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KAN up Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XXXI NO. 91. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1932 ; POLLS WILL OPEN The Campus King! Heads Plans Tassel President 1? re T TUESDAY IN CALL TO FACULTY FOR RELIEF FUND REVEAL MR. RAY FOR PROM PARTY D "TV T BRAS MORTAR BOARDS NEGOTIATE WITH BURNETT E ORCHESTRAS COED RAMSAY AS KING ANNUAL ELECTION No Definite Decision by Committee as to What Bands Will Play; PROCEEDS FOR RELIEF Committee Reduces Price And Pledges Profit to Drouth Area. According to Art Pinkerton, committeeman in charge of the or chestra arrangements for the Junior-Senior Prom, there has been no definite decision reached as to the orchestras that will fur nish the music for the party. Ne gotiations are being carried on, and it Is expected that a definite announcement concerning the music will be made early next week. Two local orchestras will probably be used. Proceeds from the prom, the closing event of the university formal season, will go to cahrity to be used for reUef In the drouth stricken areas of northern Ne braska. The prom will be held in the university coliseum Saturday, March 5. University officials have granted the use of the building free of charge for the dance. Tickets for the prom will go on sale within the next week, it was announced by Howard Allaway Saturday. Many campus organiza tions have promised their support in the sales campaign, he said. The tickets will sell from $1.50 per cou ple, a reduction of one dollar in the usual price for the event. Presentation of the prom girl ps the climax of the program will be the feature attraction of the prom. The prom girl will be elected the night of th dance from a group of five candidates chosen last week by the student body at large in a general election. "A new and elaborate method of presenting the prom girl is being worked out," according to Jane Axtell and Jack Thompson, in charge of decorations. Five Nominated. Candidates nominated at the polls last Tuesday are: Virginia Pollard, Nehawka, Chi Omega; Harriet Nesladek, Omaha, Alpha Omicron Pi; LaVerle Herman, Nickerson, Gamma Phi Beta; Lo raine Lallman, Arapahoe, Alpha Xi Delta, and Louise Cogswell, Al liance, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Students interviewed concerning their opinions of the charity idea unanimously agreed that it is a splendid attitude for the prom committee to take. "People throughout the state are demand ing that money be spent carefully, and the students are co-operating to the fullest extent," states Art Wolfe, editor of the Daily Ne braskan. Art Mitchell, business manager of the Awgwan, agreed. "It cer tainly displays the right spirit on the part of college students in their attempt to aid the less fortu nate," he stated. "To Be Outstanding." Otis Detrick, Cornhusker editor, declared it was the best idea of the year. Marvin Robinson, editor of The Awgwan, says the reduc tion in the price of tickets is char ity to no small degree. Chalmer Graham, assistant business man ager of the yearbook, stated the assurance that profit would go to the drouth stricken areas should encourage students to attend. "The prom will be as much a tradition as ever," was the opinion of William Devereaux, co-chairman of the committee, "but the ob jective will be much more worth while if we give the receipts to charity. Students are being helped through the support of the univer sity by the state and may, in a measure, show their appreciation." He added that the move will fos ter a better feeling between the university and the people of the state. "We plan to make this party one of the most outstanding Junior-senior proms ever held at Ne braska," be said. Cuneo Writes of the Argentine; Says Promising Future Economically and Socially; Fears Internal Dissention Editor's Note: Following the recent election of a new prenldent of the Argentine republic the Nebraikan hae ked James A. Cuneo. a member of the faculty who wai born and raited there, to diicutt the political situation in that country. By JAMES A. CUNEO. Instructor in Economics. There are in Argentina three innin social classes: (n) the bifr land owners or latiftindistas, aristocrat ie, wealthy, eonset v ntivej (b) the middle class, cosmopolitan, moderately well-to-do, represented by the descendants of successful immigrants arrived to the Argentine shores in the last seventy years or so; and (c) th organized labor class of the cities. In accordance with these classes?' which are hy no means her metically sealed compartments Argentina has three outstanding parties: the Conservative, the Radical and the Socialist. The Conservatives ruled until 1916 when, thanks to the adoption of the free and secret ballot, the Radicals (radical used in the sense of liberal) were able to win for the first time the presidency of the republic. Hipollto Yregoyen was the first to be elected by the Radicals. His presidency lasted from 1916 to 1922. In 1922 an other Radical. Marcels T. de AI vear became Irlgoyen'a successor and remained In power until the end of 1928. Hla minister of war i x Y M Courtesy o( Journal. MISS DOROTHY WEAVER. Who was in general charge of the Leap Year party held last night in the coliseum. Miss Weaver was chairman of the presentation and Invitation com mittees. She is a member of Tassels, and Pi Beta Phi. WILL SPEAK FEB. 2? Chinese Representative to Address Y.M. and Y.W. Luncheon. TICKETS COSTA QUARTER T. Z. Koo will speak on "The Chinese Situation Today" at a luncheon meeting at the Grand hotel at 12 o'clock Saturday, Feb. 27. The meeting is under the aus pices of the University Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. Tickets are twenty-five cents each and are ob tainable at the offices of the two christian associations in the Tem ple and Ellen Smith hall. Dr. T. Z. Koo graduated from St John's university (Protestant Epis copal), Shanghai, China. He then served nine years in the adminis trative department of the Chinese railway service. From 1918 to 1921 he served on the staff of the na tional committee of the Young Men's Christian Association of China, with special responsibilities toward the schools, colleges and universities, to which later were added the cultivation of better in ternational relations. In 1925 he was a member of the second opium conference called in Switzerland by the League of Nations, being one of three chosen by Chinese people through thirty-four organizations, including the Chamber of Com merce, the Association for the Ad-, vanccmcnt of Education, the Red Cross society and the Overseas un ion. Of his standing at Geneva, the North China Daily News re ports: "It is strictly true to say that in Mr. Koo's speech the voice of the prophet broke in where the voice of the diplomat and expert ruled, and that the prophet was. in his grip on the ultimate real ities and in his statesmanship, a finer diplomat and expert than they." That year Mr. Koo was elected general secretary of the World Al liance of the Young Men's Chris (Continucd on Page 4.) FREDERICK JJERE TUESDAY General Electric Man Will Give Talk and Confer With Seniors. Mr. M. L. Frederick, director of the courses in busines training of fered by the General Electric com pany at Schenectady, is to be on the campus Tuesday and Wednes day of this week. On Tuesday morning at 11:00 in S. S. 101 he will give a talk dealing with the present business conditions as af fecting the employment of college graduates. All students are invited to attend. Seniors who may wish to consult with Mr. Frederick during his stay here will be given that opportunity. Interviews mny be arranged for by consulting Associate Professor T. T. Bullock or Mr. Johnson in S. S. 306. was General Agustln Justo, now president of Argentina. 1928 brought back to the presidency, with the largest vote ever received by any Argentine candidate, for mer President Hipolito Yrigoyen. '-iis period should have lasted until 1934. He was ousted, as the result of a military coup d' eUt, in Sep tember 1931. Internal Dissension. In the last few years due to in ternal dissension the Radical party had split in three factions: the Persnnalistas or Yrlgoyenlstaa, the antl-Personallstas or .anti-Yrlgoy-cnistns and the Democrats, one might nay into a conservative left (Continued on Page 4.) Mortar Board Candidates to Be Voted On; Name May Queen and Maid. STRICT IN REQUIREMENTS Should Consider Leadership, Scholarship and Service; Results Secret. Candidates for Mortar Board for next year and the 1932 May Queen and her maid of honor will be elected Tuesday, Feb. 22 in the parlors of Ellen Smith hall and the Home Economics building on the agricultural camnus will be open between 10 and 2 o'clock. Only senior women will be eli gible to vote for Mortar Board candidates, and thev will be in structed to vote for not less than five nor more than 20 junior wo men. These 30 women who poll the hie-hest number of votes will be those from whom the present chapter of Mortar tsoara wm se lect its successors. According to Jean Rathburn, the president, senior women should be sure to vote within the required number, because no votes contain ing less than 5 nor more than 20 names will be counted. List Requirements. The first requirement for mem bership in Mortar Board is schol arship, according to the ruling as made by the national organization. The local standard set for the Ne braska chapter is an average of eighty for all previous semesters, and a record clear of all conditions incompletes or failures. To the fulfillment of this re quirement, the list of the 30 girls polling the greatest number of votes will be checked for scholar ship at the office of the registrar, and anyone not meeting the re quirement will be eliminated from the original list of 30. The second consideration upon which the selection of future Mor tar Boards is based is a girl's par ticipation in extra-curricular cam ( Continued on Page 2.) American Association Select Books by Dr. Weaver And Dr. Pool. IN BOTANY DEPARTMENT Two University of Nebraska professors and one former faculty member received recognition for their work when three of their books were selected by a commit tee from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This committee was appointed to compile a list of important books on science for distribution to the American public and in this group were listed two works by ur. n. j. Pool, chairman of the department of botany, and a book written by Dr. J. E. Weaver, department of botany, in collaboration with Dr. F. E. Clements, formerly of the university. The first book by Dr. Pool to be listed is "Flowers and Flowering Plants," which is published by McGraw-Hill and Company. Dr. Pool's other work to be selected is his -First Course In Botany," writ ten in collaboration with A. T. Evans, Miami university. This work is published by Ginn and Company. "Plant Ecology," is the title of the bok by Dr. Weaver and Dr. Clements which was named by the committee. It is published also by McGraw-Hill and Company. Members of Committee. The committee consisted of Dean E. W. Berry, John Hopkins university; Dr. P. R. Heyl, United States bureau of standards; Prot. B. E. Livingston, John Hopkins university and general secretary of the association; and J. I Wheeler, public librarian, Baltimore, Md. The committee was instructed to arrange for the selection of the most appropriate books on each of (Continued on Page 4.) MISS HEPPNER ON TRIP Dean of Women Will Speak at Chicago Banquet on Monday Night. Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of women, will leave Sunday evening for Chicago, where Monday eve ning she will be the guest speaker a banquet of the Chicago Au u asa club to be held in the Aller ton House. Tuesday, she will be guest speaker at a meeting 'of the Kalamazoo, Mich., Altrusa club. Miss Heppner will address a meet ing of the Century club in Lincoln on March 15. She wi!S speak on "Glimpses of the Orient." The meeting will be held at the execu tive mansion. Tassels Asked to Check In Tickets Member of Tassels are re quested to check In tickets and money from the Leap Year party ticket sales to 9rnelc Hoffman at the Dally Ne braskan office between 2 and 3:30 Monday. mrv; , y 'V A : Courtny Journal and Star. MISS JANE YOUNGSEN Who has been elected presi dent of the women's honorary pep organization at the Univer sity of Nebraska. Miss Young sen, whose home is at Minden, is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. IS Winner Chosen From Twenty Candidates Presented at Coed Follies. MODELS SHOW STYLES Margaret Graham of Sterling, Colo., was presented as the best dressed girl on the campus Friday evening at the Coed Follies given at the Temple theater. She was presented at a capacity audience as the climax of the fashion review which was sponsored by the A. W. S. board. Miss Graham was chosen from twenty candidates who were se lected by their various sororities and dormitories as the best dressed girls in those houses. Final choice was made by fourteen members of the A. W. S. board at their meet ing Wednesday noon. Miss Gra ham is affiliated with Kappa Al pha Theta. Skits and curtain acts inter spersed the style show which a cafe scene is background. Coeds were seated about the tables to comment on the models as they en tered the shop. Ten Models Appear. Ten models appeared in the show and were selected from a group of sixty who tried out Tues day evening. The models were Jane Youngson of Minden, Ruth (Continued on Page 2.) National Education Meeting Will Be Attended by Professors. Dr. F. E. Henzlik,, dean of the teachers college, and Dr. A. R. Congdon, professor of the peda gogy of mathematics, will repre sent the University of Nebraska at the National Education associ ation meeting In Washington, D. C.. Feb. 19 to 24. Dr. Henzlik will address the sec tion of superintendents of schools in nit ins from five to ten thousand on "The Fundamental Elements in Improving the Technique or Ad ministration for Smaller Schools." While in Washington, Dr. Henzlik will also attend the meeting of the National Association of Deans of Education which convenes in con junction with the National Educa tion association. Dr. Congdon will attend the ses sions of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the American Educational Research association and the executive com mittee of Phi Delta Kappa, hon orary and professional education fraternity, all of which are held in conjunction with the N. E. A. Dr. Congdon has served as national treasurer of Phi Delta Kappa for the past five years. WASHINGTON IS SUBJECT OF FLING SPEFXII MONDAY F. M. Fling, professor of Euro pean history, will lecture next Monday to the Lincoln chamber of commerce in commemoration of George Washington. Professor Fling has been giving a series of lectures in Omaha where he says he finds an enthusiastic audience. Mr. Fling will also give a lec ture March 16 at the First Ply mouth Congregational church. His subject will be "The Crux of the Chinese-Japanese Problem." CAMPUS CALENDAR Sunday, Feb. 21. U N-I club, Firsl Presbyterian church, 6:30. Feb. 24. Bizad Executive Meeting In Dean LeKossiguol'a office, b :u0. REPRESENT NEBRASKA Solicits Aid of Professors In Obtaining Aid for Drouth Victims. AG COLLEGE GIVES $500 Martin and Gramlich Put in Charge of Work at University. In connection witn the state committe for the relief of the drouth-suff erf -s of the northern counties of Nebraska, Chancellor E. A. Burnett Friday issued an ap peal to the faculty and administra tion of the university to contribute to the fund. According to the letter sent out by the Chancellor, the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce is soliciting funds for the relief work. They are working in cooperation with the state committee so that no ad ministrative expense will be chargeable against monies col lected. Members of the faculty of the agricultural college have already contributed $500 to the fund, con tributions being based on $1.00 for teach $1000 salary or fraction thereof, but many gave more than this proportion. It is expected that much more will be raised be fore the campaign is completed. Professor O. R. Martin, chair man of the department of business organization and management, and Professor H. J. Gramlich, chair man of the department of animal husbandry, have been placed in charge of the work in the univer sity by Chancellor Burnett. "The Lincoln Chamber of Com merce is soliciting relief funds for the drouth sufferers of the north ern counties of Nebraska," Chan cellor Burnett stated in his letter. "They are working in cooperation with the state committee so that no administrative expense will be chargeable against monies col lected. "The distress in these northern counties has increased continually (Continued on Page 4.) 1 Popular Mountain Tours to Be Offered Agains Says New Bulletin. POOL CONDUCTS CLASS Announcement of the continua tion of summer botany courses, under the direction of Dr. R. J. Pool, chairman of the department of botany, at Camp Olympus in Estes park was made recently in a bulletin issued by the extension division. The course will extend over the six weeks from June 13 to July 21. Dr. Fool nas conauciea similar classes in past years at Camp Olympus. The response to the pro ject and the success of the class work in tht mountains in the past six years prompted the department to continue tn3 pian. Courses eriven are designed to De of value to teachers of botany, biology, and nature study in the public schools and colleges and to college students who desire to supplement their training and broaden their acquaintance with the subject. The principal course, wnicn win be general in scope, will utilize the natural resources of the mountain environment to present a broad view of modern biology with par ticular reference to flowering plants, forests, etc. Registration In the cuuise will be limited to thirty students. An advanced course will also be available for those with consider able training in plant taxonomy and ecology and for those who will be able to work independently or with minimum guidance. Regis tration in this course win De lim ited to ten. Classes cover the region cf study by a series of field trips by auto bus and on rooi. usually mree full day trips and two half day (Continued on Page 2.) COMMERCIAUJLUB ELECTS Name Norman Prucka Head Of Organization; Skade Adams Elected. The Commercial Club has elected the folowing officers for the com ing semester: Norman E. Prucka, Delia lau Delta, nrcsldent: Charles C. Skade, Pi Kappa Alpha, secretary; Melvin Adams, Sigma fni aigma, treas urer, and Milton C. Berkowitz, sie-ma Alnha Mu and Georee D. Morrow, McLean hall, members of the executive board. Dwieht Coale, McLean hall, was elected to the Bizad executive council. Prucka waa also elected a member of the council. Harper Says Greek Credit Slips Ready Dean Harper hat announced that fraternities can get the pink slip on Incompletes, con ditions and flunks, for the last semester by calling at his office Monday. V: Or i Courtesy Journal and Star. RAY RAMSAY. Who gracefully appeared out of a corncob at the Mortar Board's Leap Year party to henceforth be known as the "Most Popular Man on the Campus." Mr. Ramsay at the present time is the university alumni secretary, and is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi. ' ENDS JB MORNING Sermon 'High Goals' Will Close Three Days of Regional Meet. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED "The High Goal," a sermon which will be presented by Dr. Gould Wickey, Washington, D. C, at the Grace Lutheran church this morn ing, will terminate the convention of the southwestern regional con ference of the Lutheran students association of America. The following were elected of ficers of the assocaition at the business meting late Saturday: Paul Rohm, Kansas State, presi dent; George Flora, Midland col lege, vice president; Lois Rom berger, Kansas University, secre tary; Kenneth Boman, University of Nebraska, treasurer; Rev. Olsen of Lundborg, Kan., was chosen for the adviser for the four-year ten ure. The conclave, which was attend ed by 200 delegates from colleges and universities in Kansas, Colo rado, Texas and Nebraska, opened Friday at 6 o'clock with a banquet at the First Lutheran church. The toastmaster was Herbert Fisher, Omaha, president of the National Lutheran League of the United Lutheran church. The banquet was folowed by an address by Rev. L. H. Steinhoff, field secretary of Midland college, on "Right Choices." Rev. Stein hoff advised young people to ben efit by other people's mistakes and make right choices in whatever they undertake. A mixer in the church parlors followed his address and terminated the first day's ac tivities. Rev. Steinhoff again spoke at a service in room 203 of the Temple at 9:30 a. m. Saturday on the sub ject, "Sources of Power." A noon luncheon in the Temple cafeteria was followed by a con (. Continued on Page 2. i GRAD ENROLLMENT GAINS Report Saj's Final Total to Be 515, Compared With 503 Last Term. With 500 graduate studenl.T rn rollcd in the University of 2e hraska craduatc collcirc at the end of the regular registration period whicn closed tsaiuruay, l'fo, jo, and with approximately fifteen late registration.' yet to ha com pleted, enrollment in the graduate college for tho I'econd semester promises to show an increase over the first semester total. A total of 503 students, records reveal, took work in the graduate college the first semester of the current school yenr. With the late rerriHt rat ions, the total for the sec ond semester will be approximate ly 515. Chief Justice Goss of Today Is Morally Superior to Predecessors of Generation Past By HOWARD V0NH0LTZEND0RFF. Kdltof. Nolr. Thl. I thr flr.l of . rrlr. nf four urtlrlrf on "modrrn oofh. . l- -i :.. 4 ....:, utmv1iv fhiof Justice Charles 111 nil lliMM nun unci n i. A. (Joss, of 1 1jc Ncbrnska supi (lay is a ruthless, immoral, carousing, jazzliound type of lndi- 'it rM,;f .7iwi.pi. firms, nrior braska Supreme oencn, preMut-u . . tho utatn rliMtrirl- bench in Omeha for six years. He taught a law subject at Creighton univer sity for two years. Is a son of the soil, and was graduated from Mount Union college, Alliance, Ohio. He has alwnys taken a great In terest in youth, especially boys, being director of the Y. M. C. A. of Omaha a number of years ago, and an active individual in cburcb work. At the present time be is a memoer or mo uwcuw. committee of the Y. M. C. A. He joined In establishing the much ninn" vntem la Omaha, which provides for the supervised recrea w. finH thAt tht? creat trouble today Is," he naitl. "that men for that thev theumelvea weie " Nebraska Alumni Secretary Steps From Corn Cob To Take Honor. MEN CAN QUIT WORRYING Novel Idea Causes the Most Campus Comment Heard In Years. Ray Ramsay, University of Ne braska alumni secretary, was the "surprise element" in the Leap Year party, sponsored by the Mor tar Boards Saturday night. The "most popular man on the cam pus," as he has been designated by the senior women's honorary so ciety, removed himself from a huge corncob, set on the stage that had been placed there for that purpose a few minutes before hand. The presentation climaxes the widely advertised Leap Year party, which has been the subject for more campus comment than any thing which has happened at Ne braska for a long, long time. Senior men, representative male student leaders, in fact every eli gible mule student has been wor rying in one way or another about the situation ever since the Mortar Board plan was announced. Such names as "Mr. Nebraska Sweet heart," "The Campus King," and ethers have been heard about the campus, and directed at men sup posed to have been likely candi dates. Large Crowd. About 700 couples were at tracted to the party, mainly thru the desire to see who would be dubbed the most popular man. To say that the appearance of Ram say was a surprise is to put it mildly. Coming out of his hiding place, with a fixed smile on his face, Ramsny met with instant approval. After making a short speech, th. popular gentleman unceremoniously jumped from the platform, ran down the full length of the floor, and disappeared into the crowd. The entire affair was staged in the deepest secrecy, the identity of the gentleman not be ing known until the presentation at ten minutes after eleven. Lights Flash Off. A few minutes before the stroke of eleven the lights in the coliseum flashed off, and spotlight played on the crowd picking out various representative senior. Under the cover of the darkness a platform was rolled out midway between the balconies just in front of the cur tain. Flood lights located on the balcony, together with the lights of the coliseum flashed on a few seconds before the announcement, making a very attractive scene. At the stroke of eleven the announce ment was made of the identity of the most popular man. The entire coliseum was at tractively decorated in red and white, following a valentine motif. Entrance fo the coliseum was made through a large heart panel. Inside, stretched across the coli seum from east to west on level with the balcony were wide strips of alternating red and white streamers, which gave the appear ance of a solid mass of color. Hearts were hung on various streamers at uneven intervals. Arches Decorated. The arches around the con course were bordered with hearts topped with bands of red crepe naner. The orchestra stand in one i corner of the hall was set off in the prevailing red and white col ors, as was the corner set aside for the chaperones and patrons. Tho hall was cut off three-fourths from tho hark bv a curtain extending i across the floor. The barb coun cil did the decorating. Much amusement prevailed in the checking of the wraps. Girls, being forced to check the wraps of their escorts, were nearly ober burdened with immense overcoats, and were followed with strict ad monitions to be careful of hats, scarfs and gloves. Girls were in (Continued on Page 3.) States Youth """.'i - . - ciiie court, stated that it is a to 1nkinr Jus seat on Inc Ao- nt.m tru-iira Thou hPPfimf SO CIl Ukl(.V UUJOt J - wrapped in their everyday life. mat only uie ununuui, wv tlonal, catch their attention. "Naturally vnese occasion the ones in which they misjudge the great majority, when it is ac tually onlv a very small minority involved. In our vast social sys tem we are bound to nave om Individuals who defy tne iawe w society tnese mmauaia a ones responsible for this miscon ception." Girl Smoking "Superficial. When asked regarding our "Col lege Josephines" smoking, the eminent barrister hesitated consid erably, then remarked: "In my generation the only member of the opposite sex who smoked, was the old Irish wash iCoutlnued on Page 2.)