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The AJXY ASK AN 2s. "Be campus conscious" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska vol. xxxiv. NO. 17. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1934. PRICE 5 CENTS. NEBR T LOAN FUND TOAID Purpose to Help Those Taking Military Science to Secure Uniforms. ONE SEMESTER AWARDS Selection of Applicants Will Be Entirely Hands Of Department. Announcement of a loan fund created by the Innocents society to aid students taking military science In securing uniforms has been made by Henry Kosman treasurer of the senior men's hon orprv organization. The fund which amounts to $50, has been made available this semester, and has already been loaned out to stu dents, it was learned. "The creation of this fund is but the first step," Kosman declared. "It is the society's plan to build up the fund with future donations each year until it is of sufficient size to aid a large numDer 01 stu dents." Advanced military science stu dents received the loans this fall, Kosman stated, but basic men only will be considered for the second semester awards. The loans are for one semester and bear no in terest. Selection of successful ap plicants for loans will be entirely in the hands of the military de partment. "The society feels that there is a definite need for a fund of this type on the campus," Kosman add ed. "Often students have neither the money to purchase uniforms or the required deposit fee when school opens and there are so many other charges. It is to aid such students that we have cre ated the fund The money for the fund was re alized through the sale of fresh man caps, it was announced. Officers of the military depart ment were well pleased with the fund and declared that it was a move to fill a long-felt need. BY PERSHING RIFLES Military Honorary Selects 60 From Group of 68 at Thursday Tryouts. Sixty new pledges of Pershing Rifles, national honorary basic mil itary science organization, were announced by the club following its meeting Tuesday afternoon. The successful candidates were chosen from a group of 68 men who sur vived the elimination tryouts of last Thursday. Selection of new members was based largely on the outcome of the Thursday testa which were scored on a merit basis, points covered in tBe test were close-order drill, bearing, appearance, manual of arms, and military courtesy. The new pledges are: H. Stickler F. Sehiblr P. Reichntsdt B. Brookman Jr. Smith W. Taylor L. 8i-ld.ll T. Burnttein f PowHI B- Hughes B. Nichols G. Plsrs C. Prohuka i. Psul R. Nimsn R. Tepl P. Bermsa S. Turner T. ruvidoon D. HllrhcocH M. Wmpls H. T)m . Dworak O emeu W. Brharfrnbcrf C. T.mtrY H. Tuchman H. Nurnhrger H Maimer B. WNIs D. fiirson D. Dulaiich R. rtlf'ltr If. Rrynolds C. Anderson H. Perry B. Campbell W. Carpenter S. Adams K. HomnKloa R. Reuben C. Hodae C Bummers B. Griffin F. Blood C. Thomas A. Mouiel M. Anderson l. Lsverty V. Kennedy K. Reynolds K. Ne!Kn K Real J tin. bn F. Free M. Reed J iUbkell B. Heyar4 3. . Hclnks PARTY PLANS TONIGHT Club President Requests All Members Be Present for Important Meeting. Final plans for the Corn Cob party will be drawn at a meetcg of the men's pep club, called for 7 o'clock Wednesday evening in the basement of U hall, Irving Hill announced late yesterday. The party ticket campaign will ajso be checked at the meeting. Teamc for handling the ticket drive have been designated, it was learned. Active member of the organization are competing with pledge for high total In ticket ties. "Very important business makes It necessary that every member of Corn Cobs be present for this meeting, which is the last one be fore the party" the president de clared. "The pep club will play an especially important pert in the rally for the Iowa game." Hill said that be would review plans for the demonstration at the meeting tonight. 10CENTS STAR STUDENTS MUSIC CONVOCATIONS START OCTOBER 10 Betty Zabriskie and Her bert Schmidt Will Play On Program Today. Betty Zabriskie, associate pro fessor .of cello and Herbert Schmidt, professor of piano, will give the first musical convocation of the year, Wednesday afternoon, at 4 o clock in the Temple theater. The public is invited to attend these convocations which will be given regularly each week. The program will be: Grieg, "Sonata for Piano and Cello in A Minor, Opus 36, Allegro agitato, Andante molto transqulllo, allegro molto e marcato;" and Frank's "Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major, allegretto ben moderato, alegro, Recitative-fantasia, alle gretto poco mosso." OFFER SPECIAL RATES F( Student Season Ducat Price Is $2.50; Sale Closes Saturday, Oct. 13. University students will receive a special rate of $2.50 for season tickets to the winter concerts, sponsored by the ' Lincoln Civic Music and Symphony Orchestra associations, according to Prof. Howard Kirkpatrick, director of the university school of music. Ticket sales campaign opened this week and will continue until Oct. 13. The program includes three sym phony' concerts and three guest artists. The opening concert will be held on Nov. 13 with Howard Hanson of the Eastman school of music as the guest conductor. Paul Althouse, Metropolitan tenor, will appear on the second program, Dec. 3, and Dec. 10 is the date set for the second symphony concert. On Jan. 21 Bartlett and Robert son, pianists, will present a com bined piano recital, and the last symphony concert is to be held on Feb. 24. March 28 closes the sea son with the appearance of Nathan Milstein, violinist. "Students are expected to take advantage of these programs as they are an educational feature and part of the musical program offered by the university," stated Director Kirkpatrick. "Regular season tickets sell for $5, but the special rate has been offered all university students, to bring this season's program within tliOir reach. Tickets may be purchased at the University School of Music office, Schmoller and Mueller Piano Co., and Vesleyan university conserva tory office. T.9 Miss Arlene Bors, President, Introduces Sponsors in Ellen Smith. Hobby groups, which are spon sored by Big Sister board and are under the direction of Miss Elsie Fo-d Piper, assistant dean of women, were organized at a meet ing Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at Ellen Smith hall. Arlene Bors, president of Big Sister board, who presided, spoke or me nobby groups in general and introduced Miss Piper and the sponsors of each hobby group Ann Pickett and Muriel Hook are in charge of the charm school Margaret Carpenter sponsors the dramatic group; Jrmel Williams, the intramural sports group; and Lois Ratbburn, the tap dancing group. Miss Piper told of the purpose of organizing hubby groups for freshman girls of all colleges. Ann Pickett announced that 130 girls had already enrolled in charm school. This group will meet ths second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 7 p. m. at Ellen Smith hall. The first meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 23. At this meet ing Miss Amanda Heppner. dean of women, will talk on ' Personality." The intramural group will de cide later a definite time for Its meetings. The intramural group will be both a sports group and an outdoor club. Lois Rathburn announced that the tap dancing group will meet at 7 o'clock on the first and third Thursday evenings of each month at Kllen Smith hall. The first meeting will be a week from this Thursday, Oct. 18. The tentative date for the dra matic group is the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 4 o'clock. This group will work oo plays. Last year hobby groups proved to be very popular with frenhman girls. About sixty-five girls at tended there meetings last year, and this year an average attend ance of about 100 is expected. Senator Norris Speaks at Plymouth Church, Oct. 1 1 Senator Oorge W. Norris r:'.V, speak at a Good Citizenship din ner at the First Plymouth church at 20th and D street on Thursday evening. Oct 11, at 6.30. Students and all who are inter ested in governmental topics are invited. STATION KFOR TO BROADCAST IOWA RALLY PROGRAM Demonstration Will Begin Promptly at 6:45 at Temple Theater. ON AIR FIFTEEN MINUTES Committee Expects Largest Turnout in Years for Pep Meeting. With radio station KFOR broadcasting the main portion of Friday night's rally, mem bers of the rally committee are expecting the largest pep gathering in recent years, when Nebraska football fans meet on the eve of the Husker-Hawkeye game. Because the broadcast could be arranged from 7:15 until 7:30 only Friday evening, it will be neces sary to start the rally promptly at 6:45, the committee announced. A special fifteen minute program has been planned for the broad cast. Members of the committee in charge of the rally, who met yesterday, declined to reveal all of the plans for the demonstration, but there will be some new ideas for the brief, snappy pep meeting. Tassels, Corn Cobs, the R. O. T. C. band and members of Inno cents are co-operating to make the rally a success. Fraternities and sororities will be asked to co operate with the organizations sponsoring the demonstration. The rally will assemble at 6:45 at the Temple. From there it will follow the usual route to 16th and R sts., north on Sorority Row to Vine and then west to the stadium. A speaker's stand will be erected on the track in front of the east stand. Committee members stressed the fact that the rally will start promptly on scheduled time. It was indicated that possibly the rally will continue from the stadium to the hotel where the Iowa team will be staying. An nouncement of the complete plans will be made this afternoon or Thursday, it was learned. Tl Gregg McBride Main Speaker Of Evening at Affair In Coliseum. INVITE JOURNALISM MEN Male students in the School of Journalism will be entertained Thursday night by the Nebraska chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, at its annual smoker, to be held in the N club rooms at the colspum at 7:30. Gregg McBride, Lincoln sports writer, is to be principal speaker of the evening. In addition to McBride's talk, which will be directed to some par ticular phase of professional jour' nalism, members of the organiza tion will explain to their guests the activities and purposes of the professonal journalism fraternity. The yearly smoker is sponsored by Sigma Delta Cbl In an effort to contact Journalism students and to seek prospective member of the organization. Bruce Nicholl is president of the local chapter and Prof. Gayle C. Walker, chairman of the School of Journalism, is faculty advisor. Thursday night's affair Is the first of several to be held by Sig ma Delta Chi this year. GREEKS MAY ENTER RIFLE COMPETITION McGimsey Making Tentative Plans Add Firing to Annual Contests. Tentative plans for interfrater nity rifle competition, to be staged as an annual affair, art now being made, according to an announce ment Tuesday by Sgt. C. F. Mc Gimsey, who is in charge of the rifle range in Andrews hall. Although no formal meeting has been callosi to discuss the competi tion as yet, Sergeant McGimsey hopes o hold a meeting of inter ested parties In the near future to discuss actual plana for the firing. In the meantime, he announced, all students who wish to compete in the firing may join the rifle club and start practice at once. SOPHOMORE CROUPS TO MEET OCTOBER 17 Sophomore commission group will have first meeting of year on Oct. 17, at 4 o'clock in Ellen Hmilli hall. This group will meet regularly on every Wednesday thruout the semester. Any girls who have bad one year of active service and are members of the Y. W. C. A. are eligible to attend these meetings. Miss Miller, Y. W. secretary and Mrs. Julia Harrisson will be in charge. THROOP SPEAKS TO JOURNALISM CLASS TUESDAY Optimism for the future of the American newspaper tfas ex pressed by Frank D. Throop, pub lisher of the Lincoln Star, who spoke to the students of the Sur vey of Journalism class at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Throop stated that he does not be lieve the radio will be able to dis place the Importance of the news papers because the people need the concrete evidence which the prin ted word affords. As an example of his belief, Mr. Throop said, many people coming from a football game will buy the newspaper containing the account of the game which they have just seen. In the same manner those who listen to the World Series over the radio will buy a newspaper In order to read about the game. Mr. Throop stressed the impor tance of a general cultural back ground for those in the field of publishing. He reviewed his thirty years of experience as a publisher and outlined the organization of the daily newspaper, explaining how the various divisions operate and function together. T FILING DATE FOR KLUB FALLS Davies Issues Warning to Organizations Planning Enter Morning Revue. Warning that Thursday, Oct. 11, is the last day on which skits for theJCosmet Klub's fall revue may be entered was issued Tuesday by Tom Davies, president of the club. AH houses and organizations must file their application with the Klub by that time or their skits will not be considered, Davies stated. "We are particularly anxious to see as many organizations as pos sible enter skits this year," Davies said. "All campus organizations are eligible to participate in the revue and the Klub hopes to have a large field from which to make its selections. Ideas for skits may ba obtained from members of the Klub." Stressing the fact that work on all acts should start at once, Davies asked that skit masters be appointed by all groups. No limit as to time required for the various acts has been set and probably will not be decided upon until after all acts have been Judged, it was learned. Preliminary reviews of skits by the Kosmet Klub will probably be held early in 'November. Davies intimated that as many as twelve acts might be selected for the re vue. Organizations who have entered the contest to date are Kappa Kappa Kamma Alpha Tau Omega; Sigma Chi Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Kappa Alpha Theta; and Alpha Delta Theta. A silver loving cup will go to the winning skit. Gamma Phi Beta received the award last year. BARBS PROGRESS IS ORGANIZING COUNCIL Members Make Reports on Social Programs at Tuesday Meeting. Further progress in organization of th Rarh Inter-Club council was made at the club'a Tuesday night meeting, according 10 jonn mover, nrs:irlnt nt the unaffiliated men's club. Representatives of between 13 ana is Dam ciuns 01 n w more men each were present, Stover said, which represented an increase over last year's total. Reports on the recently-drafted barb social and Intramural pro grama were made. Included on the social schedule is an hour dance for Friday night, a Joint picnic with the Barb A. W. S. League on Sunday, Oct. 21, and an all-barb party, tentatively set for Nov. 2. Bill Newcomer, social chairman, Jim Rllaneas, Joe Ruzicka, and A I vln Kleeb, are in charge of ar rangements for the picnic. DR. POYNTER SPEAKS TONIGHT AT BANQUET All Nu-Meds Invited to Hear Dean of Medical School. Nu-Meds will hear Dr. Charles Poynter, dean of the College of Medicine at Omaha, at the first Nu-Med banquet of the year Wed nesday night, Oct. 10 at the Uni versity club. The event is sched uled to begin at 6:15. "We want all Nu-Meds to hear Dr. Poynter Wednesday night." de clared Dr. Oti Wade, pre-medic advisor. "It is an opportunity that no member of the organization should miss." Following Dr. Poynter'a talk, students will have an opportunity to ask questions and there will probably be time for a short dis cussion, it was stated. A abort business meeting will close the pro gram. Those pre-medic students who have not Joined the organization and wish to do so may secure membership cards from Dr. Wade in Bcsscy hall. Tickets for the dinner are on sale in the offices of Dr. Wade and Dr. H. W. Manter. RSDAY NA 1 8 ANTICIPATE HUGE CROWD AT Pep Club to Use Permanent Coliseum Decorations For Affair. RED PERKINS WILL PLAY Fraternities and Sororities Cancel Dances Planned for That Date. With arrangements cora pletetd to use the permanent decorations in the Coliseumfor the Corn Cob Frolic, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13, officers of the pep club anticipate the lar gest crowd that has attended a uni versity social function this sea son. Red Perkins and his twelve col ored musicians have been con tracted for to play for the Satur day night frolic. Te orchestra, which has been heard by many Ne braska students, has met very fa vorable response among university circles, members of Corn Cobs stated. The Dixie Ramblers, as the band is known, stated Irving Hill, president of the organization, "has been popularly received by Corn husker students wherever it has entertained formerly." Difficulties encountered with the faculty senate because proper re ports of the party were not sub mitted were ironed out Monday when official sanction of the affair was granted. Altho several fraternity and so rority parties had been scheduled for the date of the Corn Cob Frolic their co-operation has been solicit ed, and despite the short notice given them by the Cobs, practical ly no other parties will be held on the campus that night. Originally the Barb council had planned an all-university party for that date, but plans were postponed to favor the Corn Cob party. Use of the permanent decora tions and the lighting effects fa cilitated in the Coliseum trans forms the hall into a ball room equal to the finest in the middle west, officers of the pep club stated. Tl T Editor Postpones Publication Date Until Monday, October 16. DELAY DUE TO PRINTING Postponement of the publication date of the student directory was announced Tuesday ' by Robert Funk, editor and business manager of the publication. The book origi nally scheduled for release today will not be put on sale until Mon day, Oct. 16 because of additional time required in printing and bind ing. The cover of the directory as well as fraternity, sorority and faculty sections have already been run off, however, and the press and the advertising sections have been set up. Typographical errors will be re duced to a low point this year as a corps of expert typists has been employed to classify and correct the lists of names, Funk declared. In past years it has been the cus tom of the student directory to have student workers compile the list of student names but the use of trained stenographers is be lieved by the editors to be a de cided Improvement. By having workers on duty all the time it will be possible to have the names of the late registrants included. The student section will include names, addresses, phone numbers, class year and fraternal affiliation of every member of the student body. Faculty section will give in addition to namea and addresses of professors, their scholastic degrees. A special section will give lists of members of each Greek letter group, "Those fraternities and sorori ties who have not called for their classification refunds must do so Immediately," Funk said, "as it will be difficult to obtain them af ter Friday." PHALANX TO INITIATE NEW MEMBERS TODAY Honorary Military Group To Hold Ceremonies In Nebraska Hall. Phalanx, honorary military or ganization, will initiate eight sen ior officers at 7:30 Wednesday eve ning in Nebraska hall Instead of Thursday as incorrectly stated in TuesdayTa Issue of the Daily Ne braakan. A second initiation for Junior of ficers will be held during the flrpt few weeks of the second semester. Requirements for eligibility of Jun ior officers are a required scholas tic average and the evidence that their military ability and interest warrants initiation. SATURDAY A FROSH A.W.S. GROUP MEETS AT 5 TODAY Alaire Barkes, Activities Advisor, Invites First Year Girls Attend. Freshman A. W. S. group will meet Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 5 o'clock in the A. W. S. room of El len Smith hall. Alaire Barkes, di rector of A. W. S. freshhan activi ties, has extended a special invita tion to all freshman girls to at tend. The freshman group is sponsored by the A. W. S. board for the pur pose of instructing freshmen in the activities of the campus. At the weekly meetings different repre sentatives from the campus activi ties will talk to the group. The girls will also be allowed to assist the A. W. S. board in its various activi ties. T. 12. 13 Delegates from 8 Chapters Guests Local Group of Gamma Alpha Chi. Gamma Alpha Chi, national bon- orary advertising sorority, will hold it's fourth biennial convention in Lincoln Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13. Five national offl cers and delegates from eight cnapters win attend. Plans for the program have Deen completed according to Vir ginia Selleck, president of the local chapter. On Friday morning, dele gates will attend business sessions in Ellen Smith hall, headquarters for the conclave. The Lincoln Ad club will entertain members at luncheon at the chamber of com merce, and a tour of the campus and ciy has been arranged by the chamber of commerce for the aft ernoon. The Lincoln alumnae chapter wil give a dinner in the evening at the home of Miss Norma Carpenter, national president, and will be fol lowed by bridge. Saturday morning will 'be de voted to committee and business meetings. The local chapter will entertain at the Y. W. C. A. at luncheon, after which members will attend the Iowa-Nebraska game. The convention will adjourn Saturday night following a formal dinner at the Cornhusker hotel. National officers who will be present are: Miss Norma Carpen ter, president, Wayne, Neb.; Miss Alta Gwlnn Saunders, vice presi dent, Urbana, 111.; Mrs. Taina Nel son, secretary-treasurer, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Robert Spcer, editor, Aberdeen, S. D.; and Miss Mary Gist, expansion director, Los An geles, Calif. Active members attending are: Leone Knight, Seattle; Rosemary Cox, Mary Cody, Margaret Reese, Urbana, 111.; Althea Peterson, Uni versity of Oregon; May Kroeger, Long Beach, Calif.; and Rae Pe trie, Pullman, Wash. Three dele gates have not yet made their res ervations. Gamma Alpha Chi is the only (Continued on Page 2). YJ.YJ., ATTEND CONFERENCE Four Students Are Delegates To Council Meeting at Manhattan, Kan. Four student delegates from the Nebraska campus Y. M. and Y. W. groups attended the annual coun cil meeting of the Rocky mountain movement held at Kansas State college in Manhattan, Kas., last week end. Thoae representing this school were Elaine Fontein, Grant McClelland, Gladys Klopp, and Burton Marvin. Mr. C. E. Hayes, general secretary of the campus Y. M. C. A. and Miss Bcrnlce Mil ler, Y. W. C. A. general secretary, also were present at the confer ence. The primary purpose of the an nual meeting is to arrange the pro gram to be used at the yearly Estes conference each June. Com plete plana were drawn up by a special Estes planning committee last Saturday, and during the rest of the school year that group will be securing speakers and complet ing other arrangements for the summer conclave. At the Manhattan gathering, delegates, who numuerrd about seventy-five, and represented col leges of Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado divided into groups to discuss, various topics of current student interest, and arranged pro grams to be carried out during the coming year. Committees dealt witn tne ioi lowing subjects: Peace Action, So cial Justice, Religious Life, Per sonal delations and ramiiy, w. s. C. F. in China, Alumni Contact and Interest, and Finance. Mu Phi Epoilon Sponsor Buffrt Supper Oct. 12 Mu Phi Epsilon, honorary mus ical sorority, will hold as its first activity during open rush season a buffet supper at the home of Mrs. Lewis Trestcr, patroness, from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. Monday, Oct. 12. Arrangement are in charge, of th alumnae club. CANDIDATES MAY FILE FOR RHODES Applications Must Be in Dean Oldfather's Office by Or on Nov. 1. 32 AWARDS ARE OFFERED Selection of Students to Go To Oxford Will Be Made In January, 1935. University candidates for Rhodes scholarships coinpctU tion must file their applications in the office of Dean C. H. Old. father on or before Nov. 1, it was announced Tuesday. Compe tition to determine not more than five university students to repre sent the university before the state committee will be held Nov. 3. Other schools in the state will also enter their candidates in competi tion before the state committee on that date. Blanks may be obtained at Dean Oldfather's office. The university committee is the same this year as last, with Dean Oldfather as chairman and Dr. Samuel Avery, Dr. J. P. Senning, Dr. E. H. Barbour, and Prof. M. H. Merrill serving with him. The scholarships are open to 32 United States students. Two stu dents from the state of Nebraska will be chosen for district competi tion against candidates from Min nesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Mis souri and Kansas, and four stu dents from that group will enter the University of Oxford in Octo ber, 1935. Selection of candidates will be made in January, 1935. The competition is open to all unmarried male students of the United States between the ages of 19 and 25 who have completed at least their sophomore year in a college or university of recognized standing. According to the official bulletin, qualities considered in the selection are: Literary and scholastic ability and attainments; qualities of man hood, truth, courage, devotion tt duty, sympathy, kindliness, unself ishness and fellowship; exhibition of moral force of character and of (Continued on Page 2). FIRST STUDY CENTER Reed Announces Applications For Classes Coming In Rapidly. Approval was given Monday to the first study center in Nebraska this year at Hardy, according to a statement made yesterday by Dr. A. L. Reed, director of the exten sion division of the university. This is the second successive year that Nebraska has maintained these study centers supported by FERA funds. Cooperating in the enterprise is the Nebraska federal emergency relief administration, the state superintendent's office and the university extension divi sion. Dr. Reed stated that 200 centers will be established with an enroll ment of about 2,000. Applications are coming in every day and cen ters are being organized as rapid ly as possible. Classwork is to be given in local schools and is especially arranged for those unemployed persons who might, under other conditions, find it possible to attend school regu larly. Returning from a visit with gov ernment heads in Washington, Dr. Reed reports that the study cen ter arrangement is called the "Ne braska plan." Officials there said they have recommended the plan as desirable for all stAtca. PROF. STUFF TO OPEN Y. M. FIRESIDE FORUM Speaker's Topic to Be What One's Value Standard Should Be. Professor F. A. Stuff of the uni versity English department will open the Y. M. fireside forum Wed nesday evening at 7:15 with a talk on what one's standard of values should be. After analyzing several of the most prevalent ways of life in relation to the criterion of value on which they are based, Mr. Stuff will explain some of the modern standards of worth. In closing he will give his answer to the question which students confronted with the niury contemporary philoso phies ask, namely: Which band wagon should I ride? Because the forum of a week ago brought out a number of diverse opinions on "What Is Truth," from among the forty listeners, the fire side hour tonigh? is to be spent on the related topic of values accord ing to Mr. C D. Hayes. SCHOLARSHIPNOW APPROVED ON MONDAY