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PACE FOUR THE DAILY NEBKASKA1N. TUESDAY. OCTOBEK 19. 1937 By Johnny Howell Quarterback Oil' Mary Anna Cockle JOHN HOWELL ' AS JOHNNY SEES IT. With the coming of this bright October weather, I believe it's time for another timely discourse on the art of spending two hours over a nickel coke. Increasing numbers of students are now crowding the Moon, Uni Drug and other study halls if for no other reason to get In out of the rain. A surprising number of students actually know enough to do the aforesaid. Now, within two blocks of the coke joints, the tcrriffic (thanks Stceves) din caused by the loud crunching of Ice is hardly bear able to we aspirants for P. B. K. 1 reserved this space for the weekly wise remark from that old fox, Paul Amen. This week it will have to be labelled "This space intentionally and unavoidably left blank" because Amen was too busy swallowing mud to make any audible wise ones. At some early date, not def initely decided upon as yet, I will make announcement of the launch ing of a campaign of great Impor tance to the campus "The Howell Fund for the Celebration of Ivy Pay." It's another worthwhile sub sldary of Howell Enterprises, Inc. Sitting on the DDD front porch last Sunday evening watching the moon between rain drops were Virginia Shuler and date (name unknown Then, six, yes, six phone calls, all long, came in very rapid order and the deal was off. Date trudged home, any romantic in tentions which he might have had nipped in the bud. AS MAHYANNA SEES IT. A gay round of parties awaits several of our prominent coeds during the week of festivities that accompany the Ak-Sar-Ben Ball in Omaha. Future countesses of the 1937 Quivera received their sum mons to court this week. Three girls go from the Tri-Delt House Ectty Van Home. Grace Saults and Freddie Matthiesen. The Kap pa's will be represented to the number of four. They are Dorothy Bccher, Kay Hendy, Charlotte Bridge and Margaret Straub. The two Delta Gamma's of royal line age are Elizabeth Cook, and Mar garet Nichols. THESE FRESHMEN. Faye Hon, that attractive little Ti Phi pledge from Red Oak, is al ready hand conscious. It seems that the steady back home thought he'd better cinch things with a diamond. CARBON COPIES. One of Alpha Xi Delta's intel ligentsia, Florence Steuteville, was a bit off form yesterday when her instructor sprang an examina tion. Neither she nor the girl sil ting next to her knew a thing, so they marched up to teacher's desk with their blank sheets of paper. "My. my." murmured the prof, "You girls must have copied." SUCH LITERATURE. inc Acacia scnolastic average .,1WL, , . ... ought to be advancing. At least ! TI&wJl (paAadsL Europe ul Sword's Points. European powers breathed easier for a time as agreement on with drawal of troops from Spain seemed imminent. Today they are at swords points again, feeling runs high, and efforts at peaceful setlement are deadlocked. Meeting of the 27 power non-intervention committee Saturday found "the sir sizzling with verbal assaults on nations." Fascist representa tives demand equal removal of troops from both sides. France and Great Britain are equally deter mined that removal shall be pro portional to the unequal number of foreign soldiers on the two Hides. Soviet Ambassador Maisky demands immediate opening of the Spanish frontiers to government aid. Significance of today's meet ing is felt keenly, with European peace hanging in the balance and the slightest incident capable of upsetting the powder hopes. C.l.O. Raines Hag Of Truvv. Hopes line for a better dav In labor's bitter controversy. The long-waged civil war may be rear ing an end, if the conference net for Oct. 25 can bring uU.ui amic able settlement. Reason for the C. I. O.'a proposal of peace, say federation lenders, Is revolt In iu own ranks. A counter charge ac cuses federation leaders of foster ing such revolt. A. F. of L. leaders Hecm not overly optimistic. The "peace conference, if it come off on schedule, will find both craft and industrial organization de fenders pretty well set on their Ideas for a successful outcome. A. F, of L. leaders are openly pessi mistic, and Lewis' Invitation sum mons federation attendance "if you decide to cease quibbling." Kejilrality Proclamation A Scrap of Paper? Plans are shaping for the nine power conference at Brussels Oct. 30. Acceptance by China of Invi tation to attend marks the latest development In the attempt at settling of the far eastern situ ation. Acceptance by the United States of a similar invitation arouscu vio lent opposition In muny sectors. TYii:witiTi:iis All standard maksa for tall or rtnt. Usad and rebuilt mach'nei on easy tarma. Nebraska Typewriter Co. 130 No. 12 St. B21S7 Lincoln, Nebr, Societu Butch Larson's English book seems to have gone the rounds at the house. Sunday night found everyone in the house just pour ing over it. That chapter on mat rimony must have been exciting. AND THEN. The Acacia's are certainly tak ing a beating today, but I just had to tell you about Walt Zinc. He came home after a date one night with cigaret burns in his socks and a rip in the back of his coat. They party must have gotten rough. FIRE! FIRE! I forgot to tell you about the Theta Xi house party Friday night, or the fireman's ball. The house was decorated with hoses, pipes, axes und real fire extin guishers. Everybody who was there, I've heard, had a roaring time. SOCIAL WHIRL. Theta Xi's are entertaining their national executive secretary, 11. P. Davidson. Mr. Davidson comes from national headquarters in St. Louis and is expecting to remain with the local chapter until Tues day. ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE DATE At the exchange dinner between the Loomis club and the Ag col lege Boarding club Sunday, Wayne Domingo and Naomi Richmond announced the date of their mar riage for Dec. 25. Naomi is presi dent of the Loomis club, a co operative boarding house. A SECOND JOSEPHINE? Marie Anderson, that little page boy Theta, informs me that the pledges are seriously considering the purchase of a "perfectly good car" for only $10. Well, after all, did you ever see a dream walk ing? MORE TWINS. It seems that in a recent cam pus survey of twins, we missed a pair. They are Lillian and Lihhy Blaskovec, sophomores this year. SOCIAL WHIRL. Two more have joined the ranks of Phi Gam. anil will soon be liv ing face to face with the Student Union building., Harold Wright of Sioux City, la. and Bob Chatt of Tekamah are the new Fiji's. Ki And Now They're Doing It. Sky was the limit when Mothers Phillips and Marshall decided to "shag it out" at the Alpha Xi Delt D. U. houi dance. It all struted when someone innocently suggested doing the Big Apple, but Uv- kid dies were soon left far bihind when their housemothers jOied the fun and proved they could "shine" with the best of th-m. Delta Sigma Chi just informed me of their four new additions. The boys pledging this honorary business fraternity are Orlynn Mc Cartney, Victor Jacobsen, Holland Welch and Neal Hadsell. . w annul a day at Towu.send Studio. Protests from peace organizations combined last week with loud de mands bv Ren. Tinkhnm nf Maa. chussetts for the impeachment of oom tresment Koosevelt and Sec retary Hull. Meanwhile, the shaping of pub lic opinion, if a poll by the Amer ican Institute of Public Opinion can be taken as a basis, has been toward the stand taken by the peace organizations. Sixtv-nine ncr cent cast their votes for stricter neutrality laws by congress, can't see their way to leaving the job up to the president to do as he likes. Roosevelt's position as as sistant secretary of the navy dur ing the World war may have shown him some of the things nut to do, hut 69 per cent of the voters would rather be assuied of con gress' being on hand to help him not to do them. PHI .MU ALPHA PLANS INFORMAL KKCEPTIO.N i Honorary .Music Fraternity ! I'Vtr 'Alumni, 15 unices i Sunday Attcriioon. Phi Mil Alpha-Sinfonia, national ! honorary music fraternity, will nW n Informal reception Sun ' d:ty nftrv-nnnn from .1 to 5 p m , at the University club Alumni and j rushees will be the guests of (he J active chapter. A musical pmgiuiii will he pre- sented. consisting of selections by William Miller, bass; Duane Har i mon. trumpet, and Thomas Mc I Manus, violin. Richard White, i president of the local chapter, will ' preside at the reception. Glenn. Sprout I)icus Manlier Tonight at 7 i j Miner Glenn and Paul Sprout will lead discussion on "Manners" ! at the next meeting of the Meth odist fraternity, Phi Tau Theta, wnicn win ne ncld at 7 p. m. Tues day at the Wesley foundation. ORPIIEUM STAGE SHOWS are bach! Bell's HAWAIIAN FOLLIES" Starting Vhurjday Year's Study in Czechoslovakia Enables Edmund Dudek to Obtain First-Hand View of Slav People "Businessmen, high school pupils and university students in Czecho slovakia all want to take, lessons in English. They realize that Eng lish is the commerical language of the day and feel that it will help them. When the ministry of education asked me if I would teach English in a summer camp 1 accepted, and that month in camp brought my year in Europe to a splendid ciose," stated Ed mund Dudek, psychology labora tory assistant and university stu dent who recently returned from a year's study in Czechoslovakia. Dudek attended the Charles uni versity at Prague, Czechoslovakia, and an Institute of International Education Scholarship for the school year of 1930-37. He studied psychology in Prngue but explains that in Czechoslovakia psychology is not well developed yet, being still in the theoretical stage with little actual experimenting done. In the summer Dudek taught Eng lish and kiltenbn.ll in a camp spon sored by the government. More Musically Inclined. "The Chechoslovakians seem to be more musical than Americans. Czech students attend operas quite regulaily. The best scats are usu ally about a dollar except when the president is attending, then they are higher. Students often take standing loom and can see a good opera for as low as seven cents if they stand in the second balcony. Czechoslovakia!! cities of 100,000 each have their own opera and arc open four time a week in the fall and winter season," Dudek explained. Europeans like American and English pictures best. That Amer ican films are shown more often simply because America produces more than England was Dudek's impression of the Europeans pic ture taste. Mytna Loy is the fa vorite film actress in Czechoslo vakia. Even 'he placards adver tising other stars such as Greta Garbo look like Myrna Loy be cause she is the Czech conception cf the ideal actress. Musical films are popular in Prague. "Rose Marie" ylayed as operetta for two and a half months straight and for over a month as a moving picture. "San Francisco" and "Top Hat" with Czechoslovakia!! sub titles weie also popular. The Amer ican films in France, Germany and Czechoslovakia arc all given in English, Dudek believed, but in Italy the Italian wolds are sub stituted. In Treslc he saw "Mag nificent Obsession" with an Italian friend. The Italian words were so cleverly syncronized with the ac tion that his companion thought that Robert Taylor and Irene Dunn were really speaking Italian. French Films Too Sexual. "The Czechs make some good pictures. French films are too sex ual, so much that they are boring. German pictures seem poor and Italian films are not very good." continued Dudek. "Russian pic tures are like our wild western shows, so clumsy. American and English pictures seem to me to be the best." "Many of the theatres in Czech oslovakia and Trieste. Italy are ...dei ground. Because the theatres do not need sunlight and because ground space is so precious in the cities, they are placed beneath ether buildings. All seats are re served and they vary considerably in price depending upon their lo cation. Children under fifteen or sixteen are not admitted to the theatres except when some snows such as "David Coppeifield" or those featuring Shirley Temple are presented. Students Cohabit in Dorms. "At the university I lived in a large dormitory for men. There were SOO students in my doim. Prague has dorms for Iwth men and women nn,l even dorms where men and women students live to gether. Of course this is only the impression thatl got in my year's stay, but I would judge that five to ten percent of the students co habit in the dorms. For this reason President Bcnes would not allow one of the new dorms where this practice existed be named in his honor, altho the silverware and furniture had already Itccn deco latecl with his name." "The situation in the univer sities appears to have been cus tomary for years, and is partly dup to the fact that there are 12 Sills to every 10 boys. The sur plus of girls is also reflected in the social life. When boy wants to attenil an affair with his girl, he arranges for her to come with her chaperon or mother, while he arrives alone or with male fiitnds. Incidently, the girl pays her own wi.'y und at that a higher price than the boy pays. Gypsies Banned in Germany. "While I was traveling in Czech oslovakla during the school year, I saw lots of Gyp.;ies. They used to roam nil over central Europe from Germany to Turkey, but they are not allowed In G-.'imany now that Hitler is in power. The Gyp sies are a separate nation with their own language, their cwn laws and their own king. They are a nation without a country like the Jews. They are kept on the move all the time, partly because Ml . Friday, Oct. 22nd TURNPIKE I Ma I Order an A4mnt Tlrlirla tl.lt mrh it Danlrlunn floral (n., 1.-.0C1 hi, they are so dishonest. Whether their dishonesty is a result of the treatment they receive or whether the treatment is deserved, I don't know. I saw the police, apparently without cause, make a whole car avan unload all their baggage while the police searched for stolen goods. The Gypsies have to submit tor they have no alternative," Du dek explained. "At Uzhovod, Czechoslovakia Is the only Gypsy school in the world. Here the Czechs are trying to settle the Gypsies and teach them honest trades. Everywhere th Gypsies are very musical. The walls of one school that Dudek visited were covered with violins, base viols and other instruments. The Gypsies make their own vio lins .and some of them are very good, rivaling real Stradivariuses. Government Sponsored Camps. "I spent my last month in Czech oslovakia in a government summer camp in the mountains. In Czech oslovakia there are many of these camps sponsored by the govern ment, or by some private organiz ation like the YMCA. where any underweight or undernourished student can attend for a month. The government pays at least part :i the expenses foi the boys in its own camps. I taught English and kittenball in camp. The Czech boys were crazy about kittenball, and as I was the onl one who knew even a little about it, I had to be umpire. Everybody had a grand time in the camps." Concluding the interview Dudek laughingly said: "The first thing I got when I landed in New York was a mailed milk and a ham burger. You can't iret hambureers or malted milks in Europe and their ice cream isn't very good ex cept in Italy. The other countries serve sherbets instead of ice cream. However, the enjoyable and inter esting in e in Europe more than compensates for the; lack of the many American luxuries." Students dancing to swing music 1,200 of them-generate enough heat to warm a two story nouse for two days in ordinary winter weath. Enough energy is released to raise a five-ton ele phant 32 miles in the air. So sayeth an engineer at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. "At tmm b: Ss. Ulft -and every ni.l.t I dream the same thin Has Someone hTpnot Ld me ?" An eccentric millionaire Bw Hera Wrot a strange case. o strange M. Wrot turns ,t down. Then a wetk later tilings happc"-" 3:.B . . A NEW HERCULE P0IR0T MYSTERY The Dream by AGATHA CHRISTIE ACID DRAMA OF THE FOREIGN LEGION. Captuin Cormier and Convict No. 1181 fight it out. Read The Hitheat Stakes by Georges Surdcz. FEUD FOLLOWED BV FWCNIC SUPPER. That'i what Edynr ran into that week in the bayou. .A new brand of comedy and a new author in Ediar and the Dank Morasi by George Sessions Perry. THE DAFT MARE . . . The story of a woman who was sensibla about every 10 HAVE HOG-CALLING I Committee Plans Evening Of Readings, Music For Wednesday. University Y. M. C. A. mem bers will be treated to a brim-full evening of entertainment Wednes day evening, climaxed by the pro fessional hog-calllng proclivities of Harlan, F.aston ex - University Players member, and now profes sional entertainer in his own right. Easton has been obtained to give his comic readings before mem bers of the University Y. M. C. A. Best liked, and now almost fa mous, is Gaston's "Elmer, the Champion Tennessee Hog Caller." In addition to Easton's readings, there will be musical numbers by Pahio Hill, Negro baritone, who is frequently heard over the radio, and Roger Emrick, university and player of the piano and accordion, Cider and doughnuts will round for the evening according to Lynn Landgren, social chairman in charge. All university men are invited to the meeting which will start at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night in the Temple. GENTLE RAIN FROM HEAVEN GETS STUDENT BRONX CHEER (Continued from Page 1.) Indignation was violcnetly ex pressed when students were ques tioned as to the football game. One sniffling sophomore com plained that in spite of the fact that he wore an oversees cap, a laundry bag, a pair of rubbers and a raincoat plus an umbrella, he caught a miserable cold.. And the delicate coeds of the sororities warned the weather man that if the next game is like the last, the team will have to win without the support of the feminine element. The only city campus student who was enthusiastic about the downpour was Chuck Tanton. known for his brilliant work on the campus humor magazine. "The rain is muddy fine," he declared enthusiastically. "We are going to have an umbrella contest, altho I am afraid that it will be over most of the student's heads. rAPD "Stat 32 in the mm issue thing in the world but her boy. By Margaret Weymouth Johnson. MARIE CURIE-MY MOTHER. The mon dramatic chapter in her life story, by Eve Curie. PLUS new chapters In Alice Ducr Miller's dramatic novel, AND ONE WAS BEAUTIFUL And the James War nerBcllah South Seas mystery, SEVEN MUST DIE . . . Articles . . . Editorials . . . Humor . . . Cartoons. iLmmimiimf . . Official Bulletin. Tassels. There will be a regular Tassel meeting tonight In room 105 So cial Science. Sigma Delta Chi. All Sigma Delta Chi members will meet for a regular meeting at noon Wednesday in the Grand hotel. Interfraternlty Council. Interfratcrnity council will meet at 7 p. m. today In room 9 of Mor rill hall. Kosmet Klub, Kosmet Klub members will hold a regular meeting in the Klub school of music rooms at 5 p. m. today. PI MU EPSILON MEMBERS TO MEET ONI WEDNESDAY Honorary Math Fraternity Will Study Astronomy From Observatory. The Pi Mu Epsilon, honorary mathematics fraternity, will meet Wednesday at 7:30 in Mechanics hall. The group will proceed from there to the new observatory at Ag campus. All students Interested in mathematics or astronomy are invited to attend. Accoding to Prof. Collins of the astonomy department the moon and other bodies will be visible and should be very interesting to note at this time of the year. Anyone having cars will help the society if they will bring them to the meeting, in order to provide transporation to the Ag campus for those not having rides. Poultry Club Members To Meet on Wednesday The Poultry club at Ag college will meet Wednesday evening in room 205, Poultry Husbandry building at 7:30 for their regular meeting. Roscoe Hill will speak to the group at 8 o'clock. All mem bers arc urged to be present. Miss Pound Addresses Kansas State Meeting Miss Louise Pound of the de partment of English traveled to Fort Hays last week end to ad dress a convocation at the Kansas State college, Oct. 15. That eve ning she gave a dinner address before the state convention of dean of women. . !.t;mate fas D a crwy Plot 10 . Wilson as a 6lU; bin, off-ferary of the Kats . dually got upsct their PU. n lhlt had eo V era, 'fctj. 5.-.IH. I MS 1 y I OF 'LURE SISTERS' Group of Seven to Instruct 41 Frosh in Traditions of Campus Life. Seven Coed Counselors in the counselor group of Fern Steute ville are assisting 41 little slaters in the ways of university lif. Freshmen girls on the campus who have not yet been contacted by their coed counselors are re quested to follow the lists of big and little sisters that are being published from day to day In the Daily Nebraskan and to call them if they are not yet acquainted. If a freshman girl has not yet been contacted by her big sister, it is because the big sister has not received the proper address and has been unable to do so. Seven girls are in the group of counselor Selma Zveltel, telephone number, B1521. They are Ions Rossmiller, Gertrude Von Gargen, Helen Norris, ShlrleyFink, Max ine Baker, Joan Lucile Jemison and Gladys Dohe. Five students form the group of Martha Leffers, 4-2583. These girls are Bobctto Loper, Doris Turner, Helen Schneider, Ida Schwicger and Lois Noble. Edith Brown, Doris Hall, Lcona .Taivorski, Elizabeth Curtis, Ruth Jameson, Helen Wilkins and Betty Huntington have as their big sister, Jane Goetz, B230I. In Rilla Mae Nevin's group are Ruth Urick, Betty McFarland, Louise Weiu naan, Catherine Nicholas and Betty Jane rendleton. Their coed counselor's telephone number is BG095. The little sisters of Ruth Wil liams may reach their counselor by calling F373". They are: Hclma Smith. Margaret Souplcr, Irma Holstein, Ruth Chase, and Lois Morris. Lois Owens, Btflt)5, has in her group Marion Starlin, Erdine Haddix, Berniecc Browner, Esther Stuerner. Phyllis Ann Thompson and Patricia Murray. Luclla Mlnarik. Rosalie Stuart. Ada Charlotte Mille. Ruth Sur bur. Erna Merting and Katharine Martin have ns their counselor Eunice Schwedhelm whoso tele phone number is F1221. ... ;f toucan, rcsidcrcc,hat r Js, GHQchucWinR 10 vT. ALEXANDER Can,. you 'ust Wioj "A..,.. . 5Po(, , r : vi .