NEBRASKAN
AILY
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXX r NO. 62.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1031
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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MESSIAH
WEDNESDAY NITE
Kansas City Guest Artists
Take Solo Parts in
Oratorio.
MISS CARR OUTSTANDING
Kirkpatrick Directs Chorus
Of 250 in Christmas
Presentation.
More than 1,500 people, a record
attendance, crowded the armory
last night to henr the thirty-sixth
annual presentation of Handel's
"Messiah" by the university choral
union under the direction of How
ard Kirkpatrick.
Kose Ann Carr, soprano; Edna
Swanson Ver Harr, contralto;
Clark Sparks, tenor, and Stanley
Deacon, bass, all guest artists from
Kansas City, sang the solo parts
in the annual Christmas oratorio.
The university chorus was aug
mented by the college of agricul
, ture chorus for the occasion. A
twenty-five piece ensemble of fac
ulty and students played the or
chestra part.
The soloists all gave impressive
interpretations of their parts. The
work of Miss Carr in her first
solo, following the pastoral sym
phony in the second part, and the
Hallelujah chorus as the final
number were outstanding in the
presentation.
The sequence of the oratorio
which is divided into four parts is:
THK l'KOrilK'V.
Introliiclioii.
IVnor: Tun' fort y my people. Kvcry
valley shall ho rxalte.l.
Chorus: And the sory of the Loi
he revoalcd.
Bass: Thus salth the Lord of Ho.stn.
But who may nhlde the rlay of His coining.
Contralto: O Thou that ttllcbt.
Hans: tor, behold the darkness. The
peopin that walhcd In darkness.
the x.vmm .
pastoral Symphony.
Soprano: Tnuro were shepherds abiding
In th Held.
Ami lo: The Angel of the Lord came
upon them.
And th Angel said unto them. Fear
not
And suddenly there was with the
unKol a nultuudo oi the Heavenly
Host.
Chorus: Glory to Cod In the HlKhest.
Contralto: Then shall the eyes of the
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NEXT AWGWAN WILL
BE
Robinson Urges Editorial
Staff Report Before
Vacation Period.
PECEMBER SALES AT PAR
Scheduled for sales and distri
bution about the middle of Janu
ary, the next issue of the Awgwan
will be the "Greek Issue." It will
be made up of such material as
will tell and illustrate all available
"inside dope" of fraternities and
sororities, according to Marvin
Robinson, editor.
Since the humor magazine will
appear cn the campus shortly af
ter the Christmas holidays, all
copy must be turned in during va
cation. This in turn will necessi
tate a very close contact between
contributors and the central office.
All students who Intend to con
tribute material to the issue must
see Robinson today or tomorrow.
He will be In the Awgwan office
between 2 and 5 o'clock both days.
His request for conferences with
contributors is to enable them to
receive assignments and to learn
the places where they may reach
him if they have questions In con
nection with proposed copy.
The present sales of the "Formal
Issue" has been on a par with
former distribution, Robinson
stated. "We are attempting to
build up the circulation and will
have a concentrated sales cam
paign some time around tha first
of the year," he added.
Ida Hozenozzle Suddenly Recalls
That Christmas Is Coming and Tries
To Figure Out What She Should Buy
BY IDA HOZENOZZLE.
Here it Is Wednesday afternoon,
and I haven't done my Christmas
Bhopping yet. I simply must tear
myself away from my school work
and dash down town for a lew
minutes. It won't take long I
haven't such a bad list really.
Now there is Mother and Father,
and Brother Willie and Sister Fa
tima. There is Grandma and
Grandpa, and Aunt Lusitania and
Uncle Pibald, and Great Aunt
Sissy and Great Uncle Sammy.
There are the twins Effie and
Elsie, and Cousins Henrietta, Alex
ander and Mazie. There is Nephew
Aimless, and Nieces Faith and Un
derstanding. There is Nellie, the
little girl next door, and Cunning
ham, the boy who tends the fur
nace. There is Misa Stricter N.
Heck, my old second grade teacher,
and Professor Drybones. principal
of the high school. There is my
goodness, probably that's all I'll
have time for this afternoon. I
must pick out something Inexpens
ive, and yet original and personal
for each of them. Let me see . . .
Shaving sets, pipes, soiks, ties
a bright red tie would be nice for
Father so cheery In this depress
ive year. Pictures, linens, hose,
books Mother has always liked
NEBRASKA JMD SPEAKS
Dr. Latta Hollingsworth to
Speak on NBO Net
Saturday.
Dr. Leta Stetter Hollingsworth,
graduate of University of Ne
braska, will talk on the National
Advisory Council hour called
"Radio in Education," Saturday
evening between 7:30 and 8 o'clock
over the N. B. C. network through
WOW Omaha.
Dr. Hollingsworth is one of the
country's best known authorities
on child psychology. She has
written several books, and is now
on the faculty of Columbia univer
sity in New York.
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Officials Require Physical
Exams for Student
Swimmers.
NEW SITUATION ARISES
Question of Towel Expense
Confronts Athletic
Authorities.
The new swimming pool will be
opened Jan. 4 to students who have
passed the physical examination.
The board of regents has passed
the budget for the money with
which to cover the expenses of
operating the pool, and arrange
ments are being maae Dy me ain
letic officials for the necessary de
tails of the management.
"The swimming pool has bought
about a new situation concerning
the towels," said H. D. Gish. "Be
fore, we have never had to have a
fee for the use of towels, but now
the expense of laundering them
will be too great. The boa re1 of
regents passed an arrar , ;ment
calling for a towel fee of 5 cents
per towel, but that brings up the
problem of whether or not ethers
than those swimming should be
charged for towels." The athletic
officials wil settle those difficulties
during Christmas vacation, he
stated.
A schedule of the swimming
pool appeared in the Dec, 15 Issue
of the Daily Nebraskan. Students
not now registered in class will not
be allowed to use the pool while
classes are In session.
Require Physical Exam.
Medical examinations for per
mits to use the pool are now being
made in the Pharmacy hall. Men
may be examined from 8 a. m. to
12 a. m. every day except Sunday,
and women from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
from Monday to Friday inclusive.
Wnmpn who cannot be examined
during the assigned hours, prob
ably can get special apopinimems.
According to Miss Clara Rausch
fifty girls took their examinations
vpsterrlav. brine'lne the total to
100 girls who have taken advant-
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CRAWFORD WILL GIVE TEA
Agricultural Students of
Journalism Guests of
Instructor.
R. P. Crawford, assis'.anl to the
chancellor and instructor in agri
cultural journalism, will entertain
about 120 students this afternoon
at a 3 o'clock tea. Students taking
agricultural journalism under him
are invited and are urged to bring
guests.
The tea is arrangea annuauy Dy
Professor Crawford. Short talks
are given by students and guests.
Refreshments, arranged by home
economic students in the class, are
served. Music is furnished for the
hour. The tea provides an excel
lent opportunity for students to
become acquainted with each other
and with their professor.
Margaret Day, Jean Speiser, ana
Berenice Hoffman are on the com
mittee of general arrangements.
books something new end popu
lar I will buy Mother "Bad Girl."
Brother Willie and Sister Fatima
I dare not be partial. I will get
Vfrillie a fashionable green beret,
and Fatima a bright cluster of
flowers for her coat collar. I will
get Grandma a very small, pretty
compact, and Granda a little pair
of dice in a tricky blue box. Grand
father has always liked games
it will be a nice pastime for both of
them.
Great Aunt Eissy and Great
Uncle Sammy are not very well to
be sure, but Christmas is a special
occasion, and people tboulti for
get their troubles. I shall get
them a nice box of assorted nuts
and chocolates. The twins are
only six months old, but as Mother
always says, one is never too old
or too young to learn. I will start
the Twins library out with "What
Every Child Should Know." I will
give my nieces hair ribbons black
ones very serviceable and at the
same time practical and sophisti
cated. 1 will give Nellie a box of domi
noes, and Cunningham a nice pic
ture of President Harding or Wal
ter Raleigh. I don't know whether
Cunningham cares for pictures or
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OPENS
GENERAL
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Miss Pauline Gellatly, shown at the left, plays the title role in "Pollyanna" to be repeated Thursday
afternoon at the Temple theater under the auspices of the Junior League. Miss Gellatly, an instructor
in dramatics, was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, Mortar Board, and University Players when she
attended university. Miss Mary Katharine Throop, right, takes the part of Miss Polly Harrington.
IT REQUIRE
FULL PERIOD III
New System of Finals Gives
Student More Chance
in Tests.
Contrary to general student be
lief, tlie new plan for conducting
final examinations does not require
students to sit thru three hour ex
amination periods for each course
The new system merely limits the
quiz periods to two each day and
permits the students thrfe hours
instead of two in which to com
plete his test paper, according to
Dr. T. J. Tnompson, aean 01 siu
dent affairs.
The new system was brought
about thru students who com
plained of having four test periods
a day and not having enough time
to fully complete tneir papers
which resulted in low grades.
The nine day three hour period
schedule was formulated last year
by a special committee and was
approved by a special committee
and the university senate just re
cently. This original plan is tenta
tive. It is an experiment which
will be cast aside after one year
of trial if it does not meet with the
approval of the university faculty.
The committee which drew up
the new system will continue to
funct'on upon request of the unl
vers:"y senate. This request was
made that fh committee act as an
agency to adjust any conflicts or
difficulties which may arise under
the plan when first put into opera
tion at the end of this semester.
Raysor is Chairman.
The committee of which Prof.
T. M. Raysor is chairman, consists
of Prof. R. C. Abbott, Prof. H. J.
Kesner, Prof. J. E. Kirshman, Prof.
O. C. Wiedemann, Dean T. J.
Thompson and Florence McGahey,
registrar.
According to the schedule,
Thursday, Jan. 21, is the beginning
of the examination period and the
finals are to run through Satur
day, Jan. 30. The plan recommends
that morning examination periods
start at 9 o'clock and last until 12
and that afternoon examinations
start at 2 and last until 5 o'clock.
The length of the examinations
will be left entirely to th discre
tion of the professors.
In the schedule drawn up,
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ENGINEERTFOHEAR
Plan Joint Meeting Jan. 6
When L J. Fletcher
Will Speak.
L. J. Fletcher, president of the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, will be the featured
speaker at a joint meeting or tne
local branches of all the engineer
ing societies on the campus, Jan. 6,
in roon 206 of the mechanical en
gineering building.
Fletcner, wno is empioyea as
supervisor of agricultural sales for
the Caterpillar Tractor company, is
a graduate of the Iowa State col
lege, where he studied agricultural
engineering. Following his gradu
ation he served one year as in
structor at Washington State col
lege. He went to the University of
California from Washington and
there became associated with the
department of agricultural engi
neering, where be remained eleven
years, six of which were spent as
head of the department. He has
served the A. S. A. E. on several
important committees and is gen
erally recognized as one of Ameri
ca's outstanding agricultural engi
neers. A pep rally for the engineer's
ball and refreshments will follow
the talk, according to officials of
J the A. S. A. E.
PLAYERS ASKMEN TRY OUT
Miss Howell Says 20 Male
Parts Can Be Used
This Year.
Twenty men can tie used in the
University Players productions
this year, according to Miss Alice
H. Howell, director. University
men who are interested in drama
tic work are urged to attend the
tryouts this afternoon from 1:30 to
3 p. m. in room 204, Temple.
The requirements for the try
outs are to give one selection
which must be memorized. Sev
eral men may try out in a group
presenting something together.
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Fditor Detrick Asks Studios
To Accept Sittings
Until Jan. i4.
Both junior and senior and fra
ternity and sorority sections for
pictures in the 1932 Cornhusker
will be reopened immediately efter
the opening of school following
Christmas vacation, it was an
nounced yesterday by Otis Detrick,
editor.
These sections were closed Nov.
25 because the studios doing work
for the Cornhusker refused to ac
cept more sittings of students un
less they put in Christmas orders.
They gave as their reasons the
Christmas rush which made it im
possible for them to continue tak
ing pictures for the annual.
Upon special request made by
Cornhusker officials the studios
agreed to accept sittings for a
short while. The Greek sections
and junior and senior sections will
accordingly be open for a maxi
mum of one and one-half weeks.
Students may have their pictures
taken between the days of Jan. 4
and Jan. 14.
Both sections will be definitely
closed Jan. 14 by order of the
Cornhusker officials regardless of
whether the sections are filled.
Fraternities and sororities are
asked to request their house moth
ers to have their pictures taken
immediately, that they may be
placed in the special section set
aside for them.
Students who purchased their
1932 year book on the small pay
plan must turn in money before
the Christmas holidays to meet
the December installment. The
January installment will be due
immediately after the holidays.
Sigma Delta Chi to
Meet Thursday at 4
Sigma Delta Chi will meet
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in The Daily Nebraska office.
The meeting is an imoprtant
one and all members must be
present, according to William
McGaffin, president
Journalists Fail to
Identify Max Toule;
Say Stimson Flyer
Three students in Journalism,
who took the third quarterly ex
amination given by Prof. Gayle C.
Walker in bis news writing class,
failed to correctly identify Max
Towle, the present county attor
ney. One of the questions in the ex
amination was to identify a group
of public men. Max Towle was
one of the names given and despite
the great amount of publicity
which he has received in the news
papers in the past few weeks
these students had apparently
never- heard of him.
Adolph Hitler, head of the fas
cists group in Germany, was
named by one student as a great
Russian violinist who recently
played before President Hoover.
Henry Stimson, secretary of
state, was identified by one stu
dent &u head of an aviation com
pany of that name, and a famous
flier.
PRODUCTION
E TO
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Mostoffi, Aghassi Choose
School Above Others
For Training.
Two Persian boys who have
chosen the University of Nebraska
as the institution at which they
will pursue their specialized educa
tion could astonish many a gradu
ate of the finest universities in the
country by displaying the knowl
edge which these high school gra
duates already possess. Both of
the young men, Fatullah Mostoffi
and Mahommed All Aghassi, can
speak, read, and write six lan
guages, the former being able also
to speak Russian.
These two natives of Persia have
attended the native Persian schools
and later an American Presbyter
ian institution of high school or
junior college rank at Tabriz,
Persia where they added a knowl
edge of the English language to
their knowledge of French, Per
sian, Turkish, Arabic, Armenian,
and Russian. Since six different
languages are spoken in Persia,
exclusive of the dialects, the na
tives have the opportunity of ac
tually hearing the langauages and
learning them first hand.
Speak English Fluently.
To American students who spend
two or three years in the study of
one language and consider them
selves smart to be able to read a
book in that language, however
haltingly, with no effort to speak
the language, the comparative
fluency and accurancy of pronoun
ciation of English which the 'two
Persian students display seems re
markable. Both of them exhibited
a surprising vocabulary and the
manner in which they explained
some of the modern historical de
velopments in their native country
would make the American student
blush at his comparative unfamill
liarity with the details of the his
tory of his own country.
Mostoffi and Aghassi landed in
the United States scarcely a month
ago. Their original intention was
to take up work at the University
of Pennsylvania, Aghassi intended
to study archaeology and Mostoffi
planned to take pre-medic work.
Aghassi changed his mind and de
cided to take agricultural work.
Not finding the proper work in this
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FISH STUDY BOOK
Master's Student Releases
Results Experiments in
Histology.
Number 168 of the series of re
search reports issued by the de
partment of zoology appeared on
the campus yesterday.
The paper, a graduate thesis
written as part of the require
ments for a master degree in zool
ogy, vas prepared by Mary Dora
Rogiu . -ho received her masters
degree from the university last
spring and is now a fellow in the
University of Ohio working for a
doctor's degree.
Miss Rogick has written up
some of the results of the experi
ments of Dr. I. H. Blake and some
of his students on the microscopic
structure and anatomy of fishes
with different habits of life. Her
report deals with studies of the
comparative histology of digestive
tubes of certain teleast fish, with
special attention devoted to the
minnow. The first report on the
experiments, which was written by
Dr. Blake, appeared last year.
These papers are exchanged
with zoology departments of other
colleges and universities for simi
lar publications which they issue.
PI MU EPSILON INITIATES
Mathematics Group to Take
In 20 Tonight; 40
Will Attend.
Forty will be present at tho Uni
versity club this evening at the Pi
Mu Epsllon initiation banquet.
Twenty of those present will be
initiated following the dinner.
Hubert Arnold, president of the
group, is in charge of arrange
ments. Dr. M. G. Gaba will pre
side as the toastmaster, Dr. A. L.
Candy, chairman of the mathemat
ics department, will speak and Dr.
H. P. Doole, department of the
fraternity will welcome the new
members. Miss Bereniece Hoff
man will respond. Dr. M. A. Ba
soco, violinist, will play, accompa
nied by Dr. J. W. Pugslcy. Ron
ald Thompson will sing.
BIBLETKOSTER,
JUSTICE 10 LEAVE
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Two Husker Linemen Will
Accompany Coach for
Charity Game.
WEST SQUAD IS NAMED
Kleckner, Bernier, Martin
Complete Selection for
New Years.
Coach Dana X. Bible, Chick Jus
tice and George Koster will leave
Lincoln Saturday for San Fran
cisco where the East-West football
game will be staged New Year's
day. Coach Bible Is leaving with
members of the West team from
Nebraska, Oklahoma and other
points so as to give ample time to
rigid training before the encounter.
The western team is completed
and was chosen by Percy Loecy,
of the San Francisco Olympic club,
and Coach Bible. Final selections
were Bob Kleckner, plunging full
back of San Francisco university,
"Hank" Bernier, swift Gonzaga
college end, and "Irish" Martin,
Idaho guard.
The eastern squad is one of the
most formidable in recent years
and is arrayed with such stars as
Marchy Schwartz of Notre Dame,
Gene McEver of Tennessee, Pill
Morton of Dartmouth and "Dink"
Hinkel of Bucknell. The east team
is coached by Dick Hanley of
Northwestern and Andy Kerr of
Colgate.
The backfield stars of the west
team will be "Bud" Toscani, St.
Mary's all-coast halfback, and
Weldon Mason, Southern Metho
dist pass receiver. Merle Hufford,
Washington university star, and
Kleckner will make up the first
string.
The following men have been se
lected to represent the wsst in the
New Year's day charity game.
Back: Bud Tosonl, SI. Mnry'i; Huf
ford, Waffhfnirton ; Klrerkiicr, Sail Krtin
rtdco I'.; Pliklngtoit, Tula 1).; -lnlinon,
Haskell; Manon, Southern Mrtliudfjt uni
versity; Met ov, Emporia Teachers; Davis,
Olympic club.
Ends: Wellendorf, U. V. I.. A.; Flsrhre,
Oklahoma A. & M.; Bermer, Gonzaga;
Nell. Stanford.
Tackles: Ehrhorn, Stanford; Edwards,
Washington State; Wllkerson, Oklahoma
City I!.; Schwegler, Washlnirton.
Guards: Turley, Washington State; Mar
tin, Idaho; Koster, Nebraska; Justice, .Ne
braska. f 'enters: Rlrau, Olympic club; Hammer,
Oregon State.
INSTRUCTORS ENTERTAIN
Music School Staff Gives
Ninth Convocation
Wednesday.
Music lovers were entertained
Wednesday afternoon by six in
structors in the ninth convocation
of the university school of music.
Those taking part were Francis
Morley, pianist; Vera Augusta Up
ton, pianist; Charlotte H. Hummel,
contralto; Homer Compton, teor;
Herman T. Decker, baritone, and
Edith Burlingam Ross, piano.
Piano numbers were taken
chiefly from the works of Chopin,
with several of the compositions of
Cadman included. Vocal selections
were taken from the repertoure of
Cadman's creations.
SATURDAY
Do Your Christmas Shopping
in Lincoln
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Fenton B. Fleming
Ben Simon & Sons
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Lincoln Book Store
Magee's
Mary Jane Garment Co.
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Modem Cleaners
Piller's Pharmacy
HUSKER
QUINTET
MEETS BRKHAM
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Black's Sophomores Play
Utah Team in Game at
Coliseum.
BATTLE OF YOUNGSTERS
Opponents Lack Veterans.
This Year; Lose on -RoadTrip.
A band of determined Cougan
from Utah who have seen the los
ing side of the battle so far will in
vade the haunts of the Huskers on
Thursday night for an lnterscc
tional basketball game.
The Brigham Young hopes ara
resting on the shoulders of a squad
composed for the niost part cf
young bloods, Veterans being lack- -
lnir. This will be an excellent op
portunity for Nebraska's promis
ing group of hoopsters to avenge
the demoralizing defeat suffered;
at the claws of the Cougars last
year when they left town bearing'.
the victorious end ot a oa 10 44
score.
If these Utah cagers exhibit a
carryover of last year's tactics,
they can be counted on for accu
rate passing and basket snooting,
and an unusual tenacity when in
possession of the ball. However,
some element In their scoring
punch must be out of order, for
on the road trip they are now com
pleting defeat has been hounding
them.
Works Men Hard.
Coach Charley Black has been
keeping his men active all week,
shining up the offensive and defen
sive formations and technique, and :
scrimmaging for practice. At Wed
nesday night's workout two var
sity teams saw most of the action
in the drill and the scrimmage, uo
one team Lenser and Davison were
forwards; Letts and Mauch, were
guards; and Morley, center. On the
other Wischmeier was at the pivot
position, Henrion and Sauer filled
the forward posts and Mason and
Koster were guards.
Coach Black has announced no
starting lineup for the game to
night, but Wischmeier seems to
have cinched the tipoff job. Sauer
is looking well at his newly as
sumed post at forward and will no
doubt be used as Henrion'a run
ning mate, while Koster, who inci
dentally does ' not leave for tha
coast until Saturday, will probably
be found under the home basket
with Mason.
Mrs. Graham Says Exhibition
Of Facsimiles Very .
Beautiful.
WORK OF OLD MONKS
Illuminated manuscripts, copied
in monasteries of the middle ages,
are being displayed in the glass
case of the university library. The
six facsimiles exhibited are tha
work of monks who lived between
the seventh and the fifteenth cen
tury. "The exhibition," says Mrs. Con
suelo S. Graham of the circulation
department of the library, "is one
of the most beautiful that we have
ever had."
In addition to the manuscripts,"
the library is showing three minia
tures, one of Flemish production in
1339.
One of the finest of those shown
is a facsimile of that of Chaucer'i
"Canterbury Tales." It is done in
a fine flowing script with flour
ishes and noble curves. Each page
is decorated in different colors,
usually around the edge. The il
lumination work on this manu
script is a perfect work and prob
ably took as long as the copying
itself, Mrs. Granam thinks.
YOUNG
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