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Dai LY E BR ASK AN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXI NO. 117. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932. PRICE FIVE CENTS I HE KRAUS SPEAKS AT German Political Situation Will Be Subject of Address. TALK IS AT 11 O'CLOCK Faculty Men's Club Will Hear Speaker This Evening. The political alignment of the German republic and the person alities that direct the political par ties will be discussed by Dr. Her bert Kraus in an address to an all University con vocation at the Temple theater at 11 o'clock this morning. Subject of the eminent international law a u t horlty's speech will be "The German Po litical Situation." Prof. Kraus teaches interna tional law and di plomacy at the Unlver sity of Gottingen, G e r- momr A f Vl A . Courte.v of The present time he is JournM and Btar lecturing at Princeton university. Tuesday evening the changes In the universities of Germany that have occurred since the World War will be discussed in a lecture on "Educational Trends in Ger many." The address will be pre sented before the Faculty Men's Dinner club. .Doctor Kraus studied interna tional law with Judge John Bas sett Moore and Prof. George C, Wilson before the war. He has written a book on the Monroe Doo trine and his "Kant and the Prob lems of International Order" is be ing translated into English. The German scholar has lec tured at Chicago university upon the invitation of the Harris Foun dation and be spokt. at the Briar cliffe Manor meeting of the American Teachers -of Interna tional Law in 1929. His wife is a native of the United States. According to Dr. J. O. Hertzler, I Continued on Page 3.) MAIN IS DEADLINE FOR COMIC MATERIAL joj suBid S3;Bniujoj jjbjs Larger Magazine; Theme Not Announced. Contributions for the April num ber of the Awgwan should be in the hands of the editor by the time spring vacation starts Editor Mar vin Robinson urged Monday. The plans are being formulated for a still larger Awgwan altho as yet no particular theme has been de cided upon. The theme however and the material in this issue will featui campus happenings along this time of the year. "Most of the college humor mag azines have taken reductions in size in the past few months and the increase in the size of the Awgwan is phenomenal in view of present conditions," commented Kobinson. "Even a number of the leading comics dropped from four to six pages in size last month," he said. The April Awgwan will contain the next report of the Snoopera who outrivaled Walter Winchell last month. The reports will again feature the Intimate affairs of the leading campus people and in view of last month's reception of this section it should be more popular than before. Another leading de partment that will be found in the next issue is the Campus Tempo section. The series of Vignettes which began in the March number will be continued and the usual amount of short jokes, art work and material will also be featured. Law Has Ou-n Way; Forces Student to Grand Jury Service CONVOCATION TUESDAY MORNING urn The law must have its way, so Coburn Ellis, Junior in the Ne braska school of medicine at Om aha, may lose his semester's cred its following a .three weeks' en forced service on. the Douglas 'county grand jury. Ellis, who has worked his way thru school with the assistance of his wife, made every effort to be excused from service on account of his school work, but t.he law strict ly defines what constitutes a legal excuse and college work has been omitted from the list. District Judge Arthur Thomsen promised Ellis that he would do everything In his power to aid him aud wrote a letter to Iean C. W. M. Poynter of the college of medi cine, explaining the situation. Again what is written must stand, and Dean Poynter Saturday replied that "since we are operat ing under attendance rules of a statutory character, this may cost Ellis his year in school." Dean Poynter added that he would make all allowances he f possibly could. ' Judge Thomsen considered that the Dean's letter was very discour aging and intimiued that he in tended to "write hJm a hot letter Monday." 1 J - - ANNOUNCE STUDENT PARTY Religious Welfare Council Schedules Affair for Friday Evening. The student group of the Coun cil of Religious Welfare is spon soring a party to which all univer sity students are Invited. This will be held at the First Christian church at 8 o'clock Friday, April 1. Delories Deadman, chairman of the organization, announces the aim of the party is to furnish an opportunity for further acquaint ance on the campus. WHITE TAKES FIRST IN JUDGING CONTEST Fifty Enter Most Successful Student Contest Ever Held by Club. KANSAS MANJS JUDGE Howard White of Tecumseh an nexed his second major animal husbandry victory Saturday when he copped high honors in the an nual student judging contest held at the agricultural college by the Block and Bridle club. He for merly won the showmanship hon ors in the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben. White is a freshman and a mem ber of Farm House fraternity. Nearly fifty students entered the judging contest which was con sidered one of the most successful ever held, at the college. Prof. F. W. Bell of the Kansas state agri cultural college judged the event. The Anchor Serum company awarded the winner a large silver pitcher which becomes his posses sion after the trophy has been in the animal husbandry department for a year. Second honors in the contest went to Leonard Wenzel of Ellis who scored 635 points. Willard Waldo of DeWitt was third, Wayne Bishop of Thompson, fourth; Reu ben Hecht of Curtis, fifth; Law rence Condon of Auroras-sixth; Byron Tharp of Gorton, New York, seventh; Floyd Hedlund of Chappell, eighth; Lavern Gengrich of Fairfield, ninth; and Victor Red iger of Milford, tenth. Through a ruling made by the Block and Bridle club, several (Continued on Page 3.) L Advertising Methods to Be Discussed at Meeting Wednesday. At a general convocation of stu dents of the school of journalism Wednesday evening at 7:15 o'clock in Social Science auditorium, Doyle L. Buckles, editor of the Fairbury, Nebraska, News, will outline ad vertising promotion methods rela tive to the country newspaper fi-' I'r. Buckles is a graduate of the school of journalism at the Uni versity of Kansas. He is familiar with both the editorial and busi ness sides of the newspaper pro f'ssior having served on metro politan and country papers. It is in the editorial phase of newspaper work that Mr. Buckles feels the greatest opportunities for young men and women lie. Mr. Buckles won national recog nition as a leader in the field of country joutnalism in 1931 when he received the outstanding award offered by the National Editorial association in their Better News paper Contest for that year. The trophy given by James Wright Brown of Editor and Publisher for the winner of the Greatest Com munity Service Contest went to Mr. Buckles and the Fairbury News. The award Is made on the bast; of the public services per formed by the newspaper, includ ing not only papers which are members of the National Editorial association, but all country news papers of the nation. In addition to all students' in the school of journalism, members of cl- s in advertising and sales manship, and members of campus publications staffs are urged to at tend the convocation. Fordyce Says Correct Practice Will Make Reading More Rapid, Efficient "Thru exercises and judicious practice of ten minutes per day the speed of reading among my atnHpnt hfls increased sreatly,' declared Dr. Fordyce of Teachers college when asKea bdoui me ex perimental reading tests which be has been conducting in his classes. Dr. Fordyce bel'eves that by cor rect practice a person can double his speed of reading in a single yer" .. .... . , v.. The reaaing rate is measurcu uy the number of words read per minute or per hour. The rate varies with the difficulty of the matter read. In simple, familiar reading material the- educated adult should rad 300 to 400 words per minute while la difficult mat ter about 200 words per minute. The rate is largely dependent upon the motor habits of the eye. "Effi ciency In reading is measured by the degree in which one interprets the thought and by the rate at which the eye passes over the printed page. The degree of inter pretation is measured by answer ing questions relating to the con tent," explained the Doctor. Read Rapidly, Efficiently. The average person when read 'JINGLE BELLES' WILL PLAY HERE APRIL 22 AND 23 Klub May Present Comedy Three Consecutive Days. CAST REHEARSALS HELD Orchestra Began Its First Practice Monday on Orchestrations. April 22 and 23 have been se lected by the Kosmet Klub as the dates for the Lincoln performance of "Jingle Belles." The possibility of staging the musical comedy for three consecutive days is also be ing considered by the business staff. Negotiations are being car ried on with, down town theaters for a house in which to present the production. Full cast rehearsals will be held throughout the week at the coli seum under the direction of Her bert Yenne, author and character lead. The pony and male choruses will take part in the rehearsals. The orchestra for "Jingle Belles" held its first practice Monday eve ning. Work was begun on orches trations so that the band will have (Continued on Page 2.) Gamma Alpha Chi Alumnae Sponsor Affair; Nine Prepare Talks. The first annual Ad-Nite, spon sored by the alumnae chapter of Gamma Alpha Chi, professional advertising fraternity for women, will be held Thursday at 7:30 p. m. at Social Science auditorium and will be open to the public, faculty members and all students of the university. The following persons will give a short address: "Newspaper Advertising," by Joe Seacrest.. "Outdoor Advertising," Leonard W. Trester, Omaha. "Direct Mail Advertising," Henry Westfall. "Radio Advertising," Dietrich DirW "Department Store Advertising," Miss Marie Wcesner. "Farm Paper Advertising," S. R. McKelvie. "Publicity and Public Service Advertising," C. W. Motter. "Commercial Art," Oz Black. "Printing House in Advertising," Kendrick Ott. Miss Norma Carpenter is gen eral chairman, assisted by mem bers of Gamma Alpha Chi, Prof. F. C. Blood, instructor in adver tising, and Prof. Gayle Walker, head of the School of Journalism of the University of Nebraska. Mr. Seacrest is secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska State Jour nal, manager of the local adver tising of the Star and Journal, di rector of the Midwest Advertising Manager's association, and a grad uate of the University of Ne braska. Mr. Westfall is owner and (Continued on Page 2.) CLOSE PROGRAM SERIES Sunday Afternoon Museum Entertainment Will Be Offered Next Year. This year's series of the Ne braska State Museum programs closed Sunday afternoon with the showing of a film of jungle life. "Martin Johnson Jungle Adven tures." The program drew a large crowd and three showings of the film were made. Children saw the film at a spe cial showing for them at 2 o'clock. Miss Marjorie Shanafeldt has been the director of these programs. A new aeries will be offered next fall. ing sees just one word at a time instead of groups of words or phrases as he should. The object of Dr. Fordyce's experiment is to teach students to read more rapidly and at the same time read more efficiently. The eye is actually capable of seeing from three to five words at a time, and so one can see the need for Im provement The eye sweeps across the page from left to right on each line read, but this sweep Is not continuous. It is in the form of jerky movements consisting of three or more pauses. Quoting from Dr. Fordyce, "The fovea or point of vision takes in about three letter spaces while the "yellow spot" In which the fovea lies takes four to six monosyllabic words. There should sot be more than about three pauses per line in the ordinary octavo page. Many, however, contract the faulty habit of pausing on each word giving a very slow rate of reading. The eye should not perch on each word." Use Excerclses. The nature of the experimental work is something like this. Im ( Continued on Page 2.) PSI CHI PLANS MEETING Iowa Psychologist to Talk At Public Meeting of Honorary Club. Members of Psl Chi, honorary psychological fraternity, an nounced yesterday that they have secured Norman C. Meier of the University of Iowa department of psychology to address the second annual public meeting of the fra ternity. The meeting will be held April 19 at 8 p. m. in social science audi torium. The topic of Mr. Meier's address will be "A Genetic and Experimental Approach to the Problems of Genius." ALL-UNIVERSITY PARTY 12-Piece Orchestra, State Show Will Entertain Saturday Night. PLAN NEW COLOR SCHEME The agricultural college campus will be the scene of the next all University party Saturday night, the Barb Council announced Mon day. Jack Coupland, a member of the arrangement committee, said, "The Barb Council has decided that it is only fair to have one party this year at the other 'cam pus of the university. All other parties have been given in the col iseum on the city campus, so a change may be desirable. The stu dent activities building of the agri cultural college seems to be a pop ular 'fun place" for students, as the crowds which attend the Ag Mixers testify." A twelve piece orchestra is to be featured at the coming party, but the name will not be announced until later. In addition, there will be a stage show of .special attrac tion, featuring Jack Stary and his Comedy Kar. The hall will present a fitting at mosphere for the party, stated Hughina Legge of the committee on decorations. "An elaborate color scheme is to be carried out to the best of our ability," she de clared. "We are sure it will be more than pleasing to everyone." Chaperones for the party are being chosen and will be an nounced later. The prices for ad mission to this party will be the same as for the past All-University fetes: 35 cents for ladies and 50 cents for gentlemen. TO ANNOUNCE RESULT OF FORENSIC SURVEY Campus Fraternities Asked Answer Letters Sent Out By Delta Sigma Rho. Results of the forum letter that was sent out by Delta Sigma Rho, honorary forensic fraternity, will be learned in a few days, the or ganization reports. Letters re questing campus fraternities to submit the stand of their respec tive organizations on the proposed intramural debate program were mailed by Walter Huber, president of the honorary, Saturday. As well as requesting that the organization give its opinion about' the proposed plan, two questions, for debate were listed as possibili ties and it was requested that the groups report any questions that th- thought suitable for debate. The letter came as a result of the efforts of a committee that was appointed to sound out stu dent sentiment and to determine the advisability of establishing a round robin league. The Daily Nebraskan has for some time been co-operating with the committee in this endeavor. The letters were mailed directly to the intramural managers of the various fraternity houses in the hope that the question might be brought before the organizations meeting Monday night. Round Robin Affairs. The letter proposed that the question for debate should be of student interest and that all stu dents who have not competed on the varsity debate team should be' eligible. Teams are to consist of two men each. Each house will be asked to take both the affirmative and the negative side of the ques tion, which can be done by having an affirmative and a negative team or by having one team take both sides. The proposed tournaments are to be round robin affairs, each house meeting every other house once, tne winner being the one with the highest percentage. The debates will be held in the chapter houses. Each speaker will be given eight minutes in main speech and four minutes in rebuttal. Each debate will be judged by three competent, impartial Judges, who have had debate experience and the decision will consist o' an unanimous or a 2 to 1 vote. ALUMNUS GIVEN MEMBERSHIP BY COLLEGE GROUP Fred J. Kelly, formerly of Wy more and a graduate of the Uni versity of Nebraska in '02, was one of two men elected to hono rary membership In the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges at a recent meeting of that body. Kelly is a present chief of the section of col leges and professional schools in the federal office of education. FACULTY FAVOR JOINT USE OF THE SWIMMING POOL No Administrative Obstacles Are Seen by Dean Heppner. MEN MAKE REQUESTS Women Have Not Asked for Plan to Be Put in Operation. No opposition to the use of the new university swimming pool by men and women students at the same time was apparent among university officials, Monday when several of them were interviewed by the Nebraskan. Rudy Vogeler, swimming coach and instructor, expressed himself heartily in favor of the idea. Dean Amanda Hepp ner declared she saw no objections whatsoever to the plan, and Miss' Mabel Lee, head of physical educa tion for women, expressed herself in favor of the idea, Saturday. Dean T. J. Thompson would make no statement regarding the situation as he said he was not familiar with affairs at the swim ming pool. "I see no more objection to hav ing men and women together in the swimming pool than at univer (Continued on Page 2.) Y.W.C.A. Special Service Will Held at Vesper Services. Be New members of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet will be installed at a spe cial service at Vespers which is held in Ellen Smith hall Tuesday at 5 o'clock. All university girls are urged to attend. A processional will be played and the old and new cabinet at tired in white dresses, will take theiif places at the front of the room. Decorations of a triangle-of white roses and white candelabra will be used. A brief worship service will 'ic conducted by Marjorie Peterson, outgoing president, which will be followed by a talk by Miss Bernice Miller, secretary of the organiza tion. The subject of her talk will be, "The Significance of the Serv ice." Special music will be fur nished by the Vesper choir. The new members will then be installed with Marjorie Peterson presiding. Each old cabinet mem; ber will give a challenge to the girl who will fill her position next year. The challenge will be a brief statement of what is expected of her in fufilling the office. Miss Peterson will give the challenge to girls holding new cabinet positions. Jane Robertson, newly elected president, will accept the challenge for the whole group and invite the entire audience to join in singing "Follow the Gleam" as a commit ment of loyalty to the purposes and aims of the association. The girls to be installed are: so cial, Louise Hossack; vespers, Ger trude Clarke; finance, Evelyn O'Connor; publicity, Irma Randall; industrial, Martha Hershey; con ference, Willa Norris; membership, (Continued on Page 2.) HILL PRESENTS RECITAL Violinist in Senior Program Sunday Afternoon for Degree. Presenting his senior recital for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, F. Vallette Hill, student with Carl Steckelberg appeared at the Temple theater Sunday afternoon. Mr. Hill is a violinist and pre sented the following program: Brhm, Snnnta In A major; Allegro; Anmnt-Vlvoe. Bruch, Concerto In O minor; Voreplel Adamo Finale. Saranate, Romania Andaluza. Kreiler, Saclllano and Kigaudon. 1 f ilia, lota. Rural Children Learn to Sing From Radio Lessons Broadcast by Mr. Diers BY BOYD KREWSON. "Hello, little boys and girls. This is Theodore Diers speaking to you from the School of Music at the University of Nebraska, Lin coln. And now, little folks, we will have fifteen minutes of fun singing. Listen carefully while I play...." Thus begins a typical broadcast for Theodore Diers, the originator of the "That Every Child May Sing" lessons by radio to rural school children of Nebraska. "The average child of Ne braska's rural schools needs only encouragement to develop his voice," stated Mr. Diers, announcer for the broadcasting of the Uni versity of Nebraska. "The rural children are more unfortunate than their city cousins in that they, as a rule, do not have voice training on the curriculum. Their voices are equally as good as those of city children. Training is their only need and wit a instruction L think the rural children are the better." Instructing rural school children in voice culture by radio was inno vated by Mr. Diers a year ago February. From this pioneering OFFER SPECIAL FEATURE Educational Programs Will Be Given in University Broadcasts. Educational programs this week program include the regular French lesson from 2:30 until 3 o'clock on Wednesday, and Ger man lesson the 6am& time on Thursday,. One special feature will be of fered on Friday by a representa tive of the state department of public instruction. This program will last from 2:30 until 2.45. Jean Spefser, Mary Sutton Chosen for Offices at Monday Meeting. INSTALLATION IN MAY Irma Randall was elected the new president of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalistic sorority, at their regular meeting Monday af ternoon. Jean Speiser was chosen for the combined office of vice president and treasurer and Mary Sutton will serve as secretary and archivist. Miss Randall, Omaha, is affili ated with Alpha Delta Pi. She is a member of Tassels and was re cently appointed publicity chair man of the V. W. C. A. for the coming year. She has reported on the Daily Nebraskan and served as contributing art editor to the Awgwan. She is also a member of the W. A. A. executive board. Miss Sutton, Kansas City, Mo., is a member of Delta Delta Delta. She is a member of Tassels and has been active on the Daily Ne braskan and served on tiie prom committee this year. Miss Speiser, Lincoln, is affili ated with Delta Gamma. She is also a member of Chi Delta Phi, honorary literary sorority. She has been active on campus publica tions. Installation of officers will take place at the annual initiation din ner which will take place some time in May. ART CONFEDERATION E Fifth Annual Regional Meet Will Be Held This Week At Joslyn Memorial. The fifth annual regional con ference of the American Federa tion of Arts will be held in Omaha at the Joslyn Memorial this week, March 31, April 1 and 2. The first regional convention was held in Lincoln five years ago, this type of meeting being inaugurated largely thru the efforts of Prof. Paul H. Grummann, former direc tor of the University of Nebraska school of fine arts and now direc tor of the Joslyn Memorial. Several Lincoln people will ap pear on the program. William L. Younkin will describe "The Ne braska State Capitol," on the first day's program. Prof. F. Dwight Kirsch, chairman of the committee on administration for the school of fine arts, will head the discussion on interior decorating during the morning of the second day. Prof. Herbert Yenne, department of dramatics at the university, will tell of the "Trend of the Modern Theater." Miss Elizabeth Tierney, fine arts music department, will speak on "The Integration of Mu sic in the University Curriculum." Miss Charlotte Kizer, supervisor of art, will have the topic, "Thru the Art Gallery With the Children." At the banquet the evening of April 2, an event which climaxes the conference, Dr. Herman G. James, former dean of the Univer sity of Nebraska college of arts and sciences and now president of the University of South Dakota, will be the principal speaker talk ing on "Our Cultural Relations With South America." One of the features of the con ference will be an exhibition of art work from colleges and universi ties of the middle west. gesture has developed an extensive use of the radio for this purpose in various states. The move is on the increase, and Mr. Diers is rapidly coming forth in the educational world in this phase of instruction, his pioneering and experience mak ing his advice and suggestions valuable. Idea One Year Old. "The idea of utilizing the radio for this purpose occurred to me last year as I was told of phono graph records being used for the purpose," stated Mr. Diers. "Many rural schools cannot afford these machines, neither have they radios, but in most cases the school house is not far distant from a farm house with a radio and it Is in these farm homes where many of the radio's classes meet." When asked about tangible re sults of these lessons, Mr. Diers proudly strode to a file and re moved a stack of letters of appre ciation from rural achools of this state. Many schools have three to five pupils, but many have eigh teen and more. Letters from little idolizers of six and seven years of age were in the bundle. Several (Continued on Page 2.) PLAY BY YENNE OPENS A WEEK'S RUN MONDAY EVE '3 Suns West' Received By an Enthusiastic Audience. SCENERY IS REALISTIC Round-Up Outfit Around Campfire Is Very Effective. BY RO PIZER. The cow-punching adventurous spirit of the old Southwest lives again in "3 Suns West," an orig inal play written by Herbert Yenne and produced for the first time by University Players, Monday night at the Temple theater. An enthu siastic audience was silenced only bv the appearance of Mr. Yenne. The three lively acts of round-up humor, Virginia Reel dancing, and a happy ending love plot were well received. Mae Ekstrand plays her first lead with the players as Sally Wray, the rancher's daughter and a very popular miss. Miss Ek strand is well cast. Her perform ance exhibited ease and poise. Budd Ashton, in love with Saly and a hero in the end even though he looks wicked for quite a while, is played by Elbridge Brubaker. Mr. Brubaker is a familiar figure on the Players' stage, and his per formance was well received. The settings for the play were especially fine realistic and de serving of notice. The first scene in the show was, perhaps, the most effective. Depicting a typical round-up outfit sitting around the campfire after supper, the last night out, the curtain rises on the cowboys singing a dreamy tune to the accompaniment of a strum ming guitar. Billy the Kid, a half real half legend character who was the in spiration for the play, is enacted by Carl Humphrey who does a good job of it. Pauline Gellatly as Alvarita Valdez, a Mexican girl who is Billy's sweetheart is a col orful character with a charming accent which is genuinely con vincing. Miss Gellatly fits the part of the dainty, exquisite Alvarita perfectly. Miss Weaver Amusing. Dorothy Weaver takes the part of Kate, the housekeeper at the ranch, whose mature affections are villainously betrayed. Miss Weaver spares no effort to make the part as amusing as possible, and she succeeds admirably. Her interpretation calls forth genuine laughter. Webb Wray, the cattleman and owner of the ranch, is played by Robert Reade, a versatile person, certainly, whose acting shows hard (Continued on Page 3.) OF E Miss Evelyn West Presides Over Noon Meeting in Ellen Smith Hall. X'pu-Iv plppfed members of the Big Sister board were installed at a noon service at Ellen bmitn nan Monday. Members of the old board nrpspnt. Evelvn West out going president, presided for the installation or ueioris ueaciman. npw resident. Miss Deadman then took charge of the ceremony. Officers were installed separate ly and all class members were in stalled in unison. The new board members, which were chosen at a general election xiarrh 17 nrp? Deloris Deadman. president: Lucile Reilly, vice presi dent; Margaret upson, narnci Dunlap, Alice Quigle, Margaret rhpuvrnnt and Marrarei Reedv: senior members. Lucille Reilly. Ruth Cnernev, Alice ueaues mu Muriel Moffi'tt; junior members. Calista Cooper, sophomore mem ber. Trial Interviews Groom Prospective Teachers for Jobs whv do vou want to teach?" "Do you think you will secure a position?" "How many children were there in your family?" "How old are you?" "What is the mini mum salary you would accept?" No. this is not a questlonaire that some aspirant for a Master's de gree is working up, but is a sam ple of some of the questions asked bewildered students in a trial interview in education 152, school administration. Mr. O. H. Bimson, assistant su perintendent of Lincoln schools, served as the individual giving the interview. Since thia is a part of Mr. Bimson's actual duties, . the interviews were as realistic as possible. Except for the fact Uiat the prospective applicant was con scious of a roomful of his class mates listening to everything ha said, the Interview might have, progressed In quite the ordinary fashion. Tiii-nod no the lirht fell full UDOD. his face the student was forced to answer the barrage of questions fired at him, much to the amuse ment and enllghtment of the clsss. The "sample interviews" are a part of the classwork of groom ing prospective teachers to secure a position.