The Daily Nebra Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Read Your Student Newspaper Support the Union Building VOL. XXXV NO. 73. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1936. PRICE 5 CENTS SKAN I 1 LARGE AUDIENCE 10 HEAR HOOVER SPEECH TONIGHT 9000 Tickets Released Public by Committee In Charge. to RADIOS CARRY PROGRAM Banquet in Lincoln Hotel At 5:45 to Honor Ex-President. Former President iin,.v,. speaking for Hie republican party, will address a capacity crowd tonight, at b:.iU m the coliseum. Nine thousand tick ets, filling practically all seating space, have been issued to those who plan to attend the .speech, I Marry Spencer, chairman of the committee in charge, announced. A banquet at 5:45 this evening win oe given in inc Lincoln noiei in honor of Mr. Hoover. Tickets for both the speech in the coliseum and for the banquet can be secured bv making reservations in room 221 at the Lincoln hotel. So many university students who wish to hear the talk have telephoned Keith Turner, presi dent of the Lincoln young re publicans' club, that he has made arrangements to enable a number to attend. All those who want to go as ushers may do so by Calling Mr. Turner at 850, btuart building. As large a number of ushers as possible will be used. Lylc Jackson, Neligh, Neb., chairman of the republican state central committee, will pre sent Mr. Hoover to the audience in the coliseum. Mcmebers of the committee expect the event to be "a real ovation for the cx-presi-dent." The Columbia chain will broad cast the speech over its national network thru KFAB and KFOR broadcasting stations. 10. OF Group to Consider Class Unification Plans After Exams. Scheduled to commence its ac tivity toward the organization of the senior class, the student coun cil's senior committee will hold Its first meeting' immediately fol lowing exam week, Faith Arnold co-chairman of the committee, an nounced Wednesday. Fundamental plans and new suggestions and ideas to bring about unity in the class will be considered at the meeting. Miss Arnold stated one or two class senior social functions will prob ably be held during the latter part of the school year, and an attempt will also be made to work out r'T nrCnt l" thC W3y f a senior function. "Organization of the senior class has always been a difficult matter on the Nebraska campus," Lor raine Hitchcock, co-chairman, said. "Much needs to be done in uni fying the group and only with the whole hearted co-operation of i every senior can this be accom pushed." Members of the committee are Miss Arnold and Miss Hitchcock, chairmen, James Heldt, and Jim Marvin, senior class president. SOCIAL SCIENCE BUILDING WILL HOUSE BOOKSTORE Management Plans lo Buy Second Hand Al 50 Per Cenl of Original Cost: Resell al 75 Per Cent. Opening of a .second hand hook store to be combined with tlic university regents book store win probably take place with in the next month, according to L. JP. Seaton, operating .secre tary of thc university. The new store, to he located in the base ment of Social Science hall, plans to buy second hand hooks at 50 percent of the original cost ifO they are to be used during the amount of support from the stud folio., -yg semester. The store will ent body as a whole and will thus resell books for 75 percent of the ' make the plan more successful. nriiHnai ct ! student leaders stated. The store The student Council committee ! urges all students to save their books from this semester until me: store opens so that they may take advantage of this opportunity to save money. Members of the committee will meet Friday after noon at 3 o'clock to formulate plans for publicity for the new book store and for its opening. "The plan which Is now going Into effect culminates over a year of concentrated effort on the part of the committee." stated Frank Landis, "and we feel that it Is assured to benefit all students." All studenU in organized houses and university organizations will be contacted during the next few days in order '.liat they will be Informed as to the store's plan of ft pcraUoa. This will insure greater MANY ATTEND CHURCH GET-TOGETHER DINNER j Annual Banquet Held at ! Second Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian students and a largo number of pastors from other towns attended the second annual pastor-student banquet held at tho Second Presbyterian church recently. The dinner was a "get together" affair for univer sity students and pastors. Rev. Thomas A. Barton of Cen tral City, Rev. J. Marmelink of Omaha and Rev. H. M. Marklcy of Nebraska City made brief talks on "The Pastor and the Westmin ster Foundation." Three students, Margaret Jane Pyle of Wray, Colo.; Ben Ander son of Scottsbluff, and Thurston Phelps of Exeter, spoke on "The Student and the Westminster Foundation." Music was furnished by an instrumental trio, Vera Kelly, True Chappell and Ramona I Porter. A piano accordian duet and Frederic Tunberg. Milan Lam I bcrt was at the piano. CALLS FOR MORE Students With Schemes for Presentation Should Submit Them. Students with ideas for the pres entation of the 1936 prom girl should organize their material and arrange to confer with Arnold Levin, member of the presentation committee, in order that the com plete plan may be ready to go be fore the committee of judges by the Feb. 7 deadline, Marylu Peter sen, co-chairman of the prom com mittee announced Wednesday. Although a few plans have al ready been submitted for consid eration the committee in charge asked that more students enter the contest They desire a wider scope of ideas in the hope of obtaining one of the most colorful presenta tions in campus history. Fifteen dollars will be awarded the student who presents the plan selected by the judges to be used on the night of the prom. The idea should include a role for both the junior and senior class presi dents and should not exceed $35 in cost. Last year's plan, which was sub mitted by Bill Flax. Arts and Sci ence senior, featured silhouettes of all the candidates for the prom se lection, with the winner appearing from behind her own picture at the appointed time. r nimu nrnn PROFESSIONAL GROUP Sigma Delta Chi Elects New Officers; Favors Law Revision. Sigma Delta Chi, men's honor ary journalism fraternity, held its regular election of officers at a meeting Wednesday noon. Jan. 15, at the Grand Hotel. ichoo1 of journalism "was Sectod ; ',,,. T ...i r ITlliTAnn T" O 1 V ah! in I a chosen to assist him as vice prcsi dent. Donald Shearon was named to fill the office of secretary', and George Pipal will continue in the office of treasurer. Additional business transacted j at the meeting included revision of national laws which were con sidered and voted upon by the local chapter. There will be a meeting oi members of the organization this afternoon at 5 o'clock in room 5 of University hall. Texts w'm S in ful1 operation next ; iau. "ine store is to operate on a non-profit basis," according lo Virginia Selleck, member of the committee, "and the percentages that have been set up are only temporary. They will be regulated cither by raising or lowering them, so that accounts will balance and excess profits will be eliminated." A student poll last year indi cated that students are getting ap proximately 37 percent at the present time on used texts, ac cording to Irving Hill, president of the Student Council. "It can clearly be seen," he stated, "that sn attempt Is being made to give students a better deal and I think I" only fair that O'cryonc sup- port thc new organization. PROM COMMTTEE CONTEST ENTR ES I E TOTAL BOOSTED Registration Nears 6000 as Students Complete Schedules. 16 COURSES ARE FILLED List of Barred Laboratory And Class Periods Increases. Heavy registrations in al colleges boosted the total of registered, students toward the three thousand mark as "Wed nesday's enrollments closed, ac cording to A. R. Congdon of the assignment committee. Sixteen sections were already listed as closed at the time that the 11 a. m. bulletin was issued on Wednesday, and it is indicated by the heavy rush of yesterday that several more sections will be included on the bulletin coming out at 11 a. m. this morning. I Sections which were included on the Wednesday bulletin as being closed to further registration are: Laboratory sections, A, 1-5M, C, 1-5 T., E, 1-5, Th., in chemistry 4; laboratories A, 1-5 M., B, 8-12 T.. in chemistry 31; commercial arts sections, I and IV, meeting from 8-12 MWF and 2-4 MWF, respec tively; economics sections. 111 and IV. meeting at 9 o'clock MWF; Education 63, section II, meeting at 9 o'clock MWF; laboratory C of geology 72, from 2-5 T.; sections 1 and V of mathematics 2, meeting at 8 and 1, respectively on all days; military science 2, sections K and M, meeting from 9-12, F. and S-ll S., respectively. If conflicts arise in making out schedules due to closing of these sections and all other sections are impossible to register for, stu dents are asked to go to Room 207 in the Administration building be tween 10 and 12 o'clock or between 2 and 4 p. m. to see if there is any possible way to adjust their con flicts, according to Mr. Condon.. Registration for the second semester is to close Saturday at noon. After this time those who have not filed their applications in the offices of the respective deans will be forced to pay the custom ary 3 late registration fee. SCHMIDT EXPLAINS INNOCENTS' CAMPUS POSITION TO A.W.S. Leadership and Scholarship; Necessary Requisites For Membership. Discussing the part that the In nocents, men's honorary, plays in the activities of the campus, Dick Schmidt, president of the society, spoke before approximately 75 members of the freshman A. W. S. group on Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Now in the thirty-third year of its existence on the Nebraska In5f JS' ""'iVJ XrJZ.t J .nX 7vni i membership, The manner in which members arc selected and the projects which this organization sponsors were additional points included in the discussion. Pointing out that the major activities which Innocents sponsor are connected with the j athletic program, Schmidt listed is&HSKSS 1 IfaS i tradition of the Military' Ball ob served at the university, in contin- uance of previous traditions diS' cussed before members of the freshman irrouD. ! Elsie Buxman. A. W. S. board member and sponsor of freshman A. W. S. announced that the next meeting woi-Id not be held until the first Wednesday of thc new semestei DAVE HAUN TO PLAY FOR 4-11 CLUB PARTY Annual Affair Will Take Place in Activities Building at Ag. Dave Haun and his orchestra will furnish music for thc annual mixer to be held Friday, Jan. 17, by the University 4-H club In the Student Activities building on thc ag campus. Morrison Loewenstein, chairman of the committee in charge of ar rangements, stated that a large at tendance Is anticipated and every effort is being made to make the party a huge success. Chaperons will be Prof, and Mrs. L. I. Frisbe and Prof, and Mrs. L. K. Crowe of the ag college faculty. Members of thc committee are LocwcnMeln. Orville Schultz and Ivan Lonnan. Thc orchestra com mittee Is composed of Norman Weltkamp. chairman, Ruth Fau quct and Ray Cruiz. SEC IN 0 AS ENROLLMENT ICE CARNIVAL QUEEN Betty Christensen. Who was presented as Nebras ka's Winter Sports Queen at the Ice cai nival given Wednesday i night by the W. A. A. at Oak Creek park. Miss Christensen was presented to the audience by Mrs. Roy L. Cochran. Professional, Departmental, Honorary Organizations Excluded. Due to registration and semes ter examinations, student council extends the deadline for submit ting constitutions of campus or ganizations to a date soon after the second semester begins. This date will pertain to new constitu tions and material changes of so cial and non-honorary organiza tions. Excluded from the demand to file constitutions are all de partmental, honorary, and profes sional groups. "In view of an early deadline, or ganizations should begin at once to draft constitutions, and those which have been lost should be found," stated Eleanor Clizbe, chairman of the council committee on organizations. New groups which do not submit constitutions and those which do not present material revisions will not exist as far as the council is i concerned. "If any of these organ i izations should desire to bring a case before the governing body, it would not be recognized," stated ! Irving Hill, president of Student I Council. Honorary, professional and de I partmental groups are asked to f file by the deadline, only an an I nounccment of sponsors, name of officers, time and place of meet-j ing and tell whether they have an operative constitution. Material j of these groups plus old and new constitutions will reach the com mittee if left at the managing j editor's desk of the Daily Ne j braskan. or with any of the com- mittec members including, Eliza beth Bushee, Bill Newcomer, andi Miss Clizbe. These demands are made in connection with section I, article II of the Student Council constitu tion which states that the govern ing body has the duty "To regu late the activities of all student or ganizations and groups whenever such activities are of general uni versity interest." the Council shall "Recognize and the constitution? of any : new student organizations without ENGINEERING SENIORS TALK BEFORE A.S.A.E. Pathfinder Irrigation Plan Water Right Trouble Explained. Marvin J. Samuelson and Fred C. Chambers, senior ag engineer ing students, gave talks at a cheduled A. S. A. E. meeting Tuesday evening. Maivin J. Sam uclsnn was elected president of the organization at the meetings; Pe ter Burns, vice president, and Ver non Keller, secretary-treasurer. Chambers talked on thc difficul ties farmers of the""Pathfinder ir rigation district of Nebraska arc having with water rights. He stated that the problem is now before the United States supreme ourt and that the farmers of that region arc hoping for a decision within a short time. Construction and use of the Douglas truck draw bar dynomo metcr car were discussed by Sam nelson, who has done considerable! work in redesigning and using the dynomometer car for draw bar tests on tne use ot pneumatic iircs for tractors. FRENCH LUNCHEON SET FOR THURSDAY 100 Expected to Attend Gathering at Grand Hotel. Fourth French luncheon session of the year will be held Thursday noon at thc Grand hotel. All stu dents In the French department are Invited to attend by Miss Kath arine Townscnd, instructor in charge. About 100 are expected to at tend. Conversation during the luncheon will all be carried out in French. Tickets arc 25 cents. COUNCIL SETS DATE FOR FILING GROUP CHARTERS 300 VIEW BETTY HRI T EN N AS I Winter Sports Carnival Is Staged at Oak Creek Wednesday. 10 ATTENDANTS CHOSEN Prizes Awarded to Winners In Various Skating Events. -More than .300 students and faculty members saw the pre sentation of Betty Christensen as Nebraska s firs t "Winter Sports Queen, at the ice carni val staged Wednesday night at Oak creek park by the W. A. A. council. Miss Christr -jcii, of Lin coln, is a member of ita Gamma l and a senior in teacners college. J . ane was cnosen as tnc ice carnival : queen from nominations made by 1 the fraternities, sororities and barb j organizations on the campus. giris also chosen fror.i among the Attending the queen were ten nominations. The attendants in-1 eluded Vera Wekesscr, Betty Van j Horn, Frances Lincoln, Doris Riis-1 ness, Doris Weaver, Beulah Hall, Alice Soukup and Jean Swift. Among the royal party were Gov. and Mrs. Roy L. Cochran, who were seated on small thrones on cither side of the queen. Prizes Awarded. Winner of the 150 yard race for men was Smith Schmidt. Bill Christensen came in ahead in the 200 yard event and Donald DeLano won in the 500 yard. The 100 yard backwards race fell to Wallace Stroud. The only scheduled novelty event run off was the chair pushing contest which was won by the team of Betty Van Home and Jack Ham mond. All women's races and events were called off. Fancy Skating Shown. Following the presentation of the queen and her court Margaret and Delmar Frappia, and Glen Laughlin and J. D. Lau put on an exhibitit of fancy skating before the royal thrones. Ideal weather for skatinsr brought out the large crowd which attended the carnival to watch the skating. Skating enthusiasts made (Continued on Page 3). TO Prof. Kirkpatrick Announces Balanced Chorus Desired. Men interested in vocal work at the university for the coming' semester are urged to register for the second secestcr university choral union which is being of-; Jri.f.-Clrdlng ,tO,P.r.0f- Kirkpatnck head of the school of music It is necessary to have al (in order that a balanced chorus m; may be obtained Plans are being made at the present time by Pr.f. Kirpatrick to present the choral union in a concert of varied music literature during the second semester. Thc literature of this presentation is to consist of old English glee songs, the standard classical liter ature, as well as types of folk dances which were common during thc eighteenth century. In addi tion to these thre will probably be excerpts from one of the better known grand operas. Classes for the choral union meet twice a week in Morrill hall, either on Monday and Wednesday at 11 o'clock or Tuesday and Thursday at 3 o'clock and offer one hour credit. In urging that a large number register for this course Prof. Kirk patrick slated, "Thc program as outlined will offer wide variety of interest and should prove val uable to those who wish to ac quaint themselves with the differ ent schools of choral singing." FIRS ICE QUEEN Bruno Hauptmann Should Die Friday, Say Law Professors Thc time is Friday evening, Jan. 17. The setting is the lonely death house of the New Jersey State penitentiary. The occasion is the climax of one of the most prolonged and, possibly, questionable criminal cases in the history of American jurisdiction. A switch is thrown in and a few minutes later the lifeless form of a kidnaper and murderer or of a sorrowful victim of the brutal sentimentality of our American courts will be removed to a more permanent resting place. Thus will be the proceedure as the man who has been declared guilty of brutally murdering a helpless child is punished for the crime which he swears he did not commit. Altho thc highest crimi-j MARSH REELECTED TO HEAD BAND SOCIETY j Carroll, Minnich Elected To Offices at Meeting Wednesday. Bill Marsh, junior in arts and sciences college and member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, was re elected president of Gamma Lamb da, honorary band fraternity, at a meeting held last night at 7:30 in the Temple. Leon Carroll, senior in the col lege of arts and sciences, was chosen vice president to replace Robcit Beghtol. Charles Minnich, junior in the engineering college and a member of Delta Upsllon fraternity, will replace Gilbert Golding as secretary. Plans were made to hold a ban quet for all band members after the winter concert to be held Feb. 16. A committee, composed of Kenneth Clark, chairman, Adrian Srb and Keith Kinscy, was ap pointed to arrange for the affair. Tl PLEDGES TO Leaders Predict Figures To Pass $12,000 Mark This Week. Predictions that the student union fund would total well over 512,000 by the end of the week, were made yesterday with an in- l crease of $100. which brought the amount donated to $11,780. Sev eral other groups have indicated their intention of pledging addit ional amounts within a few days, following meeting with the mem bers of their organizations. Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledged $50 Wednesday. Chi Omega con tributed $50. Student organizations a n d Greek societies on the campus have already been contacted by members of the student union com mittee and plans are being made at the present time by the leaders of the drive to start contacting the departments of the university. Funds For Furnishings. Funds which are being pledged at the present time, following ap proval of the regents of the ap plication for a $400,000 building on Saturday, are to be us:.d to de fray expenses for the furnishings for the activities center, according to Irving Hill, chairman of the union committee. "The 45 percent grant and the 55 percent loan for which the regents will apply is to finance only the building, and funds to furnish it will necessarily have to be raised by the student body as their part of the project," i commented Hill. OFFICERS TEA DANCE i I : 50 Club Members tO Meet ! For Discussion on Thursday. t plans f01. thc annual tea dance Rwe Officers will be form- ulatcd at a mceti of tl)c spo. .., ,u Ti,H. ,t n ; sors club Thursdav at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Virginia Selleck, ! honorary colonel and president ot thc club stated Wednesday. Dick Rider, cadet colonel, and , Sherman Cosgrove. lieutenant col-1 oncl, will be present at thc meet ing to aid in plans for the dance. About fifty members are expected to be present and they will elect a secretary, The tea dance will probably bej UNION INCREASES TOTAL TO $11,780 held sometime in Febrauray," ! w '"' ,mfc ranceiiwis stated Miss Selleck. "The military j matter, and plans made to bring department has promised the full- UP ore the next council mcet est cooperation, and we hope to ? " . the tentative program is make th2 affair just as successful approved, t will be sent to all so as thc one lasi war. ' ! cla' organizations on he campus. Sponsors clubts made up of R ' , aP'cr, "POrtcdon thc Na-oi-u.uyj.a , tional Student Federation conven- three years. Mis Wolfe Elected Head Welfare Council Group Miss Theople Wolfe was elected president of group C of the council of religious welfare at a meeting held Wednesday at 5 o'clock in thc copal church. She is replacing! - . H ! Miss Hester freeman. nal courts in the state of New Jersey have examined and studied the evidence from every angle and have declared Bruno Hauptmann guilty of murder, in the first de gree, there are still many who are skeptical as to thc justification for the final decision. "But the law is law and it must be carried out,' such seemed to be the opinion of professors of law when questioned as to their opinion of the action taken on the case. "I feel that it is unfortunate that Hauptmann vas not executed much sooner, and truly fc?l that he should be sent lo the chair Friday," Dean H. H. Foster stated. "There has already been too much cheap newspaper publicity tContiuiicd on Pace 4). JANEKEEFERYM c a:s president Caroline Kile Chosen Vice President at Election Wednesday. RUTH SCHOBERT AG HEAD Misses Durand, DcPutron Elected Secretary, Treasurer. J;ine Jvcet'or was chosen m president of the Y. W. C. A. for t he coining year, at an elec tion held Wednesday, Jan 15, in Ellen .Smith hall and the Home Ec building on ag campus. Caroline Kile was elected vice president; Maxino Durand, secre tary; Barbara DcPutron, treas urer, and Ruth Sehobcrt, president of Ag Y. W. C. A. "About the average number of votes, approximately one-third of the total membership, were cast," stated Miss Mildred Green, secre tary of the Y. W. C. A. Tentative dates of Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 will be considered for the setting up conference, when both the old and new cabinets will meet to make plans for the next two semesters. New officers and cabinet mem bers will be installed at one of tho first vesper services after second semester begins, probably Tuesday, Feb. 4. The standards on which the 193G officers were elected consitcd of. the following nine points: Vision, executive ability, convictions, ma ture religious appreciation, high ideals for service, a sincere friend ly and democratic attitude, knowl edge of the Y. W. C. A. and the Student Christian movement and intelligent leadership. According to the by-laws of the Y. W. constitution, each candidato must have at least a university scholastic average of eighty, and actively participated in the work of the association the preceding (Continued on Page 4). Group Plans Act on Dances, Chaperons, Election Reforms. New phases of campus activities j were adopted by student council I at its meeting Wednesday. Prob ! lems of subscription dances, elec- tion reforms and the difficulty of obtaining chaperons for university parties were all discussed and fu ture acuon piauneu. nM, .. ;i v. subscription dances from two ajj campus organigations. Alpha Zcta, mens honorary agricultural fra- ternity, and the ag engineering group These two parties were made possible to make thc social life more full on the Holdrcge cam- pus. Sancha Kilbourn, chairman of the judiciary committee, told of the complaint from various sources concerning suspecteu irauu in voi- mg. Miss Kilbourn will head a research committee in attempting to better these conditions. Nebraska's chaperon problem was brought to the attention of the council ny jacK tiscner. sugges- and suggested that council members consider becoming :i member of the organization, so that Nebraska's governing body will be in a position to exercise more power, when dealing with other schools. A report on the forum commit- tee was made by Bill Marsh, chair I man. followed hv n council discus- sin on broadcasting thc next fAPiim rM "f lilt a Wctn anH TJrv- parcuness. inc motion 10 icavu the matter of broadcasting to the discretion of thc forum committee was carried. Frank Landis, co-chairman of the book store committee, an nounced that thc university store will probably be in operation in a month, two weeks after second semester begins. "I urge all coun cil members to advise members of their organized groups to sell books to the university store, as it will be of advantage to every student to hold his books until the store opens," declared Landis. Harry Letton, Jr., Heads Local DeMolay Chapter Harry Litton, jr., junior in law college, was installed master coun cillor of Lincoln chapter. Order of DeMolay, at ceremonies held Tues day evening at thc Scottish Rite temple. Other university students who received offices in the organization arc Bill Crittenden. Don Swanson, Myron Weil, Charles Rcilly, and Stanley Sandlovich. FOR COMING Y