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D a ily Nebraska!! tie Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXII NO. 85. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1933. PRICE 5 CENTS. PLAYERS PORTRAY CRIPPLED NEGRO LIE IN ' 0 n..j. ,:,,., u., UniuinrrlM,rB3euiea a Dnei survey 01 uie nis PrOdUCtlOn by HayWard torical field of relativity and also Strikes Primitive Note "Porgy," by Du Bose Hayward, the fourth play of the University Players to be given during the cur rent season, will be presented un der the direction of Miss H. Alice Howell next week beginning Feb. 6. The play will continue through out the week. Unusual in being the first play of its type to be presented by the Playersf Porgy is the story of the life of a crippled beggar who lives in a Negro tenement in Charleston, S. C. During: the day he sits si lent in rapture at his study of hu man me, dui at nignt ne uecumes tne cnier gambler or cauisn now. x-orgy win proDaDiy oe pmyra y W. Zollev Lerner. Opposite him will be Crown, a murderer, and his woman Bess, whose parts will probably be taken by Francis Brandt and Dorothy Zollener, Direct and uncensored in its por trayal of negro life, Porgy strikes a primitive note of passion .in many of its scenes. Aided by a negro chorous of thirty voices in addition to the cast of about twenty Porgy will be the largest production of the players this year, The setting is tne court or a tnree story apartment, while additional scenes showing a room in the apartment and a palmetto thicket on a nearby island have been de- signed by Dwight Kirsch and Robert Reade. L BE Dean to Aid in Selecting Members for Council Of Engineers. Dean O. J. Fereuson of the col- free of eneineerine: has accepted n annointment on the committee for student selection of the Engi- neers Council for Prof essional . De- velopment. This council is com- posed of representatives from" the seven engineering societies ana or ganized to study the professional status of engineering and to pro mote that status. The organizations co-operating are the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical en gineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Ameri can Institute of Electrical Engin eers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and the National Coun cil of State Boards of Engineering Examiners. Dean Ferguson's committee Is appointed to propose means of es tablishing a better selection of en gineering students. The committee will endeavor to make it easier for the prospective student to decide whether or not be is fitted to be come an engineer and if so, what branch of the study he can do best. DRUGGISTS HOLD MEETING Legislature in Favor Higher Entrance Requirements For Druggists. Dean Kufus Lyman of the col lege of pnarmacy and Dean New ton of Creighton suggested to a meeting of Nebraska druggists held Jan. 25 in Lincoln that higher entrance requirements be made for the pharmaceutical trade, placing Nebraska on a par with other states. The legislative committee of the convention declared itself in favor of requesting the legislature to make it compulsory that those wishing to take the state examina tion be graduated from recognized universities and serve one year's apprenticeship. FERGUSON WL COMMITTEE MEMBER BASOCO SPEAKS ON RELATIVITY BEFORE SIGMA XI Miguel A. Basoco, Ph. D., C. I. T., professor of mathematics, gave an address on "General Relativity and Gravitation" at the regular monthly meeting of the University of Nebraska chapter of Sigma Xi, held Jan. 30. Professor Basoco presented a brief survey of the his- Sf,couIS i " ; and others in giving the present status 01 me tneory. PASTOR TO SPEAK ON Y. W. AnnOUflCeS Series Of Five Meetings Which Start Jan. 31. Rey Mr Hunt, pastor of the First christian church, will be the speaker at the series of five Ves per services which will be devoted to love and marriage. This series of closely related meetings begins Jan. 31, and continues to Feb. 28. The topics of the meetings are: Jan. 31, "We Go A-wooing;" Feb. 7, "The Marriage Vow What Does It Mean?" Feb. 14, "Making Rouen Places Smooth," and Feb. 21, "The Family Pocketbook and Domestic Tranquility." 'The entire benefits from this series or vespers can oniy De Min(ia hv being- nresent at each of tne five meetings. The topic of each week lead3 up t0 tne one f0i lftlx,jnir sr it imnerative to be- with tne first meeting and con tinue in attendance to the last," stated Gertrude Clarke, Y. W. C. A. member in charge of Vespers, PROFESSOR SAYS TOWER OF PRESS9 IS FAR REACH lb G Collins9 Plea for Spiders Anstvered by Man in Michigan. The -power of the press is far reaching, according to O. C. Col lins, director of the university s observatory. Not long ago, ne in formed a Daily Nebraskan repor ter that he needed some spiders for, it seems, spider webs are used in astronomy for certain measure ments The Daily Nebraskan carried i brief story to the effect that if any one had a spider he did not care for, it would be given a good home in the University of Nebraska ob servatory where it would lead useful life. A newspaper wire service copied the item from the Nebraskan and the story appeared in newspapers subscribing, to. this press service The first response came Saturday to Collins from Crosse rolnt Park, Mich., where a Mr. J. J. Troy makes a profession of raising spi ders. Mr. Troy writes that the first warm weather he will mall a family of spiders to Mr. Collins as a girt to tne university ror tne cause of science. The spiders will range from the ages of three to nine months. Troy, he writes, read the item in a Detroit newspaper, Collins is planning to write his ac ceptance to Troy this week. merriu-t aimer iccems r 'it n . i Miss II ads9 Application Clarice Hatls. a spnfnr in trip Hp. partment of home economics, has been notified that her application for entrance to the Merrill-Palmer experimental school, Detroit, Mich., has been approved. She is planning to complete her course there, doing work on which she will receive credit for her degree at Nebraska. A. I Enlisls Former University Student Information has been received here that William T. McCIeery, '21, who has been doing newspaper work in New York City since his graduation, ha3 recently accepted a position in the feature office of the Associated Press at Washing ton, D, C . . MARRIAGE AT VESPERS 146 STUDENTS EARN ERSITY DEGREES No Special Commencement Exercises to Be Held For Class. Completing the required work with the close of the first semes ter, 146 students were granted de grees by the university. No spe cial commencement exercises are held for January graduates, but they have the privilege of taking part in the June exercises. All of the degrees except eight master of arts and four master of sciences were undergraduate de grees. The January graduates follow: Graduate College. Master of Arti. Maurlct Roswell Colson, Omaha, Neb. Ruth Carolyn Habeger, Lamar, Mo. Harry Eugene Hoy, Lincoln. Jesse Martin Hungate, Scottsbluff. Neb. Gertrude Irene Knie, Cordell, Okl. John King Miller, Pawnee City, Neb. Roy Franklin Schall, Hampton, . Neb. Klasine Elisabeth von Westen, Lincoln. Master of Science. William Sherman Gillam. Chadron, Neb. Leo Sumner Mason, Webster City, la. Carl Harold Schlldneck, Salem, Neb. Harold Orian Smedley, Lincoln. College of Arts, Sciences. Bachelor of Arts. John Carl Aarnt, Lead, S. Dak. Dorothy Lee Ager, Lincoln. Frederick Samuel Berry, Jr., Wayne, Neb. Frank Newcomb Blanchard, Jr., Lincoln. Marguerite Ginet Brackenbury, Lincoln. Thomas Wayne Brewer, San Francisco. (Continued on Page 3.) BALL HEADS LIST OF Many Attractions Are in Store for Students of University. The Interfraternity Ball, sched uled for Feb. 4, is the first event on the university calendar for the second semester. The following Monday, Feb. 6, the University Players open for a week's run at the Temple theater. Two events are scheduled for that week-end, the annual Coed Follies being held at the Temple on Feb. 10 and a Barb Council party in the coliseum on Feb. 11. First quarter reports are due on Saturday, Feb. 25. The University Players are the first on the March calendar, open ing a new play on March 6. The Junior-Senior Prom, closing party of the formal season, will be held in the coliseum on March 10. The following night, March 11, the Barb Council is sponsoring an All University party at the student activities building on the Ag cam pus. On March lo tne mid-semester reports are to be turned in. On April 1, the Barb Council is sponsoring another All-University party which is to be held in tne student activities building. The (Continued on Page 3.) PHYSICIANS TREAT 1,400 Student Health Department Averages 93 Patients Every Day. The grand total of calls at the student health department during the fifteen school days that the service was conducted in Decem ber reached 1,400, or an average of ninety-three and a third patients per day. The hospital average for the same period was nine ana a half patients per day. The records of the department show: Electrocardiograms taken, 11; swimming examinations, 17; men's treatments, 688; women's treatments, 427; X-ray pictures taken, 11; hospital days for pa- lents in infirmary, 142; prescrip tions filled, 174; house calls made by university doctors, 119; intra mural examinations, 8; total visits to student health office, city cam pus, 1,289; treatments at college of agriculture student health of fice, 76; swimming examinations, college of agriculture, 11L UN V INTERFRATERNITY COMING EVENTS ENGLISH TEACHER TO GIVE SEVERAL TALKS AT TULSA Dr. Louise Pound of the depart ment of English will go to Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 1, where she will de liver several addresses. She will speak before the Oklahoma Folk Lore society on "Folk-Lore in the United States," on "Pronunciation in the Schools" for the Oklahoma Council of English Teachers, and on "American Speech" for a sec tional meeting of the State Teach ers association. She has also been invited to visit the University of Oklahoma at Norman, and to speak there. COMMITTEE ELECTS Assistant Chairman Names Members of Group to Handle Duties. Carolyn Van Anda, Kappa Alpha Theta from Fremont, was elected co-chairman of the Junior-Senior prom committee to serve with Ver non Filley, president of the junior class, at a meeting of the commit tee last Friday. Committee appointments of the members of the group to handle the various duties connected with the event were made by the co chairmen at the close of the meet ing. Friday, March 10, has been set as the date for the prom, which will be held in the coliseum. John Gepson and Ruth Cherney were selected to arrange decora tions for the event, while Woodrow Magee and Virgene McBride will be in charge of securing music for the affair. Otto Kotouc and Mar garet Buol will be in charge of se curing chaperones. Robert Pilling and Jean Alden will handle all publicity for the an nual closing event of the formal season, and Lloyd Loomis and Lu cille Reilly are to take charge of ticket sales. Y.W.C.A. NOMINEES Jane Boos and Alden Run for Presidency. Jean Selections of two nominees for the offices of president, vice presi dent, secretary and treasurer of the university Y. W. C. A., chosen by a committee appointed by the executive cabinet of the organiza tion were announced yesterday. The election of officers will be held Thursday, Feb. 2, in Ellen Smith Hall from 9 to 5 o'clock, and at the Home Ec building on the Ag campus at the same hours. The election is being held in accordance with the revised constitution as accepted by members at the last vespers service. Nominees for president are Jane Boos, Delta Delta Delta from Howard. S. D., and Jean Alden, Alpha Chi Omega from Kimball. Nominees for the office of vice president are Ruth Cherney, Alpha Xi Delta from North Bend, and Martha Hershey, Lincoln, member of Alpha Chi Omega. Elaine Fontein, Columbus, mem ber of Alpha Phi, and Dorothy Cathers, Deta Zeta from Omaha, were chosen by the committee as nominees for secretary, and Helen Lutz, Papillion' and Marjorie Smith, Omaha, are the candidates for treasurer. Muriel Moffitt, Lincoln, and Genevieve Jetlries, uaen, are me nominees for Ag chairman. They will be elected Thursday by women students in Ag college only. X-Ray Machine Kills Uni Grad Inslatitlv Dr. D. D. Davis, graduate of the Nebraska medical college and a practicing physician in Onawa, la., was instantly killed while using an X-ray machine in treating a pa tient recently. He was burned in the abdomen by coming in too closs contact with the machine. VAN ANDA HEAD COMMITTEE NAME BR01ELL NAMED DAILY NEBRASKAN EDITOR IN CHIEF Publication Board Selects Hall to Be Associate Editor. Phil Brownell was appointed as editor-in-chiet of the Daily Ne braskan for the second semester by the publications board, Tues day, Jan. 24. Lawrence Hall was named associate editor. The board selected Lynn Leon ard and Dick Moren to serve as managing editors and Violet Cross, Lemoine Bible and George Mur phy to serve as news editors. No change was made in the per sonnel of the business staff. It will be composed of Chalmers Graham, business manager, and George Holyoke, Frank Musgrave and Bernard Jennings, assistants, as last semester. Among the economy measures passed by the board is a reduction in salaries. Another is a reduction in the number of paid staff mem bers. The board selected no sports or women's editor and three news editors instead of the usual four. The members of the board rec ommended that the managing edi tors appoint a sports and womena editor from their staff of reporters. They appointed Burt Marvin as sports editor and Carolyn Van Anda womens editor. PLACED ON SALE Magazine to Be Sold Andrews and Social Science Halls. in "When the Cat's Away, th Maestro a Patty," a story by Ro land M. Miller, is the feature of the Interfraternity Ball issue of the Awgwan which will be placed on sale this morning in booths at Andrews and Social Science halls. The cover design portraying an en trance scene of the ball was drawn by Marjorie Quivey. A girl of the month and the pic ture of five prominent sophomores will also appear in the January is sue. Iwo nacres of scenes showing "After the Ball" by Morris Gor don, will appear in a prominent section of the magazine. "Board Meeting" by Art Wolf and "Rough Cut," a Wyoming retrospect by John T. Coffee, are among- the stories in this issue. "Fashion Horoscope" by Kather ine Howard will appear in the magazine. Alice Eeekmann and Ruth By erly have been appointed exchange editors by H. Francis Cunningham, jr., editor. BULLETIN PRINTS THESIS Article by Graduate Student Published in Biological Magazine. The December issue of the Ma rine Bilogical Bulletin, published by the Marine Biological Labora tory of Woods Hole, Mass., con tains an article written by Jose phine Carolyn Ferris, who was graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1930. The article which was written by Miss Ferris as a thesis for her master's degree which she received here in 1932, was titled "A Com parison of the Life Histories of Mictic and Amictic Females in the Rotifer Hydatina Scnta." LcRossignol Reviews 'The Flying Canoe Memoers of the Omaha chapter of the League of Women Voters when they formally open their new headquarters in Aquilli Court, will hear Dr. J. E. LeRossignol, dean of the college of business admin istration, review his book, "The Flying Canoe." The formal open ing will take place Jan. 31. JANUARY AWGWAN