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The Daily. Neb.raskan Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska vni:rXXXlI NO. 155. LINCOLN, JNLIIRASKA, SIM) AY. MAY 11, 19X. PRICK 5 CKNi'S. LEROSSIGNOL BIGS ORGANIZED 10 Merchants' Institute Will Convene in Coliseum On Wednesday. Hrintring to the university the fll,t meeting of "Organized Busi ,!!, Dr. J. E. LeRoasignol, dean f the college of business adminis tration, in co-operation with a Iroup representing the state re Li manufacturing, credit and r7h;r commercial organizations, will sponsor a four day program that is intended to bring out many important business suggestions for the retailers and manufacturers. The organized business meet ilics which will begin Sunday eve ' with a "Get Acquainted" din ner will be held on Monday and Tuesday at the Lincoln hotel. Wed nesday will be devoted to sessions of the Merchants' and Manufactur ers' institute which will convene in the coliseum. Outstanding Men to Attend. Men of outstanding prominence in the business world such as Ar thur P. Lovctt, Burdette G. Lewis, a graduate of Nebraska, J. Roy Cozanne, Dean F. T. Stockton, head of the school of commerce at the University of Kansas, Henry H. Heiman, C. O. Stiles and many oth ers will discuss problems of our present economic condition. Heiman, Stiles and Lovett are to appear on the program of the "Organized Business" meetings on Monday and Tuesday. All of the others are to be heard in the meet iturs of the Merchants' and Manu facturers' Institute whicW w ill con vene in the university coliseum on Wednesday. May 17. 1,000 Are Expected. According to Prof. F. C. Blood who has been named as director of (Continued on Page 2. J Pharmaceutical Club Holds Annual Dinner at Hotel Saturday Evening. Winners of two scholarship medals offered annually to stu dents in the College of Pharmacy w re announced at the yearly pharmaceutical banquet at the Hotel Cornhusker Saturday eve ning. Oscar Stults, Beta Sigma Psi, was awarded the M. E. Rasdel scholarship medal and Karl Kuncl the Lehn and Pink medal. 'resident of the Pharmaceutical club. William Higdon, presided as toast master. Others on the toast li.st were: Frank K. Winter, Ray mond H. Schoening, Charles E. Werner, Katherine Rommel, Dean T. J. Thompson, Will Brookley, secretary of the unit division of the Nebraska Pharmaceutical associa tion; J. A. Porter, J. G. McBridc, .secretary for the state association; Dean R. A. Lyman, J. G. Hob, V.'iehita. Kas. and Chancellor hmeritus Samuel Avery. Nina Goldstein was In charge of arrangements ?r the affair which was attended by approximately sev.nty. I'osiilt of Activity Tax Poll Not Heady The itemized results oj the poll on the. activity tax at the election last Thursday has not yet been completed, according to members of the Student council activity tax committee. Only seniors, law and engineer ing college students voted on the plan at the election. The re sults will be published as soon as they are available, Howard AHdway, committee chairman announced. There are 210 votes in favor of the plan which must be tabulated according to items ctecked on the ballot, Allawav stated. Only 78 voted against the plan. MEETING SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ENGINEERS JLECT HEADS Irving Walkner Is Chosen New President at Meeting. New officers for 1933-34 of the A. S. A. E. were elected at their regular meeting held Wednesday evening in the A. E. hall. Irving Walkner was elected president, Elmer Brackett, vice president, and Carl Samuelson, secretary. In stallation of the new officers wifl take place at the final get-together and farewell picnic at the farm of Howard Richardson near Crab Or chard. Mr. L. H. Ferguson was ap pointed to make pinna for the af fair. OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE SECOND AG ELECTION Committee Refuses to Make Statement Regarding Thursday Vote. "No election" was the verdict given out by the ag executive board and the faculty election com mittee at the college of agricul ture Saturday regarding the annual spring election supposedly held Thursday. Coming out from behind closed doors, the two bodies gave out no official statement regarding the actual facts of the election but em phasized the fact that a new elec tion will be held Thursday. Not only will the students vote for ag club officers as they did last Thursday but they will also cast their ballots for an entire new election slate. Four officers to the club, members of the fair board, fair manager, sludenl'comeTI rep" resentatives from the college, coll-agri-fun committee members and woman and man at large for posi tions on the ag executive board will be elected. Some "Shylock Holmes" evi dently was largely responsible for the turmoil which followed the counting of the ballots in the Thursday election. Protests began to arise before the evening was yet gone and came to a head Friday evening when the ag executive board and the faculty election com mittee met for final action. Campus Cltih to Hold Years Final Mrrli n2 The final meeting of Campus club for this year is scheduled for Monday evening, May 15, on the agricultural campus. A picnic dinner will he served at 6 o'clock in the home economics parlors. Miss Rebekah Gibbons of the de partment of home economics will tell the club of "Customs and Fes tivals of India" as she saw them on her recent visit to that country. Students Should Seriously Consider Proposed Tax Plan, States Schramm Professor Believes Union vBuilding Fund Is Important. The .student activities tax plan, as presented by the student coun cil Is one of the most noteworthy and constructive measures intro duced .by that body in many years, is the opinion of Professor E. F. Schramm, chairman of the depart ment of geology at the university. "Introduced primarily to benefit the many students who are now unable to participate and receive the ben.'fits of the many student activities, I fffl that the propo.sU lion is one worth the serious con sideration of every student on the campus," denaied Professor Schramm. Pointing to several of the items included in tin- plan Professor Schramm declared that the stu dent union building fund was one of (he most important features contained in it Among the .-v.-nil items in cluded III the plan Plofeb.sol Schramm stated that IU fee for CLARKE 10 League to Sponsor World Conference in London June 12. Mr. Clark Eichelberger, midwest ern secretary for the League of Nations Association, will appear at Social Science Auditorium Tues day. May 16 at 4 o'colck, to give students an insight on the ap proaching World Economic Confer ence, it was announced Saturday. He will speak at the Chamber of Commerce at noon under the aus pices of all the Civic clubs of Lin coln, and in the evening he will give a talk at the First Plymouth Congregational church. The World Economic Confeienre ,wui meei in ioncon on June a un der the auspices of the League of Nations for the purpose of discus sing restoration of world pros perity. Among other subjects to be discussed at the con ference are monetary and cre dit policies, prices, resumption (Continued on Page 2.) BASIC DRILL HONORARY PLEDGES MNTY MEN Captain Gordon, Leader of Organization, Releases Names Saturday. Twenty men have been pledged .. - . - to Pershing Rifles, honorary basic drill organization, according to Capt. William E. Gordon, head of the group. The men were recom mended after an examination on military subjects by the officers and were voted on by the members of Pershing rifles. The men pledged are Paul Ny lander. Frank Cherry, James Marvin, Don Quinn. Hairy Decker, Vernon Nelson, Clarence Meyers, Barney Schareff, James Mickey. Harold Conroy, Charles Benniwell, Lewis Mackay, David Blanchard, Clark Whittlake. Forest Milham, Carl Ullstrom, Ralph Price, Rich ard Spradling, Peter Smith, and George Bayer. The try-out for these positions were held on Monday and Thurs day May 1 and 2. The test covered first aid, hygiene, manual of arms, a p p e arance, military courtesy, marksmanship, drill movements, and the organization of the army. Balloting on the men was Satur day morning. The new pledges are to report to Nebraska Hall at 5 o'clock on Tuesday May 16. the student union building fund was of utmost importance. He added that this single item would tend to concentrate interest of the students more than anything else. "With those students who are financially unable to meet the tax, granted a hearing before a com mittee of faculty members, the plan as it stands presents no seri ous obstacles to its adoption by the students and Board of Re gents." said Schramm. In his op it:' on the tax would en able t:.e miblications of the cam pus 10 put a better quality of work, and at the same time enjoy a campus-wide circulation, a thing which none of them hold at the nresent time. There is a certain amount of Hchool spirit among the student body at Nebiaska, and with the adoption of the tax, everyone would have a direct interest ami revitalize every Individual into a higher degree of active participa tion." stated Schramm. The tax list as it stands now, added Professor Schramm, is not too high for the average student to afford. In addition he declared thut the tax might also be extend ed to Include faculty members. EDUCATORS ATTEND MEET Phi Delta Kappa Sponsors Meeting at Manhattan Recently. Several members of the local chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, na tional honorary educational fra ternity, attended a joint meeting recently with the University of Kansas and Kansas State college chapters held at Manhattan. In the Nebraska group were Dr. A. R. Congdon, national treasurer, Dr. H. C. Koch, district representa tive, Prof. Roy Cochran, chapter representative, Prof. H. E. Brad ford, Prof. C. C. Minteer, William Bronson, R. W. Deahl, Dean Mc Proud, Robert Hardon, and Pro fessor Howie. AT HOTEL CORNHUSKER Banniet and Announcement Of Oflcers Follows Initiation. Nine Klub workeis were initi ated into Kosmet Klub, campus dramatic organization, in a cere mony y, sterday afternoon at 5:30 in the Crrnhusker hotel. An initia tion banquet and announcement of officers for the coming year was held aiter the initiation. The men initiated were Owen Johnson. Sigma Nil from Stroms burg and sophomore in the college of business administration; Art Bailey, Alpha Sigma Phi from Lin coln, and sophomore in the college of arts and sciences; Frank Cra bill, Chi Phi from Red Cloud and sophomore in the college of r.rts and sciences; Henry Kosman, Del- si Upsilon ir.csn-Ctnaha and fv-jic- more in the college of engineering. Others initiated were George Holyoke, Phi Kappa Psi from Om aha and sophomore in the college of business administration; Rus sell Whittaker, Sigma Chi from McCook and freshman in law col lege; Tom Davtes from Utic, sophomore in the and science college. The other two men initiated were Dale Taylor, Phi Gamma Delta from Fargo, N. D.. and jun ior in the college of business ad ministration; and Charles Flans burg, Alpha Tau Omega from Lin coln and sophomore in the college of arts and sciences. Officers Announced. At the annual initiation banquet following the initiation ceremonies, the new members were welcomed into the organization and an nouncement of officers for the coming year was made. Flank Musgrave, Alpha Tau Omega of Omaha, member of In nocents and assistant business manager of the Daily Nebraskan, president; John Gepson of Omaha. Phi Kappa Psi, Innocents and Stu dent council, business manager; and Woodrow Magee, Delta Upsilo of Lincoln, InnnrVnts society and managing editor of Cornhusker, secretary. HO AM) OF HECESTS DISVXSSES SAVIM.S Statements oj Policy Will Sot He Issued I'ntil Plans Completed. Members of the board of regents of the university spent Saturday in discussing methods of retrench ment and saving to meet the budget for the year 1933-34. No statements of policy were issued by the university authorities, who said that no announcements would be made until the work is com plete. The regents are faced with the necessity of balancing their budget with a decreased income from tax ation sources for the next bien nium of $S;12,!I20 and from cash and endowment sources of approx imately $454,000. Aclolpli Sinic YNit (fcolofjiy Drpai tmrnt Adolph Simic, a graduate of the univrisity no employed with the White F.agle Refining f'o- of Au gusta, Kas., visited the department of geology last Week. WILL MEET FIRST TIME Usual Cusiom Establishes Principle That President Must Be Holdover. Newly elected student council members will meet for the first time Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock to elect officers and lay plans for next year's work. Retir ing members of the Council will meet with the new council to jomplete a few items of business before the new officers of the council are elected. Some speculation has arisen on the campus as to wether the vic tory which the Blueshirls v .m at the polls will in any way influence the selection of ofiicers for .he new council. A custom never yet broken has established the prin ciple that the new council' presi dent shall be selected from the holdover members of the council. The two men holdovers on the council are representatives of the two factions and politics may en ter into which oi these two shall be president. Two women holdover members may also be in the run ning for the presidency altho there has not in many years been a woman president of the council. The committee which has been working on the activity tax plan will seek permission from the new council to continue its work until the end of the school yea:-. The committee will be in chate of the voting to take place in the various colleges during registra tion week beginning May 22. 175f AlffMAy Jean Alden, Y. W. President and Joastmistress, Will Welcome Mothers. Approximately 175 Y. W. C. A. members are expected to attend the twenty-fourth annual Mnv breakfast to be held this morning at 8:30 o'clock in Ellen Smith hull. Jean Alden, president, who is to act as toastmistress,-will welcone the mothers to the breakfast. Her mother, Mrs. C. L. Alden. fro-n Kimball, will respond. Toasts will be given hy Evelyn Maase and Dorothy Cathers. Doris Dickinson. Mildred Dickinson. Corrine Jane Beal and Roberta Coffee are to furnish the musical entertainment. Jane Robertson, retiring president of the Y. W.. will give a resume of the past year's wor k. The pro gram will be closed with a song. This breakfast completes the Y. W. activities for the year. It is the final membership meeting at which all cabinet members and their staffs will be formally intro duced. Publication Staff Applications Due Friday, May 19. Applications for appoint ment for the following posi tions on the student publica tions will be received by the Student Publications board un til 5 o'clock Friday, May 19. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN. Editor-in-chief. Two managing editors. Three news editors. Business manaper. Three assistant business managers. THE CORNHUSKER. Editor. Two managing editors. Business manager. Two assistant business man agers. THE AWGWAN. Editor. Business manager. Application blanks ni.iy be obtained at the office of the school of journalism, Uni versity hall 104. Material al ready on file need not be dupli cated. JOHN K. SEXLECK. Sec. Student Pub. Boaid. ' ir i