N EBRAS
KAN
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV NO. 32.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1935
PRICE 5 CENTS
INITIAL
CONVOCATION
ODAY
DAIEY
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AG PLANNED FOR
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Ooll-Agri-Fun Board Wants
Students to Consider
Contributions.
EVENT GIVEN ANNUALLY
Board Lists Rules Governing
Entries; $5 Prize '
Offered.
Coll-Agri-Fun, program of
musical and dramatic skits on
the agricultural college cam
pus, given liy individuals and
organizations, will be held Sat
urday, Dec. 14. Bonnie Spang
gaard, assistant manager of the
Coil-Agri-Fun board asks that stu
dents begin considering skits im
mediately, so that they may be
handed in at Dean W. W. Burr's
office within two weeks.
The program is managed by
Coil-Agri-Fun board members,
elected each spring by the Ag stu
dent body at large, The present
board is Don Joy, manager; Bon
nie Spanggaard, assistant man
ager; Ruth Carson, secretary;
John Bengston, treasurer; Virginia
Keim, and Leroy Hansen.
Rules Revised.
Rules governing the skits have
been revised this year, and were
announced by the board Wednes
day. In effect they are:
1. The maximum amount of
time taken by any one skit shall
be ten minutes. Organizations may
enter curtain acts with few prop
erties." The maximum amount of
time allowed for curtain acts shall
be five minutes.
2. Skits and acts must be ap
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CHILDlfMTER
E
Performances Are Scheduled
For Saturday at 9:30,
2:30 O'clock.
"The Amazing Adventures of
Wifflcc and Felica," a nonsensical
comedy in three acts, has Deen
chosen as the opening children's
theater play, to be given Saturday,
Nov. 2, at 9:30 and again at 2:30,
at the Temple theater.
"The dramatic department con
siders children's theater plays an
interesting project, as they give
students the advantage of freedom
In acting, since the characters are
so exaggerated," stated Polly Gel
latly, director of the play.
University Players and members
of the department will constitute
the cast, composed of twenty-one
players. Those who have been
chosen are: Wiffles, Marjorie
Thomas; "Felica, Jean Swift; the
Guardsmen, Allen Gatewood; the
Cook, Zina Rosenberg; King Choc
olate Bar, George McAithur; Lord
Chancellor, Neil Brown: the Jester,
William Strong; the Page, Virginia
Amos; the Maid, Mary Dean; Mr.
Tinker, Dean Kadavy; AH Babel,
Karl Fulton; Hazkale, Waldemar
Mueller; the Ghost, Norman Guld
Inger; Spooks, Harriet Van Sickle
and Marguerite Kurth; Mysterious
Lady, Julia Vlele; the Skeleton,
Kleanor Compton and Sarah Louise
Meyer; Ho Hum, Ernest Tullls;
Tlrates, Walter Stroud, Delford
Brummer and Milan Wissen.
The Lincoln Junior league Is
sponsoring ticket sales. Those de
siring season tickets, four plays In
the season, may obtain them from
Mrs. Ernest Walt at $1.00. Indi
vidual tickets are priced at 23
cents and 35 cents, and may be se
cured either from Mrs. Walt or at
the Temple theater door on Satur
day. 200 Expected Folloir
H ushers to Columbia
Accompanying the Corn
huskers to Columbia Saturday
via but, car and train are sev
eral member of the Innocent,
Tassels, Mortar Board, and
Corncob. Two hundred addi
tional student art expected to
be in Missouri for the game.
The Innocent Society I taking
with it Friday that traditional
trophy, the Hutker-Tlfler bell.
This bell I pretented each
year to the winner of the an
nual battle between Nebraska
and Missouri. Originally, this
trophy was a part of church
In Seward, Neb., now, it I an
emblem of good feeling be
tween the Innocent Society of
Nebraska and the Student Fed
eration of Missouri. Each year
a plaque with the final score I
placed In the frame of the tabic
which support the bell. Ne
braska has been holder of the
trophy since 1927.
SKIT PROGRAM A
NIGHT OF DEC
S COMEDY FOR
PRESENTATION
IE CERCLE FRANCAIS
HOLDS FIRT MEETING
Fling to Present Pictures
At French Club
Today.
Le Cercle Fi 'uiii.i8 will convene
this afternoon In the Presbyterian
Manse, 333 No. 14th street from
3:30 to 5:00 for Its first meeting
of the semester. Miss Annie Laurie
McCall, president, has been asked
that all present members, stu
dents in French III classes and
above, and anyone interested in
the French language should at
tend. Wentworth Fling will present
his pictures of the Carcasonne and
Miss Claralyce will sing several
solos. Miss Davis will also lead
some group singing. Refreshments
will be served by the officers. Most
of the faculty members of the Ro
mance Language department plan
to attend the meeting.
Future meetings of the club will
be held on Griday evening in each
month in Ellen Smith hall as ar
rangements could not be made for
another tilme.
Moritz A'cm? President
Summer School Heads
Prof. R. D. idorit
Dr. R. D. Moritz, university
summer school director and a
member of the Teacher's college
faculty staff, received word Wed
nesday of his election as presi
dent of American Association of
Summer School Directors as that
group met for its annual conven
tion in Washington recently, ur
Moritz attended the meeting but
because of his duties with the uni
versity was forced to leave before
the new officers were announced.
The convention also named Dean
E. H. Cameron of the University
of Illinois and Dean P. C. Packer
of the University of Iowa as secre
tary and statistician respectively.
In addition to his worthy serv
ices as an instructor and professor
in education Dr. Moritz has showed
himself an able leader thru his
accomplishments as a director of
the, department of , educational
service and as director of the sum
mer sessions.
N TALK TO FRESHMEN
Society President Speaks
At A.W.S. Meeting
Wednesday.
100 MEMBERS ATTEND
"The student council is repre
sentative of all colleges and ele
ments found on the Nebraska
campus," described Irving Hill,
president of the student council in
speaking to approximately 100
members of the freshman A. W.
S. organization at 5 , o'clock
Wednesday afternoon in Ellen
Smith hall.
Hill opened his discussion with
a description of the manner in
which a student became a mem
ber of the council. In listing: the
powers ot this group he included
the council's control over rallies
and migrations, the conducting of
student elections and the charge
which the group had in recogniz
ing petitions for new student or
ganizations on the campus. An in
teresting project of the student
council which Hill sketched was
the establishing of a cooperative
book store for the benefit of the
student body.
Preceding Hill's address the
program committee made up of
Jean Leftwich and Dolores Bors
presented a short skit in explana
tion of parliamentary law. The
purpose of parliamentary law, the
manner in which u. president pre
sides at a meeting and the duties
of the secretary were given in
the skit.
Elsie Buxroan, A. W. S. boari
member and sponsor of the fresh
man group announced' that a
speaker developing the subject of
vocational education would appear
on the program at the next meet
ing to take place on Wednesday,
Nov. 6.
Girls wishing to act on the re
freshment committee for the Corn
husker party sponsored by the A.
W. S. board on Nov. 21 signed up
for the committee at the meeting l
yesterday afternoon. ,
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Marvin Family Terminates
BrownelPs Campus Regime
The Greeks had a word for it.
We mean, keeping elections in the
family. The Marvins have pulled
a Roosevelt on campus politicians.
In 1834 Burton was chosen junior
Class presidenV wnen the newly
formed Progressive faction swept
into power by a two to one
majority. Yesterday James (the
younger) was put at the head of
the senior class.
The political fates of the two
have been closely analagous. Both
were barbs, executives of the barb
inter-club council, class presidents,
on the Junior-Senior prom commit
tee, members of the Innocents so
ciety, and, strangely enough, both
are the sons of Prof. H. H. Marvin
of the physics department.
FOR CONHUSKER
Each Sorority Buying 20
Books May Enter
Contestant.
Entries in the Nebraska Queen's
contest must be filed at the Corn
huskcr office by the- deadline,
Wednesday, Nov. 13, according to
a report of Eugene Pester, busi
ness manager. Each sorority is en
titled to one candidate for every
twenty annuals which it buys be
fore the end of the drive next
week.
Reports for the first two days of
the sale have soared far above the
anticipated number. From the en
thusiasm expressed by the student
body. Pester expects this year's
sale to reach easily the number of
1,500 books, as compared to last
year's 1,250.
Tassel Sell Books.
As a constant reminder of the
sales drive and to enable students
to identify salesmen. Tassels will
be in uniform throughout the
drive. All staft members of the
Cornhusker are also selling books
Future use of the annual as a
remembrance for all school activi
ties and personalities for the en
tire year is stressed by Faith Arn
old, editor-in-chief. "Because we
feel a need for a more colorful
book, and for one with student in
terest as its primary theme, we
have made these two factors the
basis of the 1936 Cornhusker."
Miss Arnold also predicts an in
crease in the size of all sections
over previous years. The popular
candid cameraman will be given a
special division in this year's book.
More Photographs.
Because of the endeavor to re
cord activities and outstanding
events, Miss Arnold stated that
photographs will play a larger
part In the make-up of the annual
than ever before. Division pages
will be composite pictures of
events representing outstanding
personalities on the campus. "In
stead of the ordinary still life pic
tures of previous books, this year
we will strive to present real ac
tion pictures," declared Miss
Arnold.
All students p:anning to pur
chase a Cornhusker should do so
immediately, is the warning of
Pester, as each year many are un
able to buy them when they wait
until the spring. He further stated
that sorority books must be bought
before the close of the Initial drive
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Pet Superstitions
Become Prominent
On Hallowe'en Ere
This Is the aire of enlighten
ment, the day of the scientific
mind. But on the eve of Oct. 31
a few of our future presidents,
governors, housewives, and ditch
diggers confess their pet supersti
tions. It isn't psychology or phi
losophy that guides their foot
steps this Halowe'en, but black
cats, or at least that is the deci
sion of Muriel Krasne, who wont
let one of those dark-colored ani
mals cross her path.
Ted Bradley's superstition is al
most a tradition. He thinks it
would bring bad luck to get to an
8 o'clock on time. At least he's
never done it, and he's been pretty
lucky so far. Johnny Jamln won't
wear a green necktie, which has
nothing to do with this subject.
We just mentioned it. And Don
Wake is afraid of "three on a
match" on any kind of a match
In fact.
There are a few, very few. who
defy all th old taboos. Charles
Riley shocked the Cornhusker
office populace by declaring that
13 was his lucky number, and that
be simply adored black cats. And
"Whitey" Reed walked under a
ladder yesterday morning. Noth
ing has happened yet As for
Howard Dobson, of the Awgwan,
ti Is rumored that he sleeps with
a pillow under his feet In order to
get ideas. He calls It a good idea.
Mark Owens calls it something
else,
NOV
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QUEEN'S ENTRIES
Campus leaders are watching the
Marvin family closely now. Jean
Marvin, younger sister of the
prominent pair, is now a Tassel
and active in women's affairs, and
another brother is coming up from
high school soon, with another
brother and sister still in grade
school.
The Marvin clan threatens to
end the domination the Brownells
once hud over campus politics. In
that family were four Phi Beta
Kappas, including two Innocents,
and one Mortar Board. In the
group of Innocents which tapped
Burton Marvin, the eldest of his
family, was Phillip Brownell, the
youngest of the Brownells, who
thus passed the sceptre over, and
inaugurated the new regime.
Awgtvan Reports Huge
Subscription Returns
With the biggest block sub
scription sale in the magazine's
history recorded Wednesday
morning, Awgwan editor re
port that tales of the Novem
ber issue will be close to a sell
out. Many sorority and fra
ternity houses took two blocks
of twenty-five magazines each
and very few took less than
one.
News stands, located in So
cial Science and Andrews halls,
reported heavy sales. All de
liveries were made Wednesday
morning. The sales drive will
continue today on both city and
ag campuses.
Students on NY A
Payroll Express
Dissatisfaction
Much dissatisfaction was ex
pressed by students working un
der the N. Y. A. in interviews yes
terday. The delayed payment of
workers has put some of them un
der unusual financial circum
stances. "I'm practically broke, and try
ing to keep what little money I
have as long as I can, because I
have no idea when our checks will
come," was the statement of one
student.
Another said "It seems to me
that ample provision for auditing
and sending out of checks would
have been made before the school
year started. We all need the
money to kep going.
Embarrassing situations have
arisen that cannot be taken care
of because of the lack of money.
"If the checks don't come pretty
soon, I might just as well pick up
and start for home. I can't live
on nothing. My fees are paid, but
that is just a minor detail," ex
pressed one boy.
The time for payment is still in
definite, but according to some
students, it had better be soon.
COBS PLAN DRIVE FOR
Group to Conduct Campaign
For Annual Party
Nov. 9.
Prim fVihs made nrpDftrations
for the nnenine- of a concentrated
ticket sale drive for the annual
homecoming party to be held Nov.
O at a rocular mpptinp in U hall
Wednesday evening. Each mem
ber as issued tickets ana was
urired to pet out and cress the
drive to the fullest extent for the
coming week.
Plana were also discussed lor a
smoker to' be held after regular
meeting next Wednesday evening.
Robert Stelfler and Bob Wadams
were appointed by President Brad
ley to plan the entertainment for
the evening as well as to take
charge of the preparations for a
skit to be presented between the
halves of the homecoming game.
There will also be a meeting of
the membership committee at 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon, Brad
ley announced. The committee will
discuss the eligibility of various
members and the substitution of
new members for those not return
ing to school this fall.
52 STUDENTS GATHER
TO COMPETE l,V TESTS
Faculty Members Conduct
Various Exams in
Omaha.
Fifty-two contestant from high
schools in Nebraska gathered in
Omaha Wednesday to compete in
mental physical and citizenship
teats conducted bv University fac
ulty member and Omaha educa
tional officials. Doctor Charles
Fordyce, professor of educational
measurements and research, as
sisted by Doctor A. A. Reed, di
rector of the extension division
and Assistant Superintendent Leon
Smith of Omaha, gave the exam
ination on citizenship and gen
eral intellis-ence. Grading will be
done by a university class in test
and measurement ana &y stu
dents of Omaha high school. Doc
tor R. G. Clapp and Miss Msbel
Lee f the department or pnysirai
education were in charge of the
physical examinations.
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IN STUDENT UNION
IE ISSUE
Campaign Spiked by Regents
Early This Fall Takes
New Life.
PETITION QUOTA REACHED
New Demands Made; Group
Outlines Present Need of
Student Center.
Talk of a Student Union
building at Nebraska, silenced
early this fall when the Board
of Kegents refused to file for a
PWA loan, was heard again on
the campus this week. Inquiry dis
closed that the issue is far from
being dead, and that an active
campaign will be resumed in the
near future.
No reasons were given by the
Regents to explain their decision;
at least none were made public.
The interest that they have shown
in the second-hand book exchange
project, which they will take ac
tion on this week, is rumored to be
followed by a similar revival of in
terest in the Union Building.
Opinion Crystallizes.
When Student Council leaders
decided last spring that some cen
tralizing influence was needed to
tie together loose ends of Ne
braska's straggling social and extra-curricular
activities, they
sounded out campus opinion on a
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Instructors Hosts at Meet
For Promotion of
Education.
University engineering Instruc
tors will be host this Friday and
Saturday to the annual meeting
of the Kansas-Nebraska section of
the Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education. Approxi
mately 125 delegates and their
wives are expected here from Kan
sas university and Kansas State
and also from Iowa State, Univer
sity of Iowa and University of
Missouri.
Following registration Friday
afternoon, the program will open
with a 6 o'clock dinner at the
Firs t-Plymouth Congregational
church. Principal speakers will be
Chancellor E. A. Burnett of the
university, Gov. R. L. Cochran and
Dr. John D. Clark of the eco
nomics department.
Chancellor Burnett will piesent
the address of welcome. Governor
Cochran will speak on "The Engi
neer in Public Service," and Dr.
Clark will discuss "The Engineer
in a Planned Economy." Follow
ing the talks, the group will ad
journ to various campus buildings
where round table discussions will
be held.
Saturday morning's program
will consist of general sessions at
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He's Just a Gridiron
Hero 'But Hotc Could
The Poor Girl Knott?
"Uneasy lies the head that wear
the crown,' at least the football
crown at the University of Ne
braska. For even the innermost
nooks and crevices of the private
life of a popular figure are ex
posed to satisfy the public thirst
for news of any of its heroes.
The above statement was
prompted by the actions of a so
rority pledge who unwittingly
caused herself some embarrasment
simply because she failed to recog
nize Lloyd Cardwell without his
football togs.
One sorority was having its
pledges collect the autographs of
the members of the football team.
One charming pledge while in pur
suance of ner duties asked Toby
Eldridge, Huaker halfback, for hi
signature. Eldredge willing obliged
the young lady. She then turned
to a long gangling onlooker stand
ing next to Eldredge.
"Do you play football too ?" tae
asked.
"Oh, a little." he replied as he
signed the egg.
Imagine her embarasament
when looking at the egg she saw
scrawled upon its side the name,
"Lloyd Ca '-dwell." Unless a lot
of people have been wrong, or a
large sized group of so-called foot
ball authorities are making fool?
o themselves, we have been lead .
to believe that that certain young I
man, Lloyd Cardwell, doe play
football a little. j
CONCERN R
SIR 1 11
ENGINE
FROM
KANSAS
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MEETING
WHITING WILLIAMS
TO ADDRESS GROUP
'What's On the Worker's Mind?' Selected as Subject of
Speech by Nationally Known Industrial Lecturer
On Labor, Management Problems.
CONCLAVE SET FOR 11 O'CLOCK IN TEMPLE
Hertzler Praises Interesting Personality, Ability of
Entertainer; Many Experiences Make Him
Especially Well Qualified.
For the first all-university convocation, Whiting "Williams,
nationally known industrial lecturer will speak at the Temple
theater this morning at 11 o'clock. Subject of his address is
"What's On the Worker's Mind?"
"Students who attend this address will lc amply reward-
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JUDGE ALL REVUE
ENTRIES EQUALLY
Four-Minute Curtain Skits
To Compete; Tickets
Out Today.
Four-minute curtain acts will
be judged with the regular skits
of eight minutes in the Kosmct
Klub Fall Revue, Saturday,
Nov. 2;, Clayton Schwenk,
president, announced today. This
innovation, made necessary by the
intense competition that is fore
seen, will be important in deter
mining the winner.
These between-act productions
will be at a disadvantage because
of no scenery facilities and be
cause it will be difficult to put on
an act in four minutes. It is ex
pected, however, that the acts will
be clever.
Tickets will be issued today at
5 o'clock when Kosmet Klub
starts its sales drive. Approxi
mately sixty members and work
ers will canvass the campus and
city in an effort to make this Re
vue the largest since its origin.
Posters.
Posters advertising the annual
show also are being placed in uni
versity buildings and store win
dows. "With the increased inter
est in the skits, this year's show
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SCHEMES FOR PARTY
Pester's Orchestra Plays
For the Affair on Ag
Campus Friday.
DANCE BIG SOCIAL EVENT
An innovation in lighting and
decorating the student activity
building will be introduced by the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers at their party on the ag
campus Friday night, according to
Wayne Thurman, president of the
society. Mel Pester s orchestra will
furnish the music.
Described by Thurman. as
"spherical luminosity," the light
ing will be furnished by colored
spotlights shining on revolving
mirrors suspended above the cen
ter of the dance floor. '
The A. S. A. E. mixer is tradi
tionally one of the larger ag cam
pus social events of the year, ac
cording to Lloyd Hurlbut, sponsor.
Last year over 250 couples at
tended. "We expect an even larger
crowd this year," stated Thurman.
"We have a larger orchestra and
one which is very popular on both
ag and city campuses with stu
dents." Working with Thurman on the
A. S. A. E. committee on arrange
ments is Pete Burns, Fred Cham
bers, and Russell Kychelbahn.
Other officers of the society are
Mervin Samuelnon. vice-president,
and Vernon Keller, secretary
treasurer. KOSMET SKIT
JUDGING PERIOD
Alpha Chi Omega, 7:30.
Kspoa Kappa Gamma, 7:15.
Sigma Alpha Epsllon, 7:30.
Phi Kappa Psi, :00.
Delta Sigma Lambda, S:15.
Alpha Tau Omega, 8:30.
Beta Theta Pi. :45.
Alpha Sigma Phi, 1:00.
Lambda CHI Alpha, 9:15.
Chi Phi, 1:30.
oed, declared Dr. J. O. Hertzler,
chairman of the convocations com
mittee. "As a speaker, Mr. Wil
liams is magnificent entertain
ment. He has unusual ability and
an interesting
personality; his
experience make
him well quali
fied to speak to
a university au
dience." Williams be
gan his study
of working con
ditions as vic3
president of a
Cleveland steel
c o m d a n y. in
charge of per-
sonncl. Needing
first hand m-
Courtesy Sunday form ation, ha
Journal and Star. .,. j
w hum miam.. changed his
name, put on overalls and a few
dollars in his pocket, and become
a journeyman laborer in America's
mines and factories.
Since 1919, he has been leading
a double life. His suitcase slill
contains changes of overalls and
evening dress. He has slept on
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LEAD ALL CLASSES
FALL FINANCE DRIVE
$60.65 Collected in First Day
Of Annual Y.W. Fund
Festival.
Freshmen workers in the Fall
Fund Festival, sponsored by the
Y. W. C. A. and headed by Eliza
beth Smith, led other classes in
the first days checkup of gift con
tributions and memberships, it was
discovered after a group meeting
Wednesday. The total collected
was $60.65, which is considered
an encouraging start toward the
goal of $1200, as set by the Y. W.
secretary, Barbara DePutron.
"It is a necessary request that
all executives, captains and work
ers make their pledges Thursday,
Oct. 31, at the group meeting at
5 in Ellen Smith hall," declared
Gayle Caley, chairman of the
finance drive.
Tentative plans are for Prof. E.
W. Lantz of Teachers college to
speak at the Thursday group
meeting on the value of the "Y,"
and to emphasize the importanca
of having confidence in the pur
pose of the finance drive.
Miss Caley asks that workers
contact all girls by Friday, Nov. 1,
and report at eevry group meet
ing. Executives and captains must
call workers who are absent at
the report meetings.
In case girls have difficulty
with their work they should con
sult either Miss Green, Gayla
Caley, or an executive. Supplies
for the drive may be obtained
anytime at group meetings.
BARBS PLAN STUDENT
.1
Decorations for the Affair
Feature Carnival
Motif.
An all-barb students party spon
sored by the Barb A. W. S. league
and the Inter-club council will be
staged on Friday evening, Nov. 1,
from 8:30 till 11.45 in the Armory,
taking the place of the social danc
ing class for this week. Jimmia
Storey and his orchestra nave
been hired to furnish the music for
dancing.
A carnival motif is to be carnea
out in t h e decorations and pro
gram for the evening and in addi
tion to dancing special numbers
are scheduled for the affair.
"The party is for the purpose of
giving barb students a better
chance to become acquainted." an
nounced Dorothy Beers, president
of the Barb A. W. S league and
social chairman of the Y. W. C. A.
James Riisr;css, president of the
Inter-club council in co-operation
with Miss Beers is planning the de
tail for the party.
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