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VOL. XXXV11, M. ..
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TlllJKSDAY. DKCKMUKH 2. 1937
I'HICK FIVE CENTS
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Profits
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Come One,
See All.
While we're in an advice ped
dling: cycle, we should be most up
philanthropic if we did suggest to
all you struggling pieces of hu
manity ways and means of seeing
the presentation at the Military
ball. The army unit makes a tidy
sum on you all, spends some of it
on spectacle to deaden the blow,
but parts with nary a centime to
help you see what your parted
with your cash for. As it was in
the beginning it is now and ever
shall be world without end amen
so if you want to really view the
elaborate presentation, you must
do something about it yourself.
There are some comparatively
simple aids to spectators that are
moderately effective. Such as these
are the utilization of high power
field glasses, or 6 foot stilts. Stu
dent architects and engineers can
contrive vantage points by adroitly
piling up folding chairs. Acrobats
could utilize the coliseum trapezes.
Husky couples can trade off stand
ing on each other shoulders.
Others may demonstrate their
Ingenuity in other fashions. With
wigs and borowed housemothers'
attire, determined pairs could
pass as ogling townswomen, and
get ringside seats in the balcony.
Or steady handed persons could
adopt the English device for pa
rade seeing standing backwise
to the goings on, watching
everything in a miror held on a
stick high overhead. The "wild
Indians" of the campus could
bone up on the Redskin far
sightedness by squinting care
fully at the reserve book desk
customers from the' north end
of the reserve reading room
while studying to practice long
range seeing.
But the greatest opportunities
are for the wizards of promotion.
Theirs is a chance to be of serv
ice to all the milling thousands of
ball attenders, and to reap plenty i
of pocket money for themselves. I
Some clever lad could install sev
eral mounted, coin-operated tele
scopes In the rear and sides of the
dance floor, and. at ten cents a
minute collect many a collegian's
last thin dime.
For those who prefer panorama
rather than peep shows, an enter
prising someone might be booker
for a subscription platform. By
counting in only skinny people, and
using sardine methods in filling
the elevated space, the little boy
responsible for it all can clean up.
But most sensational, and hence
most potentially popular presentation-seeing
help of all. would be
a sort of sky ride from side bal
cony. Many small cars, moving
slowly along cables in close range
of both the stage and grand march
area, would carry two or four for
a moderate sum. Optional return
trip would be at slightly less than
first trip cost The cars could be
named after military big wigs
mueh as the Chicago Fair cabins
bore, in large letters. "Amos." I
"Andy," "Madame Queen" and
such,
With all these Individual and
group projects for better presenta-
lion sight, there Li no reason why
every ball goer may not enjoy to
the utmost all the army pageantry
of the opening event of the formal
season. So get going. Plan your
aid to the eves now.
Engineering Junior Depicts
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WOnfJerS 0I UarqUinCZ
Bridge at ASCE.
Illustrated with lantern shoe, a j
talk on the Carquinez Strait i
Bridge ws gi-en last night by
Stanley Michael, junior In civil en-1
liineering. before the Nebiaskaj
student chapter of the American j
Society of Civil Engineers. Prof. '
D. H. Harkness lsn showed ,
movie, taken by him at the engi-
neer'a ramn last summer
Completed in 1927 at a cot of;
approximately ft million dollars,
the Carquinez bridge crosses the (
strait of that name situated about ,
25 miles north of San Francisco. ;
Calif. Of the cantilever type. It U '
the second largest of that kind In
the United 8tates. It has two main
spans of 1,100 feet and an overall
length of 4.4S2 feet of which 3.250
feet make up the main structure
and 1,132 feet comprise the ap
proach viaducts.
Notable for Its deep piers, the
bridge has foundations going down
135 feet below the water level. It
Is the largest Investment to date
In private toll bridge enterprises,
according to Michael. In the slides
which he showed along with his
talk, were detailed diagram and
picture! of the bridge showing not
only the completed structure but
also the various steps undergone
In building It.
KommcI Kluli SaleMiioii
L'rgrd lo Check Money
By ChrifttmuA ltecebs
All Koamet Klub ticket salesmen
must check in their tickets and
ales completely by Christmas va
cation at the latest, according to
Howard Kaplan who was in charge
of ticket sales for the fall revue.
"There are about six men whfl
have not yi completed checking
in to me," stated Kaplan, "and it
Is very Important that they do so
without further delay. The longer
a man waits to do this, the less
i redlt his sales will hold when the
Klub considers him for member
ship. "
BEITY WIDENER
HEADS
PLAYERS
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Comedy Features Boehm,
Gaeth, Misses Rice,
Van Slyke, Albin.
University Players will produce
their third play of their season
with a cast of six prominent play
ers, led by Betty Widcner in the
title role, when the Temple theater
curtain rises Monday night on en
tertaining modern comedy, "Penny
Wise."
Miss Widcner," in the role of
Penny, will be supported by John
Gaeth, who plays the character of
Gordon Chase, her philandering i
playwright spouse. Arthur Ball i
has switched his interests at pres-!
ent from the gridiron to the foot
lights and will be seen as the j
cigar chewing, pinochle playing, I
efficiency plus Town Water Com- j
missioner Dunn. Other members of j
the cast are Don Boehm, Ruth '
Van Slyke, Helen Rice and Flora
Albin.
Frothy Comedy.
"Penny Wise" is a gay and
frothy comedy that was written
by Jean Ferguson Black and was
produced for the first time last
April in New York. The play has
the sure fire theme of wife and ex
mistresses and the development of
the situation leads to genuine
hilarity.
Scene of the show is laid at a
farm in Connecticut where New
York sophistication hovers in the
atmosphere. According to Herbert
Yenne, director, the set, designed
by Alfred Boylan is the most un
usual and most interesting that
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ZANZIG 10 DEFEND
11 AS COLLEGE
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Former Brooklinc School
Director to Speak
At 3 Thursday.
Augustus Zanzig. author of "Mu-
sic in American Life" will address
the public at a special convocation
at Temple theater, at 3:00 p'clock
this afternoon on the subject.
"First Rate Music is a College
Sport." The purpose of the meet-
ing is to acquaint the students wiin
the progress of colleges and uni
versities tbmout the nation in this
field.
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recreation school.
In the past, Mr. Zanzig was con-
I nected with several schools in the
east. He was director of music in
I Brookline, Mass., public schools;
: an instructor at Smith college, and
lecturer at Harvard. He was also
P
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Mr. Zanzig is a memlr of the a,"'e "'" ' ' dell Bayse. Robert Kerl: and the
visory committee of the federal c'tlr5C,n!vrS t'n vr!iv n! ncR!?.''ye. arguments will ne upheld
i.ic project and is director of , , . , V , , "y i.aivin j'.ouins. naroiu iuikpi,
sin aApflr- tcith (ha not uiP'jI
Minnesota. Oklahoma A. it Al. col- . . . ,.., Turner Samuel
irjnoer or tne Broominc .vnn(ii;uni.eHi,
t Music. Altogether, Mr. zanz.g
' has had considerable experience as
a director of choral and tnstru-
! mpntal
Unrtnm DnnrA UnnA ToP,
MOrtar bOarfJ HCad I alKS ,
To Freshman A. W. S.
On Activities.
Maxine Durand. president of the
Mortar Board (society, spoke yes-
tcrday to the Freshman A. W. 8.
group.
Miss Durand opened her talk by
explaining the early history of the
present chapter of Mortar Board.
It was first founded as the Black
Masque In 1905. and In 1921 It be
came a member of the Xational
Mortar Board society.
I To be selected for Mortar Board
Miss Durand said that one muwt
be prominent on the basis nt serv
ice, scholarship, and leadership.
Junior and senior women vote upon
a number of girls, and the thirty
girls receiving the highest num-1
ber of votes are candidates for j
the society. Membership Is limited
to not less than S or more than
20. The Mortar Boards promote
cooperation between leaders tn
campus activities. Miss Durand
stressed quality, and not quantity,
of work In activities.
Sponsor Social Events.
Special events sponsored by
Mortar Board are the traditional
leap-, : .- party, and the Ivy-Day
ceremony, an All-Activities Tea,
given In the tall, and a Scholar
ship Tea, given in the spring, are
sponsored by the Mortar Board.
"The purpose of Mortar Board,"
said Miss Durand, "is to promote
a better type of college women."
Gertrude McArthur was chair
mnn of the meeting, and Betty Ann
Iloach was secretary.
National Meat Judging Champions
'It
Krom l.incniii .loiinmi.
The university rated another championship ag college team wh en the meat judging squad an
nexed the 1937 grand championship at the International stock show in Chicago. Left to right: Lester
Schmadeke, Bradish: B. Reinmiller, Staplehurst, alternate iR. Jacob sen. Albion, replaced him as alter
nate at Chicago); Carl Swanson, Kearney; Tom Aitken, Tecumsch, and Coach Ross Miller.
UNIVERSITY
TOPS ALE TEAMS
EAT JUOGI
Swanson, Aitken, Schmadke
Win Second National
Title of Year.
Carl Swanson of Kearney. Tom
Aitken of Tecumseh, and Lester
Schmadke of Bradish won the sec
ond national intercollegiate meat
judging championship for 1937 at
the Chicago national contest held
Tuesday. This is the same team
that triumphed in Kansas City sev
eral days ago. Their coach was
Ross Miller of the animal hus
bandry department for both con
tests. Carl Swanson was high-score
man accumulating a good many of
the 2.404 points scored by Ne
braska. Tom Aitken won second,
and Lester Schmadke finished in
eighth place.
Swanson got first place In pork
judging, and sixth in beef judging:
Aitken ranked second on lamb and
beef judging: and Schnadke won
first place in beef judging.
Other schools competing in the
contest, finished in the order be
low: South Dakota university. Iowa
lege, Massachusetts State college.
Kansas State college, Pennsylvania
State collcee. Illinois Normal uni-
.
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TANKSTERETTES WILL MEET
Squadmcn Slated
V U 4 .11
For Demonstration
IN M
NG
I At M:eting. j . .
I Active mrmbf.s of Tankster- i Cathedral Choir's Second
1 ettes will meet tonight at the coli- VeSPCr Schedule.
wum to make plans for a public 1 . .
'swimming demonstration to be Raymond Pool will be the
held Dec 14 guest speaker at the second vesper
I It Is Important that every niem-1 ervicc given by the Cathedral
Mr attend since Tanksteret'tes arc; choir Sunday at 5:30 in the ball
! in charge of the exhibition. Mem- rm,m of the Hotel Cornliiu-ker. Dr.
! bera of the varsity wpjad will also i c head of the botany de-
perform at the demonstration ! partment of the university and the
which Is ling given for member
of high w hool f.tball teams who
! will or gucnis i uc nnivrri-uy
that day. '
The meeting tonight will b gin!
nrnmntiv nt 7-3(1 in the coliseum,
i A i'im In
the pKd will lollow
, tnc bumM session.
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Lowering of Trade Barriers
Might Promote World Peace
Professors Agree Tariff
Cut No Sure Cure-All
itf mi a
I for war inreai.
By Ellsworth Steele.
That lowering tf trade barriers!
to aid world commerce would op
erate to some extent to promote
world peace, holn Prof. E, h. Gil
more of the economics department
and Prof. David Fcllman of the
political science department. Both
professors emphasized, however,
the fact that freer world trade Is
not a certain cure-all for world
conflicts. Professor Fellman, polit
ical scientist, was somewhat more
optimistic than Professor Gllniore,
expert on trade relations, about
the probably success of the recip
rocal trade treaties devised by Sec
retary of Stale Cordell Hull with
the Idea that increased world
trade would promote world peace.
While both professors com
mended Mull's trade policies as the
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Jean Gift to Address
Dramatics Ilolihy Croup j
On Slapo Makeup ut 7j
Members of the dramatics
hobby group, sponsored by the
Coed Counselor board will hear a
talk on stage makeup given by
Jean Gist at their regular meeting
tonight at 7 o'clock at Ellen Smith
hall. All members or girls inter
ested in the subject are urged to
attend by Virginia Nolte. sponsor
of the group.
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Ten
Yearlings Discuss
Monroe Doctrine
In Andrews.
Ten freshmen debaters will vie
tonight for the coveted Long de
bate trophy, awarded annually to
the freshman making the best
showing in this particular com
petition. The entrants will com
pete in room 126. Andrews lull.
j this evening at 7:30.
I Affirmative speakers will be
Sidney Kalin. Bruce Biebor. Wen
Davidson and Kdwin Wittenberg
Thf.v u-ill lisiiiK the Monroe iloc- t
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! Drawings Today. i
I (rawing for the order of speak-1
ers will be made today, but will '
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DR. POOL TO SPEAK SUNDAY
s-'oj.n va.n K,.-
announced later.
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pers to be continued turnout the
year, the service will aain have
the inf trumcntal music of the Lin-
j roin siring nrcnesira uii'i.-r mo
direciion 01 uoromy iioicomo.
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C'miMmy l.inr-run imjrnm.
OR. DAVID A. FELLMAN.
COEDS
TO HOLD ANNUAL
Ytilctide Program Will Pre
cede Hanging of Greens
Festivities.
Activity women will gather to
deck Fllcn Smith hall in bows of
holly and Christmas greens
shipped from Fstrs park at the
traditional hanging of the greens
dinner held this evening at 5:30
by the Y. W. C. A. Christmas pro
gram, planned by Loraine Elm
borg. will be presented before the
yuletidc decorations are set up.
Dean Amanda Heppncr, Miss
Klsic Ford Piper and the Y. W.
C. A. advisory board will be guests
of honor at the dinner which will
include the members of the eight
major boards that supervise worn
en's activities on the campus and
the members of Y. W. Included in
the boards are Mortar Board, A
W. S. board. W. A. A. board, bath
A. W. S., W. A. A. council. Coed
Counselor board. Home Economics
board. Tassels and the Y. W. C. A
cabinet.
During the dinner, the Yrspci
choir will sing Christmas enrols
under the direction of Maxine
Federle. the program will consist
of a piano solo by Tex Rozelle
Rounds and a Christmas reading
by Virginia Davis, a vocal solo by
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the guests will participate in hang
jng the greens.
OMAHANS TO FETE HUSKERS
Major Jones Tops Speakers
At Annual Luncheon.
Major Lawrence "Riff Jones
Nebraska head football coach
and athletic director, will be the
main speaker next Tuesday night
at the luncheon of the Omaha
chapter of the "X" club. Members
of the '37 Husker grid so,uad will
he guests of honor.
Those attending the affair in the
state' metropolis will have a
chance to view tin year' Xebraa-ka-Pittsbiugh
football game on the
screen. Jim Patton. director of
athletics at Omaha South and a
I graduate of Nebraska L will
! serve as toastm.ister.
'most constructive efforts in the
development of a liberal trade pol
icy that are being carried out nt
the pitdcnt time," both declared
strongly that factors other than
economic questions are very Influ
ential In causing wurs.
Hull: Old Fashioned Liberal.
"Cordtll Hull." stated Fellman.
"la one of the most admired men
on the present cabinet because he
has been steadfastly devoted to
one single idea to expand world
trade. He Is an old fashioned lib
eral who believes that the road to
peace Is thru prosperity and that
prosperity will come If the trade
channels are opened up. His argu
ment Is that prosperous nations
nre less apt to be worlllse than are
the nations that are not prosper
ous." "Hull believes that domestic dis
content Is the major cause of war
and that It can be reduced thru
aiding International Irade by low
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DM
TONIGHT
Audited Record
Shows Expense
Of Staging Bail
MONEY!
WHERE FROM! WHERE TO!
' n ftpmirH Hrt-mnil m( llir- lfl.li;
mililiiry hull, r.urh Hrnmnt hrrr MMrft
Him taltfn friin llir nurhrr In tllr
Atiirienl jtf-tlvltit-t offirr.)
INTRODUCTION OF HONOR
ARY COLONEL
Richard Rider $ 15.00
Don Buell 5.00
Sponsors caps 63.36
Hon. col. uniform 50.00
Campus studio 2.00
Costumer (Lieben).... 42.00
Express on costumes.. 3.66
Day-Gish, Insurance .. 5.00
Lincoln Army Navy.. 4.23
Col. attend's (Homes). 4.00
Danielson Floral 10.00
Ma gee's 38.75
Gardner's 1.92
Total $ 244.92
STAGE DECORATIONS
Robert B. Mullins $ 40.00
Uni. of Ncbr., electrical
work 55.13
Uni. Nebr., stage work 32.78
John Pease 2.50
Total $ 130.41
MAIN FLOOR DECORATIONS
Uni. Nebr., job office. . 108.42
J. C. Ridnour 8.80
Total $ 117.22
CHECK ROOM
Uni. Ncbr., job office.. $ 58.19
Checkers 39.0U
Doorman 2.50
Head checker 8.00
Police 16.00
Total $ 123.69
REFRESMENTS
True Food Shop $ 47.75
Total $ 47.75
MUSIC
Louis Prima $ 500.00
E. J. Walt 3.50
Telegrams, phone
calls 18.94
Total $ 522.44
TICKETS
State Printing Co $ 13.25
Sgt. Regler 5.00
Takers and sellers.... 22.00
Bookkeeping 75.00
Remington Rand .... 5.00
Co-op Book Store ... 3.40
Total $ 123.65
PROGRAMS, INVITATIONS
Boyd Printing Co $ 48.50
Jacoo North 120.00
Minature sabers 126.80
Total $ 295.30
PUBLICITY
Lincoln papers $ 12.72
Marjorie Hatten 11.20
College Book Store... 20.00
Nebraska Alumnus ... 7.20
Daily Nebraskan 35.00
Nebraska Awgwan ... 15.00
Harry Laptook 15.00
Total $ 116.12
INVITATIONS
Stamps $ 7.75
Total
Total disbursements.
Rent of coliseum... .
i 7.75
$1,901.93
289.9.?
Total cost of ball
Total receipts
.$2,019.15
. 2.974.20
Net balance f profit. 955.03
COUNCIL 10 SELECT
Moscman. Benjamin Named
Nebraska Delegates
To Convention.
Members of the 1938 Junior and
Senior Prom committee will be
elected at the next regular meet
ing of the Student Council, it was
decided by the council hte Wed
nesday afternoon. The election was
set. for December anil not January,
as In years past, In order that the
committee would hi: able to secure
nn oichestia for the Prom during
the Christmas holidays.
Tiuditionally, of the twelve Jun
iors chosen for the Prom commit
tee, six ate selected from the coun
cil members and six from the
campus ut large. A date will be
announced later for filing of can
didates, according to Al Moaeman,
president of the council,
Conclave In Albuquerque.
A second and equally Important
piece of business transacted at
yeaterdays Student Council meet
ing was the selection of Al Mose
man and Elolse Benjamin to rep.
resent the University of Xebroska
at the council convention of tiie
Xational Federation of Student
Councils In Albuquerque. N. M.
Tne convention, a biennial af
fair, will begin this year on Dee.
28 and continue through Jan. 1. At
the assembly general problems of
all student governing bodies will
be discussed.
Proceeds From Friday's
Dance Go to Cadet
Officers Fund.
By Harold Niemann.
The. military department of the
university has been under fire ev
ery year just before it sponsors
its formal season opener. The Mil
itary Ball, which is the biggest
during the school year, is a finan
social event staged in the coliseum
ciiil enterprise, an enterprise run
ning into many thousands of dol
lars. Just what are the profits of this
formal highlight? And where do
these lucrative sums disappear
after the Military Ball is over'.'
Because these questions have gone
unanswered since the inception of
the ball during the early part of
the century, criticism has been
aimed at military officials of this
campus every year. Only once be
fore was any attempt made to in
vestigate the records of this fi
nancial enterprise.
Answers Accusations.
The Daily Nebraskan. in co
operation with the military de
partment and the office of student
activities, has made its first in
vestigation into the records of the
Military Ball. This careful survey
was conducted to correct many ac
cusations that have been hurled
toward the sponsors of the ball.
The profits of this formal affair,
in the first place, arc not as large
as the general public would be
lieve. Audited records kept exclu
sively in the student activities of
fice, thru which all expense.i and
profits of the ball aie negotiated,
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EC
AT
Students Gather at Annual
Ellen Richards Banquet
On Ag Campus.
Honoring its founder. Kllm H.
Richards, the Home Kconnnurs as
sociation will hold its annual din
ner this evening in th" Home Eco
nomics build-ng.
Feature of the program p'atmrd
for the evening will b a talk by
Mrs. Ilosce Hill, Lincoln, a
graduate of the Horn! Kconouii' s
di-part merit.
Miss Keddr, chairman of the
home economics department will
also deliver a short mess.ige, as
.vill society President Acnes Xova
cek. AI.--o on tin: program v ill Iw
sei ion.1 sung by a male quartet
under the direction of Mrs. Altina
Tullis. and a vocal solo by Lvclyn
Brown.
Vi-thaii n en of the n!f'iir a re
Hekn llolloway and Hannah 5rh.
The following girls are chairman
of t hi- various committees func
tioning under Miss Hnllov.ay and
Miss Sib:
j Koodi committee Kuh Ma-ld-
isen: favcrs. Margaret Anderson;
i publicity. Iutoiis P.ors; ptrgrarn,
Marian Hopper l: tickets. Madeline
i Pert rand; decoi ations, Klsie p.ei -nasel'..
i Kllen Ann Armstrong Is song
i leader.
Husker Architect Receives
Mention in Beaux Art
Contest.
Mr. Donald Gerhard, Junior In
the department of art hitect lire,
was awarded an honorable men
tion for his entry in the national
architectural competition spon
sored by the Beaux-Arts Institute
of Design, Xew York City, durln;;
November of this year.
Kntries in the contest were plans
of n community hnll, to be built
In n high class suburban develop
ment. Among the requirements
asked for In the plans submitted
were drawings of a main hull in
the building, plans for construc
tion of an entrance, including a
coat room, manager's office, and
lavoratorles; three or lour smaller
rooms for cards, games, reading,
etc.; a small kitchen and pantry
from which refreshments would be
served, parking space, and a
heating plant In the basement of
the hall.
Landscaping, Immediate sur
roundings of the building, various
elevation scales and drawings were
also required.
Mr. Gerhard is a student of Prof.
Albert 1,. Pugsley of ihe univer
sity school of architecture.
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