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e Daily Nebra THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy and Warmer. Official Student Newspaper S of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXI11 NO. 98. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1934. PRICE 5 CENTS. To SKAN I BE HELD TUESDAY Musgrave Calls for Large Number of Candidates; Forty-One in Cast. WRITTEN BY , YEN NE Klub Sets March 2 as Final Date for Submitting Tunes and Lyrics. Trvmits for Ko.smol lvlubs spring show "The Campus Cop" will ho held tonight at 7:M, room 'M in the Temple, according to an announcement yesterday afternoon by Frank Musgrave, president of the club. Forty-one cast members, includ ing the two choruses, will be picked from those who try out, it was ex plained. "The cast calls for a va riety of parts and characters," Musgrave stated, indicating that a large number of candidates for parts in the new production is de sirable. Want Special Talent. "Those with special ability in dancing or specialty work are urged particularly to try out for the show," he said. Individuals who expect to try out this evening may appear in costume if they so de sire, but are not required to do so. "The Campus Cop," chosen by Klub members for this spring's show was written by Herb Yenne, author of Kosriet Klub hits for the past two years. The scene is laid on a university campus and its plot is collegiate in manner thru out. Tunes and lyrics for the show are being written this year, as in past years, by Nebraska students. Musgrave requested that those writing songs for the show get in touch with Herb Yenne if there is any doubt as to the song type needed. Deadline for music num bers is March 2. Rehearsals for "The Campus Cop" will begin soon, he said. Men Elected to Have Charge Of Arrangements for Annual Affair. Election of chairman and secretary-treasurer for the coming En gineers' Week will be held Wed nesday, February 28, from 8 a. m. till 5 p. m. on the first floor of the Mechanic Arts building. The nominees for chairman are: Orin L. Romigh, North Platte, and Marion B. Scott, Lincoln; and for secretary-treasurer: Richard A. Rire, Tekamah, and Henry E. Winter, Casper. Wyoming. This election is under the super vision of the Engineer Executive Board. All engineers must pre sent their Identification cards when they come to vote. These officers are elected to have charge of, and appoint com mittees for the activities of the coming Engineers' Week, which will be held the first week of May this year. TODAY'S NEWS Briefly Reviewed Officials of the United Air Lines and the department of commerce Monday night Instituted a search ing investigation into the cause cf the crash if the big air liner near Salt Lake City which killed seven men and one girl. The plane which bad been lost for some time was found only twenty miles from Bait Lake City after searching planes had covered hundreds of square miles In hunting for it An endorsement of the purpose of the proposed bill to give the gov ernment control over the securities market was voiced Monday before the senate 'banking committee by Dr. E. A. Goldenweiser, chief of the research division of the federal reserve board. .In referring to the inability of the stock exchange to curb excessive speculation he stat ed that it was like a sixteen cyl inder car with antediluvian brakes. A dozen senators were brought o their feet In the senate when Senator Robinson of Indiana voiced the charge that the administration was responsible for the death of the army aviators in flying the mail. While the controversy waged hot in the senate chamber the house postoffire committee was going ahead with its work on new airmail legislation and indi cations were that the companies which had lost their contracts would have an opportunity to re gain tbem. Nine Theta Chi's at Dartmouth lost their lives Sunday night when a furnace pipe In the cellar became disconnected and spread deadly carbon monoxide fumes over the house. Eight other brothers who ordinarily stay at the house hap pened to be away over the week end. The nine who remained were iContiuued on Page 2.) KOSME SPRING PLAY TRYOUTS TO V. S. Comptroller McCarl Is Former Mebraska Student "Was the monev sDent law fully?" If so, everything is all right. But if one cent is spent illegally, then comes fireworks This is John R. McCarl's, Comp troller General of the United States and former student of the university, only thought. Some people call him heartless, some congressmen call him pincbnonnv, the Navy department hates him, and the Army department wishes tne post hadn t been created, but Mr. McCarl blithely goes on his troublesome way, saving one cent here, and one million dollars there which amounts to a tidy half-bil lion dollars annually. He argued for months over a thirty-five cent claim with a rail road company and won. He dis allowed a $1.50 claim for a dinner in Virginia, saying that no dinner in Virginia was worth that much, and the really climaxing event in his career was to award a Ford (Continued on Page 3.1 E OF Two Joint Conclaves With Phi Beta Kappa Are Being Planned. Dr. Henry H. Marvin, professor of theoretical nhvsies at the uni versity, spoke on "The Nucleus of the Atom' berore Sigma XI .scien tific honorary fraternity, at Morrill hall last night. The meeting was attended by about seventy mem bers. Two joint meetings with Phi Beta Kappa are being planned by Sigma Xi. The first of these, an nounced by Dr. Kiesselbach. pro fessor of agronomy and president of the fraternity, will be held March 20 at which time Dr. Lind strom, professor of genetics from Town State college. Ames. Iowa. will speak on "Never Concepts of Heredity. Joint Banquet. A taint hanouet of Phi Beta KAntia and Siema Xi will be eiven about a month from now. A co- mi ttee consisting of Dr. Elda Walker, professor of botany, and Dr Mpver Gaba Drofessor of mathematics, was appointed to plan ror tne Danquei. "There are seven types of parti' ries in the nucleus of an atom.' stated Dr. Marvin, "and there is a possibility of more being present Four of these, the negative elec- trnn the Alnha Darticle. the beta paiticle. and the proton were known before lvtao ana me aeuion, nueton, and positive electron have Vwn riisrovered since then." Professor Marvin expained that the diameter oi an aiom ia u great compared to the diameter of it nucleus that the chance of hit ting an electron if aiming at the nucleus is the same as the chance of a stray comet hitting the earth. He also explained the different de flections of alpha particles and owing to stray particles coming off of different atoms, there are ap proximately 216 isotopes of the seventy-one elements examined. Discussions on the subject followed the lecture of Dr. Marvin. 30 ATTEND STUDENT AT F Dr. Harold Case of Topeka Is Main Speaker at Conference. Nineteen members and alurani of ih. universitv Y. W. C. A. and eleven of the university Y. M. C. A. attended the stuaeni comcrnnc held at Midland college In Fre mont, Neb., February 23, 24 and 25. . Miss Bernice Miller, secretary of fho university Y. W. C. A.. SPOke verv highly of Dr. Harold Case, pastor of the First Methodist church of Topeka, Kas., who was the principal speaKer bj. me in ference. Dr. Case impressed upon his audience, she said, the great pos sibility of a war, saying that like the carrier or a contagious aisease, r.prmn n v hnii infected the rest of the world with the germ of militar ism. He called militarism neo-pa-ganism. Other speakers were Miss Stella Scurlock, national secretary of the Y. W. C. A. for this region, and ri Rarhira Tjintz. chairman of the regional council of the Y. W. C. A. Those who attended the confer ence from the university Y. W. C. A. are, Margaret Grant, Laura McAllister. Marjorie Smith, Bar bara De FUtron, tiasn t emum, Flnine Fontein. Elaine Shonka. Ruth Rutlege, Breta Peterson, Jean Alden, Helen Lutz, Theodora Landman, Virginia Amos, wiza heth Mnomaw. Grace Soacht. Flor ence Downs. Marth Welch. Ruth Armstrong, and Miss Aiuier. ChiMi-cn' Theater Play Is Postponed The presentation of "Peter Pan, " which was to be given by the Chil dren's theater March 17. has been postponed until the last of the same month. Starred in the prv duction will be Mis Pauline Gel latlv. who will play Peter Pan, and Lois Patterson, who will play Wendy. PLAYERS PRESENT F T 'Counsellor -at -Law' Opens In Temple Theater Monday Night. SUMPTION PLAYS LEAD Show to Run All Week With Matinee Saturday Afternoon. By Bill Lawrence. With Harold "Tele" .Sump tion in the leading role, the University Players Mondiiy night presented a brilliant per formance of Elinor Nice's "Counsellor-iit-Law" in the Temple theater. The play runs un til Saturday night, with a special matinee scheduled for Saturday afternoon. All of the cast performed well, but none so brilliantly as Sump tion. Cast in the leading role of George Simon, the counsellor, Sumption rose to rare heights that caused an almost capacity audience to realize that "here in deed, was fine acting." His role, which was the largest in the show, was as finely portrayed as any role ever played on the Temple theater boards. Carries Feminine Lead, Jane McLaughlin, who was cast in the feminine lead role of Re gina Gordon, secretary to Simon, also performed capably. Her touch of sincere realism made the audience pity her as they realized she was in love with George Si mon, but that Simon didn't know it. The part of Bessie Green, the dumb telephone girl, played by Lois Patterson was also very well done. She was responsible for most of the laughs in the show. But to Irving Hill, who appeared as Harry Becker, must go a large bouquet of orchids for his acting. (Continued on Page 3.) SEVENTY-FIVE ATTEND GLE CLUB RECEPTION Burnett at Affair Sponsored By University Alumni Association. The reception given in honor of the university glee club after the annual winter concert Sunday aft ernoon was attended by about seventy-five students and members of the faculty. Chancellor E. A. Burnett, Dean Thompson and other faculty members attended. The Mortar Boards had charge of pouring at the tea held in the N rooms at the coliseum Sunday, February 25. The reception war given following the glee club con cert in which the entire club sang several well known numbers for music lovers of the campus and the city. The university quartet also sang a group of three num bers which were much appreciat ed. It was estimated that about 500 listened to the glee club's en tertainment. OBSERVES RHJNDERS DAY Home Ec Group Entertains Alumnae Members and Faculty. Phi Upsilon Omicron, profes tional home economics society, were hostesses to alumnae mem bers of the group and the home ec faculty at a founder's day cele bration in tie home ec parlors re cently. Miss Marie Schoebie. who has been teaching in Mexico for the past five years, spoke on her ex periences in that country. Refresh ments were served after a short musical program by Helen Heng setler and Hazel Ingersoll. Mem bers of the committee in charge were Leona Geiger, Ruth Wolfe, and Helen Lutz. FIRST SHOWING 0 New Course in Wisconsin University Helps Librarians Plan For Readers a inrfevnnnHenr course en titled "The Library as an Adult Vl,ir-oti,in A trfnCV" in S neW VCP- ture in the field of library service that has recently oeen orierea vy th. TTniverxitv of Wisconsin. This course aims to furnish librarians In the small community witn a Deuer background for practical and intel-lio-ont nlsnnlnr ma kins' the li brary a more effective aid to adult education. Mr r: H Duane. head librarian at Nebraska university has ex pressed his opinion mai mis cuursc an rvcellent idea. He savs. "I would like to see it undertaken here," but be goes on to explain that Nebraska university does not th mnn that Wisconsin has to undertake such a course. Mr. Doane. who in addition to Kern? tne university librarian is n public library commissioner for Nebraska, explained now sucu work is carried on here without an lias Feminine Lead 7 Courtesy Lincoln Journal JANE M'LAUGH LIN. Who carries the role of Regina Gordon, secretary to the prominent lawyer George Simon, in the cur rent University Players production. IAT El Fire Postal Meet Against Kansas State; Funk Is High. Shattering the National Rifle association record for the highest five man team at three positions, prone, kneeling, and standing, the varsity Cornhusker riflemen fired a dual postal telegraphic meet against Kansas State last week at the Andrews' Hall Range. This new record of 1,373 will not go down as an official record owing to the fact that a national record must be bested in a national meet. Glenn Funk, Nebraska's miler, nosed out John Boyd for highest individual honors last week with a final score of 381 fired at the re quired four positions, prone, sit ting, kneeling, and standing. Funk also hung up the new high score of the season by bettering his earl ier record. Members and scores fired in the N. R. A. meet with Kansas: Funk 285 Boyd ...! 278 Dunklau 274 Davison 270 Fleishman 266 Total 1373 In the match held at Kemper Military Academy Saturday, Feb. 24, the Cornhusker basic R. O. T. C. team placed sixth out of the en tered thirty schools and junior col leges, and the advanced R. O. T. C. boys worked to capture eighth po sition. Wisconsin annexed the first place in the advanced class and St John's Military Academy at Dela field, Wis., carried off the basic division honors. Wisconsin won with Q. final score r.f 798 tn the Cornhuskers' 687 and Delafield took the basic divi sion with a score of 718 to the Scarlet and Cream basics' 690. Tat nn nnrf HumDhrev shared high individual honors for the Ne braska squad and neisnman oc cupied second position. TO MEET WEDNESDAY Films Furnished by Lincoln Telephone Company Will Be Shown to Group. TTiim furnished through the courtesy of the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company win ue shown at a meeting of the student branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Wednes day evening, at 7:30 p. m., in room 206, Mechanical Engineering building. The films are entitled, "The Story Behind Your Telephone Re ceiver." and "Pictures By Wire." All members of the society and electrical engineers are welcome to attend this meeting, i nere win be a short business meeting after the showiner of these films, accord ing to Walker E. Cordner, chair man of the society. actual university course being de voted to it. Miss Nellie Carey, who is execu tive assistant of the Nebraska pub lic library and whose office is in the public library In the basement of the Social Science, gives indi vidual aid to librarians in small towns throughout the state. Her office is a sort of clearing house for libraries all over Nebraska, as they write to her for help In secur ing book lists, reading courses, and material for adult study. Although she Is not directly con nected with the university. Miss Carey says that she would approve of a course at Nebraska similar to the one being offered at Wiscon sin, she explained that the Amer ican Library Association sponsors a series of reading courses for adult education and when inquiries are sent to her concerning read ing lists, she referi them to this course. rr ALARM CLOCK TO OPEN AK-SAR-BEN SHOW SATURDAY Waldo Announces Two Other Novel Additions to Annual Event. LARGE CROWD EXPECTED Mrs. Beutler Will Show Use Of Sixteenth Century Spinning Wheel. Three novel additions to the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben program. t Ay; college Saturday night were announced Monday by Man ager "Willaid Waldo. An alarm clock starts the show at 7:00 p. m. sharp. A 10 year old trumpe ter in formal outfit will herald in each new class. Guests at the show will see Mrs. Godfrey Beutler, Lin coln, operate a sixteenth century spinning wheel. The show starts promptly wnen the alarm sounds. Waldo said, even if the official judge is not there. "It takes considerable time to parade every class of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep thru the show ring." he said, "and we want to get done in time for the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben ball." Edwin Loeffel Trumpeter. Edwin Loeffel, 10 year old son of W. J. Loeffel of the animal hus bandry department has been se cured as official trumpeter to an nounce the coming of each new class. Charles Rochford, master of ceremonies, said Monday that the trumpeter would add an additional spark of entertainment to the show and keep the animals step ping lively. Mrs. Butler demonstrates the use of an old fashioned spinning wheel for the home economics girls each year, Rochford said. Saturday night she will demonstrate for Junior Ak-Sar-Ben goers. The (Continued on Page 3.) pershWfWto Military Group Will Vote Oh New Pledges Tuesday. Approximately twenty initiates and about twenty-five new pledges will be taken into Pershing Rifles, basic military honorary, at the meeting of the company this eve ning at 5 o'clock in Nebraska Hall, according to Max Emmert, cap tain of the organization. The list had not been completed Monday evening of the men who will be scholastically eligible for initiation at the meeting tonight but the information will De availa ble today. To be able to be initi ated a man must have passed at least twelve hours with a seventy two average the previous semester and also be passing in all the courses he is taking now. The applicants for pledging were rated on military ability by the in structors in the military depart ment in a tryout last week on the fundamentals of military training covered in the first year of basic work. The men who are given the highest ranking will be voted up on by the members of the com pany at the meeting tonight MORTON TO ADDRESS T Speech Is Second in Series Of Six Sponsored by City Group. Dr. W. H. S. Morton will ad dress the university Y. M. meeting at 7:15 Wednesday night on the subject "What Religion Means to Me." This speech is the second of a series of six which is sponsored by the city campus Y. M. for all university men. Chancellor E. A. Burnett deliv ered the first address February 21. The speakers scheduled are: Rev. Clem Payne of Seward, Nebraska, March 7; C. A. Sorenson, formerly attorney general, March 14 ; Dr. D. D. Whitney, professor of zoology, March 21; Dr. C. E. Rosenquist, of the College of Agriculture, March 28. BARBS ELECT OFFICERS Marjorie Smith Sets March 23 as Tentative Date For Party. Now officers were elected at the Barb A. W. S. meeting Monday at 5 p. in. at Ellen Smith hall. Those elected are: Mildred Putney point chariman: Gertrude Carlson membership chairman; and Eliza beth Feenun, Elizabeth Moomaw, and Ruth Armstrong were named as phoning committee. Marjorie Smith, group leader, announced March 23 as the tenta tive date for the. all barb party sponsored by barb organizations on the campus. All members were urged to bring new members to the group meetings. University Players .isk Laws He Guests For Tonight's Show Echoes of the sensational "Law School Murder Case" which reached its gala climax on last Friday were heard as announce ment was made that the Tuesday night performance of the Univer sity Players in "Counscllor-at-Law" would be Lawyers' night. Dean H. H. Foster of the Law school and both the prosecuting and defense attorneys will be spe cial guests. The Players have made special arrangements for the handling of the young laws on that night. Free tickets will be issued as follows: One to the young man who fired the shot; one to the young man who was shot: one to the young woman who fainted: and two to the individual who will admit (and can prove it) that he culled the police. As can be concluded from the title, the play by the Players "Counsellor-at-Law" is the dra matic story of the career of George Simon, a prominent New York criminal lawyer. Indications from the opening night are that the play should prove very interesting to the students of the law school. DEBATERS TO LEAVE FOR IOWA THURSDAY Ten Universities Will Have Teams at Second Annual Debate Tournament. Preparations are complete for the departure Thursday morning of two teams of varsity argu ers who will compete at Iowa City on March 2 and 3 in the second an nual debate tournament sponsored by Delta Sigma Rho, honorary for ensic fraternity. The men repre senting Nebraska will be Dwight Perkins and Eugene Pester on the affirmative and Jack Pace and Charles Steadman on the negative. The team of Perkins and Pester will meet Iowa State speakers in a debate on March 2 to be broad cast over station WOI. The ar gument will not be a part of the tournament schedule. The discussion during the com petition will be on the question Resolved: That the United States government should substantially increase the powers of the presi dent as a settled policy. This pro position has been used by the Ne braska squad for all. the work of the second semester. Teams entered in the contest will appear in at least two debates each during their competition. There will be no decision rend ered at the end of the argument following the policy generally used in debate work in this section. Ten schools will have speakers at Iowa City representing most of the major schools in this district which have chapter of Delta Sig ma Rho. These institutions are the University of Iowa. South Da kota University, Wyoming Univer sity, Washington University of St. Louis, Denver University, the Uni versity of Colorado, Iowa State College. Iowa State Teachers Col lege, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Ne braska. Mrs. Gillatpie Will Talk at Charm School "Spring Styles for College Girls" will be subject for Mrs. Enimett Gillaspie from Gold's ready-to-wear department when she speaks at charm school tonight at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith ball. Mrs. Gillaspie will show styles of dresses which should be worn by different types of girls. Juniors and Seniors May Revise If rite-Li ps According to an announce ment from the Cornhusker of fice, juniors and seniors will have an opportunity this week and next to make any changes in their writeup for the year book. The panels are being made up now and any correc tions in individual writeups must be made at once. I here are some whose activity list is too long for the space alloted in the panel arrangement for this year. These students are asked to call at the Cornhusker office and decide upon the ac tivities which they prefer to have listed. Ellen Smith Custodian, Charles Balus, Man of Many Travels, Knows the Girls Here's a man who has traveled all over the United States and a large part of the world. Now he is "settled down" at the university, and he knows more girls on the campus than any college boy who haunts the "caking joints" and the halls of the school buildings. He is Charles Balus, custodian at Ellen Smith hall and special cam pus policeman. Commander in Guards. Fourteen years ago last Friday when Balus was relieved of com mand of the Ninth company sea man guards In the United States navy at Goat Island near San Francisco, he came back to his native state Nebraska, and has been employed by the university. While he was in the navy during the World war Balus visited many ports including Australia, Hawaii. Guam, an dthe Philippines, and he has traveled extensively in the United States. He can tell many interesting tales of his experiences T Students Wishing to Attend May Arrange With Instructors. L0RAD0 TAFT TO SPEAK Prominent Sculptor, Author Will Present 'My Dream Museum' Today. 'Tliih.vs yciH'i'iilly siciikiii; will not la' dismissed I'm- the university convocation this morning, recording to a state, incut issued by T. .1. Thompson, dean of student affairs, "but a student who especially wishes to attend the convocation and has a class at the scheduled hour may be able to arrange the matter with his instructor." Lorado Taft. na tionally known sculptor, is the speaker for the convocation that starts at 11 o'clock in the Temple theater. Mr. Taft, who is prominent not only as a sculptor but as an au thor, art critic and lecturer, will present "My Dream Museum" as his address this morning. He will also address the Nebraska Art as sociation at 3:30 o'clock this aft ernoon in Morrill Hall. Mr. Taft symbolizes for scholars and artists the best in sculpturing and in art criticism. He has spoken in mast of the large cities of the country, pleasing his audiences with his humor, philosophy, and his desire to inspire others with his knowledge of art. Miss Gladys Dana, instructor in design at the Lincoln high school, who was one of a party that toured in Europe in 1928 with Mr. Taft states the following about his speaking. "As a speaker he is very interesting, partly because his talks have a certain simplicity, and because his experiences make up such a large part of what he says." Some of the well known works (Continued on Page 3.) LIBBYlALKSlTFORE Speaker States Government Uncovering Scandal in Airplane Quiz. In the investigations being made of the profits of airplane makers, the government is uncov ering all kinds of scandal, and we believe that the same will prove true upon disclosure of munitions manufacturers in general," was the statement made by Frederick J. Libby in his adress to a group Of men" and women students in Ellen Smith Hall Monday after noon. Mr. Libby is executive secretary of the National Council for the Prevention of War whose head quarters are in Washington. D. C. "In Czech-Slovakia the munition works which in 1920 showed a profit of 5 percent revealed in 1930 a profit of 28 percent gained from selling instruments of death." the speaker stated. Mr. Libby explained the cuirent Vinson Bill which is soon to come up for the president's approval. This bill advocates the further ex penditure of funds to build twelve more ships for the navy. If this bill is passed, it will involve the appropriation of several million dollars, some of which will have to be borrowed from the Fublic Works fund. "In a situation where thousands of children are being de prived of schooling for the lack uf public funds, it is furthering the interests of the public to prohibit the use of public money for the building of more battleships." The speaker stated that there is danger of war on the Pacific be tween the United States and Japan at the present time. "Armaments as such do not lead to war," he said, "but the race in armaments such as the United States is in volved in In the attempt to keep up with Great Britain and Japan does lead to war." during those years. One thing he enjoyed most during his navy days was the time he spent in the signal school where he learned to take messages at eight by means of the blinker light system. Balus says that the food in the navy isn't as bad as tradition has painted it, for with the exception of beans and black coffee the meals were excellent He is a firm believer In the navy as a teacher of cleanliness and discipline, and he says that his travels have been an educa tion for him that he could not equal in any other way. Likes Military Drill. "I love to watch the Nebraska university cadets march," Bolus confesses, "for ;t takes me back to the days when I gave the boys orders." He explained that now the navy is required to drill like the army, but until the latter part of 1918 the navy drill was much dif t Continued on Fage Z.) CLASSES ARE NO TO BE mm CONVOCATION a