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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935
VOL. XXXV NO. 5 1 .
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PLAN BROADCAST
BALL HIGHLIGHTS
KFAB, KFOR Describe Grand
March, Introduction of
Honorary Colonel.
PRESENTATION AT 9:15
Jimmy Joy's Dance Band to
Play for First Event of
Formal Season.
Hroadcasting n complete dc
Bcviption o t lie Honorary Col
onel presentation and (irand
March, radio stations KFAB
nnd KFOR will this Friday
evening present to the radio
world an account of the Military
Ball, the gala event scheduled to
open officially the formal season
on the Nebraska campus. The ball
will commence at 9 o'clock in the
coliseum Friday evening Dec. 6,
and will continue until midnight.
The honorary colonel will be
presented to the large number ex
pected to attend at 9:15 o'clock,
immediately after which will fol
low the grand march. The method
of presentation has been kept se
cret, as has the identity of the
colonel who was selected by stu
dents at a recent election. She
will be one of four girls: Eliza
beth Moomaw, Lois Rathburn,
Sancha Kilbourn or Virginia Sel
leck. Parade to be Formed.
The ceremonious grand march,
led by staff and battalion majors
and senior and junior officers with
their dancing partners will form
a glittering parade to be reviewed
by the honorary colonel, Colonel
Richard Rider and his staff.
Jimmy Joy and his featured
NBC and CBS orchestra will play
at the event. The band Just re
cently completed an engagement
in Louisville and after the ball
Friday evening -will leave for Chi
cago, where they are to appear
in the well-known Trianon ball
room. Joy recently played at the
Willow ballroom in Pittsburgh,
and the Totem Pole in Boston. He
has been a prominent artist on
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Politicians Seek Program
To Replace AAA -McKelvie
BY DOROTHY BENTZ.
Dost rilling the governmental AAA program as "a mess of
pottage dished up to take the plaee of another panacea for the
farmer, the farm board,"' Sam 11. McKelvie, publisher of the
Nebraska Farmer who is to appear on the student forum pro
gram todav. declares in an editorial appearing in this week s
Issue of the Saturday evening y
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Post that the public is beginning
to notice that political strategists
are searching for something to
take its place.
The editor believes that the
present program is merely a repi
tition of the McNary-Haugen bill
or the export debenture proposals
in a different form. Political man
euvers ofthis kind intended to help
the farmer are not new.
Farmers Seek Equality.
These movements have all origi
nated in the middle west, as did
the a-thor of the article. He was
born and reared on a farm and
MRS. ROY GREEN TO
ADDRESS AG GROVP
A Rook for You' Topic
Of Speech Today at
12:20 O'clock.
"A Book for You" will be the
topic of a speech to be given by
Mrs. Roy Green, prominent book
reviewer of Lincoln, at a meeting
of the agricultural college upper
class commissions, Thursday. Dec.
5 at 12:20 in Miss Mctzger'a stu
dio. Valeda Davis, president of the
group will preside, and make an
nouncements important for all in
terested in the commission.
"Since Mrs. Green is an author
ity on current books and the read
ing value, we hope every girl who
has ever attended our meetings
will make an effort to come to
day," stated Valeda Davis. Mrs.
Green will suggest to the girls the
books she considers worthwhile.
Froth Commissions.
Three freshman commission
groups of the Y. W. C. A. will hold
their regular meetings at Ellen
Smith hall today. The groups In
clude a group led by Emma Mauch
at 12:20, an assembly under the
leadership of Marion Rolland at 1
o'clock and a gathering at 4
o'clock conducted by Anne Pick
ett Y. W. Staffs.
Staffs of the Y. W. C. A. which
meet today in Ellen Smith hall
are: Ag. Upperclass Commission
at 12:20 p. m.; Membership and
Nebraska-in-China staffs at 4
p. m.. and the Vesper Choir at 5
p. m.
Ted liming Names
Jerry LaNoue for
All-American 11
Jerry LaNoue, husker halfback,
was picked for All America hon
ors, by Ted Husing, sports com
mentator, it was learned Tuesday
evening. LaNoue has already been
placed on sev
eral all star
Big Six aggre
gations. C o nsistently
good all season,
the W 1 s n e r
flash showed to
advantage in
the Minnesota
Nebraska game
that Husing
witnessed and
announced over
the radio here.
in mat iruv, ,.nr . A .,,,,-
LaNoue made
Nebraska's sole score following a
26-yard run.
LaNoue closed his collegiate
football career when he played
ncalnst Oreeon State on Thanks
giving day, in spite of the fact that
he put in but two run varsity sen-
sons. He spent almost tne entire
year of 1934 on the bench after
being injured at the start of the
wvnmine- seasonal onener. His
brief play In the Wyoming contest
was ruled as a full season piay.
EDUCATORS HERE
TO
Annual Conference Political
Science Teachers Opens
Friday.
Political science teachers and
educators interested in developing
civic leadership on the part of stu
dents in the secondary schools
will assemble here Friday evening
and Saturday for the annual con
ference on political education7 in
Nebraska. All sessions will be
held at the Cornhusker hotel, ac
cording to Dr. J. P. Sennlng.
chairman of the political science
department at the university.
About 100 delegates from Lincoln
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hpnw fl.q he savs. is in a position
to know the needs of the farmer.
"The farmer seeks economic equal
ity," the article states, "and the
politicians say that he shall have
it. There have been times when he
has had it, but often it has been
of his own making."
"Maneuvers" and "experiments"
are the terms the former governor
applies to the attempts which are
being made to better the farmer.
The latter, he believes, has been
made the goat and the plans for
aid have never been thought to be
sound conclusions. The means of
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Richard Holtz Condition
Said Good Wednesday
Condition of Richard Holtz, sen
ior In the arts college, who was
knocked unconscious before a wa
ter polo game Tuesday night, was
reported as good Wednesday aft
ernoon. Authorities of the Lin
coln General hospital, where he
was taken after the accident, in
dicated that he would be released
Wednesday night.
1Y
WILL SELECT PLEDGES
Gamma Alpha Chi Meets at
Delta Zeta House
Thursday.
Gamma Alpha Chi, professional
advertising sorority, will meet
Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at
the Delta Zeta sorority house to
discuss pledging of new girls.
According to Patricia Vetter, pres
ident of the group, about seven
girls will be selected. Pledging will
occur Saturday morning for those
chosen.
At the meeting Thursday eve
ning, Rowene Miller will give a re
port on plana for a new advertis
ing project, and the group will
consider tentative plans for a
benefit bridge to be held sometime
before the Christmas holidays.
Katherine Stoddard will report on
the sales campaign and advertis
ing of the Luziers Cosmetic com
pany as it is developing in Lincoln.
is
DISCUSS
CIVIC
LEADERSHIP PLAN
MISS CARPENTER
STARS IN COMING
PLAYERS DRAMA
Three Act Production, 'The
Lake to Open Monday
Evening.
HILL TO ASSUME ROLE
Graduate of '33 Returns to
Play Part in First of
Year's Tragedies.
Margaret Carpenter, arts and
science junior and veteran of
last year's hits, will star in the
forthcoming University Play
ers' production of Dorothy
Massingham's "The Lake," the
three act drama which will open
Monday night in the Temple
theater.
Not since her sensational debut
as "Hanna" in "The Shining Hour"
last season has Miss Carpenter
had a role that suited her dra
matic talents so completely. As
"Stella Surrege" she is called upon
to run the gamut of emotion from
supreme happiness to utter
despair. Her work in early re
hearsals promises to surpass any
thing that even her most ardent
admirers from past performances
may expect.
"Big Hit" Expected.
Irving Hill, who needs little in
troduction either as a student or
as a member of the Players, makes
his initial appearance of the year
as he assumes the role of John
Clayne, Stella's lover and hus
band. In view of the work done
by Hill in last year's sensations
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GRIDSTERS GUESTS
OF UNIVERSITY CLUB
Cornhuskers 'Marked Men'
In Eyes of Ohio State
Coach.
Francis Schmidt. Ohio State
football mentor and former Ne
braska gridiron star, was principal
speaker at the annual Cornhusker
dinner sponsored by the Lincoln
University ciud
at which con
ference cham
pionship medals
were presented
to i n d 1 v idual
team members,
guests of honor
at the banquet.
Lauding the
Nebraska play
ers for a e a l
taking Big Six
honors, Schmidt
pi c t u r e d the
Huikera as
in all of their rANto j.ru.w.
games because of league domina
tion. "Every one of your oppo
nents makes your game with them
a homecoming affair, and as a re
sult you have to be better on your
off days than they are on their
'on' days," he explained.
Schmidt, who graduated here in
1907, declared that no game r?s
the appeal for youth with courage
like football, where the real test
"lies in not whether the contestant
is knocked down, but whether he
stays down."
Coach D. X. Bible, who re
sponded for the team, stated that
there was no sector of the coun
try dominant in football today.
Medals were presented by Phil
Aitken. city golf champ, and Dr.
Carl Bumstead, president of the
University club, welcomed the
guests.
Former grid stars who attended
the affair were Ralph Wenstrand
of Omaha. Charles Wilke. J. G.
Mason and Earl Eager of Lincoln,
and George Lyon of Falls City,
college room mate of Schmidt.
Dr. Harry Kurz Speaks at
Second French Luncheon
Dr. Harry Kurz, chairman of
the romance language depart
ment spoke briefly in French at
the second French luncheon held
Wednesday noon at the Grand ho
tel. Miss Katherine Townsend, In
structor in romance languages, is
sponsor of the luncheons whicha
will be held about once a month
during the year. All conversation
was carried on in French.
Browne Presides at Area
Rules Committee Meeting
W. H. Browne, Husker basket
ball coach, will preside over the
annual basketball rules discussion
meeting for coaches and officials
in the Lincoln arena at 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, Dec. 11 at Lawlors.
AT ANNUAL BANQUET
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KAPPA PHI PLEDGES
FOVR GIRLS AT MEET
Methodist Group Gathers
For Report, Program
Wednesday Night.
Plefltrinc of four E-lrls. Barbara
Golden, Olga Gadekln, Darlene
Hansen, and Marian Sedie lormea
the first part of the program at
the meeting of Kappa Phi, Metho
dist girl's sorority, held Wednes
day evening in Ellen Smith hall.
Following a report of the na
tional council of the sorority held
this summer at Bemidii. Minn.,
given by Alyce Mae Anderson,
president, a skit, "A New ueai in
Kappa Phi," was presented. Those
tnltinp- nart were Valeda Davis.
Mary Carolyn Hollman, and Doro
thy Beers.
The meeting was closed with
cronn sine-ine. The nroeram was
planned by Helen Caulk, chairman
of the committee, Aiyce Jiaae An
derson, and Belie uraves.
Third Consecutive Win at
Chicago Livestock
Exposition.
Nebraska representatives
hrmiirht national fame to their
school Wednesday as the agricul
tural college meat judging team
won first place in the tenth inter
collegiate meat juagmg cuutca.
vioM nnnnaiiv as Dart of the Inter
national Live Stock Exposition in
Chicago. Wednesday's victory was
the third of its kind tor neDrasKa
in iho Viiatnrv nf the exDosition
and consequently permanently
won tne tropny oiiereu u.y i;
National Livestock and Meat as
sociation. Team Members.
hraska's representatives on
the team which was judged as the
best meat judging group in me
nation were: Vincent' Arthaud,
Cambridge; Ward Bauder, Glen
vil; and Burr Ross of Rosalie. Mr.
Arthaud was also acclaimed the
high ranking individual judge of
the meet with a total score of 817
out of a posible 900. Second place
for individual judging was won by
Maxwell Smith of the University
of Pennsylvania. Ward Bauder,
another of the Nebraska members,
was honored with fourth place for
individual work and Burr Ross
was placed twelfth.
Field of Eleven.
The Nebraska team won from a
field of 11 of the best teams in
America and brought Nebraska
the distinction of being the team
that has won the trophy three
times and thus obtained perma
nent possession.
Other schools which placed in
the contest were: Iowa State Col
lege, of Ames second: Pennsyl
vania State College third: and On
tario Agricultural College, of
Guelph, Canada, fourth. The win
ning team scored 2,393 points out
of a possible 2,700 in the nine
different judgings of beef, pork
and lamb carcassus and cuts.
Mr. William J. Loeffel acted as
coach of the Nebraska squad.
FIRST SCHOONER SALE
E
35 Workers on Drive Meet
In Temple Wednesday
Afternoon.
First lepoils of Prairie Schoo
ner's subscription drive were giv
en at a meeting of 33 Y. W. C. A.
workers Wednesday afternoon at
the Temple . The number of sub
scriptions turned in was decidedly
encouraging, according to Jane
Keefer, who is in charge of the
drive.
Making the Prairie Schooner
popular in Lincoln is the ideal of
the present campaign. The mag
azine, while receiving national rec
ognition for its literary value, is
aold very little on tbe campus,
only 25 percent of the subscrip
tions going to students. ,
Downtown districts are being
canvassed this week. Sororities
and fraternities are to be covered
beginning next Monday.
Another meeting will be held in
the Temple today at 5 o'clock, at
which time the definite number of
subscriptions will be known and
can be published. Tbe goal of
the drive is set at 500, with an
individual quota of five.
Book Store Committee
To Hold Meet Monday
Student council committee on
the used book store will meet
next Monday at 5 o'clock in the
Student Council rooms in U hall,
it was announced Wednesday by
Frank Landis, co-chairman of the
committee. A revue of all the in
formation on book stores which
was gleaned from other school f by
last year's council will be . given.
The project is now under consid
eration by the board of regents.
HUSKERS VICTORS
IN INTERNATIONAL
JUDGING CONTEST
STUDENT COUNCIL
SETS DEC. 18 FOR
P
Filings for Committee Posts
To Open Preceding
Week.
DELEGATES ARE NAMED
Irving Hill, Mary Yoder
Attend Kansas City
Convention.
to
Wednesday, Dec. 18, will be the
date of election of junior-senior
prom committee members, the
student council decided at a meet
ing Wednesday. Filings for tHe
post will open Dec. 11 and close
at 5 o'clock Dec. 17. With a
change in rulings, decided upon at
Tuesday's meeting, three women
and three men from the student
governing body will be elected to
the committee. Heretofore only
two men and two women repre
sentatives from the council have
been on the committee.
Irving Hill and Mary Yoder
were chosen as delegates to the
National Student Federation con
vention which will be held in Kan
sas City, Dec. 27 to 31. The Ne
braska representatives will attend
as non-voters since the council is
not a member of the federation.
The group voted to amend the
constitution to provide for a
woman representative from the
school of music and one from the
graduate college on the council.
Following a report by Eleanor
Clizbe, chairman of the organiza
tions committee, the body granted
charters to the Social Chairman's
club, the Col-Agri-Fun organiza
tion, and the Estes Co-operative
group.
Bill Marsh, chairman of the
committee on student forums, re
ported on the first open convoca
tion which will be held this morn
ing and urged council members to
assist the committee in securing
campus support. . -.
A.W.S. LEAGUE WILL
RE
Members of All Barb Houses
And Faculty Invited to
Open House.
Barb Inlerclub Council and A.
W S League are sponsownB
Barb open house at Ellen Smith
cnr rnr R from three
nan, ouuubji ,
to five. Members of all organized
Barb houses on tne campus u
all faculty members have been in
vited to attend the informal soc
ial affair.
"The big thing, of course, win
be the opportunity to meet and
nted with other students
and faculty members," stated Dor
othy Beers, A. W. S. league pi ev
ident. Handbills signed by William
Newcomer, Interclub Council pres
ident and Dorothy Beers, were
distributed to all organized houses
Thursday.
Co-chairmen of the program
committee are Mary White and
Will Reedy, assisted by Marjorie
Francis and Austin Moritz. Games
for the afternoon will be planned
by Doris Riisness and Byrle Shuck,
co-chairman, Dorothea Winger,
Jim Riisness. and Gretchen Budd.
Ardis Graybiel and Eieanor Old
father will have charge of secur
ing chaperones.
Invitations were planned by
Dorcas Crawford, chairman. Shir
ley DePew. Edith Filley. and Sally
Griffin. Publicity is being handled
by Rowena Swenson and Alvin
Kleeb. chairman, Elinor Nelson,
Birdecn Jensen, Joyce Grubb.
Goldie Barner and Wilbur Beezley.
Elizabeth Edison is chairman of
the refreshments committee, as
sisted by Helen Closs. Marie Wil
ley and Janice Gonzales.
Sigma Delta Chi Members
To Gather at 5 Thursday
There will be a meeting- of Sie-
ma Delta Chi, professional jour
nalistic fraternity at 5 o'clock
Thursday afternoon in the bate-
ment of U hall, accormng to jaca
Fischer, president Eugene Dalby
will give a convention report, and
the program for the remainder of
the semester will be outlined,
Fischer indicated.
Meeting Called for
Teaching Candidates
All candidates desiring teach
ing positions, either for second
semester or for the school year
193637, are requested to meet
in Social Science auditorium,
Dec. 5, at 4 o'clock. This meet
ing Is very important and it
should be attended by all who
have not previously registered
In the placement bureau.
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ELECTIONS
COUNCIL SPONSORS
OPEN FORUM TODAY
General Dismissal of Classes Not Granted; Professors
May Use Own Discretion at Excusing Courses
For Initial Convocation.
M'KELVIE, CLARK DEBATE POLITICAL TRENDS
Governing Body Launches Program to Give Opportunity
Of Learning More About Current Questions
Of State and Nation.
Although a general dismissal of classes has not been
granted by the administration, professors may use their own
discretion at excusing students to attend the first open student
forum Thursday at 11 o'clock in the Temple theater, it was
announced "Wednesday by Bill Marsh, chairman of the council
O forum committee.
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EjL.L.Ejiy dMllll OUliiTii
OF ORIENTAL BAZAAR
Nebraska-in-China Staff to
Sponsor Novel
Display.
Oriental Bazaar, a display of
Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese
ware, sponsored annually by the
Nebraska in China staff of the
Y. W. C. A., will be held Thurs
day and Friday, Dec. 5 and 6, in
Ellen Smith hall.
"Women on the campus will
have the opportunity to obtain un
usual gifts in the form of wood
carvings, Chinese brass, Mexican
glass ware, novelties and linens at
the bazaar and are urged to come
to see the display," stated June
Waggoner, Y. W. cabinet member
in charge of the project.
Staff members who are assist
ing in arranging the bazaar are:
Ethel Roher, Roberta Foster, Mar
garet Hendricks, Alice Black,
Dorothy Williams, Irene Adams,
Peggy ' Pascoe, Ernestine Taylor,
Jane Hopkins, Gretchen Budd,
Wilma Wagner, Doris Easton, and
Alice Richmond.
DEC. 6 DEADLINE FOR
COLL-AGRI-FUN REVUE
Event to Take Place Dec. 14,
Chairman Don Joy
Announces.
Names of all students partici
pating in Coll-Agri-Fun Revue
must be in Dean Burr's office on
agricultural college campus by
Friday, Dec. 6 at 5 o'clock, in
order to be checked by student
eligibility rules. The date for the
agricultural Fun Nite has been set
as Saturday, Dec. 14. and the per
formance will be held in the Stu
dent Activities building, according
to Don Joy, chairman of the Coll-Agri-Fun
board.
"In the eight skits and four cur
tain acts we are presenting, an
attempt has been made to intro
duce more interest and color than
ever before," declared Bonnie
Spanggaard, assistant chairman of
the board.
The score card by which judges
will consider the acts as set up by
the Coll-Agri-Fun group is as fol
lows: Presentation, including tech
nique, general effect, scenery and
property, 50 percent: subject mat
ter, 30 percent: audience reaction,
15 percent, and originality 5 per
cent. Tickets are now on sale at the
agricultural executive office, and
the following committee nave
tickets: Lois Lichliter, Lois Allen,
Alice Soukup, Eleanor McFadden,
Hannah Srb, Earl Heady, Glen
Klingman and Milton Gustafson.
FOUNDER OF HOI EC
150 Are Expected to Attend
Annual Banquet on
Dec. 5.
Ellen H. Richards, founder of
th Home Economics movement
will be honored at an annual din
ner, sponsored by the Home Eco
nomics association, Thursday, Dec.
5 in the agricultural college cafe
teria at 6:15.
"We expect at least 150 to at
tend the banquet, and promise a
chance for everyone to be inform
ally acquainted with their faculty
members," stated Elsie Goth, pres
ident of the organization.
Dr. L C. Philbrick, of the Phar
macy college, will tell of her inti
mate friendship with Miss Rich
ards, and Miss Fedde, will speak
on "Looking Into the Future of
Home Economics."
Freshmen and upperclass com
mission members have been in
charge of tbe tickets.
Chairmen of various committees
for the affair ate: Elsie Buxman.
Berniece Rickett, Ruth Carsten,
Gladys Klopp, Ruth Henderson.
Samuel McKelvie opposing ad-
ministration policies and C. L.
Clark speaking for the new deal
will address the convocation. Fol
lowing the fifteen minute period
allotted to each speaker, students
will have an opportunity to ques
tion the speakers or to assert
their own views, Marsh stated.
The convocation's purpose is to
give students an opportunity to
learn current political views in the
state and on the campus. Each
person asking a question will be
allowed two minutes and the
speaker will have three minutes in
which to answer, so that as many
questions as possible can be cov
ered during the alloted time.
"This is the first chance univer
sity students have had to express
their opinions on political matters
and to learn the different views
of these two political leaders,"
Bill Marsh explained.
Publisher of the Nebraska
Farmer, McKelvie has served as
governor of the state and as mem
ber of the federal farm board dur
ing the Hoover administration. He
has for many years been active in
slate republican party politics.
Mr. Clark is chairman of the
democratic county central com
mittee with which group he has
been associated for the past four
teen years. He received his bache
lor's and master's degrees at the
university.
Bill Marsh will preside at the
open discussion and will pick at
random from the audience those
who wish to ask questions of the
speaker. Students and faculty are
urged to participate in the discus
sion. EXPECT 125 AT ANNUAL
Traditional 'Hanging of the
Greens' Dinner Slated
For Tonight.
Over 125 student and faculty
women are expected to attend the
traditional "hanging of the greens''
dinner, the midwinter affair, when
Ellen Smith hall is decorated in
greens from Estes park. The ban
quet will be held Thursday, Dec.
5 at 5:30, with girls on all major
boards on the campus, Y. W. C.
A. cabinet and staff members, and
faculty advisers as guests.
Dorothy Beers is general chair
man of the affair, assisted by
members of the social staff.
Jeanne Palmer and her program
and office staff have charge of
the program.
Ruth Mary Jennings will play
a medley of Christmas selections
on the merimba, followed by Vir
ginia Amos who will give a read
ing, appropriate to the season. An
octet from Lincoln high school will
sing several selections, and Leona
McBride will give a reading, "So
This Is Christmas."
SATTERFJELD TO STUDY
F(
University Graduate Chosen
To Enter Training at
Washington.
Dr. M. Harry Satterfield. who
received his Ph. D. in political
science here in 1933 and who was
at one time a fellow in political
science was recently chosen by
the federal government to enter
training in Washington, D. C. for
the position of community man
ager. Following Dr. Satterfield's grad
uation from Nebraska he held the
position of director of research in
the department of agriculture in
Nebraska. Afl?r this he entered
the federal service and for the
past year has held the position of
assistant state director of rural
resettlement In Nebraska.
Dr. Satterfield left Wednesday
to take from two to four months
training which will prepare him
for a responsible position under
the management division of the
resettlement administration. He
was chosen as one of twelve from
fifty candidates representing parts
of the whole United States.
MID-WINTER
BANQUET