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Daily Nebraska Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska I HE N Orchids To The Great Cathedral Choir Bizad Convocation at 11 Today LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1936. PlilCE I IYE CENTS. VOL. XXXVI No. 61. Student En E TO ASSEMBLE AT C. C. Newmann to Address Assembly on Country Banking Topic. Biography of a Country Bank" Involving its relations to local and national business Is the subject of the address which C. C. New mann, cashier of the Ashland Farmers' and Merchants' National bank, will give before members of the Bizad college at a profes sional meeting in social sciences auditorium at 11 o'clock this morn ing. "Mr. Newmann is truly an able man." declared Prof. Arndt of the economics department. "He has given this talk frequently at banker conventions, and it has been very enthusiastically received because of its pertinent Nebraska interest. I sincerely believe that it is the best study of its kind com piled in the middle west." Talk Based on Careful Analysis. Newmann's topic includes the results of 50 years of careful in vestigation and analysis of the small banks' relations to the lo cal and national status of busi ness. His deductions do not per tain merely to any individual bank or case but rather to national economic conditions as a whole. "Because of its general char acter, this speech will be of ut most interest not only to students making a professional study of banking, but to all interested in economics as well, Arndt advised. "This will not be just another talk; Mr. Newmann has been brought here because of his fine recommendations by many who have heard him." Charts Illustrate Bank History. Newmann will illustrate many of his facts with charts which he began making several years ago and which depict the history of his own bank. He began his chart making because of personal cur ( Continued on Page 4.) UN LEADERS FOR Ag College Plans Meet of Organized Agriculture For Jan. 5-7. Several score of Nebraska farm women will be honored for their rural leadership duing the or ganized Agriculture session at the University college of agricul ture the fore part of January, it was announced late Saturday. Chairmen of the county women's project work, they will be pre sented with recognition pins on the home economics sectional pro gram on Thursday, January 7. Miss Mary Ellen Brown, in charge of women's extension work in Nebraska, made the announce ment. W. H. Brokaw, director of the agricultural college extension service, will make the presentation of awards. Nearly 1.0U0 Nebraska farm and town women are expected to at tend the Home Economics pro gram of Organized Agriculture on January f and 6. Mrs, E. E. Hartz, Roca who is president of the women's organization, will pre (Continued on Page 3.) Classicists Will Appear Annual Club Feast in 'Togas,' 'Stalas.' at Members of the Classics club, Latin and Greek language society, will "feast in true Roman ftyle" at their annual Saturnalia ban quet in the party room of the Ambassador apartments, 14th and J streets, on Wednesday evening, Dec. 16, at 6:15 o'clock, according to Margaret Saxton, secretary of the organization. Saturnalia party la held each year in remembrance of the ancient Roman festival which was celebrated with three days of revelry around tho middle of December. Men attending the ban quet will bring sheets from which they will fashion Roman costumes known as "togas" while the women will make the ancient ap parel called "sUlas." Dr. Michael S. Ginsburg, as sociate professor of the Classics, will serve as Magister Bibendi, Latin for "Master of the punch bowl." Other entertainment for the affair will be singing, several short skits, and individual musical numbers. Final arrangements for this portion of the banquet have not been settled. BIZAD STUD O'CLOCK TODAY ROMAN STYLE BANQUET GREAT CATHEDRAL CHOIR GOES EAST FOR HOLIDAY CONCERTS Rosborough Directs Popular Group of 50 Musicians, Composed Largely of N. U. Students, Who Will Sing on Famous Programs. Making its sceoml bid for eastern recognition, Lincoln's Great Cathedral Choir, under the direction o f John M. Hos borough, -will leave next Monday evening for New York City and a scries of appearances that, will bring it before some of the finest audiences in the east. The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel willo once more be host to this great musical group of the Midwest. Last year the choir stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria for two days, singing daily and gaining the ac clamation of the music loving New Yorkers. As "the Chirstmas gift to the city of New York." the Waldorf-Astoria will present the Lincoln choir on Christmas Day. The choir will be guests of the hotel for eight days. A series of engagements has been arranged for the choir which is at last receiving national recog nition as one of the fine choirs in the United States. There will be a concert at Rockerfeller Center at dusk Dec. 23 and the choir will offer a program at Wanamaker's department store. The series of concerts of which this appearance will be one was opened this OE F Twelve Forensic Veterans Enter Tourney at 7:30 Tonight. Twelve veteran debaters will vie for placements on the University debate squad Tuesday evening at 7:30 in Room 126 of Andrews hall. Chosen by lot to debate the af firmative side of the question, "Re solved, that Congress be em powered to fix maximum hours and minimum wages of industry." are: Orville Hubert, Ernest B. Wintroub, William Curtiss, For rest E. Wilke, Eugene Curtiss, and Robert Wadhams. Negative speakers will be Lenord U. Kreu ger, Bryce C. Smith, Byrle Shuck, Charles Reilly, Robert Stiefler, and Edward Murray. Order of speaking will be deter mined also by lot immediately be fore the try-out. Each speaker, with the exception of the first affirma tive speaker who will be allowed a five-minute main speech and then a four-minute rebuttal after the first two negative men have spoken, will present one speech of eight minutes. Three former (Continued on Page 3.1 FILLEY TO DIRECT Y.M. 'Co-Operatives in America' Subject of Talk by Ag Professor. Speaking on the subject "Co operatives in America," Prof R. C. Eilley will lead the last of a se ries of economics discussions sponsored by the University Y.M. C.A. this Wednesday evening at 7:15 in the Temple "Y" rooms. Prof. Eilley, who is chairman of the department of rural eco nomics, has been interested in the establishment of farmers' co-operatives and has written a book on the subject, according to Howard Kaltenborn, "Y" cabinet member. His presentation will follow a sim ilar discussion on "European Co operativism" led last week by Dan Williams. Kaltenborn. a pi e-law senior ma joring in economics, will act as chairman of the meeting. The af fair is open to all economics stu dents and men interested in the University "Y." BATERS TO VIE OR SQUAD POSTS TUESDAY EVENING Minnesota Daily's Arabella Pudge Reveals Tremblings at Thoughts Of Interviewing Husker Gridmeii Hangover from the Minnesota game cropped up this week when a purported Interview with some of Nebraska's better-known grid Bters won national regognition. The interview, written by one "Arabella Q. Pudge" of the Min nesota Daily, the Gopher student paper, was awarded first place In a monthly contest sponsored by the Western Newspaper Union publication. Here is the interview: IN MEMORIAM. Priscilla X. Pudge is dead. She died of high blood-pressure brought on by the nervous strain incident to intei-viewing visiting Greek gods football players. Priscilla's work will be carried on by her sister Arabella Q. Pudge. gmeers season by Richard Strauss and his symphony orchestra. Sing at Waldorf. Singing at the Waldorf-Astoria before a gala holiday crowd on Christmas Day, the choir will also broadcast on an NBC coast to coast hookup. The broadcast will be on the Music Guild program which has a reputation of being one of the finest musical programs on the- air. Lily Pons, internationally known opera soprano, will appear with the Lincoln ch"r on Dec. 29 in the Westchester County Center at White Plains, N. Y. Last year Miss Pons had the entire membership of the choir as her guests at her home, and this year's appearance of the choir will mark their second appearance at the White Plains (Continued on Page 4.) At the Campus Studio Freshman cabinet of the Y. W. pictures will be taken at the campus studio today. Coed Counselor board pic tures will be taken at the cam pus studio at 12:30 today. Phi Upsilon Omicron pictures will be taken at the campus studio at 5 p. m. today. Sigma, Eta Chi pictures will be taken at 5:30 today at the campus studio. Pershing Rifles will have their pictures taken in uniform at 5 this afternoon at the cam pus studio. E Y.W. MR TODAY Christmas Story, Special Music to Feature Service. Annual Christmas vespers will be held at five o'clock in Ellen Smith hall today. This is one of the major projects of the fresh man cabinet and is under the leadership of Winefred Nelson, member of the Y.W.C.A. cabinet. Christmas spirit will be first presented by the singing of carols by the vesper choir, under the di rection of Margaret Phillippc, from the court balcony of Ellen Smith hall. Lois Wadlow, member of the freshman cabinet, will give a Christmas thought. Dedication of the White gift. Y.W.C.A. Christmas project, will be given by Mary Jo Henn, also of the cabinet. Special music will be played as a marimba solo by Maxinc Lake. The Christmas story will be dramatized by the Coed Counsel lor dramatic hobby group, accom panied by music from the choir and by a vocal solo by Mary Eliz abeth Keenholtz. Cast of characters of the drama tization includes the following: Doris Meier, Maurine Pecker, Au drey Marshall, Jane Alvey. Elea nor Hickman, Harriet Pugsley, Thelma Ladegard and Anne Reich ardt. Petition Effects Change In Distribution Centers Daily Ncbratkan will here after be distributed In Temple building and the Awgwan In Temple and in Andrews hall. Awgwan did not appear In Social Science! yesterday morning as scheduled because of petition signed by Instruc tors In that building protest ing that the sale caused too much disturbance In the halls. Upperclassmun will remember Priscilla Pudge as the veteran Daily sob-sister who, for the last three football season, s cajoled her way into the quar ters of visiting teams. She found out what they ate for breakfast, whether they preferred blonds or brunettes and saw with her own maidenly eyes which of them were the handsomest. Arabella, her only sister, has grown from babyhood in the Pudge tradition. Three years younger than Priscilla, she per Bonlfies Pudgism at its highest. Curiosity, a sort of quavering courage and the ability to blush at will give her peculiar fitness for filling her sister's place as (Continued on Page 3. Go Great Cathedral Choir To Take Eastern Tour From ThR Lincoln Journal. John M. Rosborough. John M. Rosborough, who will as conductor, take Lincoln's Great Catheral Choir on their second Christmas tour to New York and other eastern cities. The choir is composed mostly of university stu dents and is considered one of the outstanding in the middle west. Tl AT ANNUAL 'FEED' Nine Members of '35, '36 Teams to Receive Gold Medals Tonight. Ag college will pay tribute to night to their national champion ship crops judging team at a Tri K "feed" to be held in the crops laboratory building, second floor, at 6 o'clock. Sponsoring the affair is the Tri-K club, honorary agron omy students organization. The Nebraska team which won the national inter-collegiate crops judging contest at Chicago re cently will be presented with gold N medals by the club, symbolic of their membership on the crops judging team. Members of the team which competed in Chicago this year are: Dale Smith, Faii (Continued on Page 4.) PnitjISlfERS Four Winning Applicants To Get $35 Each for Next Semester. Four Panhellenic scholarships of thirty-five dollars each will be awarded this year to two junior and two senior girls of the uni versity, according to announce ment made today by the cily Pan hellcnic asociation. Plans for mak ing the awards state that the scholarships will be given preced ing the' opening of the second semester and the final deadline for application for the awards has been set as Jan. 30. Following the custom of many years past the city Panhellenic society will award the scholarships to four sorority women who have superior personal and scholastic qualifications and need financial aid. In former years the associa tion has offered only twenty dol lars awards, but due to the suc ces and increased attendance of the Panhellenic tea, it has been possible for the committee in charge to increase tne scnoiar ships to thirty-five dollars, the announcement stated. Blanks for applications for the awards may be secured at the of fice of Dean Amanda Heppner in Elbn Smith hall. At the time of pplication it will bo necessary to present ciedit books ami refer ences from two persons not con nected with the univi t.'iiy and two instructors or prolcssois connected with the univcisity. Following the application dcnJ ( Continued on Page 3.) Marsh Asks Students to Jieturn Proofs Jan. 16 Wednesday, Dec. 16 is the deadline for returning proofs of Individual junior, senior, sorority and fraternity pictures to Townaend studio, Bill Marsh, editor of the Cornhusker, an nounced again Monday. Panels of these pictures are to be made Dec. 16 and If proofs are not returned to the photographer, studio employes will make the selection of in dividual pictures. Deadline for having pictures taken has passed and no more individual pictures can be taken for inclusion in the Cornhusker, M TO HONOR AG CROPS JUDGES SCHOLASTIC AWARDS to NEWS E TO HEAR ADVICE Jl Walker, Lawrence Address Convocation Tonight In Social Science. Director Gayle C. Walker of the journalism school and James E. Lawrence, editor of the Lincoln Star and instructor in journalism, will be the featured speakers at the departmental convocation for all students interested in Journal istic work which will be held in social sciences auditorium at 7:30 this evening. "Journalism Rewards and Pun ishments" is the topic chosen by Walker, while Lawrence will con clude the short program with an address entitled "The Newspaper." "All students enrolled in the various journalism courses in the department are expected to attend the meeting unless prevented by some definite engagement," Walk er stated. "However, all members of the school including freshmen are invited." Director Walker announced that members of Lawrence's Journal ism 187 course entitled "Com munity Newspaper" will be ex cused from their regular Wednes day evening class for attending the convocation. He also advised that students enrolled in Law rence's "Newspaper Editing" course, Journalism 181, will meet in the classroom at the regular time and will then adjourn to the auditorium. "We are holding this convoca tion as we feel that it is our only opportunity to bring all the mem bers of the journalism school to gether," Walker declared. CANDLE CEREMONIAL FEATURES YULETIDE T( Ag Celebration to Present Violin Solo, Reading, Carols. Songs. The annual ag college Christmas program will be presented tomor row night in the student activities building at 7:30. Sponsored by the ag executive board, the pro gram is in charge of Earl Heady and Marjorie Francis. This program, staged each year before Christmas vacation, in cludes a violin solo by Neva Web ster, Christmas songs by the St. Paul Sunday Evening Choir, a reading by Margaret Jennings, a group of carols by the Carolers, and community singing of familiar Christmas hymns under the direc tion of Mrs. Altinas Tullis. Special feature of the program will be a candle lighting ceremony, symbolizing the years in the life of Christ. "The Christmas program is not limited to ag college students, hut is open to all students interested in attending," stated Earl Heady, co chairman of the program. "In the past there have always been a large number of students, faculty members, and others not connected with the agricultural school." Elaborate decorations in keeping with the Christmas spirit are be ing planned by Genevieve Bennett and Althea Barade. In charge of the program are Donna Hiatt and Al Nore. Other members of the ag executive board are assisting with the plans. IVrsliing Rifles Meet For Pictures at 5 Today All Pershing Riflemen are ordered to report In the regu lar meeting room at 5 this afternoon for Cornhusker pictures. Every man must be In white uniform with black shoes, white gloves and caps, promptly at 5:00, Captain Bernstein stated. STUD DURNALISM Man Should Appreeiale Advance In 31cM.it ine After Considering Cures of Early Days, Says llolek The man with a beaming bald pate today can be thankful he is living in the 20th century. Take Dr. Harald G. O. Hoick's word for it the man or woman who suf fered from lack of hair during the "dark ages" treated their scalp3 with a tonic composed of a mix ture of fat from the horse, croco dile, rhinoceros, cat, worm and mountain goat the resulting "ell" to be applied freely. Perhaps this cure-all was as effective as our modern hair tonics and was a good deal harder to produce. In a recent review of the United States Pharmacopoeia, the works of G. Ahlgren. the Edwin Smith papyrus and other sources which contain information concerning animal drugs, the University of Polls NEHKASKAN STAFF LOSES TIIIKI) MAN TO LINCOLN PAPEK By The Bereaved. The way of all good columnists. . Okl-timer3 who read the Ne nbraskan last year remember n column of campus comment under the heading "Around and About", and under the by-line of Howard Dobson. Dobson performed his duties faithfully and with a degree of excellence that delighted the managing editors. But anything was better than the salary Howard was getting, so he took a job on the night sports desk of the Lincoln State Journal. "Around and About" forged ahead under the equally guidance of Dobby's very good friend, Sarah Louise Meyer. Then came Dick Kunzman, Daily Nebraska)! sports editor who turned out a whale of a column before he, too, was proselyted. But Dick took a job on the night spoils desk of the Lincoln State Journal, and the Nebraskan struggled on. This week, the Nebiaskan stipend-slavers thought they nad found vindication. News wound its way to the cavernous depths of university hall that Dobson, now night sports editor, was leaving the Journal for a job on the Omaha Bee-News. Void! The Journal was taking some of its own medicine. Then, in the midst of their hi ( Continued on Page 3.) T F, .19 Judges to Pick Two from List of Ten; Five N. U. Entries. Four students at the university, and one former student are in cluded in the list of ten young Nebraskans announced as this year's Rhodes scholarship candi dates, who will compete here Saturday before the state selec tion committee for two places in the district competition at Des Moines. A scholarship amounting to approximately ?2,000 a year for two years' study at Oxford uni versity, England, will be given by the district committee. Universitv students named: John Milton Roberts, jr., 20. Lincoln, senior; Arnold J. Levin, 19, of Rosalie, senior: Howard S. Kaltenborn, IP, Waco, senior; Earl Edgar, 22, Lincoln grad uate. The former Nebraskan is Irving i Hill. 21 of Lincoln, graduate and now a student at Harvard law school. Other Nebraskans who were named for the scholarships: Windsor Hackler. 20. Omaha, Northwestern university senior; John Kilbourn Vance, 21, Mil (Continued on Page 4.) COLLEGE POETHY CONTEST BEGUN RY TED MA LONE Who is the most outstanding poet aming the college and uni versity students of Nebraska? To find the answer to this ques tion, a poetry contest is to be conducted by Ted Malone, Colum bia Broadcasting system com mentator. This is a part of a nation-wide cntest conducted in ev ery state by Mr. Malone. Each contestant may submit three poems, each typed on mp arate sheets of paper bearing the name and address of the author. The poems must be sent to Dr. L. C. Wimberly. Andrews 121 be fore January 8. The poems will be sent to Ted Malone, and will be turned over to judges to decide the winning poem in each state. The winning poems will be read over a nation-wide CBS hook-up by Ted Malone during the week of Jan. 24th. Judges for the contest are Audrey Wurdemann, Filitzer prize poetry winner for 1034, and Joseph Auslander, associate edi tor of the North American lie view. Nebraska's new pharmacologist who came here from the Univer sity of Chicago, says that one may feel sure that an early object for human ingenuity was that of finding means of allevlat'.ng pain, of curing disease and of prevent ing death. Dr. Hoick's study of these prehistoric times should leave the individual with a distinct appreciation for modern medicine end the efforts of the 20th century pharmacologists. Animals Sources of Drugs. His report shows that animals were and still are common sources for drugs. But our early fore bears attacked the problem with all the crudity of the cave man. We read with mingled horror to ( Continued on Page 3 ) D I HAZARD ACES ASPIRANTS TO OXFORD DEC Today ihimiiw in mm nni i rnr , in 111 I KA-bULLLbL i CHAIRMAN BATTLE Ostendorf, Parker, Burns, Wallace in Race for Exposition Head. Committee chairmen for Engi neers' Week, annual engineering college exposition, will be elected today. Balloting by members of the college will be held from 8 o'clock until 5 on the first floor of mechanical arts hall. Candidates and organizations from which they were nominated are as follows: John Parker, American Chemical Engineering Society; Roger Wallace. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Pete Burns, American Society of Agricultural Engineers; and Earl Ostendorf, American Institute of ' Electrical Engineers. All are se niors except Burns who is in his junior year. In determining candidates, each of the six principal engineering societies propose two men from whom the college executive board selects the four who compete in the final election. The candidate receiving the most votes is de clared chairman while the student who receives the second largest following is declared secretary treasurer. Chairman Chooses Helpers. Membership on the committee is placed in the hands of the pop ularly elected chairman. The com mittee takes complete charge of preparations for the "Week" which is customarily concluded on the same day as the traditional Ivy ceremonies. Parker is a member of Beta Theta Pi; Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity; Phi Lamb da Upsilon, honorary chemistry fraternity; Phi Mu Epsilon, ath letic fraternity; American Society of Chemical Engineers, Scabbard and Blade, and council of engi neers executive board. Wallace is affiliated with Sigma (Continued on Page 3.) SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE FOR AG PUBLICATION Student Board in Charge Of Monthly Magazine Meets Today. Members of the ag student board, that has effected the re cent campaign for a monthly pub lication on the ag campus, will meet for an important session in room 303, Ag hall, at 5 this after noon to discuss the results of their subscription drive with members of the faculty staff. The drive, which was initiated by members of the student body, under the lead ership of Don Magdanz, was in tended to reach a goal of 350 sub scriptions, and, according to a re port from Chairman Magdanz. had in all probability reached that point Monday. The publication would be a monthly magazine, much of the same nature as the Cornhusker Countryman which was published on the ag campus prior to 1932. From all indications ot present members of the committee predict that the first issue of the publica ( Continued on Page 3.) Doane Asks for Return of . Photo, Valuable to Library Scries. A framed picture of Walter K. Jewell, hbrari.iti ol the university library l'mm lfiii',-1 '. i::, h.i. bcti stolen from the .moi.p of picture of former librarians i'l the ctid floor hall of !i hbrarv. "1 c.in'i iniiiiiii' why ;.ny,.:ii woulii i;o in ilie Iioiililc to ! c; I such a picture, which is of .i!.v onlv to Vut lihrarv or Ik irien-M of " Dr. Jewed." ' stated Gilbert Doane. head librarian. "It was necessary to v". ' picture ta'ten f -a f.vr-.-and e'-V- . . ? i 1 : t!-e b' n::y. ; . amo'.'nt to r. !a there are "o iiui.vidi';:! t graphs of Dr. Jcwttt avail ib The picture was ap;iroMn:i' "v 12x9 in size, in a plain, b!a frame. Dr. Jewett was a dist'n guished looking; gentleman with a Van Dyke beard. "If the person who tonk the pic ture will please return the photo graph, even without the frarv:, no questions will be asked" stated Mr. Doane. "The frame can be easily replaced, but the photogrsoli itself cannot be easily duplicated."