I HF Daily N EBR ASK AN Council Meets Today Corn Cobs Meet Tonite Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXVI ino. .y 7 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1936. PRICE 5 CENTS. I Interfraternity Group Is to Tighten the Rule on Fil ing of Dates. Lloyd Friedman, arts and sci ence senior from Omaha, was elected president of the Interfra ternity council at a meeting of the organization Tuesday evening. He succeeds Bernie McKerney of Kearney who did not return to school this fall. Everett Chitten den of Clatonia was selected treas urer to fill the post vacated by Friedman. A committee appointed to re arrange rushing rules for next year will consist of Webb Mills, Floyd Baker, and Marvin Romig. The council intends next year to enforce the rule that unless rushecs pay their $1 fee to the council they will not be permitted to pledge until 30 days after rush week closes. The council decided it would not this fall hold fraternities responsi ble for pledging men who failed to pay the filing fee. Support was also voted the so cial chairman's club in its function as a campus organization. TO MEMBERSHIP RALLY Mechanics Plan Program Mainly for Freshmen, Sophomore Men. Nebraska's chapter of the Am erican Society of Mechanical En ginecrr will hold a membership rally Wednesday night, Sept. 23, at 7:30 in room 206 of the mech anical engineering building. J. E. Passmore, chairman of the or ganization will give the introduc tory address and then proceed to present the other speakers. "This meeting is being held mainly for sophomore and fresh men mechanical engineers," Pass more pointed out, "and our pro gram of explanation and detail concerning the purpose and func tion of this organization is de- j signed especially ior ine Denern. oi these men." Advantages of the profesional engineering brotherhood will be outlined by Prof. A. A. Luebs of the engineering faculty, who is honorary chairman of the club. Prof. Giles Haney, head of the mechanical engineering depart- monf onH TYirmhnr of 1 hp A. S. M. E. board will explain the makeup, j purpose, and work or toe society, Preceding the refreshments, Pan-American Airway sound pic tures of Mexico will be shown. These talking films should be of special interest to engineering be cause of the phases of Mexico which they stress, Mr. Passmore emphasized. As part of the membership rally, Roger Wallace, vice chairman of the group, will outline the program for the current year. Questions will be answered and further ex planations given by the rest of the officers of the club. The guiding staff of the organi zation is as follows: President. J. E. Passmore; vice chairman, Rog er Wallace; secretary, Paul Gam lin; treasurer, Wilbur Schultz. TCOUNCILWIIL PLAN PROJECTS TODAY Members Must Be Present to Discuss Committees, Year's Program. Student council will roughly draft this year's calendar of pro jects at its first meeting of the season, Wednesday at 5 o'clock in IT hall, announced President Ar nold Levin. Members of commit tees and their chairmen will le announced and their duties ex plained, making it important that every member attend the meeting. A thoro discussion and explana tion of Student Union building de velopments will be given, as well as the propogation of a drive to collect all outstanding pledges. "This gives promise of being a timely and valuable discussion, both for new and old members," stated Levin. This year's council will be com posed of 33 members, eight of whom have been held over by vote of last year's council to serve as the nucleus for this year's group. Prof. Reed Issues Call For Orchestra Tryouls Prof. Raymond Reed, direc tor of the University Symphony Orchestra, issued an Invitation to all those who might be In terested In playing in the or chestra, to see him in hi of fice In the conservatory. Stu dents playing the oboe or string bata are asked to report for tryouts. GREEKS APPOIN LLOYD FRIEDMAN ffi COUNCIL HEAD Sigma Delta Chi to Hold Fiit Meeting Today Sigma Delta Chi, men's pro fessional journalistic fraterni ty, will hold Its Initial luncheon meeting at noon today, Grand hotel, according to Lewis Cass, president. Plans for fall Initiation and activities will be discussed at the meeting. All members are requested to attend the meet ing. , 300 BOOKS ADDED TO AG COLLEGE LIBRARY The Ag college library has been increased by the addition of ap proximately 300 new books. Also about 400 magazines and periodi cals have been bound and added to the library collection. T ISSUE OF AWGVMN 10 GO SALE FRIDAY Thirty-Two Page Edition to Make Appearance on" Campus Stands. Featured as the largest edition of Awgwan ever to be presented on the Nebraska campus, Septem ber's issue of the university humor magazine will appear on campus news stands Friday morning, Sept- 25, Editor Lewis Cass announced today. Displaying a three color cover design, drawn by Marjorie Hatton, cover artist for' last year's publi cations, the first edition of the humor magazine will feature a double page spread with pictures of one pledge from each sorority on the campus, along with the per renially favorite gore column. Two standing features, which arc to appear in each edition dur ing the year, will make their ini tial appearance in the fall number. The first of these features is to be recognized as Awgwan's open forum and will serve as a clearing house for views on pertinent sub jects of the day, according to the editor. A prominent faculty mem ber is to be in charge of the col umn each month, the announce ment revealed, and Dana X. Bible, Husker football coach, will fill the position for this month's column, it was announced. The second fea ture which will be introduced in the magazine Friday .according to Cass, will be an editorial page. Numerous cartoons, a fashion page, .short stories, humorous ar ticles, and other short features, will be other attractions of the first edition, in addition to the reg ular theater column which ap peared as a feature of last year's publication. "To say that the magazine is the funniest ever to be presented at Nebraska is beyond our authority," Cass emphasized, "but the Awg wan which is to appear Friday, is the largest ever published on the vaun-uo. TRI-K CLUB MEETING Agronomy Honorary to Elect Officers. Lay Plans For Year's Work. Robert Cushing, president of Tri-K club, honorary agronomy student organization, announces the first meeting of the club for Thursday evening at 7:15 in the agronomy laboratory on the Ag campus. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and plans laid out for the year's work. President Cushing especially stressed the importance of trie meeting and asked that all members attend if possible. Tri-K is one of the more impor tant honaries on the Ag campus Cushing stated. Membership is limited to second semester sopho mores and above who have an av erage of above 80 and are major ing in agronomy or are interested in the work. Other retiring officers are Rol and Weibel, vice president, and John Bengtson, secretary-treasurer. AC COLLEGE GETS LARGE ENROLLMENT New Record Set With 7SJ, Passing Last Year's Figures of 731. The year J 936-1937 promises to be record breaking on the Ag cam pus, where, according to Dean Burr's office, approximately 785 students are enrolled. Statistics have not been compiled since Thursday, Sept. 17, but at that time the division of students was as follows: Men: Freshmen, 130; sophomores, 122; juniors, 90; se niors, 60; special students. 5. Wo men; Freshmen, 108; sophomores, 107; Juniors, 97; seniors, 48; un classified, 8. These figures, however, have been changing rapidly since Thurs day, and accurate reports cannot be given until next week. Last year, when a total of 751 students was enrolled, saw the nearest approach to this year's present Iigur FIRS FACULTY TO PLANS Oldfather Heads Committee in Charge of Preparing Set of Blueprints for Needed Building On University Campus. Plans for a new library building to replace the present inadequate structure will soon be placed be fore the faculty for approval and changes, according to information given yesterday by Dean C. H. Oldfather. A special committee, headed by Dean Oldfather, has been drawing blueprints for such a building since last winter, and as the forms near completion they will soon be submitted to the entire faculty for consideration. Location for the library has been planned between Social Science hall and Teachers' col lege, with the building facing the street. Question of funds has not yet been decided, but the most likely source seems at the present time to be from the state legis lature. "A library is no doubt the hard est building on the campus to plan," Dean Oldfather stated. "We STAFF TO ANNOUNCE NEW AWGWAN POSTS All Applicants Expected to Attend Friday Meeting For Assignments. Appointment to posts on the Awgwan staff will be announced at a meeting in the Awgwan of fice Friday at 3 o'clock. All ap plicants are expected to attend. Thirty-five have been filed for the 27 open positions. Altho filing for positions closed Tuesday at 5 o'clock, contributions for the October issue will be ap preciated. Freshman workers are asked to turn up for assignments. Filings for the assistant gore editorship will still be taken, and all those interested in working on the magazine are asked to apply at the Awgwan office. SIGN FOR Y.W. STAFFS Members of Organization May Register for Committees. Women students interested in registering for staff work in the university Y. W. C. A. are re quested to do so some time this week, according to Jane Keefer, Y. W. president. Prerequisites for work on these standing com mittees state that a girl must be of second semester freshman standing or above and have mem bership in the university organiza tion. Most of the staffs will hold their first meetings next week in Ellen Smith hall. The conference group headed by Katherine Hendy will meet at 4 o'clock on Monday; creative leisure will meet Thurs day at 4 under the direction of Betty Cherny: the finance com mittee will be held at 4 o'clock on Tuesday with Maxine Durand in charge; international relations at 11 o'clock Thursday with Wini fred Nelson leading: Nebraska in China will be at 3 Tuesday with Marie Kotouc; personnel at 4 Monday under direction of Kath ryn Winquest; and the vesper choir will meet at 12 o'clock Wednesday with Margaret Phil lippe in charge. The personal relations group whose members of staffs are of both the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C A. will meet Sunday at 4 in the Temple theater under the leadership of Rowena Swenson ana Charles Adelseck. Freshman commissions leaders will meet at 12 on Monday to plan the fresh man groups which will start in Or to her. The only staff that will start working on its program this week will be the vespers committee which will meet at 12 o'clock Wednesday to plan the vesper services on Tuesday the 29th. Miss Frances Scudder is chair man. Other staffs that do not yet have hairmen or sn hour for meetings sre membership, posters, project and publications. The annual Y. W. C. A. mem bership drive will begin in Octo ber; however, students are asked to call at Ellen Smith hall and join any time. RAY RAMSEY IS SPEAKER AT Y' GET-TOGETHER Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary, In his "Y" address to students this evening will stress the importance of developing a spirit of friend liness at the beginning of a col lege career. The feature musical program of the evening will be given by the Negro baritone solo ist, Pahio Hill, leading a group of spiritual singers. This meeting, along with four or five others to follow, is plan ned to provide an opportunity for freshmen and uppercl&ssmen to fc-et together. "We can do this," be lieves Mr. Ramsay, "by showing an interest in our fellow book car riers, by forgetting the refrigerat or air, and by putting ourselves on a level with the student boiy.M SURVEY FOR LIBRARY especially emphasize that this li brary is being drawn up entirely by the faculty in order to adapt the building to the departments. Most of them are drawn up by architects, who force the faculty to adapt themselves to the build ing." Six or seven different sets of blueprints have been made by the committee and a final set will soon be completed. The faculty will then inspect the plans, each department making suggestions for the best use of space. Air conditioning is included in the plans for the library, not so much for comfort as for the rea son that changes in temperature greatly deteriorate books. Another feature suggested is movable walls so that various rooms can be enlarged and made smaller as needed. Room will be left at the rear of the building to allow for expansion. Activity Tickets Go On Sale Sept. 28, 29 University students will purchase student activity tickets at the activities office in the coliseum on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 28 and 29, John K. Selleck, director, has announced. Sale the first day is from eight until 5 o'clock, but on the 29th the sale closes at 2 in the afternoon. Seats in the student section will be distributed by the lot tery process. A representative of any campus group or a student intending to sit alone will during Monday and Tues day place his order for tickets in the student activities of fice; the money and identifi cation cards will accompany the order. Tuesday afternoon after 2 p. m. Arnold Levin, editor of the Nebraskan, will draw the seat assignment numbers from a lottery hat and on the following day, Wednesday, the students may call for their tickets. Individuals who did not place an order on Monday or Tuesday may purchase re maining seats in the student section during the week. "The student section was set up for students alone," Mr. Selleck stated, "and it is asked that students co-operate in keeping outsiders out of the section." DELI UNION PLANS Society Invites All Barb Students to Attend Get-Together. Opening their fall social season the Delian Union Literary society will hold an informal reception in their club rooms in Temple hall Friday, Sept. 26, from 8 to 1 1 p. m. All unaffiliated students, especial ly freshmen at the University, are invited to attend Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of women, will greet the guests after which danc ing will entertain. Refreshments will be served during the course of the evening. The reception is being held for the purpose of introducing new students to members of the soci ety. There are at present 20 ac tive Delians. Marie Willey, presi dent; Alvin Kleeb, vice president; Iona Ellis, secretary, and Clarence ! Mock, treasurer, are officers. I Business meetings during the year will be held each Monday i evening while Fridays will be re served for social affairs. ! TANKSTERETTES WILL ASSEMBLE THURSDAY Tanksterrttes, women's swim- ; ming club, will hold its first meet- I ing of the year Thursday evening ! at 7:15 in the W. A. A. room at , Grant Memorial. As there is con- i sidersble business to discuss, all members Hie asked to attend. i Uni Fine Arts Department Exhibits Valuable Collection of Water Colors From Art Museum in New York City A valuable collection of water colors presented by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller to the Museum of Mod ern Art in New York City has been secured by the fine arts de partment of the university for ex hibition until Sept. 28. The collection, which includes the work of Burchfield, Demuth, Dickinson. Prendergast, "Pop" Hart, and Edward Hopper, is an excellent representation of modern water colors by American artists, all of whom are living except "Pop" Hart and Prendergast who died within the past several years. The paintings of "Pop" Hart, Burchfield and Edward Hopper will find an enthusiastic response among g;allery visitor! who have come to know and njoy the work of these artists through exhibitions sponsored by the Nebraska Art as sociation and by the department of fine arts in times past. "Pop" Hart's Mexicans in their rakish hats could have been painted by no CLASS OF 1 10 I m allegiance w HROAY 1,500 Freshmen to Attend Annual Convocation At Coliseum. University portals will be thrown open to welcome officially the 1,500 members of the class of 1940 on Thursday at 11 a. m. in the University coliseum. Freshman classes will dismissed at 11 a. m. to enable the administering of the vows at the annual convocation. Innocent and Mortar Board societies are in complete charge cf all arrangements for the short pro gram which is hoped to aid the new students in familiarizing themselves with the University and its traditions. The address of welcome to the 1500 university guests will be proffered by Chancellor E. A. Burnett. William Marsh, Innocents president, will serve as master of ceremonies. Student Deans Speak. Dean of student affairs, T. J. Thompson, and dean of women. Amanda E. Heppncr, will be among the first to address the new students. Jean Walt, president of Mortar Board, will introduce Miss Heppncr. Head football coach, Dana X. Bible, will address the group on the relationship of scholarship and activities, according to Tru man Obernorf, Innocent heading the convocation committee. In the absence of Dr. Condra, the long time guardian of Ne braska tradition, Prof. C. J. Frank furter has been given the honor of administering the oath of alle giance which will make 1,500 freshmen full fledged oollegior.s. Uni Band to Play. Band Director Quick will be present with his band to familiar - ( Continued on Page 2). E E Floyd Baker Will Outline Final Sales Scheme at Wednesday Meeting. One hundred and twenty-five Coed Counselors swing into the fi nal drive for Awgwan sales Thurs dav. Fridav and Saturday of this week. A meetina at five o'clock ! Wednesday will be held in Ellen Smith Hall at which Floyd Baker, : business manager, will outline the final plans. Sales so far have been very good, Baker stated, and the drive this week should raise the num ber of sales considerably. Each counselor has pledged herself to sell 35 copies. A final check will be taken Monday to determine the winner of the sales contest . who receives a football ticket. Second place winner will receive two dol lars cash. Meetings will be held every night of this week to discuss develop ments. Thursday night a meeting will be held at five o'clock in the Temple and Friday night at five in Ellen Smith Hall. The Ag College is being covered in the same manner as the campus. There will be no stands this year as there has been in the past, but all counselors will be wearing the usual ribbons. Sales will end on Saturday night, Sept. 14. Mills llpquPfl Corn Cob Met-l in II Hall Toniplil The Corn Cob meeting that was announced for last evening will be held tonight at 7:30 in room 8, "U" hall. President Web Mills announced. All mem bers are urged to attend in ord er to determine the number of football tickets to reserve and to discuss plans for Cob par ticipation in the freshman con vocation. Members are asked to bring pledges and their fees and money for the football tickets. one else; Edward Hopper has a picture of "Mrs Acorns Parlor." with its flowered carpet, reed organ and plush stool a direct contrast to the very modern setting of the "Room in New York" purchased by the university last year. Burchfield's "Interurban Line" with its old fashioned street in which the interurban car is the only faintly modern suggestion, is peculiarly satisfying. Another j painting by Burchfield which will compel the attention of the gallery visitor is "Garden of Memories," the picture of an aged woman sitting alone in ber garden. The flowers and shrubs have taken on the weird and melancholy beaut; of her own memories. As in former years, exhibitions will be open to tbe public daily from 9 to 5. and on Sundays from 2 to 5 in Morrill hall. The depart ment of fine arts plans to offer : at least one new exhibition each month. 16 Greek Groups Fail to Report Directory Lists With the deadline 'on stu dent directory material set at noon today, 16 fraternities and sororities have yet to re port their lists, it was an nounced at the Y. M. C. A. office. The student and faculty directory has already gone to the printer, making it neces sary for these organizations to report at the University "Y" office immediately. Eighty-Three Ag Students File for Part Time Work In the student employment of fice on the ag college campus. 83 students have filed their applica tions for part time work in the various departments. ilB INTERIM 100 Unaffiliated Students Attend First Meeting of Barb Council. Functions of the intcrclub coun cil and the advantages of intra mural sports for unaffiliated stu dents were explained to approxi mately 100 men at the first barb mass meeting of the year held last night in the Social Science au ditorium. Prof. K. W. Lantz of teacher's college offered a brie f resume of the development of the intcrclub council, which is at the pinnacle of barb organizations, since it was first established. "The present svs- HEADS ORGANIZE SPORTS PROGRAM tr-m of co-operative house activi ties is the outgrowth cf ideas re- ; TaSSC'IS ceivea at a rsig ms conierenee ! held here some 10 vears ago," stat- ed Lantz. Explain Point System. In the absence of Harold Petz, intramural director, his assistant, Rollv Hornev, was called upon to exolain the new noint system which wili be used'bv the' barb ! clubs this year. The sports calcn- j daV in an endeavor to establish a ' dar for the groups was also made ! nPW record for the sale of Uni I public at the meeting. versity Players tickets, it was an- "It is the desire of the intra-! nounced todav n' Tassels Presi I mural office to give the unaffiliat- I (Jcnt Margaret Phillippe. "We still i ed students all the advantages cn- ! oclieve we can surpass the all time .jovedbvthenitiriborsof the Creek record and will strive to do so. ' fraternities, and we sincerely bc- ! '-'"' '.' """" ' re lieve that if only more of the barbs I !n ,hls, f.cc?nrj extension of the will take an active part in the 1 l! , fnr the campaign sports program 11...V will f.nrl their school year much fuller and (Continued 011 Page 2). YELL KINGS TRY OUT Y Further Practices Held Thursday: Still Time For Candidates. In answer to the call for cheer leaders, ten men contested before Innocents Bob Shcllrnbcrg, George Pipal, and Sam Francis at the first try outs yesterday in the stadium. From these ten aspirants, four: were chosen by the judges, one of which A-ill bc selected as Nebras- 1 ka's King of Yell at the second j tryouts scheduled for next Thurs- : day afternoon in the stadium. The! I four chosen by the judges are j Whitev Reed," Have Bernstein. , Galen Jones and Bob Eby. According to Sliellenberg. chair- 1 man of the selecting committee, theie is still time for those who missed the tryouts yesterday to 1 : compete for places on the squad, i I Newcomers will trvout Thursday ! ; afternoon at the stadium ! i Final competition will be at 1 lv ! freshman football game Saturday ' afternoon. ' ; ; i Smdcr to AfMri' (.!;-! Of FriTiiwrriiH' SliwiViit ; i With sixty-five members in the Omar Snyder. will address ' organization, this year's orchestra Trof. C. J. Frankforters chemical will be the largest in the hirtory of engineering class in chemical hallthp University, and will provide & at 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. complHe instrumentation includ Snvder, now witn the Duporit Jiav- ig harps. Prof Rt-ed announced, on' Co.. of Bufff lo. N. V.. with! Included in this year's program l-awrrncp Humphrey. and 'are five major concerts to b pre- bi other. Ka'ph K. lWd 'JO, visited I sented in the coliseum 011 Sunday Prof. Frankfurter Monday. 1 afternoons, the first of which is Lawrence Humphrey, called scheduled for Nov. 1. Plans are home bv the recent death of his ' underway fr a 1.200 mil' concert mother, is now employed bv the;t'Jr to be undertaken this spring Bakehte Corporation of New Jr- during which the orchestra will sey. His brother is in the U. S. present programs in several ether Marine corps. Ralph Deeds, who has been working for the Logo Refining (Co.. at the Island of Aruba in the Nether lands, West Indus, has returned for a short vacation. MUSIC CONVOCATION SET FOIS WEDNESDAY Featuring 1he Fine Aits string quartet and Karnest Harrison, pianist, the lust music convocation j sponsored by the school of music j will be presented at 4 o'clock this j afternoon in the Temple. A series ! of convocations follow each Wed- nesday. Faculty members and visiting; artists, with the assistance of stu dents of the school of music, ap- near on the weekly nroeram. Todav's Droeram consists of: I j "Quartet in G major-Op. 161" by ! Schubert and four movements of the "Piano Quartet in V minor-1 Op. 34" by Brahms. HONORARY PLANS CONFERENCE COED ACTIVITIES Mortar Board Will Hear an Address by the National Head Saturday. Believing that university women will benefit from further training in extra curricular activities, Mor tar Board, senior women's honor ary, is announcing an Activities conference, to be held Saturday, Sept. 26. in Ellen Smith hall from 9 to 4. -CO o'clock. Mrs. F. D. Cole man, national president of Mortar Board, and Miss Amanda Heppner. dean of women, will address the two opening sessions. This con I ference is being sponsored not for j freshmen, but for uppcrclassmen interested in activities. "We are asking the utmost co- operation from all organized I groups on the campus in being responsible for sending women now in activities, and those they wish to train, to take part in round table discussions on all phases of women's activities" stated Marylu Petersen. Mortar Board acting as general chairman of the conven tion. "Speakers experienced in the vital problems of women's activi ties have been secured, which will (Continued on Page 4.i TICKET SALES POINT Push Purchases Within Eighty-Seven Of High Mark. i Having pushed this year's sales i record within S7 of the ail time i high. Tassels will send a volunteer i lcan int0 the field again Wedncs- "" '"'-""J wan Voicing her complete satisfac tion with the results of the drive. Miss Pauline Gellatly, faculty sponsor of the Players declared that "the Tassels have co-oprr-fted 100 parent and have exempli fied a peak in spirit that has not been attained in the past few ; years." j The winner of the grand prize ' for the highest individual saics 1 record will be announced at th9. f meeting to be held at 5 o clock j Wednesday afternoon at the ecn : elusion of the campaign. Team six. i headed by Muriel Krasnp, nii ! tinned to lead as Tuesday's totals I were recorded. F. I Sixty-Five Members Compose University Orchestra This Semester. I'eelaring that at the first re- hearsal Friday afternoon "all members displayed much talent nd a great deal of enthusiasm," Prof. Raymond Reed, new conduc- tor of the University Symphony I orchestra, Tuesday announced the 'plans for an extensive concert pro- gram for the coming year. jHal" - "'utul"u' , ma' n( lud ,n lh 'ear , schedule. Prof. Reed announced, 1 r . I TASSELS I'SllLR AT FROSII CONVOCATION Reports of Players Drive Given at Meeting of Girls Pep Club. Members of Tassels, women's pep organization, were informed at their meeting Tuesday evening, that they arc to serve as ushers at the freshman convocation on Thursday morning. Semifinal reports of the Univer sity Players ticket drive were pre sented and all members of the volunteer team, continuing the drive, were instructed to report for meetinsr at 4:30 o'clock in the Temple theater. Wednesday. This was s regular meeting 01 Tassels, with Margaret PbUippe. I president, presiding.