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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 '
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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
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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
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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
