EBRASKAN "Be campus conscious" "Read the Nebraskan" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXIV JNO. 89. LINCOLN, JN'KHRASKA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 193. PRICE 5 CENTS. K-AGS AL DAILY l lorir? J3l A. JlJL-y EDGE HUSKERS SCHOONER GIVES FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF GOV. COCHRAN Nebraska Literary Magazine Goes Popular in Late Winter Issue. OFFERS NEW FEATURES Perkins Writes Humorous Short Story Hit for New Edition. Going popular in its late win ter issue, The Prairie Schooner, to be placed on news stands ou Tuesday, Feb. I'J, contains the only biography to date of Ne braska's new governor, Roy L. Cochran, and its first humor story, which Editor L. C. Wimberly rates as a masterpiece in the blues chasing- art. Along with fiction, poems and articles the present issue also includes three new feature depart ments entitled Midwesterners, Bib liana, and Crossroads. With this edition of the univer sity's literary publication catering to the student taste in magazine literature, Herbert Behlen, busi ness manager, announces that Gamma Alpha Chi, women's ad vertising sorority, has definitely undertaken to back the sales and subscription drive. He also stated that the Corn Cobs, men's pep club, may decide to take a hand in the campaign after the busi ness meeting of that organization on Wednesday night. Has Cochran's Biography. In the new Midwesterners sec tion, which will feature short bi ographies of prominent men of this section of the country, Saar Er ickson's article on the life of Gov ernor Cochran is the first entry. Mr. Erickson is courthouse report er for the Lincoln Star. The new department entitled Bibliana is a concise book review by the univer sity librarian, Gilbert Doane, and the section Crossroads will con tain select reprints from other pop ular magazines. Dwight Perkins, university arts and science junior, has called his humor hit in this issue, "A. W. Vodding vs. the Claus Co." The story is written in me iorm 01 a series of letters from Vodding to the Santa Claus corporation. Orig inally, Vodding, jr., aged 7, had implored Santa in a tender epistle for a dozen Russian soldiers. Fan tastic as it mav seem, the Claus comranv complies by sending twelve live Russians. Hencefor ward, Father Vodding has one em barrassment after another on ac count of the three squads of wine guzzling, Russian gibbering six looters. Kelm Writes Short Story. Karlton Kelm, Iowa writer and editor of the Dubuque Dial, liter ary periodical, heads this issue'i list nf fiction writers. His contrl hntion is a short story, "Brother." ATinihpr short entitled "Mop to k r. " was written by L. C. Eisley, loaHino- Nebraska poet. Fiction contributors from the university are Frances G. Morley, instructor in the school of music, whose story (Continued on Page 2.) Y.M. HOST TO LINCOLN nenutation Team Presents international Thought Program. Presenting the international thought program, which has been popularly received thruout the state during the last several months, the Y. M. C. A. deputation team comprised of Charles Hulac, Lee Inouye and William Glenn, will entertain the Lincoln Urban League at 3:15 Sunday afternoon, Feb. 17. The League is a social ser vice organization among negroes, conducted by themselves for the purpose of promoting social mlnd edness and social welfare. Charles Hulac, Y. M. president, conducts this program and opens with a general inclusive talk on the causes and possible course of International misunderstandings. Lee Inouye, a Japanese student, deals with the more specific topic of the national relations and cur rent opinions of the people in the United States and Japan. William Glenn provides the music of the program by vocalizing on negro spirituals and other songs. This deputation team, featuring programs emphasizing the promo tion of International thought and other themes, has made numerous appearances In Nebraska commun ities recently, and Charles Hulac stated that this group, working willingly and constantly during last semester, has been responsible for one of the Important and per manent influences that the Y exe cuted during his term as head of that organization. i URBAN GROUP SUNDAY Ingeborg Oesterlin Continues Story Impressions Gained During Holiday Car Trip Thru By LORRAINfc CAMPBELL. Editor's note: This is the third in a series of excerpts from the diary of Miss Ingeborg Oesterlin, German exchange student, who recently toured the southern part of the United States with two other German exchange students. The contents of the diary have been reproduced In the original English to in dicate the novelty of expression and word arrangement. Dec. 25 'We started from Savannah and saw the first orange and grapefruit forests. The air was so wet, wo had al ways to sweep the windshield. We arrived in the afternoon in St. Augustine and there Ave visited the Fountain of Youth and were told the story of Ponec De Leon and his quest. Now ev eryone drinks from this fountain oio youth and we think they make a good money out of it. There are several very old build ings, and especially the fort of St. Augustine, but we weren't so im pressed because we are from a country of old architecture. Lin coln's state capltol is much more interesting. To avoid a toll bridge, we took a highway along the coast. It was just sunset and the ocean and the colors of the surrounding land scape made our breath come hard. We came to Daytona Beach and this was already in the evening, and the lights were shining in the water. Here, more strongly, we felt that the further south you go, the greater is the impression of wealth and the more disappears OYES SCHOLARSHIP . W ARDS STILL OPEX Several Tuition Prizes for Second Semester Unclaimed. Announcement has been made by university officials that several LaVerne Noyes tuition scholar ships remain open for the second semester. These awards will go to students who are citizens of the United States, and who served in the World war with honorable dis charge, or are descended by blood from such a person. From the es tate of the late LaVerne Noyes tuition in part or full is paid for such deserving students, that they may get university training. REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE COLLEGES WILL MEET HERE MARCH 8 Fifty Delegates Expected to Attend; Minnesota Dean Conference Speaker. Representatives of colleges and universities in Nebraska will meet for their second annual educational conference at the university Fri day, March 8. About fifty dele gates from the various schools ars expected to attend. Dr. J. B. Johnston, dean of the colleee of arts and sciences at the University of Minnesota, will address both the afternoon and evening sessions. During the eve ning Rowland Haynes, state emergency relief administrator, will discuss the national and state policies and procedures involved in the administration of student re lief and employment. Dean F. E. Henzlik of the teachers college presides at the Friday afternoon session, which begins at 2 o'clock with a welcome address by Chancellor E. A. Bur nett of the university. This will be followed by a round" table confer ence on college entrance problems, led by Dr. S. M. Corey of the uni versity teachers college. At 3:15 Friday afternoon Dr. Johnston speaks on "The General College." On the evening program, Chan cellor Burnett is toaatmaster for the fi:30 dinner: and Dr. Johnston presents an address at 7:30 on "The New Demand for Liberal Education." Mr. Haynes discusses student relief to complete the conference. Dean F. E. Henzlik is chairman of the planning committee for the day. Dr. C. H. Oldfather, dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Nebraska; and Robert P. Crawford, assistant to the chancellor at the university are the other members of the committee. USD ERSITY SETS VP tEir FOSSIL MOU.TS Stout and Schults Prepare Exhibits for Uni Museum. New fossil mounts of primitive beavers, bison, and horse have been set up in the university museum in Morrill hall. One of the small fossil beavers, ancestors of the modern animal, was found near Bridgeport in Morrill county; the other was discovered In Wyoming. They have been prepared by Thompson M. Stout and C Ber- trand Schultz, and mounted by Henry Rcider and Frank Bell for the Morrill collection. Reider and Bell have also fin ished mounting a fossil buffalo, found near the base of Signal Butte In Scottsbluff county. Dr. E. H. Barbour, curator of the museum, has set up a slab mounting of the fossil head of an ancient horse. South United States the shadow sides of life. The peo ple are more carefree. We then drove out from Day tona the stars shining and we wondered again about the warm, warm wind and the wet warumcss of the air. We stopped at New Smyrna and noticed that we were just laughing and in such a good humor like lit tle children, and we blamed it on the Fountain of Youth. Dec. 26 Tnls morning it was beautiful weather and we were so much eager to see Miami. We drove a long time along the broad, Indian river which is separated from the ocean by a tiny ribbon of land. On either side of the high way were palms and strange trees; (Continued on Page 2.) Charter Day Speaker States Views on Redistribution Of Country's Wealth. George W. Norris, Nebraska's nationally known senior senator, advocated a progressive inherit ance tax under national control as a means of redistributing the coun try's wealth, in his address to ap proximately 5,000 people, gathered in the coliseum Friday morning to celebrate the sixty-sixth charter day of the school. Following the address, honorary degrees of doctor of laws was con ferred upon Norris and upon two other famous Nebraskans, James W. Crabtree and Samuel Avery. Beside the principal celebration held on this campus, many others of a similar nature were held by alumni groups in principal cities of the United States, as well as in sixteen Nebraska towns. 500 Billionaires in 1929. "In 1929, about five hundred per seons had more than one billion dollars, net income," Norris stated. "This was practically the same as the gross aggregate market value of all the wheat and all the cotton in the United States, grown by more than two million wheat and cotton farmers, in 1930." He con tinued with the question, "Does any one believe that a free country can continue to exist under such unequal and unfair conditions?" "From 1925 to 1929 the secre tary of the treasury reported that the bulk of taxes paid by a few people increased until three-tenths of one percent of the population paid 98.6 percent of the income tax of individuals. He used it as an argument against the taxation of wealth; to my mind it is, in stead, a striking illustration of the gradual accumulation of wealth into the hands of a few. After 1929, congress levied a somewhat (Continued on Page 2.) STATE'S GIRL RESERVE LEADERS END SESSION First Nebraska Conference Closes Saturday After Meeting Two Days. Girl Reserve leaders of the states closed a two-day conference at the city Y. W. C. A. Saturday afternoon. This was the first state meeting of leaders of girls' organ izations to be held in Nebraska. The meeting was also attended by university women Interested in th: Girl Reserve project. Miss Grace McLain of Omaha spoke to the group Friday evening on the subiect. "Girl Reserve in I the Community." Mr. Richard Dawson, pastor of the Vine Con gregational church, was among those who spoke Saturday. His topic was, "Interpretation of Re ligion for Leaders of Girls." Mr. Laurence Plank of the Omaha Unitarian church spoke on "We Enter a New World." and Miss Frtnces Drake discussed the phi I osophy and program of the Y. W. C. A. Dr. O. H. Werner discussed "Practice In Program Building." The devotional services were conducted by Miss Ruth Earter day. Miss Marie Snavely had charge of the handcraft and hob bies; Mrs. Roy Green spoke on "Program Resources:" and Miss Ruth Pratt discussed the recrea tional and social aspects in plan ning programs for girls. SENATOR NORRIS ASKS INCREASING INHERITANCE TAX PROM COMMITTEE SEEKS BEST PLAN E Members to Meet Wednesday For Consideration of Ideas Submitted. CONTEST CLOSES FEB. 25 Entrants Must Keep Expense Below $35; Simplicity Desired Quality. First plans submitted in the Prom girl presentation contest will be considered at a meeting of the Prom committee to be held "Wednesday afternoon at 4:45 in room eight of University hall, according to an announce ment made Saturday by Virginia Selleck, co-chairman of the com mittee. Definite selection of the or chestra to play for the affair will not be made before the end of this week, Miss Selleck stated. Unofficial reports indicate that filings for Prom girl exceed the quota for the last few years by several applicants. "We believe the increased number of tilings to be a direct result of the recent Mortar Board action against polit ical combines, and are pleased with the interest being shown in the contest," declared Co-chairman Irving Hill. Filings End Wednesday. Three days remain for candi dates to register their intention to participate in the Prom girl race at the student activities office, as filings close at 5 o'clock on Wed nesday afternoon, Feb. 20. Any (Continued on Page 2.) E L John P. Hogan, New York, Main Speaker at Fifth Yearly Conference. Engineers from over the state will gather at their fifth annual Nebraska Engineers' Roundup in Lincoln on Saturday, Feb. 23. at the Cornhu.sker Hotel, accoiding to an announcement by Prof. C. P. Colbert of the applied mechanics department, secretary to the or ganization. Appearing at the evening s ban quet, John Phillip Hogan of New York City will be main speaker of the day, Prof. Colbert stated. A graduate of Harvard and Law rence Scientific school, Mr. Hogan is a member of the engineering firm of Parsons, Klapp, Brinckei hoff, and Douglas of New York City. He has had a wide experi ence in water supply and water power development, particularly for the city of New York which has extended since 1906 to the present. His aiklress will be on some topic of general engineering interest. Roy L. Cochran, governor of Ne braska, is another distinguished speaker on the evening's program, Prof. Colbert said. Governor Cochran is an enfiineering gradu ate of the university and formerly was a state engineer. The morning and afternoon ses- sions will be devoted to the Suther land project, the Columbus pro ject, and the P. W. A., and on these programs will be the engin eers who are thoroughly acquaint ed with the projects. The Round-Up is not entirely devoted to the men, Prof. Colbert added, as a local ladies committee has planned entertainment for the women. It will include luncheon (Continued on Page 2.) CASES OF MEASLES FEWER OS CAM PIS Reports From Infirmary Say But One Student In Confinement. The measles are subsiding! Def inite assurance that the epidemic which has raged on the university campus, cutting into students' good times and classes with equal indifference, is at last slowly being removed by the concentrated ef forts of the medical department was given by the infirmary staff Saturday night. At that time but one unfortunate was confined indoors, and he had the entire building to himself after enjoying the company of several scores classmates who were afflict ed with the disease all week. But he, Dayton Klingman. of Chappcll, a sophomore in the college of agri culture, is recovering rapidly and will soon be able to rejoin the affaiis of the university. Approxi mately a hundred were stricken during the epidemic PR NAN BIG SISTER SPOSSOR ETERTAIS BOARD Miss Clark Gives Sunday .ight Supper for Members. Miss L. M. Clark, Big Sister Board sponsor and English in structor, is entertaining the mem bers of the Big Sister board at a Sunday night supper at her home, 511 So. 14th St., Sunday night, Feb, 17. She will be assisted during the evening by Miss Shirley Hatt. Members of the Big Sister board, who will attend the supper, are: Arlene Bors, Elizabeth Moomaw, Rowena Swenson, Marjorie Filley, Maxine Packwood, Breta Peterson Barbara DePutron, Marjorie Smith, Lorraine Hitchcock, and Doris Riisness. FINAL YEAR BOOK ORIVE FOR SALES STARTS MONDAY Business Staff Sets March 8 As Last Date to Buy Cornhuskers. Final sales drive for the Corn- husker, offering students their last opportunity to purchase a 19.J5 yearbook, will be launched Mon day, Feb. 18, and will continue until March 2, according to Mayn- ard Miller, business manager of the publication. Orders may be placed at tne Cornluisker office in the basement of University hall any afternoon from 1 until 5 o'clock. Price of the book is $4, or $4.25 when paid in installments with $2 down. "This will be the last chance for students to obtain a copy of the only record of their school's activities in 1935," declared Miller. "And the price fs less than that of the past several years," he pointed out. Millers Display Pictures. A display of the twenty-nine beauty queen candidates will be in Miller & Paine's corner window on Monday, Feb. 18. Six of the candidates have been selected by McClelland Barclay, noted Ameri can artist, to be revealed on the publication date of the book. Nine fraternity and six sorority sections were closed Saturday by Editor Carbill, and panels for Al pha Sigma Phi. Delta Sigma Lambda, Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Phi Gamma Delta are scheduled to close at 5 o'clock on Saturday, Feb. 23. Proofs for photographs in the panels which closed yesterdav must be returned at the first of this week, according to Crabill. F Group Approves Granting of Brief Absence Leaves to Professors. Regents of the university con cerned themselves with routine matters pertaining to administra tion of the school Friday after noon. Among those things approved at the meeting was a brief leave of absence for Prof. H. C. Filley, chairman of the department of rural economics, and Prof. H. J. Gramlich, chairman of the depart ment of animal husbandry. Professor Filley requested leave without pay from Jan. 1 to Feb. 23 to assist the National Grain Deal ers association in making a mar (Continued on Page 3.1 De Basils Spectacular Presentation Thrills Audience in Packed Coliseum By Meredith Overpeck. Thursday evening a Lincoln audience enjoyed the first Lincoln performance of Col. W. de Basils superb Ballet Kusse dc Monte Carlo at the coliseum. The throng of citizens who at tended the spectacle marveled at the brilliant performance of the renowned company. Rhythmical swaying. fairy-like costumes, a background of green foliage and fountains of the ro mantic reverie, Les byipniaes was reminiscent of Corot's filmy painting. "Dance of the Nymphs. ' Danced in seven parts, four waltzes, two mazurkas, and a pre lude, four soloists. Panilova, Bar onova, Petroff and Riabouchlnska did the group of dances to the background of twenty graceful artists of the ballet, Chopin's im mortal music, played by Antal Do rati's orchestra, intensified the daintiness of the gauzy ballet cos tumes, garland head wreaths and butterfly wings. Present "Union Pacific.'' Vivid in a kaleidoscopic man ner, "Union Pacific," the ultra modern American ballet in one act and four scenes, revealed the col orful past during the building of the great railway. The two fac tions which built the road, the Irishmen from the east and the Chinese from the west, were real istically portrayed by the men of WILDCATS UPSET SCARLET 54 TO 49 All Square Until Final Event on Program Clinches Meet For Invading Scant yelads From Manhattan; Relay Decides Victor of Sub-Stadium Engagement. KNAPl'EISBERGER OUTSTANDING FOR VISITORS Kansas Stale Records Flight First Places to Four on Part Of Nehraska Cindermen; O'Reilly Sets Stadium Rerod in Mile Run as He Bests Funk. With the count squared nt UHL'-'dl and the mile relay re maining on 1he program, Kansas State put a relay quartet cm the field which ran the legs off Nebraska's four baton carriers to cop the event and allow the Wildcats to leave the track un der the east stadium Saturday afternoon with a '4U to 4JM j FKANKFOItTEK MAKES SPEECH AT HASTINGS Prof. C. J. Frankforter of the chemistry department will go to Hastings on Monday, Feb, 18, where he will address a joint meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion on the subject of R.O.T.C. and C.M.T.C. training. On Friday, Feb. 22, he will appear before the Kiwanis club and the American Legion at Au burn and will discuss the same topic. Prof. Frankforter is a col onel in the organized reserves. ARTISTS GIVE THREE 12 Chicago Company Presents Parts of 'Tannhauser', 'Tosca', 'Faust'. When the Chicago Grand Opera presents its special all-star per formance at the university coli seum the evening of March 12, music lovers will be regaled with the heart of three of the greatest operas yet written all modern works, in the sense of having been composed by men who lived within the easy memory of many thou sands of American opera goers, to wit, Richard Wagner, Charles Francis Gounod, and Giacomo Puc cini. Here is the essence of what will be given. Tannhauser in German. Act 1 of "Tannhauser," in Ger man. This act nicludes the great Venusberg scene, wherein Wagner told the legend of the fall of the minstrel knight, Tannhauser, and his surrender to the guilty love proffered by the pagan goddess, Venus. Included in the glorious music of Act I is the celebrated Bacchanale, wherein Ruth Page's Chicago Opera ballet will take part. Coe Glade will be Venus and Myron Duncan will be Tannhauser. Tosca Given in Italian. Act II of "Tosca." in Italian. This is the dominant act of Puc cini's most popular opera, even as it has always been the dominant act of Sardou's "La Tosca," the famous French play on which the opera was founded. In this act oc curs the well-known aria, "Vissi d'arte," the outstanding number for soprano In the score. The act concerns Tosca's enforced rendez vous with Scarpia. chief of police of Rome, in the historic Farnese Palace, and her struggle with him to obtain the pardon of her lover, Cavaradossi. h.dd prisoner by Scarpia, who tortures his victim so that his cries are heard by Tosca (Continued on Page 2.1 the ballet. Costumed in white coolie coats, hats, and the familiar que, the Chinese workmen were in excellent contrast to the rough and ready Irishmen, who in red check ered lumberjacks, red whiskers, wigs, and black workmen's caps, were a burly group. Jasinsky and Petroff as the Irish and Chinese surveyors, danced solo numbers. Both were in love with Baronova, the Lady-Gay of a nearby bar room. Dressed in a bustled, much ruffled yellow creation of the 1870's, this saucy flirt represented a typical "painted woman" of the streets. Her blue stockings, flam boyant chapeau, and quaint lace gloves were worn in a provocative fashion. After showing each fac tion at work on the road, the third scene was the interior of the bar room west of Promontory Point, where the two lines converged. In this den of vice were gamblers, gaudy women of the streets in flaming attire, the workmen of both groups, the Lady-Gay and the (Continued on Page 3.) victory over Coach Henry F. Schulte's cinder team. Chalking up eight first places and a new stadium record, the Kansas State tracksters showed the Scarlet Scantyclads, with four first and a draw for top honors in the high jump, the way out th! back door to their first defeat of the season. Mile Run Best. The mile run, the first contest of the afternoon, provided the best time of the meet, O'Rielly taking the classic from Husker Glen Funk in a brilliant finish to write a new stadium record of 4 minutes 27 seconds. Funk started out strong and led the Kansan until the last quarter lap, fading at th turn as O'Reilly went past and hit the tape in a whirlwind climax. The time, exceptionally fast around a seven lap track with hairpin turns, was one tenth of a second under the clocking set up on the stadium oval last year oy Funk. O'Reilly, the star middle dis tance runner on the wildcats squad, also led the field all the way in the 880 yard classic, finish ing in 2:01.3 without serious op position. Roberts, Nebraska, and Dill, Kansas State, waged a bat tle all their own for second hon ors. Roberts headed the Kansan most of the way but finally lost out in the finish. Knappenberger Staters' Ace. Knappcnberger was almost the whole show for the 'Staters, tak ing both the hurdle events, but fin ishing second to Speed Jacobsen, Husker speedster from Trenton, Mo., in the straightaway over the same route. The fleet-footed Ne braskan showed the way every step of the race and finished sev eral yards ahead of Knappen berger to get credit for a 6.3 time over the sixty yards. Knappen berger took the 60-yard highs from (Continued on Page 3.) Ann Seacrest, Bob Ager Play Leading Roles in 'The Tinkling Laugh.' PRESENT TWO SHOWS A total of approximately 800 persons attended the morning and afternoon performances, Saturday in the Temple theater, of the chil dren's theater production, "Tha Tinkling Laugh," written by Mrs. Wesley Patrick McDonald and pre sented by members of the univer sity dramatics department and of the children's dramatics classes. The play, a dramatic fairy tale in which Ann Seacrest, who played the part of the Princess Symba lene of the Tinkling Laugh, and Bob Ager, who played the part of JacK, had the leading roles, was enthusiastically received by the audience, a great part of which was composed of children. Miss Pauline Gellatly directed the play, under the supervision of Miss H. Alice Howell, director of the University Players. Don Fried ly was in charge of settings and Charles W. Steadman, student manager of the University Players was another member of the staff in charge of the play. Costumes were designed by Rosemary Krause. The Junior League committee in charge of the production included Mrs. Frank Reeve, general chair man; Mrs. W. P. McDonald, ticket chairman; Mrs. Giles Henkle, pub licity and usher chairman; Mrs. Ernest Walt, property chairman, and Miss Margaret Ames and Mrs. George Haecker, assistants to property chairman. Act one took place in a room in the palace and the three scenes in the second act were in the valliy of dawn, the forest, and the house (Continued on Page 3.) Prof. Lester B. Orfield Publishes Book Review Prof. Lester B. Orfield of the university college of law is the au thor of a book review of "Five Hundred Delinquent Women" by Prof. Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor GluecJc The review appears in the February issue of the Tennessee Law Review.