Dai FRESHMAN ISSUE FRESHMAN ISSUE Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXIII NO. 1. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1933 PRICE 5 CENTS? MEN TO CONVEf FRESI MONDAI STUDENT APPROVAL PLAN INSURES ADDITIONAL WORK BY STUDENT COUNCIL Sjoi.sorship of Assessment Plan Is Continued by Student Council. SEEK REGENTS APPROVAL 'Specifications As Made in Student Vote Must Yet Be Complied With. With evidence of student senti ment favoring the activity tax plan by such a large majority, the Student council will carry on the campaign this year to secure the adoption of this plan at the Uni versity of Nebraska, according to John Gepson, new president of the council. Action of the Board of Re gents is necessary and the ap proval of this body will be sought probably within the next two or three months, according to Gep son. Last year's council collected a considerable amount of evidence from other universities of the country to demonstrate that the plan is working out satisfactorily where it is in use. This evidence to gether with the results of the stu dent vote, and plans for putting the tax plan into operation at the University of Nebraska will be presented' to the regents by the Student council. There yet remains considerable work for the council to do before consent of the regents can be (Continued on rage 6.) Active Chapters to Elect Delegates Who Will Study Costs. TO SAVE FRATERNITIES' Effort Seeks to Correlate Greek Incomes With Expenditures. A desire to save their organiza tions led Nebraska fraternity men meeting last Thursday evening to take steps designed to create a council of fraternity alumni em powered to supervise the manage ment of campus Greek chapters. The meeting, which had been preceded by a similar discussion a week earlier, is the result of sug gestions emanating from Dean T. J. Thompson. ' Culmination of preparatory dis cussion came at the second meet ing when a resolution providing for the immediate establishment of an alumni council was unanimous ly passed. The council will be com posed of an alumni representative from each resident fraternity on the campus. Active chapters will elect their delegates. Council to Study Problems. From the ranks of the council, an executive committee of seven members i3 to be appointed by the faculty advisers of the present in (Continued on Page 5. Fi PARTY IS NEXT WEEK Saturday, Sept. 16, Is Time Set for the Initial Autumn Party. The first All-University party of the coming school year will be held at 8:30 Saturday evening. Sept. 16, in the- university coliseum. This wi'-i be the first of seven parties scheduled for the 1933-34 school year, five of them to be held in the coliseum on the city campus, and the last two set for the Student Activities building on the Ag col lege campus. Dates set for the dances are Sept. 16 and 30, Oct. 28. Dec. 9, Feb. 17, March 10 and March 31. Joyce Ayres with his ten piece orchestra and one entertainer has been secured to play for the party this week end. The Barb Council is composed of eighteen unaffiliated students, seven of whom were held over from the past group and eleven newly elected. The officers of the proup are Burton Marvin; Mar jorie Filley. vice chairman; and Wilbur Erickson, secretary-treasurer. ( FRATERNITY MEN FORM GOVERNING ALUMN COUNCIL ebraskan Presents Summary of Student Activities Tax Plan For the benefit of those stu dents new to the campus and unfamiliar with what the activ ity tax plan is, the Nebraskan presents the following brief summary: The activity tax plan in brief provides that all students un less for valid reasons shall pay each semester a compulsory fee in return for which they will receive the privileges of all the activity projects included in the plan. In this manner the stu dents are assured of the bene fits of these various activities at the lowest possible cost. The publications and the athletic department, for exam ple, can set a minimum price because they will definitely know how much of a circula tion or an income they will get under the compulsory tax plan. Other advantages which were stressed by the Student council in advocating the plan were the fact that a more unified spirit would result from universal support of student activities, that the various activities would benefit from having a sounder financial basis, and that such projects as the erec tion of a student union building and other similar enterprises can, if the students desire, be carried out over a period of years without burdening any particular class of students. RESULTS OF POLL ON ACTIVITY TAX. ITtl. I I I Pet. 1 Pet. Vote Ye I No Ye No Art a A Science 433. I i 315 118 72.8i 27.2 I Bus. Admin. 55, 189. 6l 74.1, 5.9 .! 13lf S7; . ' 499 1 323 i i : .1 275 156, .1 288 210 I I I Agriculture Teachers . . . Engineering Law college i All seniors Total , 44' 6v4 33.6 i 176 64.7 35.3 I 119 56.8: 43.2 I 72.91 27.1 I I .;1SSI:1280: 601! 68. 32. T GROUPS TO ALLOT 'IT Current Publication Is More Condensed Than Previous Editions of Book. Distribution of "N" books is to be started at the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. offices Monday morn ing. Freshman day. This booklet is published annually by these two organizations, and contains infor mation as to traditions and organ izations on the campus. The 1933-1934 publication is more cohdctisrJ than thcoc of past years, and a number of rearrange ments of sections have bven made. Sections headings are printed in more prominent type, in order that information desired may be found more easily. Otherwise the booklet remains somewhat the same with fraternal, religious, literary, and activity organizations listed, as well as the calendar, diary and memoranda space, and class sched ule space for each of the two se mesters. Athletic schedules, and traditional songs and yells, are in cluded. Elaine Fontein Is Editor. Elaine Fontein, Columbus, served as editor of the book, with Jack Coupland, Elgin, and Vernon Filley, Lincoln, as business man ager. These three were assisted bv a staff made up of members of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. The booklets may be procured by men students from Mr. C. D. Hayes, campus Y. M. C. A. secre tary, at his office in the Temple building and by the women from Miss Bernice Miller, campus Y. W. C A. secretary. Chancellor's The University of Nebraska is about to open its sixty third vear in the education of the young men and women of Nebraska. Former students of the institution are now returning for additional w ork and many new students are becoming acquainted with us for the first time. We wel come back the former students and extend a cordial greet ing to the new. While college is a place for strenuous endeavor, op portunity knocks at every student's door. Sources of cul ture abound here and the acquisition of knowledge is mad? easier. Manv student contacts may be made here that will be the basis of lasting friendships. The faculty of the University of Nebraska join me in a hearty welcome and the wish that your high hopes will be realized. E. A. BURNETT, Chancellor. OF TAX Activities Tax Plan Is Voted In by a Wide Margin of Two to One. LARGEST STUDENT VOTE Four of the Items Listed on The Ballot Are Given Majority Vote. The student activity tax plan as voted on in a special referendum at the close of the last school year passed by considerably better than a two to one margin, officials of the student council announced Sat urday. Tho the vote on the plan itself was 68 percent favorable, several of the items listed in the plan did not receive even a majority of fa vorable votes. Those items listed for inclusion in the blanket tax plan which did receive better than a majority of votes were the Daily Nebraskan, the Cornhusker, the Awgwan, and the student athletic ticket. Four Not Favored. The other four items listed on the ballot which did not secure a majority vote for inclusion under the tax plan were the Trairie Schooner, the student council fee. a convocations fee, and a fee for a student union building fund. The student vote on the tax plan is the largest student vote which (Continued on Page 5. TO APPEAR T Harry Foster Announces That Staff Will Continue The Publication. MAGAZINE IS SMALLER Definite assurance that the Prairie Schooner will appear again on the campus this winter was re leased yesterday by Harry Foster, business manager of the publica tion. Considerable doubt had been manifested as to whether or not the Prairie Schooner wouid con tinue to function because of low funds, but it is now known that it will do so. Operating under a reduced bud get the spring issue went to a small size which will continue. This edition of the magazine con tains a story by Jose Garcia Villa entitled "Story For My Country." Edward J. O'Brien, famous short story critic, who compiles the best short stories every year, dedicate") the 1933 edition to Mr. Villa. Mar earet Deminr. whose article on "Trains," appears in this issue, is a graduate of the University ot Nebraska and is one of the Schoo ner editors. Floyd T. Powell, author of "Fleelgling." a poem, was gradu ated in 1932 from the College of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska. Other contributors were Hamlen Hunt, Maud Usrhold. Stanton Coblentz, Sonora Babb. Earl Ewert, Solon Barber, and George Keefer. Four of the contributors to the summer issue are Nebraskans. (Continued on Page 7.) Bizad Junior Gains Ten Pounds Hiking to Estes A few days after classes ended last June, Kenneth Millet, junior in the College of Business Adminis tration, put on his walking shoes and piked out for the Student Conference at Estes, Park, Colo. Said Kenneth upon his return: "I got to Estes, got back, got rides easily, got an excellent tan, ten pounds heavier." Millet reported the Student Conference very in teresting and worthwhile. Welcome STUDY SPIRITUAL LEADERS Epworth M. E. Young People To Hold a Series of Discussions. A comparison of religions and the principals of the great re ligious teactiers will be the subject of a series of discussions by uni versity students attending Ep worlh league programs at Epworth Methodist church, 31st. and Hol drege, during the first few weeks of the semester. University students who will as sist in the series of discussians and work of the league this sem ester are: Kenneth Millet, presi dent; Carlyle Hodgkin, programs; Irene Leeck, devotional service; Marietta Feather, parties and re creation; and Louise Burnhardt, fi nances. TRADITIONAL RED CAP ON SEPT 21 Class of 1937 Will Purchase Indicative Headgear At Initiation. Continuing the tradition fol lowed in past years, all male mem bers of the freshman class will again wear as a mark of distinc tion the scarlet and white cap, emblematic of the class of 1937. Strict observance of the custom, sponsored every fall by the Inno cents society, senior honorary for men, will be maintained thru co operation with various men's or ganizations on the campus, accord ing to John Gepson, member of the society in charge of the distribu tion of the caps. The vivid red headgear, replac ing the green cap discontinued two years ago. and bearing the nu merals "37" in white, may be se cured by all freshmen men pur chasing a ticket at the university coliseum during the registration period. The ticket will be honored by a local store, The price 01 the cap is fifty cent. All freshmen will be required to wear the caps by the time of the annual freshman initiation at the coliseum on Thursday, September 21. The freshman-sophomore tug-of-war at the homecoming game will decide how long the caps are to be worn. If the frosh win, they mav discard their caps at that time. Otherwise the caps will be worn until the first snow falls. Mis Miller Says Y. V. Office Open to Cirl Miss Bernice Miller. Y. W. C. A. secretary on the campus, as well as members of the cabinet will be in the Y. W. office in Ellen Smith hal leach day to advise with new students. Miss Miller declares h.-r office is open "for conferences on problems of all sotts arising from the confusion of beginning the school year." FRESHMEN 10 DON REGENTS REDUC BUDGET jlary Cut?, Reduction of Major and .Minor Staff Positions and IJe-orpaiiizatioii of Departments Are Part of Economy Program. ADMINISTRATION ABOLISHES FINE ARTS SCHOOL Slashes in Appropriations to Be Spread Equitably Over University Activities; Medical College, Experimental Stations Receive Less. Drastic salary cuts, reduction ofo staff, and re-organization of de partments were found necessary to balance the budget for the year July 1. 1933. to June 30, 1934, by the university's board of regents. After analyzing the actual and estimated income for the next fis cal year, the regents found it nec essary to reduce thp new budget $666,342.68 below the 1932-33 bud get. A greater saving, it was noted, will have to be effected for the second year of the biennium. This reduction of the budget of the university came as a result of reduced appropriations from taxa tion money, reduction in federal funds and loss of income from stu dent fees. The total budget amounts to $2,642,286.81. not in cluding the appropriation for agri cultural extension work, which cannot be determined because of the uncertainty as to available federal funds. Outstanding points in the budget prepared by the regents are: A 22 percent reduction of all salaries of $1,500 or more as compared with the 1931-32 fig ure and a reduction of all sal aries between $500 and $1,500 to the cost of filling the new po sitions with new people. Elimination of the school of fine arts and the consolidation (Continued on Page 6.) L GO INTO EFFECT Open Opposition to Rules Not Evident; Some Points Scored. 1,200 RUSHEES SIGN UP 'New Deal' to Do Away With Previous 'Cut-Throat' Rushing Tactics. The Interfraternity Council's "new deal" rushing rules, intended to revolutionize fraternity rushing, went into effect Saturday morn ing, with indications that ov.er 1,200 rushees will be taken care of under the new plan. The "new deal" is being inaugurated with the idea of abolishing "cut throat" and "catch as catch can" rushing tactics of previous years, and the campus is watching the experi ment with great interest. Open opposition to the new rules as a whole has not been evident, although individual rules have been criticized by various fraterni ties. Despite this, practically all fraternities have co-operated in pre-rush week observance of the rules and have lessened materially the work of the rushing committee. The usual amount of confusion ac companying such a drastic change in rules has been evident, the In terfraternity Council office hav ing been besieged with questions from fraternities and rushees alike in regard to interpretation and en forcement of the new plan. Will Avoid Sweat Sessions. No longer will rushees have to don a pin temporarily in order to free themselves from an odious "sweat-session." No longer will breaking of dates, or spiriting away of a rushee be practiced, or a penalty will be forthcoming to both rushee and fraternity. Rush ees are prohibited from staying in fraternity houses during rush week, and responsibility for keep ing of all dates has been placed on the rushee himself. Fraternities have been limited to one date per dav with anv one rushee, and may not have over three dates during the rushing period. Split dates have also been prohibited. The faculty committee has inti mated its intentions of punishing all willful violators of the rules se verely, and will watch closely, the rushing tactics during the week. As now provided, the rushee must wait a full day after rush week has closed, before he may pledge a fraternity. The last date being Tuesday night. Wednesday morning the rushee will file his choice of fraternities in the Inter fraternitv Council office, while each fraternity will at the same time file a list of rushees whom it desires as pledges. Handling of the bid lists and rushees' choices will (Continued on Page 6.1 8666,342 RAY RAMSEY 10 EDIT Oscar Norling Resigns from Position to Work on Lincoln Star. University of Nebraska alumni publication. The Alumnus, will be edited by Ray Ramsey, for the coming school year, following the resignation of Oscar Norling, who left the position to fill another with the Lincoln Star. Ramsay, secretary of the uni versity alumni association, will be assisted in editing the publication by Harry Becker, jr., formerly cir culation manager during Norlicg s editorship. While the position is to be filled only temporarily, according to Ramsay, present plans indicate that he will serve In this capacity the greater part of the year. Nor ling was editor of the Alumnus for three years. After resigning he went directly to the Des Moines Register, later to return to the Lincoln Star. AWS GREEK IN QUARTERLY REPORTS WILL HE ABOLISHED Instructors Are to Check On Students Each Six Weeks. Delinquent students will be re ported at the end of each six weeks period rather than each quarter as has been the custom in past years. This change was ap proved May 12 by the, University Senate Committee. The amount of clerical work will be greatly reduced under this new plan. Since there will be fewer ex aminations, there will be fewer papers to correct. The University Senate Committee felt that the change would be in keeping with the general plan of economy being carried out in all phases of the school's program. This arrangement will check upon students down in hours twice each semester in addition to the final report. Under this new sched ule there will be no mid-semester. Dean of Student affairs an nounces the following dates for re ports of delinquent students: Oct. 21, Dec. 2. Second semester delin quencies will be reported on March 10 and April 21. TO GUIDE STAFFS OF Staff Members Named for Mebraskan, Awgwan and Cornhusker. Vinotpen students received an- pointments to positions on the staffs ot tne uany ieorasKan, Cnrnhnskpr. and AwSTVan for the coming school year at the meeting of the campus pumicauon Doara last June. Laurence Hall, of Lincoln, was chosen by the board to serve as editor of "the Daily Nebraskan dur ing the first semester of the com ing school vear. and Bernard Jen- i-c-c r inenin was amointed busi ness manager. Others on the staff are Dick Moran. Omaha, and Bruce Nicoll. Green River. Wyo., managing editors; Burton Marvin. T.ini-nln Violpt Cross. Fremont, and Carlyle Hodkin. Milford. news edi tors: George Holyoke, Omaha, Wil bur Erickson. Newman Grove and Dick Schmidt, Lincoln, assistant business managers. Mages Heads Yearbook. The 1933-34 editor of the Corn husker is Woodrow Magee, Lin coln, and the business manager is Bob Thiel. Lincoln. Managing edi tors are to be Frank Crftbill. Red Cloud, and Gretchen Schrag, Lin coln. Henry Kosman. Omaha, and Maynard Miller. Lincoln, were ap pointed as assistant business man agers. Rnsplip Lamrae. Walsnebure. Colo, was chosen as editor of the Awgwan. humor magazine, and the business manager of the publi cation is to be Carlyle Sorensnn, Omaha. The managing editors are Bob Pierce of Lincoln and Alice Beekman, Blair. Other staff appointments are to be made in the near future by the edit. as. managing editors, and business managers of the already selected groups. NRA IAW 10 AFFECT Restaurants and Cafes Have Alternative for Paying Part Time Help. Students employed by restau rants and cafes under the NRA will either receive the minimum hourly rate for part time em ployees and buy their own food, or they will receive the full hourly rate as part time workers and have twenty-five cents deducted fore ach meal. That is the interpretation of the law as received by Dean T. J. Thompson in a letter received from Leighton H. Peebles, liaison offi cer for the NRA at St. Paul. The question of the regulation of student help was a perplexing problem to university officials since in most cases student help is not full time and not specifically regulated under provisions of the (Continued on Page 7.) A. W. S. T0SP0NS0R WORK Freshmen Women Will Meet In Activity Groups Again This Semester. A. W. S. plans to sponsor freshmen activity groups again this year according to Margaret Buol, president of the board. Be cause Lucille Hitchcock who was to have charge of this project will not be in school, it will be neces sary to select a new leader. New rules for all organized houses are being printed and will be distributed shortly after the opening of school. The president avers that the rules governing women students will be practically the same as the ones last semester. NINETEEN NAMED PUBLICATIONS ORIENTATION OF CAMPUS PLANNED All New Students Will Meet at INine O'clock in Grant Memorial for Convocation and Reception; Chancellor to Give Addrebs. ATTENDANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Pastors, YMCA and YWCA Secretaries, College Deans, Directors, Registrar and Finance Head W ill Be Introduced. Onv,r,r,intr ot Tlinp nVlnrk tOmOT-Q riw mnininEr r.t Grant Memorial hall with a convocation and recep tion bv university officials, all new stiirfpnts will start an all-day pro gram of orientation of the campus and the various colleges which they are to enter. Attendance at the convocation and at the individual college con vocations and conferences follow ing thp p-pnpral meeting: is ex tremely important to all new stu dents. Entrance requirements, ien iwtratinn an d other subjects will be fully explained to all freshmen during the dav. Dr. R D. Scott of the Knglish department will preside at the gen eral convocation starting hl nine o'clock in Grant Memorial hall. Music will be furnished by Fine Arts ensemble under the direction of Mr. W. T. Quick. Chancellor to Give Address. Dr F.ripar A. Burnett, chancellor of the universitv. will deliver the only address to be made at the convocation. After the chancel lor's speech, the university pastors Y. M. C. A. and X. . A. fcL-Lie-taries. deans of the colleges, direc tors, the registrar, and the finance secretary will be introduced to the FATE NOWJJNCERTAIN No Official Statement Has Come From Dean Burr or Professor Crawford. As the semester opens and univer sity activities get back into swing, the fate of the Cornhusker Coun tryman, student magazire on the College of Agriculture campus, is still uncertain. No official state ment rnnrprnin? the publication of the magazine has as yet been made from the office ot w. w. curr, Dean of the College of Agricul ture, of from Professor R. P. Crawford, chairman of the Ag student publications board. Funds pieviously received from the College of Agriculture in re turn for "copies of the magazine mailed to several hundred high schools in the state may not be available this year because of se vere curtailment of state appro priation?. Thus handicapped, it would be extremely difficult to con tinue publication of the magazine. The Cornhusker Countryman s la t semester's staff Cailyle Hodgkin, editor: Klton Ross, busi ness manager, and Orrin Webster, circulation manager found it hard to k-?p down expenses, the April and May issues were com bined. , Kacullv opinion as to the value of the mapazine and the import ance of its continuance seems widt.v divided. Meanwhile, no staff "has been elected for the semester, and no preparations have been made for a first issue. . ! AnOld-fimer Reveals Busy Days for Incoming siuamis ut uwm, Of 'Getting Started' Begins Monday S-vrral hundred frrshman running from building to budd in,, flftki..'.' '.unions, ttiug signatures of dean . d idj m looki,,, fr otfics nn.l alt.mpt.nfr to art l; ;n 0,. -,l-.v will nrohal.lv be very much m evidence t0"10; Tl N lie scene that will be enacted on the campus for it i, tl. L" t he bi, show starts and another freshman registra- tion day will be und'-r way. y To the new students the day is endless, crammed from early morning to late afternoon with meetings, interviews, conferences, and convocations. Headlining the day's. events for the busy freshman will be the meeting In Grant Memorial hall at 9 o'clock which all freshmen are expected to attend. Chancel lor K. A. Burnett, Dean T. J. Thompson, and Dean Amanda Heppner will instruct the new stu dents on how to register and where to do it. Immediately following the meet ing, freshmen are hurried off to the offices of the various advisers where more detailed instructions will be given. Ag college fresh men will be loaded into buses and driven out to the Ag campus, where they will seek their advis ers end deans. After discussing their abilities and desires with the advisers, the average freshman is thrown into an unexpected calm, which he soon discovers to be he lull before the storm. new students. Following the intro ductions a few anonuncementa will be made, and the freshmen will then adjourn to their college con vocations. The agricultural college convo cation will commence at 10:15 and last for one hour in Agricultural hall. Buses carrying students to the campus will leave from 12th and S at 9:45. Dean W. W. Burr of the college will preside at the convocation. Mrs. Altinaa Tulls will lead in singing, and a group of faculty men will present a skit entitled "Between Two Fires." Miss Fedde to Speak. The official college greeting will be given by Prof. Margaret S. Fedde, chairman of the department of home economics. The students will have lunch from 12:00 to 1:15 at the agricultural college cafe teria and reconvene for a tour of the campus lasting until 3 o'clock. From 3:00 to 3:30 students will be divided into two groups under the direction of Prof. Matilda K. Peters and Prof. H. C. Filley and in structed in the intricacies of regis tration. Students planning to enter the f Continued on Page 3.) IS Graduate of Iowa, Harvard Takes Place of Prof. Lester Orfield. Charles B Nuttings gr'chiatetof Iowa university and Harvard" law schools, has been arpoint.edvasstet' ant p-6fessor of Jaw orf tb,e. 1933-1934, according- to'mfdrma- tlnn received mMtiwwmm.i from university o f f l c lals. -He, will take the place of Prof. Lester B. Or field. Nutting, whose home is in Iowa City, Iowa, will teach courses in criminal law. equity, and con flict of laws, and in addition he will be edi tor of the Ne- Oortny n r a s k a w " , Bulletin, a publication of the Law college. Nutting is a member ot Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Coif He received the degrees ot B. A. and J. D. from Iowa and LL. M. and S. J. D. from Harvard. Xu't:"- will replace Lester a. Orfield," former editor of toe braska Law Bulletin, who will studv at Harvard Law school thU winter under a scholarship be won last year. The Brandeis cbolar. ship, which he won, will abl. him to conduct special research work. Journal ehm. ...day the actual registration starts in the Coliseum, locaicu - the northern part of the caxnp. The first difficulty that usually overtakes the new to case of fallen arches, which comes as a result of standing in line long periods. The customary catastro phe that befalls every big-eyed freshman is that he forget his higo school credentials, and runs furt ously to his residence to secure them. , Alter waiting again in the long line at the Coliseum, the new comer finds himself in what ap pears to be a series of wild sju mal cages. But In reality they are only deans of colleges, aMuUs and secretaries put there by t-. university to help them in the U ficult task of registration. Invariably a needed signature u forgotten, and a return trip 1 necessary for it "Closed sectors of classes, and other such natur 1 hazards are encountered W;"r the student reaches the w p' ment committee. , Passing the assignment corarr . (Continued on Page 7.) i:iAVr";.. 1