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XI LY NEBRASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXII NO. S. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1932. PRICE 5 CENTS. The LUNCHEON OPENS SUPPORT CONIES! OF SPORT EVENTS f.ihletic Department to Give Trips to Three Games To the Winners. BIBLE TO SALESMEN Representatives of Football, Track and Basketball Ask Assistance. Inspired by noon luncheon ad dresses by head football coach D. X. Bible and head basketball Coach W. H. Browne, some 150 men and women student salesmen Tuesday afternoon opened the Cornhusker AU-Campus Athletic Drive. The drive will continue until October 8 and among the prizes to leading men and women salesmen are included a trip to the S. M. U. game at Dallas, a trip to the Minnesota game, and a trip to Lawrence where the Kansas game will be held. Urging students to mtaintain a staunch spirit in the sales cam paign. Coach Bible declared that student support often meant the difference between defeat and vic tory. "Like athletic teams," Coach Bible asserted,, "student salesmen in a drive like this must give their utmost for the institution. If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well and in my opinion this ticket drive is certainly worth while." Coach Browne pointed out that despite the undesirable effects of the depression it would have brought at least one beneficial re sult if it turns the hearts or ie- . t . i .i 1 brasKa siunonw oacK iuau kUC , ,nA'r.,t bov ! is receptive to this drive for sup- ! mster. . . port of the Cornhusker athletic Freshman members of the coun r ans, not only in football but in ' ell are Gladys Klott of Grand Wietball. track, wrestling and I Rapids Mich Leona Pollard, who swimming as well, l snau oe thankful' for the depression," de clared Coach Browne. As the third of the speakers at the moon luncheon, held at the Grand hotel, Charles Skade, chair man of the Innocents committee in - .. . . v- i h.,o oH.. .I,- r-anonsihilitv "'6 ' b r " (Continued on Page 2.) BUTTONS 10 BE GIVEN ALL Emblems Can Be Obtained Thursday Morning After Convocation. All freshmen girls will receive their class buttons the latter part of this week. This year the but tons will be red and white, corre sponding colors of the caps worn by freshmen boys, a departure from the customary green and white. Cards containing information as to when and where the buttons may be obtained will be given out at ihc freshman convocation to be held Thursday, Sept. 23. in the coliseum. The girls will be expected to wear the buttons every day from Sent. 26 to 30. This also is a de parture from previous years when the time of wearing the buttons was much longer. . t : -J ; nn hnnnr f ill- tn Milium airla to be altovedLJtaJ wear tnese oununn, mjs niBci et Upson, president of Mortar Eoard. who it in charge of the dis tribution of buttons. "Thev not only are In accord ance with an honored tradition of hi university, but will act as a means of recognition and help the freshmen e-irl to become ac quainted with the other members r vAw niaita frntiniipf1 Miss ITrj- i L V, 1 1. i .J , ...... F eon. COP TAGS STUDENT CARS Eegler Says Car Owners to Be Fined for Parking in Faculty Space. Although over 210 student cars have been tagged since September 12 by Officer Regler for illegal parking on the campus, no arrests have been made aa yet. Officer Regler wishes the at tention of the student called to the fact that the parking space in the rear of the school of music, the space In the rear of Chemistry hall, and all of 12th to 14th street on the south side of the south mall Is reserved for faculty members only. AH cars not belonging to mem bers of the faculty will be tagged once. For second offense the min imum fine is $1 and costs, or total fine of $5.70. Gordon Calla for An git an ArtistiA All persons desiring to con tribute art material to the Aw gwari, whether they have pre-J vioutly applied or not, win meet in room 2, Univerit)H Hall, Thursday at 3 o'clock. MORRIS CpRDON, Art Editor HUNT MICROSCOPE THIEF Regler Reports Instrument Valued at $450 Gone From Ag Campus. L. C. Regler, head of the police on both the city and ag campuses, reports that a microscope, valued at $450, has been stolen from the department of entomology at the College of Agriculture. Dr. Swenk, head of the depart ment, said the thief evidently knew his microscope as of the lenses there only the best were taken. Omaha police have been notified and all pawn shops in Omaha and Lincoln have been checked but uo trade of the microscope has yet been found. E RESIDENCE HALL House Council of Eleven Announced; Sponsors Reveal Plans. The residents of Carrie Belle Raymond hall, new residence for women, met in a body for the first time Monday evening from 7 until 8 o'clock in the social room of the new dormitory. This is the first of a series of monthly house meet ings. Dr. Elizabeth Williamson, so cial director, presided, and led a general discussion of regulations and problems pertaining to life in the hall. A house coincil composed of three fr-sbmen women, three sophomoio. three junior, and two senior members, was introduced. This group will act as a governing body, meeting once each week with Dr. Williamson. Service as proctors and as hostesses at the ccioiolo lohlds In thi dininor room ,red amon-"their du- 32. The" Zm of Xeone I ! comes irom xvenawKa, ana cuiea- nor Worthman, of Louisville. Serving as sophomore repre sentatives on the council there will be Margaret Kerl. of West Point. Nola Swenson, whose home is in Galesburg. 111., and May Svoboda, nf VprriipTP Kratky. of Omaha, and Smilev. also of Omaha, are the j members of the junior class chosen I to serve on the house council. .The senior representatives, even - tually to number three when the sponsor of music is chosen, are now Miriam Kisser of Fair- field, director of dramatics and 1 Verle Herman of Mckerson. leader of sports. 'J!A. EETK ! I : I tkin ninn.L'., K.F ffed u.rm.n Th wrpat nn room on the ground floor will b equipped for ping pong, paddle and deck tennis, indoor golf, and other in door sports, while a fine tennis court will be laid out on the grounds adjoining the hall. Miss Herman will organize among the girls sports teams which will en ter intramural competition. Mi-s Kissinger outlined briefly her plans as director of dramatics at Ravmond hall. Each month a program of two or three one-act ov RNiNG BODY CHOSEN MONDAY plays will be presented, all the i " -f-'- . - parts to be taken bv residents ofD women Agricultural editor . . find BBalatanU anri ennnshot pnitnr the hall. In connection with these theatricals, the girls will be in structed in voice, gesture, stage make-up, and problems of stage technic. FAU LTY ART SHOW OPES TO THE PUBLIC Austin, Williams, Faulhner - Ami IJuight nirscll Display Work. An exhibition of faculty art ! wot k is on display on the second ! floor of Morrill hall, in gallery B. There are oils, water colors, and a i few projects in show card. Louise Austin displays several portraits in oil, as well as some ' sketches and water colors. Ray-1 mond William and Kady B. Faulk- ' ner also have a number of oils. Dwight Kirsch has by far the ; lnrirMt pxhiblt on. consistine of I Dhotogratilis, water colors, and stage designs He has a screen decorated with copies of a photo graph taken of fireworks at Ver sailles. His other photographs de pict modernism for the most part, and he has some flower pictures. He also designs sets for the Uni versity Players. One design on dis play is for "the play "Death Takes A Holiday." He has a water color of a part of the New Mexico In dian's Corn Dance, and a photo graph of the Boston navy yard. SIX MEN ATTEND GATHERING Chemistry Instructors and Students Go to Summer Society Meet. During the week of August 21, six men from the chemical depart ment of the university Journeyed to Denver to attend the meeting of the American Chemical society. Professors R. C. Abbott, B. C Hendricks, and C. S. Hamilton were- there and were accompanied by three graduate students, Albert Lightbody. G. W. Beery, and H. H. Schaumann. About one thousand chemists were gathered there, and men with both industrial and educational in terests were included in the ranks. The moeting was almost en tirely western and mid-western in character. 4,244 STUDENTS REGISTERED 0 IRK THUS EAR Final Figures From Medical And Graduate Colleges Not Yet Ready. LITTLE DECREASE SEEN Total Number Expected to Equal Last Year's Enrollment. Total registration figures for the university, with the exception of the medical college at Omaha and the graduate college, whose registration figures are not com pleted yet, show 4,244 students en rolled by Monday evening, as com pared with 4,806 a year ago. The total enrollment in the med ical and nursing schools will be available within the next few days and will swell the total. It is ex pected by university officials that total registration will be approxi mately the same as in normal years. Those enrolling in the graduate college will not complete their reg istration until about the first of November. Four hundred ninety eight registered for graduate work last vear, while figures yesterday indicated that only 125 had enrolled in that college so far. Administration officials expect registration In the medical, nurs ing, and graduate colleges will bring the total of 1932-1933 regis tration clot-e to that of last year. Definite returns will be announced as soon as possible. Registration by the various col leges will not be available for some time, it was announced late last night. No tally will be made until all registration has been com- Pleted. The figures will probably be checked in about a month. I Number of Positions Desired In the First Two Days Open for Filing. y" - EDITOR TO CHOOSE STAFF University of Nebraska interested in the work Comhusker off jce jndi. -f j hv .he number of aDDlica- "ens received the first two days Pen 10 rllln3 The staff will not be chosen until after Thursday night, when the dead-line for appli' cations will have been passed at five o'clock, whic'a leaves two more days for would-be editors and business managers to get in their bids for positions, according to the editor. Not only has interest in filing applications been keen, but, for the most part, applicants seem to be after the same kind of jobs. More applications for Sports editor, in- and assistants are desired, Ralph Spencer said late yesterday after noon. The job of napshot editor will be one of the best and most interest- Continued on Page 2.) ELEVEN ATTEND FIRS! RIFLE JEAM MEETING Major Speer Tells Men of Plans for Matches This Year. With eleven men present at the first meeting of those wishing to try out ior me nne team. l3. C. K. Spter. in charge of the i this year, bean work on , range organization of the team Tuesday! night i Men present were: James lr-j ban, Kenneth Davison, Kennein Hunt. Herbert D. Samsel. Robert Schrlcker. Paul Rolfes. Sam Fleishman, A. E. Altberg. W. Dale Anderson. Richard P. Nicholson, ana Howard Mixson. Nicholson is to serve as captain of this year's team, and Mixson as manager. It was announced at the Tues day gathering that the range would probably not be ready to open until late in October. The gallery, which is in the basement of Andrews hall, will meanwhil" be put in ahape for the season, and according to present plans, improvements will consist of a new lighting system and some new equipment for the marksmc-n. A system of tryouts has been arranged by Major Speer, accord ing to which the men trying out will be divided into competing squads. Each squad will be under the direction of a letterman. Final selection of a rifle team of about twenty-five men will not be made until after Thanksgiving vacation. The showing made by candidates in the aquad matches, will be used aa a basis for choos ing the team. Medals will be given in the early "test" matches, and at the end of the year six men will be awarded letters. TAYLOR TO BE HISTORIAN Receives National Office in Pershing Rifles With a Rank of Captain. E. Dale Taylor, junior in the college of business administration, was appointed national historian of Pershing Rifles with the rank of captain, according to an an nouncement made recently by E. Byron Hirst, national commander of tb.3 organization. Taylor takes the place of Robert Glover, who held the post of na tional historian last year. Glover is a senior in the college of busi ness administration. Both are members of Phi Gamma Delta. Tom Naughtin, sophomore in the college of business administration, wn.i annnintoH fllinir clerk and of fice assistant to the national com mander. He is a member of Alpha Theta Chi. COUNCIL TO FILL Committee Appointments Are Also Listed for Group's First Meeting. The Student council representa tive on the Athletic board will be selected at the first meeting of the student legislative body to be held at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, in University hall 106, according to the president of the council. The council was empowered to se lect one member of the board from its own membership by the board of regents last spring when the council petition for student mem bership on the Athletic board was accepted. The Athletic board, which is at present composed of faculty mem bers, a representative of the sta dium bondholders, and an alumni representative, has never before included student representation. The council last year presented a plan for student representation on that board and the board of regents-adopted the. council's recom mendations after making some minor changes in the scheme as suggested by the Athletic board. Besides the council representative, another student is to be selected by the "N" club later this semes ter. Committee appointments for the year are also to be made at the flrstJfieeUfigJbr- thaTfrouncil,. -according to the president. The In nocents society is again request ing the council for authorization to sponsor and conduct student ral lies this year. The council will consider the Innocents' request Wednesday. Representatives of two newly organized campus associations, the student democratic club, and the stuoent republican club, are to present their constitutions to the council for acceptance. The major project on which the council will be working this year, according to the president, is the investigation of the feasibility of adopting a student activity tax at this university. A committee to (Continued on Page 2.) HRST 1TMEM0NDAY Plans Discussed for New Meeting Room Before Next Gathering. Plans for securing a new meet ing room, to take the place of the one vacated this fnll, were dis cussed at the first meeting of Kos met klub Tuesday night in the of fice of Professor Schramm, fac ulty adviser to the organization. Nothing definite about a clut) room has been arranged :.o far, Jack Thompson, president .f the Klub, stated. Several possibilities have been considered, and a new room will be secured before the next meeting, Thompson sta'?d. Tentative plans for the annual Thanksgiving Morning Revue, to be held the morning of the Mis souri game, were diwcus.-ed. Ar rangements will be made for se curing a theater for the show, and entrants for the show will be con sideied in the near future. The possibilities of holding the annual spring musical comedy on week nights instead of on the reg ular week end run was brought up for consideration. The tentative days for the show are Tuesday through Saturday. Neil McFar land was appointed to investigate possible dates for the production. Members of the Kosmet Klub for the coming yerr are: Jack Thompson, William Dexereaux, John Zeilinger, Bud Bailey, Don Easterday, Joe Alter, Art Pinker ton, John Gepson, Frank Mus grave, Dick Moran, Woodrow Ma gee. Neil McFarland, Byron Coul ding and Jimmy Douglass. iugu an Business Staff Will Organize Today The business staff of the Awgwan will be organized Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, according to Otto Ko-I touc, business manager of the! humor magazine. Students de- siring to work on the business staff this year are requested tol meet with Kotoue at tnat nme PSITION AH BOARD E TICKETS TO CITY Campus Sale Features New Special Rates for Students. FIVE CONCERTS BOOKED Prominent Guest Artists to Appear During Season With Orchestra. The campus Lincoln Symphony orchestra season tirltet lirive opens Wednesday morning, Miss Joseph ine McDermott, head of the cam pus sales committee, announced on Tuesday. Members of Mu Phi Kp silon, honorary musical sorority, will conduct the drive. Student tickets for this reason will be $2.50, and will admit pur chasers to the five winter ieaso:i concerts. Adult tickets to noa-stu-dents are $5.00. University authorities have sanc tioned the sale of tickets to stu dents at this reduced rate," Pro fessor Howard Kirkpatrick, direc tor of the school of music, stated Tuesday. "This modest sum allows students to hear really fine music, and be elevated and bettered thereby. "From my personal stand, I am interested in getting good music to the greatest number of students possible. This is only the second year of this activity, and music leaders on the campus and in Lin coln believe a permanent function has been affected in the Lincoln Symphony orchestra. The purpose of these concerts is to increase the students' knowledge and culture in music." Sales Plans Laid. Sales tables will be locatod in Morrill hall and the school of music building for three days starting Wednesday. Members of (Continued on Page 2.) A SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE Students and Faculty Are Solicited; .Houses Buy ih Blocks. Subscription campaign for the Daily Nebraskan was begun Tues day, as Norman Gallagher, Delta Tau Delta of Bassett, and busi ness manager of the Nebraskan, planned the selling of subscriptions to faculty members. Block subscriptions for fratern ity and sorority houses will be canvassed Wednesday, according to Gallaher. Block subscription rates have been reduced, and a large order is expected. The sales campaign was success fully started last week when fresh men upon completing their regis tration at the coliseum were can vassed for subscriptions. Since then staff members of the Nebras kan and members of the business staff have been selling subscrip tions about the campus. A large number of alumnae have written the bujines manager, enclosing checks and requesting papers. Subscriptions are also on sale at the two campus book stores, Longs and the Co-op. Subscription prices for the Daily Nebraskan this semester are $2.00 a year, or $1.40 a semester. If de livered the price is $1.75 a semes ter and $3.00 a year. F til ARE STILL AVAILABLE Frosh Must Have Red Caps By Thursday Morning Convocation. Freshmen caps are now avail able at Ben Simon's, and all fu ture sales will ne made there ac cording to recent announcement by Chalmers Graham, who has been in charge of the sales hereto fore. "Most of the freshmen have their caps," said Graham, "but there are still a few who are not wearing them. We hope that by Thursday morning all freshmen will have and be wearing their caps." To date 535 caps have been sold and it is especially desirous, ac cording to Graham, that all fresh men have their caps by Thursday morning before the freshmen in itiation and convocation. The Interfraternity Council in session Tuesday evening voiced the sentiment that th3 fraternities would co-operate to the fullest ex tent in requiring their freshmen to wear the traditional red cap. Vogeler Keturns From Summer in California Rudolph Vogeler, director of in tramural athletics and swimming coach, has just returned from Cal ifornia where he took graduate work during the past summer at the University of Southern Cali fornia. Vogeler also attended the Olympic gamen, taking special in terest in the swimming contests, in which the Japanese entrants took the majority of events. IV OPENS FOR SYMPHONY MUSIC RUSHING CHANGES HEARD BY COUNCIL Jack Thompson Heads and Interprets New Set Huhs Compiled by Committee With Help of Himself And President Norman Gallaher. HUT MEN DELAY ACTION 1()K CONSIDERATION Major Difference Is Preferential System Such as Sororities Use ul Present With Week Lasting Ionger and Terminated ly Dinner. YENNE ASKS MEN TO TRY OUT FOR Hopes For to Find New Talent Players in Trial Next Tuesday. One hundred university nieii are wanted to try out for the Univer sity Players, according to an nouncements made Tuesday by Herb Ycnne and Zolley Lerner. Tryouts will be held on Tuesday evening. September 27 at 7 o'clock in the University theater. Temple building. "We want men for all parts." stated Lerner. "Straights, juveniles, characters and heavies are all in demand." Men wishing to tryout must give a scene irom some play; readings are not acceptable. Aspirants may make up, and costume if they wish, and if two or three candi dates in a group want to give a sccne from some play they may do so. Three minutes will be al- lowed each individual. Those trying out must register in Zolley Lerner's office, Temple 153 before the try-out. Both Mr. Lerner and Mr. Yenne are willing to confer with candidates and help them to select a suitable play. "We are out for talent, real tal ent, this year," added Lerner. "Previous experience is not neces- as we are endeavoring to find the man with undiscovered talent " All eligibility rules of the uni versity will be observed in try-outs for the University Players. Schol astically ineligible men will not be permitted to try out, and freshmen will not be admitted. "We will give six major plays this year, and several minor ones," stated Yenne. "Last year we in augurated the studio theater where we try out plays written by Nebraska students. AG CLUBJTIATiON Plans Outlined at Year's First Meeting Held Tuesday Eve. Plans for holding the annual ini tiation ceremonies for Ag club were made at the first meeting of the organization held Tuesday eve ning on the Agricultural college campus in Ag hall. Jesse Living ston, president, presided over the meeting. In addition the club talked about plans for the annual Farmer's Formal, All freshmen men in the college will be initiated into the club. In past years the initiation has served to increase student interest in the club. Ralph Copenhaver is to have general charge of the event while LaVera Gengrich, club treasuiei. is to look after the club membei ship and dues. Ray Murray is in charge of the refreshments. The Ag club plans to hold the Farmer's Formal sometime in Oc tober this year and is making elab orate preparations lor it. In past years it has been the social event of the season on the campus. Stu dents in the college select a Fai ov ers Formal queen for the event and she is presented that evening. Only overalls and old clothing are al lowed to be worn at the formal. ELIZABETH DOLAN IN PARIS Prominent Artist to Paint Murals in the Capitol Upon Return. Miss Elizabeth Dolan. prominent Linocln artist, has not returned from Paris as yet. Miss Dolan was given the contract for the art work on the huge panel above the entrance to the library in the new sUte capitol and will begin work on it immediately upon returning from her trip. The subject of the painting is aj yet unknown, but will be in accord with tn rest of th art work I" "nitol and with Nebraska subjects. . Miss Dolan is the Nebraska ar tist who contributed so many of the paintings hanging in Morrill hall. She has been to Paris for study and in search of material. DRAMATIC ROLES O Drastic changes in the present rushing system employed by fra ternities on this campus were recommended by the inter-fratar-nlty rushing committee at the in terfraternity council meeting Tues day night. A new set of rules compiled by the committee with the help of Jack Thompson, pres ident of the Innocents society, and Norman Gallaher, president of the cojncil, was read and interpreted at the meeting by Thompson. Probably most prominent among the changes presented was one which provided for a preferential dinner to be held on Wednesday of rush week at each fraternity house. At this dinner, the rushees will become pledges of the respec tive fraternities, after they have filed their preferences with a fac ulty committee. The fraternities will also have filed bids with the committee before the dinner. All rushees will be required to have filed their "preferences with the committee by 12 p. m., prior to the Wednesday night dinner. If he fails to do this he will not be permitted to pledge a fraternity for one month following that din ner. 1 No Early Rushing. The rules also state that there shall be no rushing from Thurs day morning previous to rush week until tii? first date Satur day, when official rush will begin. No fraternity man may commu nicate with any rushee during that time. Also no rushee may re main in a fraternity house except during his bona fide date. The presented rules were dis cussed at some length by the coun cil. Several representatives ap parently favored. The committee had mimeographed sheets made r.f the rules, which were given ti' council members to consider a' . '. discuss with the other members vi their fraternities. The council de cided to not act on the rules until they had been duly considered. President Gallaher appointed a committee to inspect the rules a:'d investigate the rushing dates ot other schools. He appointed Dale Taylor, Phi Gamma Delta; Joe Schramek, Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Al Beaumont, Beta Theta Pi, and Robert Thiel, Acacia. They will report at the next council meeting. Not Infallible. In presenting the rules Thomp son said. "We do not submit these as an infallible scheme but as some ideas that came to the com mittee that might improve the old system and remove some of the ob stacles." Members of the rushing commit tee were Lynn Leonard, John Gep son, Otto Kotoch and Robert Thiel. The rules presented follow: Following dates must be kept by al rushees: Saturday, 9 a. m. to 1;00 p. m. Luncheon included. 2 p. m.-5 p. m. 6 p m.-lO p. m. Dinner included. Sunday Same as Saturday. Monday Closed for freshmen day until 6 pm. 6 p. m.-9 p. m. Dinner included. 9 p. m.-12 p. m. Tuesday Same as Saturday Wednesday Rushing shall b closed from 10 p m. Tuesday until 6 p. m. Wednesday evening at which time each fraternity shall hold a pledge dinner at which the ruohcc3 shall become pledges cf the respective fraternities having filed their preferences previously to the faculty committee appointed for such purpose. Rules. There shall be no rushing from Thursday morning previous to the rush week, until the first official date Saturday. During that time no fraternity man may communi cate with any rushee for any pur pose. A rushee may have n;t less than two nor more than three dates with the same fraternity; or may (Continued on Page 2.) GRADUATES VISIT NEBRASKA CAMPl.'S IN WESTERN TRIP Two graduates of the University of Nebraska, Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Clements of the Carnegie Insti tute. Washington. D. C, visited Lincoln Tuesday while on their way to meet several other scien tists for a field trip through outh ern California. They are traveling by automobile, visiting interesting spots enroute. . Dr. Clements secured his Ph. D. degree from Nebraska in 1898, while Mrs. Clements receiver hers in 1905. ROSENQLIST WILL LEAD DISCUSSION OF Y.M.C.A. GROUP The Ag college Y. M. C. A. fresh man council will be held Thurs day evening at 7 o'clock in the "Y" rooms on the Ag campus, ac cording to an announcement from C. D. Hayes, secretary of the uni versity Y. M. C. A. The discussion will be led by Prof. C. E. Rosenquist and the subject will be "How to Study." The student in charge of the meet ing Li Paul Harvey.