EBRA I tit UAILY Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXV NO. 111. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936. PRICE 5 CENTS. SKAN FRATERNITIES TO OBTAIN NEW RUSH CARDS SATURDAY Schramm Says Same Rules To Remain in Effect Coming Year. Distribution of rush cards will begin at 8 o'clock Saturday morn ing May 9, according to a state ment made today by E. F. Schramm, faculty adviser of the interfraternity council. The cards are now at the printer's and will be ready by that time. Rushing days and dates will be the same as last year and will be gin with the morning date Satur day, Sept. 12 and will continue thru Sunday to the evening date Monday, Sept. 14. Particular at tention is called to the rule that rushing will be closed from noon Thursday, Sept. 10 until time for the first date. Rush cards must be in the interfraternity council's office by Sept. 12. The rule invoked by the inter fraternity council last year re quiring rushees to pay a fee of $1 before their first date was re ceived so successfully that the in terfraternity council has decided to retain it this year. Because of the success of last year's rush week the council has decided to continue the 1935 rush ing rules wihout any changes. Rushing rules regarding rushees are: 1. No rushee may have innre than one Dale per day with the sme fraternity; nor may he have more than three dates with the same fraternity during rush week. a. No rushee may In any way display a pledge button previous to 12 p. m., Mon day of rush week. w 3. It Is the responsibility of every nishee to keep every date up until 12 p. n., Mon day that he has filed. . 4 Dates shall In no way be split Be tween two or more fraternities. The full date must be kept with one O-aternlty. , 5. No rushee may remain n any frater nity house at any time other than during his bona fide dates. A rushee may not use a fraternity as his place of residence dur InjE rush week. II No fraternity man shall communicate with any rushee other than by phone ex cept during bona fide dates. 7 Every rushee must file a list nf his dates, by mall or In person, at the In terfraternity Council's office. 110 Morrill hall, prior to his first date, but this does not prohibit rushees from making and ril ing new or additional dates after rush week starts. 8 The list of dates submitted by the rushes shall be accepted as correct In cases nf differences bstween it and the fraternity's filed dates. . Any man who breaks a pledge during the first month of school will be prohibited from pledging amy other Iraternlty until the second semester 10 A fee of 1 must be paid by each rushee at the time his dates are filed. Pavment shall be made at the Interfra ternity Council's office before the time of (Continued on Page 3). VICE-PRESIDENT OF TASSELS NATIONAL Miss Phillippe Describes Manhattan, Kansas Convention. Erma Baer, Junior In the col lege of Arts and Sciences, was elected vice president of the na tional organization of Phi Sigma Chi, of which Tassels is the local chapter, at the national convention held May 9 at Manhattan, Kansas. Annaunccment was male by Mar garet Phillippe, president of Tas sels, who was official delegate to the convention, at the Tassels meeting Tuesday evening. At the convention, it was de cided to suspend national dues of each chapter for one year. Dele gates from each group partici pated in a discussion of repre sentation and new activities which individual chapters might sponsor. An invitation was extended by Kansas University to hold con vention at Lawrence the following year. Other national officers elected Bre Betty Tholan of Kansas University, president; and Leslie Fits, of Kansas State, secretary treasurer. It was decided at the local meet ing to hold the pledge picnic May IB at the Shrine club shelter house. Announcement was made that the organization has been asked to usher at the Piano Carnival spon sored by the National Music Teachers Association, to be held Saturday night at the coliseum. ENGINEERS DENY MYSTERIOUS PAINTING JOB ON LAW COLLEGE by GUS FETEES. Who is responsible for the paint job on the cant side of the low college? The enRincprs deny it and the lawyers are having a few chuckles over it. It wpniH thnt a certain party wrote "E 36" in lurge white letters all over the cant Hide ot - - conversation Between me xuiigv head o. the law college and Dean Ferguson of the engineering col lege a group of engineers had to go over and clean up the whole mess. Fred Mallon. engineering stu dent, stated that the first he had heard of it was when Professor Haney woke him up in class and told him about tu Mallon denies engineers had any part in it, stat ing that they would have used whitewash Instead of linseed oil paint which requires considerable scrubbing before coming off. Ralph Doubt, another engineer, said. "That wasn't the work of an ngtneer. the lettering was rugged and the whole Job was too messy." INNOCENTS DO HEAVY IVY DAY WORK. Men's Society Gives Help Preparing for Annual May Events Responsibility for the erection of the May Queen's throne and the spectators' bleachers Is shouldered by members of the Innocents so ciety, who have offered their serv ices this year to Mortar Board in planning Ivy Day. The men's honorary is in charge of general arrangements which in cludes preparation of the Ivy Day grounds, installation of the public address system, and supervision of the ivy and daisy chains so that they can get thru the crowd on to the grounds. Richard Schmidt and Donald Shurtleff have attended the two rehearsals of the chains, and will be responsible for carrying out this feature of Ivy Day. Y.W. VESPER SERVICE FOR ESTES PROGRAM Three Former Campers Tell Benefits of Summer Period. Descriptions of activities which are sponsored as a part of the an nual summer conferences held at Estes, were given as special fea tures of the Y. W. C. A. vesper services held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. The meeting, scheduled as the regular annual Estes vespers, was held in order to arouse student in terest in attending the conference this summer. Three addresses, given by stu dents who have attended the con ference in previous years, were included on the program. Lorene Adelseck, explaining the setting and scenery which forms the back ground of the camp, g;ave the in troductory talk at the meeting. Outline Summer Program. This discussion was followed by a short sketch of tjhe programs which are a part of the summer conference, and was given by Lor raine Hitchcock, former president of the university Y. W, C. A. In speaking of the programs which are scheduled for the conference each summer, Miss Hitchcock pointed to such diversions as in terest groups, hikes, and recrea tional periods. Concluding the discussions of Estes activities, John Steinhause, member of the Y. M., gave a re view of the various recreations which are offered on the summer camp's program. Hiking Activity Emphasized. Of ispecial impoitancc, accord ing to Mr. Steinhause, are the or ganized and unorganized hikes into the mountains, the athletics and spoits offered, and the pe riods of creative leisure. Devotionals, dealing with a theme relating to the Estes discus sions, were led by June Waggencr, Y. W. cabinet member and chair man of the Nebraska-in-China staff of the Y. W. C. A. In lead ing devotions, Miss Waggener gave a brief picture of the man ner in which worship services are conducted each day at the con ference. Fl (IDE I Walter Kicncr to Appear On Program of German Department. Walter G. Kicncr, former Alpine guide and present graduate assis tant In the Botany department, will give an Illustrated lecture on his native Switzerland for the third of a series of German talks arranged for by the German de partment at the auditorium of Morrill hall, Thursday, May 14, at 7:30. Mr. Klonor has been a guide In the American Rockies and the Swiss Alps. On one occasion, he narrowly escaped death from ex posure. Students who have studied Schiller's cIbssIc drama, "Wilhelm Tell," will find Uic lecture especi ally interesting. me law coui-gc uuu iuw "ink." th iniiltnr. at the law college, claims inai me worn w done during the night as it was there when he arrived at 6:30 a. m. He compliments the engineers on the very good work they did In cleaning up. Some very bright lawyer from among the group that had gath ered to "rarz" the engineers, took a few snapshot"! of the engineers at work cleaning off th paint. The will be enlarged and placed in the club room. Fred Mallon expalned, with one eye on pharmacy college, that the Issue Is not dead and that the en gineers are working nn a tew clues as to who the culprits might be. NEW FLUORESCENT L AT OPEN EXHIBIT Demonstration by Museum, Geology Departments Spectacular. New eauipment to demonstrate the spectacular fluorescence of minerals win De me ieaiure ex hibit of the annual museum and geological open house scheduled for Friday evening from 7 to 11 o'clock in Morrill hall. Th a of the newlv acauired fhinreseent lumn should Drove to be one of the most interesting exhibits displayed lor several years, ac cording to the opinion of Prof. E. v Sctinmra. who is in charre of the affair. This demonstration and a study of rock slides by employ ing a petrographic microscope will be displayed in the petro graphy laboratory. Show Mineral Analysis. Demonstration of a blow Tripe analysis of minerals is scheduled for the minerology laboratory. A dissolution process or producing crude oil from oil shales and a miniature standard oil rig in oper ation are the displays contemplated by students of the oil laboratories. rirvnortiiTiitv to examine micro- fossils under binocular microscopes is onerea c-y i.ne paieomoiogicai laboratories. 'Methods of seSTecat- ing these minute fossils from shale beds and limestone win aiso De demonstrated. ' In the segmentation laboratories a demonstration of the classifica tion of sediments by both chemical and mechanical analysis will be ex hibited. Use of all types of geologists' instruments are to be displayed, particularly a plain table and tele scopic abidade, a surveying instru ment employed for making topo graphical and geological maps. Museum Open. According to Prof. E. H. Bar bour, director of the museum, the workroom will be open to visitors showing how large fossil mammals are prepared for exhibition. Stu dents will serve as guides thru the museum, describing the fossil dis plays, and the mineral and rock displays. All exhibits and demonstrations will be carried on under student supervision in both the museum and geological displays. All students and the public in general are urged to take advan tage of this opportunity. The ex hibits and museum will be open to all at no charge. L TO Jungbluth-Beck to Play for Climaxing Event This Thursday at Park. Social Chairmen's organization will again stage a stag party, this time at Antelope park, Thursday, May 7, immediately after the tap ping of the last Innocent. Eddie Jungblui-h-Leo Beck an their or chestra will provide the music for the afternoon dance, from 4 to 6. "We hope to make this a fitting end to Nebraska's most thrilling day, and cannot do it without the full co-operation of every fra ternity and soroiily," stated Bill Clinc, president of the organiza tion. The party will be similar to the one held in February at the Corn huskcr hotel, which was pro nounced definitely successful by all who attended, according to Clinc. Arrangements are being made to prohibit all members of any group from attending, if the organization has not made a deposit of $3 with the Social Chairmen's group before Thursday. The committee in charge Is Dor nthv Hood. Malcolm McFarlanc, Doug Sarson and Ruth DcKlotz. IW DAYS! PLANS Kennedy, Marsh in Charge Of Final Fraternity Arrangements. Final plans for the intra-fra-ternlty sing on Ivy Day were com pleted at a meeting pf Kosmet Klub held yesterday, when Roy Kennedy and William Marsh, members, were given charge of ar rangements. Eight fraternities have so far signified that tbey will partici pate. The only requirement for the men's group is that each Inger must have been pledged to th fraternitv with which he is competing by February 37, 1B36. Each fraternity naa suDmitieo. a list of membera participating and eligibility will be checked today. Sororities will aing first, start ing at one o'clock and performing In alphabetical order. The frater nities will follow this competition. Judges selected are Professors Charles Amedon of Tork, Arthus Byler of Crete, and Mrs. Olive Sea mark of Lincoln. AMP DISPLAYED SCABBARD AND BIADE TO ELECT OFFICERS. Military Honorary to Complete Plans for Annual Stag Party Officers for the ensuing year will be elected at the meeting of Scabbard and Blade members to day at 5 o'clock in Nebraska hall. Plans for the annual stag picnic of the group will also be made. According to Tom Cheney, presi dent of Scabbard and Blade, the date for the picnic will be chosen from the days of May 14-25. The actual date will be announced at the meeting. The committee in charge of the picnic includes Ken neth Pavcy, Floyd Baker and Art Smith. M'GKEW PRESENTS DRAMATIC RECITAL Llovd McGrew will rive his se nior recital at the Temple theater Wednesday evening at 7:30. Mc- urew is a studem. in jm.iss ai-c Howell's class in the advance course in platform art. There will be no admission and the public is invited. E NOTED CELLIST: WILL APPEAR HERE TODAY E. Harrison to Accompany Dutch Musician in Cello Recital. Cornelius Van Vliet, interna tionally known cellist, will present a recital in Temple auditorium at 4 p. m. today. His program is one of the best to be presented by the university school of music at a musical convocation this year. Earnest Harrison, of the piano faculty, will accompany Van Vliet. The renowned Dutch musician ap peared with the Lincoln Symphony orchestra a few years ago and he is still well remembered by Lincoln music lovers. Van Vliet has chosen a well balanced program, which is expected to meet the approval of both musicians and laymen. The Hollander is recognized as one of the greatest cello virtuosos in the world. He started his career at the age of seventeen as soloist with the Philharmonic or chestra of Leipzig and later joined the Philharmonic ensemble of Prague. He then toured Europe, gaining recognition as an artist. Upon the completion of his tour, he joined the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and remained with the organization until he came to this country. Mr. Van Vliet first appeared in this country with Mary Garden and Tetrazz'ini, in Chicago. He was immediately hailed as a master by critics and the musical minded public, and was engaged for a tour of the principal cities of the coun try. Mr. Van Vliet's return en gagement here is arousing great enthusiasm. The program: Valentlnl, Sonata for Cello; Oravi'-Alls-arn; Tempo dl Cavotlu; Largo-Allefio (Flnaie i. Hchrsvuzandc, KIprw. Wsrkmelstsr. Msiiuntt. Workmelster, Manuka Ann Oosns Lurshetto from Conucrto. Welinr, Wfclxar. OasollH. Cliansor. Napolltalne. McUowslI, At An Old Trysting Place. Kanmnf, Andalualan Serenade. Popper. Tarantella. Speaker Praises McCollum, Famous Dietician at Eastern College. Speaking of her work at John Honklns unlversitv. Dr. Lisabeth Beynon, alumnae member of lota Sigma Pi, honorary cnrmisiry so rority, addressed an open meeting of the oiranlzation held Tuesday evening. She also spoke about Dr. McCollum, world tamea aicuuon and profci;sor at the institution. Dr. Beynon explained that John Hopkins, the first university In America, is a place where knowl- edrc is advanced not dissemina ted, as in the usual college. In speaking or Dr. Mcuoiium she pointed out that his fame is such that he was the only Amer ican .Unci i.o attend the Interna tional Teeth conference held in Switzerland, last February. He was one of the two dictitions pres ent. Not only is this teacher an ex pert in the laboratory, but be is also an expert in phrasing this knowledge so that others can re ceive the benefits of It WASHINGTON POST R.O.T.C. Instructor Receives Advance in Rank From Captain. Maine Walter T. Scott. "Uni versity R. O. T. C. instructor, re ceived word late yesterday from Washington. D. C. that he would be transferred from his present station at Nebraska u Vancouver Barracks. Washington. Major Scott came to Nebraska six years ago as instructor to junior stu dents. A few months ago he re ceived notice of advance in rank I Continued on raje 1. WORKATJOHNHOPKINS MAJOR SCOn GOES TO Interest in Identity of Ivy Queen Grows Keen IT'S AN EVEN CHANCE THAT RAIN WILL FALL ON IVY DAY By CAROL CLARK. Weathermen predict an even chance that rain will fall on the May Queen and her attendants and perkily clothed audience. But before you put away your new white suits and Palm Heath ers, listen to this cheery news: rain has dampened Ivy Day cere monies but twice during the last six years. If you want to be pessimistic, it is just as true thato 1 , a. : j th. l.at f rain has occurred twice in the last three years on this traditional day. Conviction that your new out fits will be shown to the gallery only by braving a downpour that would shame the weather putting Noah's Ark to work is really un justified. It is as traditional as the day that the weather will threaten IVY DAY PROGRAM 9:15 Interfraternity Sing 10:15 Ivy Day Orator. 10:30 Ivy and Daisy Chains 10:50 May Qyeen Proces sion. 11:00 Crownimj of the May Queen. 11:10 Ivy Day Poem. 11:30 Planting of the Ivy. 1:15 Intersorority Sing. 2:45 Masking of Martar Board. 3:15 Tapping of Innocents. 7:00 Open house at the va rious colleges. PREI WAY FOR RECITAL OF Orchesis' Annual Program Practices Held Each Day at 5. With practices set for every day this week at 5 o'clock in the dance studio in Grant Memorial hall, preparations for the presentation of the annual spring Orchesis re cital are progressing rapidly, ac cording to Miss Claudia Moore, instructor in the women's physical education department and director of the dancing group. Date for the presentation of the interpretative dancing recital has been set fo. Friday, May 15. Seventeen members of Orchesis, which is organized as a functional part of the W. A. A., are to par ticipate in the rpring show. Opens With Lecture. Opcnii.g with a lecture demon stration on the fundamental tech niques in forms of composition, the program scheduled will consist of six main features. A group of folk forms, made up of Hungarian numbers and Negro spirituals, will be presented as the second selec tion of the recital. As one of the features planned for the program, dance forms, using music of Bach's English Sweet, No. 2, will be shown. For this number, four movements, Courante, Sarabande, Bouree and Jigue, will be presented. Each of the selections were composed as particular dances, according to Miss Moore. Additional numbers will include a number displaying phoenetic rythm, which the group presented at the Physical Education Central District convention recently, and a dramatic study which demon strates choreography. The com poser of the latter number is Mr. Charles Weidman, concert artist (Continued on Page 4 ). AG PAGEANT CAST HAS Fl Farmers Fair Prepares to Present Annual Show. First dress rebcai-sal for Farm ers' Fair pageant, " Cerlalia." to be presented the evenings of May 8 and 8. was held lant night at the pageant grounds of ag college. Costumes completed in time for last night's performance were fashioned entirely by a committee of ag college students. The pageant with a cast of 400 Include only stu dents enrolled in ag college. Interlude dancing and a mum mers play will appear on the pro gram as special features of the pageant this year. The pageant hR as its theme the growth of the grain Industry In America. It will consist of a prelude, four episodes and a tableau. Dancing, under the direction of Retecca Koertlng and Eleanor Green will be presented between each episode of the production. Junior Men A iked to Attend Ivy Ceremony Alt junior men are requested to be on the grounds of the ivy day festivities tomorrow, o that Innocents may be aided in the selection of new members of the society. Richard Schmidt 'President of Innooentt. ORATIONS UNDER and rain all around the fateful hour of presentation. In the langu age of meteorologist Thomas A. Blair, "May is our wettest month." So what can you expect? As it is well remembered, the festivities of last year's Ivy day caused the spectators to tremble, (Continued on Page 4). Army Man Explains Project At Convocation Friday. Captain Herbert B. Loper will speak on the topic 'Design and Construction of the Missouri River Project" at the Engineers' convocation in the Temple audi torium Friday morning at 11 o'clock. His talk will be accom panied by slides which will illus trate parts of the project. Captain Loper, district army engineer of the 8th Corp area is stationed in Omaha and is in charge of the Missouri River pro ject Franklin Meier will announce the Engineers' field program for the afternoon at the convocation, said Nate Allen, convocation chairman. ESTES COOPERATIVE HOLDS ICE CREAM SOCIAL TONIGHT By JUNE WILSON. "With favorable weather in view, expectations of The EMrs Cooperative Social committee are snaring hijrher. An ice cream social, sponsored hy this group, will be held on the lawn cast of social science annex tonight, starting at 7:o(. The novelty of the affair in itself should be enough 1o at tract the voune sophisticates oft). the campus to a delightful divers ion from the usual run of things Betty Cherney. acting on the pub licity committee, expressed the hope that the success of the pre Ivy day celebration would be even greater in view of the fact that it has been planned for a time when everyone is troubled with the problem of "what to do". Ice cream and cake, served for 15 cents, Chinese lanterns, green lawn, and xylophone music furn ished by Warren Tempteton, is the program for the evening. Financial returns from the social ELECTRICAL STORM INTERRUPTS STUDY J Creek Hoiihfff Hae Lights Doued. Members In four Greek houses griped bitterly last night as their hours for sequestered ntuciy and research were most abruptly shat tered. A bolt of lightning during the electrical Hloim brought down the light wires on part of fraternity row and submerged the four bouses In darkness. The unfortunates were Kappa Alpha Tbeta. Gamma Phi Beta, Sigma Delta Tau and Phi Mu. After half an hour's work on the part of city electricians the wires was rtill unrepaired. JOUKNAUSM SORORITY TO WHITE FEATURES Reports were made at a meet ing or ThelH Sigma Phi, profes sional journal istn sorority, Tues day afternoon of the progress of various committees assigned to write feature stones for publica tion. A tentative diite of May 20 was set for the annual banquet of the group. AG STUDENTS TO CAVORT EV APRONS, OVERALLS, TONIGHT Overalls and aprons r.ill le worn at the Pre-Fair dunce sponsored hy the Fanners Fair board lonipht, Mar C from 6 to 11 :30. Hob Toore's popular dance orchestra -will play for the party -which is 1o "be held in the Activities building. More than five years ago the idea of a party for ag students w -na atartea. rrm. rx. r.v Davis, bead of dairy department. remembers why the first party was planned. Ag students had worked hard preparing their eanibita and plan ning pageants and entertainment for the visitoi-s to Farmers' Fair. They decided to have a dance to play along with their work. an3 thought it would be different and interesting to go in aprons and Campus speculation as to the identity of May Queen runs riot as the anticipated Ivy day draws near. Her coronation, and the appearance of her roy al court of attendants will in troduce a full day of festivity Thursday. Order of the May Queen's pro cession, which will hold the center of interest amon activities of Ivy day morning, is announced by Mortar Board, sponsor of the an nual festivities. Its arrival is to be announced by two pages then pre ceeded by Mortar Board members, the procession is scheduled to start up the white patch to the throne at 10:50 Thursoay morning. Members of the active chapter of Mortar Board will precede the attendants to the May Queen in the line of march. The attendants, who are chosen from each ot the four clas.ses, will appear in the procession two by two, their iden tity not to be levcaled until Ivy day. Order of Procession. The maid of honor attending the May Queen will follow the to senior attendants. Flower girls in the May Queen's procession are to be Ann Jouvenat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor F. Jouvenat: and Judith Flansburg, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Flansburg. Michael Lawlor, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lawlor, will serve as crown bearer and immediately precede the maid of honor. University senior woman who received the second highest number of votes serves as her maid of honor and will place the crown upon the queen's head. Train bearers of the queen will be Virginia Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barlow Nye: and Jerry Jouvenat eon of Mr. and Mrs. Jouvenat. Floral Lei to Ivy Poet. After the crowning of the May queen, the Ivy day poet will be presented a floral lei and will read the winning poem in the Ivy con test conducted by Mortar Board. Judges were Miss Louise Pound, Miss Marguerite McPbee, and Mr. (Continued on Page 4). will be donated to the Estes Co operative for the annual confer ence held at Estes Park. Thia years conference will be held from June 5 to 15. Kebraska has al ways had a large delegation and it is hoped that as many will be able to attend this year. Lorene Adelseck is general chair man with George Rosen and Row ena Swcnson in charge of the gen eral arrangements. Mildred Hol land will act as food chairman; and Betty Cherney and Neil Parks will comprise the publicity com mittee. COUNSELLOR PLAGES Syracuse to Provide Tuition For Fifteen Hour Course. A nurribrr rf student counsellor position are open for iifxt yr at Syracuse university. The coun sellors are to be praduHtc resi dents in men's dormitories, room ing houses, nnd fraternities. Tb positions provide for room, board, and tuition for 15 hours of gradu ate work during the year. Graduate work may be carried in any department of the graduate school except in the field of public administration. The rtudent may nrt carry more than 12 hours a HemeKter, even at his own ex pense. Students who are interested in these positions may receive further information at room 202 in Chem istry hall. Applications should be sent clireclly to Gordon BarclHy. office of the council of men's af fairs, Syracuse university. overall!. Each year tbey had their dance until it baa become a tradi tion of the fair to have a party to celebrate their preparation for Ag day and Fanner Fair. The committee in charge of the affair includes Raymond McCarty. chairman: Clare Giaadan, and Harold Von Reisen. Professor and Mia. P. A. Downs and Professor and Mri. F. H. MusscbJ -will chap eron the dance.