A. I ,L Y ASKA THE WEATHER Cloudy and Wanner Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXII F NO. 68. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1934. PRICE 5 CENTS. I TP1 H h IV T 1 t CHS ESTABLISHING 1 00 STUDY CENTERS Extension Division of University Will Conduct Schools For Approximately loOO Unemployed Adults At Various Places Thruout Nebraska. FIRST PLAN OF ITS KIND Local Authorities In Each Room, Lighting, and Other Facilities; Students May Get High School or University Credit. 31 ov..i- 1 .".on impnml.ivojl adults enrolled in the 100 relief fj' I i 1 V w in - crii Pi sipntToriT! nvfr i lit 'tin. I'.'ii-lv n.irt of next week, according to C. K. Morse, of the Ai (university extension depart m VJ 'Nebraska" Civil Works Servie I The clan, which is the first of i ; i . . niCllt e its kind in the history or me nauon, brings to the door of the unem ployed men and women of the state unable to pay for a college or high school education, and opportunity to study university and high school subjects. 100 Centers Established. ' As outlined under the present plan, 100 relief study centers will be organized over the state, each under the supervision of unem ployed teachers and others quali fied to hold theposition, and ap proved by the CYVS board of that Community, in addition to the Uni versity Extension department and 'the state CWA board, from whose funds the projects will be fi nanced. While the original quota was , (Continued on Page 4.i s STARTS CONCERTS Rudolph Seidl Is Director: First of Series to Be Held Sunday. The Lincoln Symphony orches tra will esin a series of concerts Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with RudolDh Seidl directing. Three ap- --: paaranccs are fiche.lulod at the present time with prospects tor more if there is sufficient interest to warrant it. The program for the concert Sunday is as follows: Overture from "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini. Waltz "Tales from Vienna Woods." by Johan Strauss. Suite. "L'Arlesienne" by Bizet. Selections of Victor Herbert's favorites. Serenade by Tittl. Music Eox by Widow. Tone Poem, "Finlandia." by Siebelius. Prices for the conceits will be twenty-five cents for adults and ten cents for children. Student Receives Scholarship Award Miss Donna Davis of Omaha has heen awarded one of the Botswick . holarships of $75. according to announcement made recently. Miss Davis, who is one of the leading ! students in the university in point of scholarship, is a senior in the teachers college, a member of Mor tar Board, and head resident of Howard hall, university co-operative house. SCHEDULE OF FIRST SEMESTER 1933-34 Laboratory classes meeting for several continuous hours on one or two days may avoid conflicts with other classes of the same nature by arranging that their examinations occur as follows: Classes meeting on Monday or Tuesday may be examined on the date scheduled for the first hour of their laboratory meeting; Wednes day or Thursday classes on the second hour of their meeting; Friday or Saturday classes on the third hour. THIR-DAV. t a. m. t. it m.4-iiif mwtins t S Two or Ul5 aaj. t p. m. la S p. m. Clu.itm mMting mt 10 two of thf dyf f RIIIAl . m. to I! ni.ci. mt.ng mt Fr; nr anv one or I P m . u p mJaZ me-tZ .t two of throe day. SA11BDAV. Jt.M'ART ! ( a. m. to I a. ni. ClajsM meeting at 1 p. ni.. Mon . Wed. or Fn. a. m. to it ,. Ail hreahmen Kmelinh ciamw Lngli.h 0. 1. 2. " IS a. m. t it m. --(-! meeting at 1 p. m.. Tvtt. or Tnura 1 P. m. I. p. m.-Claea meeting at p. m.. five or four dan. or Mon . Wed.. Fri nr Inv nne or two of UlPM flai. S p. . la 1 p. m !. meet.ng at a two of thee dayi. MONDAV. t a. m. I. it ,. l.,.e. meeting at n . or any one or t p. m. to f p. m.--lawen imeting at two of thee dai. Tl KMIAV. It m.-Oae. meet.ng at a. ru. to ph., or nv one ur t p. m. I. a p. m. ( iJie. meeting at Kri., or any one or MEU.MSDAV, a. m. I. 12 m.-Cla..e. meetmg at 10 Kri . or any one or 1 p. m. to I p. m. Claum meeting at 1 two ol tnee aaya. THIBSDAY, It an. Claaaea meeting at a. m. I two of theee daye. I p. m. to p. a t Krt.. or any one or two I I. n. U I m . l.e. meeting at Til., or ni - - tiATI flPAl . a. m. r,,.-, ,. meet.ng a. . p. . to . p. m.j.": "etiT1; ..r two ol thete daya. IN HISTORY OF NATION Community Will Furnish ...i! ...til .,4i4 Ill I'll lire hiuie vtni binit " n. i r i ....U l,r WniCll IS CU-UUeruung mm i"- in the project. ON ACTIVITY TAX TO BE Committee Now Working on Amounts to Be Charged For Various Entries. Coiiliimiiiif their work in compiling figures and statistics regarding the student activities tax, agitation for which was liegun last spring by the Stu dent Council, a committee in charge of the work has promised to have, within the next few days, definite figures for the amounts to be charged for each of the various activities. Together with the report of the amounts the committee will have a report of the reasons for the ehars-es to be made such as the amount for the student athletic tickets, the Cornhusker. the Daily Nebraskan, the Awgwan, etc. Students WiU Vote Soon. According to Byron Goulding member of tha committee in chare e of the work, the student council will sponsor another stu dent vote during second semester registration, in an effort to get student opinion on the matter be fore the final report of the com mittee goes to the board of regents. Goulding Indicated that they ex pected to have the full report ready for the board of regents early in the spring. The Student Council has done a great deal of work in preparing the report on the activities tax and hopes to have it worked out thoroughly so that the university will be able to have such a tax. as so many of the larger schools of the nation have, at as early a date as possible, if the report meets with the approval of the student body and the Board of Regents. Prof. Wolcott Is Very III at Lincoln Hospital The condition of Prof.1 Robert H. Wolcott was reported as unchang ed Wednesday night. Professor alcott, chairman of the zoology de partment, has been seriously ill al the Lincoln General hospital for several days. EXAMINATIONS JVMABV 1 p. m.. Tum . Ttiuri., St., or any one or u. , Tun.. Thur., Sat., or ny one or JM ABV IS a. m.. five or four Jy. or Mod., Wt.. to of tfi fli. 11 . m.. Tu.. Ttur... Sat., or any one or p. n... Tue... Thur... Mt.. or an, . JAM ARY i! II a. n... I've or four day., or Mon.. Wed.. two ol the "ai 2 p. m.. Tu.. Tliurt . Sat., or any one or JA.M.UV U a. n... live or lour da.. o. Mon.. Wed.. . - . vd 4 p. n... live or tour dais, or Mon., . two ol tnene d. JAM . u a. n... five or four da.. or Mon . Wed.. two ol ""e ), - p. m.. iue.. JAM ABY tl a. m., Tuea.. Thura Sat.. or any one or M Unll wed.. a. m.. rive it ivui " - of tneae daya. a. .. T.. . Thur,., 8at . or any one or JAM ARY 27 - ,,OUr ' U" ' "1 ' r; Lr.. y w DEFINITE FIGURES AVAILABLE E L Committee Will Choose Two Men to Try Out at Des Moines. THIRTEEN WILL APPEAR Four Students From Midwest Will Be Selected to Attend Oxford. Thirteen applicants from Nebraska for a Uhotles scholar ship will appear before the state committee beginning at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. This committee will interview candidates in the office of Attor ney General Good at the state capitol. J. E. Miller of Lincoln, chair man; H. A. Gunderson of PYemont, secretary; Robert Lasch of Omaha; W. D. P. Carey of Hutch inson, Kas., and Paul F. Good of Lincoln are members of this com mittee which will select two of the thirteen candidates to go to Des Moines where the scholars will be chosen. Selections At Des Moines. Four out of the twelve candi dates selected from six middle western states will be picked at Des Moines next Saturday to go to Oxford university next fall. This is the fourth year the district sys tem of selection has been used and Nebraska sent a scholar each of the three preceding years. Before the district system was used, each state selected its scholars, naming one each two out of every three years. Nebraska students seeking the appointment are: H. Francis Cun ningham, Wentworth D. Fling, Frank S. Greenslit, Ralph A. Rodg ers, and Harry L. West. Other ap plicants are: Clement Harris, Har vard university; Frank L. Hild reth. Hastings college; Chester L. Hunt, Nebraska Wesleyan; Henry R. Marshall, Creighton university; William Noyce, Doane college; Louis H. Peterson. Midland col lege, and Leo B. Ringer, Yankton college, and the University of Minnesota. . . , . , ELECTlOlOON TO FOURTH TERM AS Chosen Phi Delta Kappa Treasurer; Dr. Koch Is Representative. Dr. A. R. Congdon, professor of the pedogogy of mathematics, was re-elected to his fourth consecu tive term as national treasurer of Phi Delta Kappa, national educa tional fraternity, at the fifteenth biennial convention of the organ ization held Dec. 27-30 in Chicago. According to Dr. H. C. Koch, chairman of the secondary educa tion department, the re-election is a distinct tribute to Dr. Congdon's ability in managing the finances of a large nationwide group, a re serve of $20,000 in investments having been built up for the organ ization, largely during Congdon's terms of office. In addition so wise has been his investing of the fra ternity's funds that not a dollar has been lost through bank failure. Represents Nine States. Dr. Koch was a district delegate at the convention, representing nine states. Oliver H. Bimson, as sistant superintendent of the Lin coln public schools, represented the local chapter of Phi Delta Kap pa, which consists of undergradu ates of the two upper classes and graduates of the teachers college. The national organization, with a membership of 15,000, Has rorty two active chapters in colleges and (Continued on Page 4.) RE-ELECTiWTVOLD TO T Hold Assembly in Chicago During Holidays; Dean Foster Attends. Prof. Lawrence Void of the col leee of law was re-elected to the council for the round table on Law School Objectives and Methods at the annual assembly of the asso ciation of American Law Schools, held in Chicago during the holi days. Other members of the coun cil for 1934 are David F. Cavers, chairman. Duke university; George K. Gardner. Harvard university; Robert S. Stevens, Cornell univer sity, and Francis W. Jacob, Uni versity of Kansas. Prof. Maurice H. Mernu. oi Ne braska, took part in a round-table discussion upon the constitutional ity of the N. K. A. About 300 members attended the assembly. Over seventy law ochoo'.s belong to tne association. A meeting is held each year during Christmas holidays. Dean H. H. Foster of the law college, also attended the meeting. D S SCHOLAR CANDIDATES WIL BE CHOSEN TODAY University Museum Secures Specimen Of American Bison Bill Buffalo, who lived at the University of Nebraska experi mental substation at North Platte for several years, will soon take up his permanent home in the uni versity museum in Morrill hall at Lincoln. The Immediate future for Bill includes his being shot by Dr. T. J. Kerr of North Platte, his mounting by a Denver taxidermist, and finally being mounted near the Cape buffalo and the muskox on the ground floor of Morrill hall. Bill, who is considered a very excellent specimen of the Ameri can Bison of today, was donated to the University of Nebraska in 1925 by the Bureau of Biological Survey of the U. S. department of Agriculture at the request of Chan cellor E. A. Burnett. His mate, Lucretia, was donated by the same bureau to the city of North Platte at the request of Mayor M. E. Coosby. The pair of yearling calves, Dorn in the spring of 1924, arrived at North Platte Feb. 10, 1926. There are how seven in the family. Bill and his mate were selected by Mr. A. P. Chambers, reserva tion warden, from the best blood lines in the Wind River, South Da kota, herd with the purpose of founding a herd of exceptional merit. THI BALL COMMITTEE Six Seniors Named to Direct Annual Dance; Prucka Is Chairman. Announcement of the ap pointment of six seniors to the lnterfraternity Hall committee to make arrangements for the annual party sponsored by the lnterfraternity council was an nounced at the meeting of the council Tuesday night, Dec. 19, by Bob Thiel, president. The members of the committee and their duties are: Norman Prucka, Delta Tau Delta, chair man; Leslie Rood, Delta Upsilon, music; Lloyd Anfin, Sigma Phi Epsilon, -decoration; - Harry .Sal ter, Phi Gamma Delta, tickets; Bill Patterson, Sigma Chi, chaperones, and Dick Moran, Chi Phi, pub licity. Group is All-Senior. The committee this year is the first one ever to be composed of senior men. In past years the group was composed entirely of junior men, but under a new by law of the council this year all ac tive work of the organization is to be handled by senior members only. The annual lnterfraternity ball will be held on Saturday, Feb. 10, in the coliseum. It is the second major event of the formal season. Prof. Kirk patrick Predicts Cultural Influence of Opera EL ANNOUNCES IN 10 SERVE ON Th weekly broadcasts oi the Metropolitan Opera company were hailed as a valuable adjunct to the study of the history of opera by Howard Kirkpatrick, director of the school of music, in an inter view yesterday. The possibility of a Saturday afternoon class for fctudy and discussion of thse pro grams arose when Proftssor Kirk patrick announced that a class could be arranged if there is suf ficient demand. 77 Stations Broadcast. Seventy-seven key radio sta tions of the National Broadcasting company will carry the programs this winter, in which interna tionally famous artists including Lily Pons, Nino Martini, and Rosa Ponselle will take part. The first of the series, "Hansel and Gretel," was broadcast on Christmas day, and thirteen others will be heard during the duration of the opera season. Each opera is broadcast direct from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera house during the regular Saturday matinee performance. Usually two and one-half hours of radio time are required for the complete opera. Throughout the broadcast, explanatory remarks are contributed at intervals by Milton Cross and John B. Ken nedy, who speak from a strategic point in the opera house. Cultural Effect Expected. A marked cultural effect upon the country at large was foreseen by Professor Kirkpatrick as the result of the operas. "They will oe of a high educational value to the people of Nebraska from a stand point of familiarity of operas, and should raise the standards of mu sical appreciation to a new plane," he predicted. REDECORATEJMAIN LIBRARY Ceiling Receives Coat of Light Paint ; Available Thru CWA Grants. After many years the old fami liar dark oak ceiling of the main library's large reading room is re ceiving a new coat of light paint. Workers -have been busy for the pt weeR brightening its interior. C. W. A. funds from the federal governmnt have made possible this Improvement which has long been des;red by the administration. FOOTBALL DRILL LOT UNDERTAKING NEAR COMPLETION Work Is Made Possible Thru CWA Grant Purposing to Provide Employment. SOD GROUND IN SPRING Laborers Revising Track; Will Finish Project by February 15. Work on the stadium prac tice field CWA project is about two-thirds completed, accord ing to John Selleck, director of the enterprise. Laborers com menced work on the project two weeks ago, and Feb. 15 is the deadline date for completion. About a week before vacation the government made a $10,000 grant for this work under the CWA. The purpose of the undertaking is to give employment to laborers, and to provide more practice fa cilities for the Nebraska football team. Seats Will Not Be Built. According to precious announce ment a tier of cement, ten rows high, was to be built along with development of the project, but this phase of the work has been cancelled, due to the fact that only 10 percent of the funds may be used for materials. In place of the erection of ce ment seats, the workers are revis ing the stadium track. It will be 400 meters long instead of 440 yards, which means that it is shortened about 2 1-3 yards, and the chute from which the 220 yard, 440 yard, and half mile races have started is being filled in to make room for the practice grounds. Hereafter the above-mentioned races will be run around the full curve, starting from the middle of the west side of the track, and being completed in front of the east stands. The track is being widened to a width of seven lanes (Continued on Page 4.) OF F Students to See Advisers During Time; Programs Now Available. Resident students will see their advisers from Jan.. 8 to noon of Jan. 13 for second se mester registration. Fees will be paid in Memorial Hall on the following days: Friday, Jan. 19, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.; Saturday, Jan. 20, 9 a. m.-12 noon; Monday, Jan. 22, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., to Thursday, Jan. 25, 9 a. m.-4 p. m. Registration is not complete un til fees 'are paid according to the second sempster program which is recently issued. A late fee will be charged all students who do not see their advisers or whose appli cations are not in the offices of their respective deans by Jan. 13 (noon), and also to those students who do not pay their fees by Jan. 25.. A late fee for graduate stu dents and Lincoln city teachers will be charged after Feb. 10. New Students Meet Jan. 26. New students will see the reg istrar in Social Science hall at the south door on Jan. 26. They will then see their advisers and deans of their respective colleges and pay their fees in Memorial hall. Programs for the second semes ter 1933-1934 are now available for students who desire them in the registrar's office in the admin istration building. FROSH-VARSITY RIFLE MEET STARTS TODAY Nebraska Club Admitted to National Organization New Years Day. With the annual freshman-varsity competition being conducted every afternoon from 4 to 6 p. m. during the week of Jan. 8 at the Andrew's hall range, all rifle club members are requested to practice this week for qualification. AH members are eligible, with the scores of the ten highest marks men being recorded for the final decision. Club is National Member. The National Rifle association has accepted the University of Ne braska Rifle club as a member, and the club will file for competi tive rating during the period be tween Fet. 1 and March 15. The club became a member Jan. 1, 1934 for the first time since its or ganization. It will compete with all R. O. T. C. units in the United State.-- , Sergeant C. F. McGimsey an (Conlinued on Page 4.) ANNOUNCE DATES RE TRAIN OR SECOND TERM LEADERS ADDRESS AG COLLEGE MEET Over Thousand Farm People From All Over Nebraska Are Attending Annual Organized Agriculture Gathering; Attendance Is Good, TABEK, NATIONAL GRANGE HEAD, GIVES TALK Declares That Farmers Have Lagged Behind Changing World; Is Out of Sympathy With Collective Farming; Wants Rural Education. Organized Agriculture sessions on the (Jnllejre of Agri culture campus today mark the end of what agricultural lead ers, both on farms and off, consider a successful nories of meet ings. The 1933 sessions opened Jan. 1 and continued Tuesday and Wednesday, closing with a final general session today. O More than a thousand farm peo EE TIME FOR YEAR Urges Juniors and Seniors To Select Photographs Within 2 Days. Junior and senior pictures for the 1934 Cornhusker may still be taken, according to an nouncement made by Woodroiv Ma gee, editor, Wednesday morning. He also stated that about 150 juniors and seniors who had their pictures taken preceding va cation must make their choices from proofs and return them within the next two days so that they may be included in panels which will be made up by the en gravers before Jan. 15. If these persons do not make their selec tions within that time the photo graphers, Rinehart-Marsden, will choose the photos to be used. Pictures of approximately twenty-five girls, from - which grcup of six will be selected to appear in the Queens section, have been sent to Bing Crosby, radio and movie artist, who will do the se lecting. The selections will not be revealed until the annual appears early in May. Expect Larger Sections. About half of the fraternity and (Continued on Page 4.) Receive Applications For Staff Positions Applications for the appoint ment for the following positions on the student publications will be received by the student pub lications board until noon Sat urday, Jan. 13. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN. Editor-in-chief. Two managing editors. Three news editors. Business manager. Three assistant business managers. THE AWGWAN. Editor. Business manager. Two managing editors, un paid. Application blanks may be obtained at the office of the school of journalism, University hall 104. Material already on file need not be duplicated. JOHN K. SELLECK. Secretary, Student Publication Board. MAGE (TENDS BOOK PICTURES National Music Convention Held Here Recently Considered Success By Those Who Attended; Hansen Praises Chorus A general feelinp of satisfaction prevailed amon? Lincoln musicians following the eomentinn of the National Association of JIusic Teachers and the Association of Music Schools held in Lincoln last week. That the convention left a happy feeling and a fine influ ence for every one was the opin-O- ion of Howard Kirkpatrick, direc tor of the school of music and one of the hosts at the cenvention. Convention Considered Good. All the guests attending the meeting, many of them ' notable musicians, professed to regard the music and the convention of a very high order. The high spot of the four day gathering was the concert Friday night at the coliseum. The pro gram featured the Lincoln Sym phony orchestra with Dr. Howard Hansen as guest conductor; the Great Cathedral choir under the direction of John M. Rosborough; and Philip Abbas, 'cellist from Kansas State Teachers college, Pittsburg, Kas. Dr. Hansen, a former Wahoo boy and outstanding American composer at the present time, con ducted the Lincoln orchestra in playing a composition of his own entitled "Symphony No. 2 Ro mantic." Hansen Praises Choir. Dr. Hansen paid high tribute to the Great Cathedral choir by stat ing that in his opinion the group is one of the very best in the coun ple from various parts of Nebraska have hurried to and fro among the buildings on Ag campus attending discussions on every possible as pect of agriculture and home eco nomics. According to faculty mem bers at the college, farm people attending the meetings display far more optimism and confident spirit than had been displayed at farm gatherings during recent years. Meetings Well Attended. Crisp winter weather kept few people away from the College of Agriculture campus, for, according to faculty leaders, the meetings have been well attended. Early sessions on New Years day saw more people in attendance than early sessions last year, according to college officials. Speaking at the opening meeting of the week, Louis J. Taber, Na tional Grange master, sounded what he considers the three most (Continued on Page 4.) E I0NAL Will Hold First Meeting Tonight; Ruth Larson It to Speak. First meeting of the graduate Cub, a professions.! and social or-, ganization for faculty membeis and graduate students of the de partments of educational psychol ogy and secondary education, will be held at the home of Prof. Dean A. Worcester at 7:30 this evening. Miss Ruth Larson, for six years a missionary in India, is to give a talk on scenes in India illustrated by motion pictures, and a new type of psychology test, including evn a final examination, will be tested on those present. Officers will be elected and organization for the year made. Misses Grace Mormey and Leona Mae Failor, with Dr. Worcester, comprise the commit tee for the event. PROF, CROWEB IMPROVING Assistant Professor Animal Husbandry Department Badly Burned. Attendants at the Lincoln Gen eral hospital announced Wednes day that the condition of Prof. L. K. Crowi, assistant prrfessor in dairy husbandry, was "fair." Crowe re ceived first degree burns on the right arm. I g and back when a buil.-r of roffco upset on h'm. His physician. Dr. T. E. Wright, stated Wednesday morning that Professor Crowe was getting along as well as could tv expected, and (hat he would be taken to his home during the day. He will be required to r main in bed most of the time for the next week. Dr. Wright stated. try. The choir sang several num bers in memory of Peter Christian Lutkin. At the completion of the program Friday nignt Dr. Hansen and Wil liam Arms Fisher, outstanding ed ucator and musician, compliment ed the orchestra very highly on its work. Much credit for the success ol the convention goes to Miss Editti Lucille i.":jbins, president of the Nebraska Music Teachers associa tion, who attended the convention at Washington last year and in vited the two groups to meet in Lincoln. New Piano Demonstrated. Another Interesting feature of the convention was a double key board piano demonstration by Miss Winifred Christie. The piano has a second keyboard above the firt. Every key on it is an octave high er than the one immediately below it In demonstrating the piano Miss Christie played a program of Bach. Debussy. Caesar Franck, Chopin, and Godowsky. The program followed an ad dress by Rudolph Ganz. foremost expert on the evolution of the piano and piano playing. iS r