson, 2o.
assistant engineer. Burlington rail
way, Chicago; Lester E. Shoemak
er '29 transformer engineering
department, Westinghouse com
pany. Sharcn. Fa.; Richard H.
Fair, ex-'98, vice president. Nortn
westera Bell Telephone company,
Omaha, and Joe V. Ruzicka. '31.
Nebraska department of public
works, Bridgeport.
Mr. Fair joined the group of en
gineering faculty members who at
tended the annual meeting of the
Kansas-Nebraska section of the
Society for the Promotion of En
gineering Education held last week
at Manhattan, Kas., where he pre
sented a paper prepared by Robert
A. Gantt, '09. operating vice pres
ident of the Postal Telegraph-Cable
company of New York City.
PROFESSOR LACKEY
PUBLISHES ARTICLE
Professor E. E. Lackey, ta"0
tor in ihe uepafiicesil of stsf
phy, has just completed an article
"The New Georgraphy for s.ew
Schools," to be published in the
near future in a special RPPh
edition of the magazine Education
COMMITTEE