-J. AILY WEBRA KAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska y wl no QUW f AWT Tm.. xxxi H no. si. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1931 PRICE 5 CENTS. W i tin WHITE CALLS FOR UDENT SUPPORT SI ' OF DEBATE TODAY Nebraska Arguers Vie With Iowa State Team in Social Science. FIRST CAMPUS CONTEST - Fate of Future Meets Here Depends on Interest This Afternoon. ArjruiiiK the question of the permanent enlargement oi' the powers of the president Charles i-teadman and Jack Pace will defend the negative for Ne braska against a team from Iowa sute college in an open debate in Social Sciences auditorium this afternoon at 3 o'clock. This is the first debate on the campus this year." according to Prof. H. A. White, debate coach, and the pracUce will not be con tinued unless there is adequate support of the idea. 1 hope students will attend today. Otherwise these discussions will be scheduled be fore other local groups." Two Contests Thursday. On Thursday the varsity will have two engagements, one with the Marvsville State Teachers col lege before the Knife and Fork club at a noon luncheon and the other with Morningside college in a broadcast over station KFOR at 5 o'clock. Dwight Perkins and Irv ( Continued on Page 2.) LEROSSIGNOL BE NIGHT CLASS Dean Of BiZad College Will, Open First of Fifteen Lectures Tonight. TO DISCUSS SOCIALISM ( Dean J. K. LeRossignol of the college of business administration will speak Wednesday evening, Feb. 7, in Social Science building on the subject "Utopian Social ism." This lecture, on a currently interesting topic, introduces a se ries of fifteen such addresses to be given as part of the semester's night class program in economics. Under the title "Economic Prob lem? of the Present Day." the first twelve of the lectures will be given bv Dean LeRossignol, while the last three will be by Karl M. Arndt. associate professor of economics and expert in the field of money and banking at the university. One will he presented each week on Wednesday evening, and each will deal with a widely discussed cur rent problem in the field. Those de sirirg credit may register for two hours, and others may arrange to audit the course Having spent many years study ing the problem of socialism. Dean LfRnssignol has an able back ground for his opening talk. "It is an interesting series of subjects," he said, in speaking of the course. '"We shall probably have to revise our notes at the last minute of the day we are to speak, because of th" constant change going on in the world, and because we are dis cussing such fresh issues. We real ize the worldwide tendencies toward socialism and fascism, and we shall treat the subjects from a world standpoint rather than as if A merica alone were concerned." Besides the lectures on socialism and fascism, other topics for dis cussion are entitled: Service vs. profit in business, reparations and war debts, international trade, the recovery program, how the codes are operating, financing the farm er, the new dollar, and inflation. Daily Average Temperature This January Six Degrees Above That Of Year Ago; Pressure Is Abnormal Contrary to the general be lief that we are experiencing both extremely dry and warm weather, comes a cantradiction of this popular notion from the United States weather bureau to he effect that really there has keen .01 inches more precipitation the last three months than the av erage in former years. With hardly any rain or snow to mention in November, January, and the first of February, practically all the moisture fell in December which month contributed 1.63 inches of rain to the total of 2.52 inches auring the past three months. However, that the weather has been extremely mild is verified by the fact that it has been on an av erage, 6 degrees above normal every day, the daily average tem perature being 36 degrees while last year the average was 3' de grees. As for the opinion that this past January was an exception for warm weather, the January last year, which incidentally broke a record for being the warmest Jan uary on record, was much hotter The only below zero weather this Winter h h.n .rnnnrl Dec. 26. nt rn the winter of 1P30-31. there bo below rero weather TAKE CORN COB PICTURE Men's Pep Organization Will Meet at Campus Studio Thursday Noon. The Corn Cob picture, which was originally scheduled to be taken Tuesday noon at the campus stu dio, has been postponed till Thurs day noon. Henry Kosman, in an announcement Tuesday afternoon, urged that all members be at the campus studio at noon Thursday in their Corn Cob uniforms. In the near future, according to Kosmon, president of the pep club, plans will be made by the organi zation for a spring party and din ner dance. UNIVERSITY CWA CLOSING STAGES Two Shifts of 65 Laborers Working to Complete Practice Grids. FEB. 15 IS DEADLINE' Tennis Court and Stadium Improvements Last to Be Undertaken. With Thursday, Felt. l.", set as the deadline for CWA work completion on this campus, workmen are rapidly bringing the various university projects to a close. After the deadline date set by the federal administration no more funds will be submitted to go for wages of laborers. Since the middle of December workmen have been grading the old south practice field in the sta dium area into a larger tract which is to provide for three foot- i ball practice gridirons. Two shitu ! of sixtv-five laborers each have i been working constantly on the the undertaking before time is up. During the two months of work straw has been used to cover the soil to prevent its freezing, altho during most of the time tempera- 1 tures have been so mild that straw j was unnecessary. Besides the ! grading the track has also been revised, being shortened about 2 1-3 yards" to a 400 meter dis tance instead of the old 440 yard length. The chute from which the dash and hurdle events started has also been sacrificed to make room for the filling in with ground which is to make the north ends of the three practice fields. Replace Pipes. In the middle of the campus in the area between Pharmacy hall, (Continued on ''age 4.) COMMERCIAL CLUB TO ELECT OFFICERS I for Fifteen Men Nominated Offices in Bizad Society. The election of officers of the ; men's commercial club for this se- j mester will take place Wednesday night at the meeting in the club rOom at 8 o'clock. Fifteen candidates have been nominated to head the Bizad col lege clubs functions. The three nominees for president are Gerald Spurlock. Max Nusbaum, and fcd ward Severy; for vice president William Wimpenny. Delno Stage man, and Ray Elliott: treasurer, Edward Gildner. Edwin Pohlman. Lumir Bocek: secretary, Harold Barnes. Harold Wmquest, and Les lie Wied. Nominations for Bizad Execu tive committee are Lester Prokop, Howard Roberts, and Robert Eby. The point that makes people think we are having dry weather, according to the bureau, is that all the rainfall was concentrated around the first and second of De cember, and that the amount of snow has been very much below normal. The average snow precipi tation is 10.4 inches while there has been only 2.6 inches. "While we are not able to give the remote causes for this 'dry' weather." stated Professor Blair of the United States weather bureau, "the immediate causes are that the pressure distribution of this part of the country has been much dif erent than normal and that the storms all pass to the north of us. We are getting southerly winds whereas formerly the storms came up from the southwest, bringing with them cold weather. And aa for predicting what kind of weather we will have." he con cluded, "after having the warmest January on record last year, it was not infrequently 18 degrees below zero in February." This may serve as a sort of warning for those who are antici pating warm weatner to continue, for very very often, a long period of mildhes is followed by extreme icoldneaa. I PROJECTS A FRATERNITY BALL E Humori February Issue of Magazine Appears This Morning. COVER DESIGN FEATURE Publication Displays New Column, Cartoons and Original Jokes. "The Hissing Hid,'' as por trayed in the four color cover design by Marvin Robinson, is the feature of the lnterfrater nity ball issue of the Awjrwnu, university humor publication, which will go on sale this morning in booths located in Andrews, So cial Science, and Mechanical Arts buildings, according to Rosalie Lamme. editor of the magazine. An embarrassed lad who finds his bid missin? when he is entering tne Party- is portrayed in the de sign. Expect Large Sales. "I expect large sales for the February issue of the Awgwan, which goes on sale this morning, to surpass those of any previous number this year," stated Carlyle Sorenson. business manager of the magazine. He declared that copies of the Awgwar, would be sold in down-town news stands as well as at the booths in the various build ings. Charles Ledwith's short story, "Little Red Riding Habit," and a full page cartoon by Robert Pierce, (Continued on Page 4.) Y JOY WILL PLAY FRATERNITY SONGS AT PARTY Patterson Announces All Housemothers to, .Be Guests'of Honor. .Songs of fraternities repre sented on the Nebraska cam pus will be featured by Jimmy Joy and his orchestra at the annual lntei'1'raternity ball, sec ond major event of the formal sea son, Saturday night. Feb. 10. at the coliseum, according to a state ment made yesterday afternoon by Leslie Rood, music chairman of the committee in charge of the affair. Rood stated that correspondence j with the orchestra leader had sup- nlied the information that the or-! cnesua, wnicn is now piayiug ai the Lowry hotel in Minneapolis and broadcasting daily over radio sta I lion WCCO, was working up ar- rangements of these songs to play at the ball. They obtained the . " w " ; mties at the University of Minne- -autnjf ut paBoo si uoiq.tt -ejos apolis. The orchestra also includes as part of its regular program a num ber of popular fraternity songs Rood said. As a special feature for the Interfratemity ball here, they will augment their program with several new melodies of Greek organizations. Housemothers of all fraternities on the campus will be guests of honor at the ball Saturday night. Bill Patterson, member of the com-1 mittee in charge of chaperons for ; the event, stated yesterday. He announced that the complete list of chaperons for Saturday night would be ready tomorrow. Sigma Chi, Acacia, and Beta Theta Pi Will Hear Lecturer. "Jim" Hardwick will speak at the Sigma Chi house today noon in a series of lectures which he is giving to fraternities and to other student groups. Tonight he will speak to the Acacia house at 6 p. m. and at the Beta Theta Pi house to the pledges at 9 p. m. Thursday he will speak to the Phi Gamma Delta members at 6 p. m. and to the Alpha Sigma Phi house at 9 p. m. Friday he will speak to the Delta Chi men at 8 p. m. Hardwick will be in Lincoln un til February 14 and he will speak three times daily if the number of student groups who demand his presence ia great enough. Junior Officers Enter Athletic Com petition I Junior officers in the University R O. T. C. began competition in the inter-company track meet be-1 ing sponsored by the military de- partment. yesterday morning. Two i events are finished each week. The meet will require three weeks for completion. PROV DES THEM NEW A WAN MM LAW BULLETIN IS ISSUED Feature of Publication Is Article by Prof. Hanna Of Columbia. One of the features of the quar terly law bulletin which was issued Tuesday is an article oy Professor Hanna cf the Columbia law school entitled "Aspects of Recant Bank- ruptcy Lesislation" ine publication also contains an article by Warren A. Seavey of the Harvard law school and no'tes and cases by students of the law I school. L E Meeting of Council to Held Thursday in Temple. Be Dr. ti. C. Hendricks, chair man of faculty committee of the Council of Religious Wel fare, will give a talk to that body Thursday at i p. lit. at the Temple building. The sub ject is "What Constitutes a Work able Religious Message and Pro gram." Doctr Hendricks attended as a delegate of the university, the Tri Annual Conference of Religious j Workers upon university and col-! lege campi. This conference was ! held Jan. 16, 17. 18. at St. Louis, j Members were present from as far distant places as Oregon, Louisi ana, Michigan and New York. 1 The program included addresses from President Jessup of Iow State college. Doctor Smith, pastor j of the church adjacent to Univer sity of Missouri at Columbia and President Florence of Lincoln uni-; cersity for Negroes. The final eve ning was the joint banquet with : the Association of American Col leges and Universities which was held at tne same time. i The Council of Religious Welfaie j at Nebraska is composed of three i groups. The faculty as A. the pas-1 tors as B. and the students as C group. The B group is composed ot one raDOi. one pnesi, au im. pastors of various protestant de-1 nominations. . . - Doctor Hendricks makes the ; statement that the work done by different educational institutions for religious welfare ot their stu-! dents seems to-vary all the way from efforts put forth by local church pastors to a school of re- ligion which is an integral part ol the university organization our work at the University of Nc - braska seems to occupy an inter - mediate place between these two extremes. STUDIO THEATRE TO OPEN Dramatics Deuartment Plans Special Program of Four Plays. A special program of the Studio Thaotpd a i .'lit- . i n i . . i f in t ho i 'A - HENDRICKS W TO KFOR RELIGIOUS GROUP maucs department win oe given effort t0 get unusual and mter- ... d d : Februarv 14, ini,in hi,J ?f hi ,hat re nor the Temple Theatre at 7:30. The ( generally known. In addition there four plays will include Experi- wji be e usual panel of pictures, ment. Symphony on Illusions, On ; the officers, and the lists of mem Dartmoor, and Second Visit. bers. their college, class, and home The casts will be composed of j town, dramatic students, and University , The number of fraternity men Players season ticket holders will 1 and sorority women who will have be admitted without charge. V. IT . Will Conduct Course in Art of L sing the Kodak j Any girls who have spoiled pic ! tures of a good scene because they , moved their cameras at the wrong ' : moment or let in too much light I i will now have the. opportunity to i I improve their art of picture tak- j ' ing- '' A kodakery group wnico may prove of vocational value will be j conducted by Margaret Ward as one of the Interest groups of the i Y. W. C. A. for the spring semes ter. "Many girls-have expressed the desire to learn how to develop films, and we hope to become quite accomplished by the end of the se mester." Margaret stated. Various people, experts in ko dakery, have offered to instruct the group in the art of taking good pictures. A local firm has con sented to give a lecture at the first meeting which will be held in Ellen Smith Hall at four o'clock next Tuesday. Plans are being made to take up the technique of indoor picture taking, night pictures, scenes of action, and effective out door scenes. All girls interested, whether or not they aie members of the Y. W. C. A. are invited to enroll now in the association office in Ellen Smith hall RUTH DREAMER WILL GIVE PIANO RECITAL The fifteenth musical convoca tion will be presented Wednesday afternoon. February 7. by Ruth Dreamer, pianist. She will be as sisted by the university school of music orchestra with Carl F. Steckelberg as conductor, The- program includes Nicolai's Overture "The Merry Wives Of j mosor ana nopin s uoncei 10. i E minor. Allegro Maestoso, Ro- j manze, Rondo. CMA LOANS FOR STUDENTS WAIT O F IAL WORD Hopkins Still Undecided on Basis for Awarding Relief Funds. RESCIND ORDER ON FEES Present Set-Up Would Help Approximately 300 At Nebraska. Officials of the university arc awaiting instructions from Washington which will enable them to make student CWA loans effective as soon as the system of receiving the funds from the administration is set up. With Federal Civil Works Administra tor Hopkins in doubt as to the basis of awarding mcney to needy students nothing definite has as yet been decided. Monday the announcement came through from Washington that all fees must be waived for students receiving money from the CWA, but Tuesday Hopkins rescinded the order. The latter provision will make the application of the pro gram at Nebraska possible, ac cording to Chancellor Burnett. The original order, requiring that fees be waived would have prevented the extension of bene fits to many students, according to the chancellor. Since the origi nal order has been revised Nebras ka can participate fully when in ( Continued on Page 4.) F E ; i EfJitOFS Reveal Innovations To Be Effected in Section." Al fraternity and sorority . pictures lor the I'oriiluiskc!' laken by ,j o'clock j MlU( Sat tin av ol this week at the , ;ii.1;ll.t ail .Marsden studios, 1 ; accoruing to an announcement mfr.le by Tom Davies. fraternity ' editor, and Roma De Brown, soror ity editor cf the yearbook. The greek organization section of the yearbook will have several new features this year, it was an- nounced. A cut of each orgamza tion's house will be printed in black on a silver background, and an extensive local and national his tory will be piinted. Unusual Bits of History. . rt ,.: ..;.., .1.. thaiw t,i'tnraD in tho CPPl intl U'lll ! run about the same as last year. About "0 to 75 percent of the men I and 90 to 95 percent of the wom , in will have their pic tures in the ' annual. I 'Rediscovering Classical Civilization' to Be Speaker's Topic. The next meeting of the Scholar ship Lecture group, will be held on next Monday evening at the Uni versity club, according to an an nouncement made by Dr. Virtue., chairman of the Economics depart ment. The Feb. 12 meeting of the group will be the second held this year and will be addressed by Dr. Charles H. Oldfather. member of the history faculty and Dean of the college of arts and sciences. His topic will be "Re-Discovering the Classical Civilization." Dr. Virtue stated that the mem bership in the organization is open to all persons interested in the topics discussed, students and fac ulty alike. Members of the committee in charge of arrangements for the meetings are Dr. Virtus, chairman; Prof. O. W. Broady, Prof. D. D. Whitney, Prof. J. L. Sellers, and Prof. M. J. Blisb. Graduates May See Scholarship Lists Graduate students Interested in scholarships and fellowships In other universities may con sult a list of announcements at the Graduate Office. Chemistry hall 202. PICTURES PER SATURDAY BIBLE GOESJO GEORGIA Football Coach Will Attend Meeting of NatiDnal Rules Committee. Dana X. Bible, head football coach and director of athletics, left Tuesday night for Atlanta, Ga., where he will attend the meeting of the football rules committee, of which he is a prominent member. Bible will be gone a week, dur ing which time the committee will consider the possibility of adopt ing the proposed rules changes. OF CADET OFFICERS ARE ANNOUNCED Prucka Named to Position Of Cadet Lieutenant Colonel. FUELSHER TO BE MAJOR Number of Sophomore Men Are Appointed as Non-Coms. In an order issued Wcdnos. day, Col. W. II. (Jury of the' university If. ). T. C. cadet reg- j inient promoted several junior and senior commissioned offi- cers. made new assignments of seniors, ana announced a numoer of promotions and appointments of sophomore non-commissioned officers. Cadet Major Norman E. Prucka was advanced to the position of cadet lieutenant colonel, and Ca det Captain Kenneth Fuelscher was advanced to the post of cadet major. Men named to pests of cadet captain arp First Lieuten ants Tabor W. Kelly, Richard A. Moran, and Charles Owen. Senior Appointments. Other appointments of senior officers are to the positions of ca det first lieutenants are Second Lieutenants William P. Beer, Phil lip Coleman. Robert G. Douglas, Archie L. McMaster, Edwin B. Nelson. Frank J. Novak, Arthur O. Palmer, and Harmon E. Rider. The following appointments of juniors" we're rnade by the military department: To be cadet second lieutenants Harold Amos. John E. Boyd. Glenn C. Funk. Richard G. Giesler. James L. Gray. Fred Guggenmos, Fred W. Hardswcrth, Alvin A. Kleeb. Theodore Kiessel bach, Sam Levitsch, Elmer A. Loetterle. Merle K. Martin. Robert L. Martin. Jack D. Potter, John W. Price. Dave H. Rankin. Rich ard L. Rider. Robert B. Shellen berg. James N. Steward, Robert J. Walters. A number of new drill assign ments for seniors were also an nounced in the Wednesday order. Cadet Major Fuelscher is to be the commander of the First battalion, attached to Company D. Cadet Captain Walter W. Burleigh will command Company D. Cadet Cap tain Dan C. Kasterday will com (Continued on Page 4.) iCK YM MEM .TONIGHT Group Invites All University; Men to Attend General I Discussion. ! Jim Hardwick will speak to the members of the city campus Y. M. C. A. during the meeting tonight. A general discussion will be held and all university men are invited to attend whether members or not. Members of the Ag college Y. M. will hold a meeting at 5 p. m. Thursday night to hear the same speaker. After the spee h a gen eral discussion will be held. All ' university men are also invited to PIN Greatest Bed of Fossil Remains In Realm of Natural History Lies Few Hundred Miles From Lincoln Tin- urea I est bed of fossil remains ever discovered in the realm of natural history lies only a few hundred miles from Lincoln in the heart of a busy nuieliihjf ami farming commu nity, l-'or years the people of this district went about, their every day n Pairs, little dreaming; that under their very feet lay the remains of the ancestors ofO the animals that earned them their j livelihood, monsters more awesome than anything the had ever dreamed of. From time to time, of col gleaming plow shares turned up bits of bleached and whitened bone along with the rich, loamy soil, but the pieces were declared to be ; parts of the skeletons of buffalo killed by Indians in the early timf,- Then one day the bed was dis- covered. For forty-two years, since the time of its discovery, the bed has proved an almost endless source of fossil remains. Year j after year it has yielded up its I contents to the seekers. This year I six more elephants were brought back from the bed. and there is promise of even more specimen, COUNCIL TO OPEN FILING FOR PROM GIRL WEDNESDAY Candidates Will Be Voted On By Those Attending Formal Affair. SENIOR WOMEN ELIGIBLE Best Presentation Idea to Receive Ten Dollar Prize. Filings for Prom girl will be opened when the student coun cil holds a special meeting for that purpose tonight at o'clock in the student council rooms. Any senior girl is eligible to file for the honor and those attending the prom, which is to bo held Fri day, March 9, will select the win ning girl when they vote at the door. The committee for the prom is offering a ten dollar pize to any .student who submits the best plan for presenting this year's prom girl. The contest opened Monday and will close Feb. 16 at 5 o'clock. In selecting the winning idea the judges will consider the scheme on the basis of originality and econ omy in presentation. Must See Galloway. All students wishing to enter the contest must consult either Charles Galloway or Arlene Bors, who are in charge of decorations and presentation, for information conceming details before com mencing work on their project. Bill Fisher and Marian Smith are co-chairman of the Prom com mittee and working with them will be the following sub committees: Fred Nicklas and Roma De Brown, tickets; Charles Galloway and Ar lene Bors, decorations and presen tation; Owen Johnson and Bash (Continued on Page 4.1 currenTpLaTwell Cast of Mystery Drama Is Headed by Sumption And Hunter. TICKET SALE IS GOOD With a large audience in the house for the second performance ot "Dangerous Corner" by the Uni versity Players, the campus today was seething with comment that the current show was the best of this year's series by the players. A cast headed by Harold "Pete" Sumption and Armand Hunter makes a fine impression in what is one of the most sophisticated shows ever played to a university audience. Advance sale for the remaining four nights and Saturday after noon remained very good, but there are --ti 11 many good tickets left. Business Manager Charles Hoff announced Tuesday. The cast is as follows: Kohrii (hatfl.ld Han, Id sumplwn Mul MiM-kridc 4:tne Mrljujghlin frr!4 hMlfirld t rronlra lllnatn Olwm PrH . Hytvia rhaf.r r.nrdun WhHHmtlor Amiantf Hunter Hroy Whilrhou, Inmr MrHrldn tiarlf Mnntftn Mrhln l-Vldrr FRANKFORTER WILL SPEAK Professor of Chemistry Address Group About Motor Fuels. to Professor Frankforter. assistant professor of chemistry, will address a group of chemical engineers on Thursday evening at 7:30. on the fuels in modern auto engines. Ha will also speak briefly on the re fining and testing of lubricants. The meeting will be held in the auditorium, first floor of Chemistry hall. One day Dr. Barbour received a letter. It was from a woman in Frontier county whose husband. S. F. Karlger owned a farm north of Curtis. Nebraska. She told of some bones in the side of a ravine on their land. She bad found them one day. she said, and bad been breaking them off and grind ing them up to feed to her chick- j ens. but she wondered if he might be interested In them. r)r. Barbour investigated, and , the result waa the largest elephant j fossil ever found was brought back , and placed in the museum. This i was in September, 1932. ' The inhabitants of the fossil ' region now scoff at those who speak of the United States aa a j "new land." and point with pride i to the museum in Morrill Hall I where the mute witnesses of mtf 1 antiquity majestically stacd. i