t XJI7 Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska A TV "1 ft 1 uouise fvNv 4,1 Dou'l Vnnn Go To ct" Breathes there a man with oul so dead Who ne'er to himself hath said: "Why do I have to go to bed?" Well, now, 1 ask you Is there? Going to bed Is tin excessively evil habit that must, be abolished' from the face of the earth before we ean hope to truly consider our selves civilized. In the first place going to bed it Impractical. It is a frightful waste of time. Consider, and be duly appalled, the thousands of hours we have already frittered away foolishly In bed. The pro ductive effore, now forever de nied the world, which would have been forthcoming from the the wakeful work of all the bright you people who daily dull their brains In sleep, might have neen the masterpieces of the ages. 'Beddie-bye" Gag Out. Even ordinary mortals could spend their dnys and nights more profitably than In the customary slumber." The studying, reading or creative thinking Hint might hnve been accomplished, and were lost In sleep well, tl Rives us pnuse. Then, too, going to bed most generally includes getting up the next morning. And having to get up, anyone can testify, It the most soul-blighting thing that could happen to anybody's perfectly fine day. The hour of rising, no matter when, Is al ways too. close to the hour of retiring also no matter when. As a consequence, the distaste ful process of getting up may sour the better part of a mor ning. "Nobody." one brainy young young woman used to say, "should expect a woman to look like anything- until 10 o'clock in the mor ning. " Which is a too awful truth. I-'cmnles, as a rule, arc very un lovely upon Arising. But. mascu line bleary eyes and mussed-up mcins arc no less prevalent. All this would be eliminated if no one went to bed. Everyone would be wide awake of a morning, oh, so early, and the effect would de cidedly please the aesthetic eye 'Ya Can't Get 'Em Up' Getting up, also, is positively d.mqerous for certain hapless persons. The "call boy" systems of fraternities and "wake me . ups" of sororities often spell very real hazard for the life and limb of the human alarm clocks. Some people are not only dis gruntled at beinq called back from th; Land of Nod, but are downnc.M grumpy, tven pro fane. Often nasty. And some times positievly vicious. Stories concerning the more violent reactions of some husky ladies and gents about collitch nrc legend. We have vivid recollec tions of one of the ultra smooth pals who was in school several years ago. 1'pon being pummeled Into wakefulness - at her own pre retiring insistance this lass would kick, scratch, bite, curse and utter horrible defamations. And everyone has no doubt heard of the early morning mouth of one of the school's most prominent footballers. Every time he is with the ut most difficulty, awakened, he promises the direst fates for the hapless pledge responsible, in cluding a gutteral "one of these days I'll bust you one." One day he really did "bust" the slightish neophyte one, sending him sprawling the length of the room. Thus bed going is seen to be hard on both wakfr and wnkee. Sissy Stuff. Hut the most thoroly objection able feature of going, to bed Is that it is debilitating. Again and again history shows that the down falls of ;rent nations nrc directly traceable to too much luxury nnd ease and comfort. And going to bed is becoming more nnd more elegant. One, as per the enticing ad vertisements, retires in silk or satin and lace to a downy guar anteeing a beauty rest. One slips between toft sheets In flattering (Continued on Page 3). Advocate IBoml Tax hy (Uoveriimeiit Local Exemptions Provide Means of Tax Evasion, Professor Declares. "It is probably right that the slates should not tax the instru ments of the federal government, but the converse situation, that the federal government should not .tax the Instrumentalities of the states, should not prevail," de clared Trof. Paul M. Zles cf the ,,uiitical science department, when asked his opinion of the present taxing situation which allows the wealthy to escape much taxation by investing in governmental bonds. "Lots of millionaires buy tax exempt bonds to escape taxation, because the federal government cannot tax the instruments or bonds of local governments, and the state governments cannot tax th federal instruments or bonds The states can tax their own bonds and so also could the na tional government, but federal bonds Include tax exemption fea tures. In the future the national government could remove these pvemptlon clauses and thus add this source of revenue to the gov vol wwii. im). :r. Final Deadline Tomorrow Vows Manager Linch Cornhuskcr Pictures Must Be Taken by Saturday No Later. Tomorrow, IVc, 11, marks the deadline for having pictures taken for thelMS Cornhusker, Students for the 1038 Cornhuskcr. Students tomorrow, but Recording to Busi ness Manager Linch, there will be positively no chance for any stu dent to get their picture after Sat urday. "We have put forth every effort in our power to have the students get their pictures," said Linch. "Over $200 has been spent for let ters, signs and advertisement notices. We have given the stu dents every opportunity to have their pictures taken. Two letters have been sent to every junior nnd senior in the university, nnd from 10 to lf letters have gone to every fraternity and sorority." The number of pictures taken al this point arc: Seniors 530 Juniors 343 Fraternities .',..937 Sororities 80? "1 hope that every organizal ion Is represented adequately, and that everyone is pleased with the out come of the individual pictures," Linch added. Cornhuskcr anion intimated that the picture taking has gone slower this year than in any case during the immediate past. The reason baffles Linch. E ANNUAL YULETIDEFESTIVAL Language Department Gives Native 16th Century Dramatization. "Kin Peutches Weihnachts Spiel aus dem 16 Jahrhundert" (a Ger man Nativity play of the sixteenth century i will be presented by stu dents in the German department at the department's annual Christ mas festival to be held in the Tem ple theater Wedensday, Dec. 15 at 8:00. The play has been coached by faculty members and includes a cast of 21 characters. Eight dif ferent scenes depict the narration of the traditional Christmas stry. The cast of characters: Joseph, Mr. William Weiersheuser; Maria. Geraldine Krause; the innkeeper, Carl Stobbe; the inn keeper's wife. Gertrude Grosvenor; the angel Ga briel, John Upson; three shep herds. Clyde Martz, Fred Harms, and John Stuart; three King-s, Howard Wucrth, Frederick Roden- be.-k, and Donald Rice. A choir of angels is composed of La Verne Backdahl, Olga Marek. Joy Pestal, Virginia Clemans, Dorothy Glenn, Mariorie. Misch Doris Ripley. Eunice Schwedhelm, Doris Meier, and Magdalena Strieker. Musical interludes and back grounds for the production will be furnished by Rebekka Oldfather Margaret Agnew, and Josephine Alexis. In charge of technical ar rangements have been Mrs. George H. Rogers, Dr. Lydia Wagner, and Erich Alhiecht. In addition to the singing of several German tongs by various classes, the festival program also includes group singing of German Christmas songs by the audience. The public as well as students are invited to attend. Saturday afternoon the play is to be given in Ellen Smith hall for an A. A. U. W. meeting. ernment taxing program." Limitation From Supreme Court. The instructor in political science pointed out that the limi tation on the federal taxing pow ers arose from the decisions ol the supreme court, notable among which was the case of Collectoi vs. Day in which the court decided that the federal government could not tax state instrumentalities This decision was supposed to have followed from the famous McCulloch vs. Maryland case which prevented the stntcs from taxing federal instruments, in this special instance, the National bank. Zics pointed out that the 16th amendment authorized the federal government to levy a tax on incomes "from whatever source derived." "The supreme court has created a restriction on the federal tax ing power that does not exist in the constitution. A constitutional amendment, therefore, would not be necessarily required to alio the federal government the power to tax state instrumentalities. The supreme court would, however, have to reverse itself again to admit the federal government had this power. There are cases in (Continued on Tagc 2. SIGMA DELIA 10 EDIT SPECIAL E Nebraska, Wcslcyan, Prep Senior Football Men Feted Tuesday. Nebraska chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national Journalistic fraternity, will publish a special edition of the Dally Nehraskan Tuesday morning In conjunction with the Lincoln junior chamher of commerce all slate football rally honoring the state's senior football players. Willard Burney, chapter president, named Morris Lipp and Howard Kaplan in charge of the edition. Weather permitting, a large turnout of prep school gridders and their coaches is expected to attend the second annual affair, Charles Vloff. president of the junior chamber said. Invitations have been issued to every high school in the state, requesting large delegations to receive honors for their football work of the past season. Governor Welcomes Athletes. Registration of the high school athletes at 11 o'clock in the cham ber of commerce offices will open the day's activities Tuesday morn ing. A noon luncheon will he served in the chamber offices with entertainment furnished largely by university organizations. Wel comes will be issued by Gov. Roy L. Cochran, Mayor Oren S. Cope land and Archie Furr, chamber of commerce president. Major Lawrence "Biff" Jones will top the noon athletic speakers and will introduce the Nebraska coach ing staff, followed by the intro duction of Coach Dwight Thorna. and his Wesleyan coaching staff. The presentation of Margaret Mc Kay as Nebraska Sweetheart and of Jaysee awards to senior Corn huskcr, Wesleyan and high school (Continued on Fage 4.) Girls Will Give Dates Gift, Poem During Christmas Festival Dance. Keeping in step with the Mortar Board party, the girls of Pallaclian Literary society will escort the Pallrulian boys to the Christmas party to be held nt the home of Professor H. H. Marvin Saturday evening at 8:30. Each girl is to give one boy a Christmas present not costing over 10 cents and it is to be accompa nied with a suitable poem of not less than four lines. The evening will be spent in (lancing after which refreshments will be served. Those on the decoration commit tee are Marian Staley and Elinor Ackcrman. On the refreshment committee are Joy Fastal, Lois Giles, and Jeanet Swenson, while Llydia Newell, Eleanor Eiche, and Jane DeLatour are on the clean-up committee. Elected at th last business meeting and taking office the first of the next semester arc the fol lowing: officers of Palladian: Glenn Hedges, president; Jean Marvin, vice-president; Jcanett Osborn. j critic; Austin Mutz, recording sec retary; Evelyn Carlson, corres ponding secretary; Faith Medlar, program secretary; Kenneth Ek wnll. treasurer; and Lois Giles, historian. ORCHESIS PRESENTS ACTS Society to Give Program at Phys Ed Conclave. This evening as part of the pro gram of the second annual conven tion of the physical education in structors of the state, members of Orchesis, directed by Miss Claudia Moore, will present three dance numbers. First will be given "Road," expression of a Negro traveling a diagonal road; then "Play." from Pictures from Life, a series of dances depicting life: third will be "Labor Symphony." Its three themes are: 1. The peas ant who refuses to work and wishes to play; 2. The effect of the Machine Age on labor; 3. Re actions of the two groups, the em ployer and employee. Persons not engaged in work in the profession but who are inter ested in attending the meeting may do so free of charge tj' deg istering and applying for a guest admission card between seven and eight this evening. IN THE INFIRMARY Miry Kent, McCoot. Edward Panter, Hebron. Dismissed. Betty Lamphere, Aurora. GRID RALLY SSU LINCOLN. NKBKASKA, ANNUAL II E! F 250 University Students Participate in 42nd Program Sunday. Nearly 2!0 university students will participate In the presentation of the world famous "Messiah" to the music lovers of Lincoln at the university coliseum Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. This Christmas musical is pre sented by the University of Nc- - Courirv t.inwin .Tournnl. WILLIAM G. TEMPEL. braska Choral Union and William G. Tempel, conductor, and as sisted by the university men's glee club: the university symphony or chestra, directed hy Don lentz; the brass ensemble, directed by John Shildneck, and Wilbur Chen oweth, organ soloist. In past years many thousands have flocked to the coliseum and (Continued On Page 4.) Literary Society to Convene at 9 Saturday Evening in Temple. A variety program consisting on ,iii , .i..i .,,w. wt I talks, and several demonstrations will constitute the program of Delian Union Literaiy society al their hall on the third floor of Temple building Saturday night. Dec. 11. at 9 o'clock. Richard Kerlin, president of the society and a chemistry major, will be equipped with test tubes and chemicals to demonstrate vari ous chemical reactions and experi ments and will produce pome astounding results, after which Lawrence Treniaine will give a reading entitled, "Trapping a Mouse." John Pease -will relate his ex periences which he has entitled, "A Trip to Kansas and Life in an Army Camp." Marie Willey will explain "How to Retreat Grace fully" after which Leonard Focht will speak on "Personality in a Letter." He will also play several piano selections and Ed Fischer I will play "La Faloma" on his clarinet as well as expounding on j "Making the World Safe fori Democracy." ! W llham H. Townsend will de liver John Thurston's "Address on Intervention in Cuba" after which Chester Anderson will give an entertainment speech on "How to Sell Graham Cars is the "Why Wives Get Gray title of a dialogue to be presented by Ruth Griffith and Dick Keilin. Donna Willmann is chairman of the program committee. John Feasc is on the games committee, and Marie Willey and Leonard Focht arc in charge of refresh ments. NEWSIES ATTAIN SCHOLARLY MARK OAIMS ENGINEER The newsboy has a better chance than his' friends of becom ing a "big shot" in business. After a three year survey of the Ames engineering graduates, that was the report of L. O. Stewart, engi neering personnel officer at Iowa State college. Students who had once been carrier salesmen outranked the others seholastically by a wide margin. Forty-nine newsboys had an average on their engineering course of 2.4 as compared with the class average of 2.0. "Being in business at an early age seems to develop a certain sense of responsibility," said Pro fessor Stewart, in attempting to explain the showing. "The best boys, moreover, may be the ones who choose to work rather than to loaf." Ag Conservation Clul to Hold Next Meeting Saturday Night at 7:30 The Conversation club of the ag campus will hold its next regular meeting at 7:30 Saturday night, Dec. 11, in the Home Ec. parlors. Leading the disclussion on "Con ersatlon with New Acquaint ances" will he Paula Smith and Walt Henderson. Everyone inter ested is invited to attend. CHORUS INCLUDES A! SINGERS I V N I N 1 IIUDAV, DICKMRKK 10. Coeds Fool Bills Tonight for Traditional Mortar Board Parly in Coliseum Floyd Ray Provides Music; Broadcasting Over KFAB Starts at 10:15. From Harlem to the Mortal Board party at. the Coliseum to nighl comes a band of sizzling rhythm-mnkers, Floyd Ray and his Harlam Dictators, to provide music both hot and sweet for the chosen men of the campus and heir feminine escorts. Beginning at. 10:1. 1he party will be broadcast, over station KFAB, under the direction of a woman announcer, true to the leap year policy of the dance. The 14 piece orchestra is on Its way back east, after an extended engagement on the west const where at a swing contest at the ralomnr at I-os Angeles It was runnerup to Benny Goodman's ag- j gregation. j Bronre Bing Crosby. Hailed as the "bronze belles who j song and dance and strut," Ivy, Vern, and Van are the girls of the group who Jo the numbers up brown in good old Harlem style. Another vocal izer of the hand is Joe Alexander who is known hy his colleagues as their Blng Crosny. Maestro Floyd Ray is a torrid saxophone player. In his spare moments however he arranges every number that bis musicians play and composes all their spe cial numbers and novelties. Medlar Heads Program; Alexis, Riissncss Manage Ticket Sales. An open house and buffet sup per is to be held Sunday afternoon Dec. 12, from 4:30 to 7:00 at El len Smith hall, sponsored by the Barb Council. Trof. and Mrs. H. H. Marvin and Prof, and Mrs. Joseph Alexis will chaperone the affair. Tickets mnv be obtained from organized barb house presidents r members of the Inter-Club council or the Barb A.W.S. Board. The price of tickets is 20 cents and they must be purchased by Friday evening. Slipper will be served early in order that any one who wishes may leave early enough to attend church services. The menu in cludes: escalloped corn, fruit salad, rolls, cookies, and coffee. Faith Medlar is in cnarge of the , program, and Doris Riissncss and j Nebraska State Physical Erfu Carl Alexis are in charge of the cat ion association, affiliated with ticket sale. i the American Association for All barb men anil women are; Health and Physical Education. urged to attend the affair. Judge B.H. Paine Will Speak to Group on Travel in Mexico. The annual fall dinner of the Vocational Education society is to hp hrlrl riec 14 at th.- Fvancclical , . t r).'?0 p , where Judge IB. H. Paine will speaK on "iravei ' Th.v.in h Movieo " Tickets may be obtnined before 5 n. m. on Monday from Dr. Brad- x i- v.,1.. i,t..f. mate. Marion Hoppe'rt, Wesley Dunn and Louis Klein, who hiv chairmen of the dinner. Slate Supervisors and directors will be here to attend the dinner i as well as the University Voca itionnl Education chairman, there- i fore it is felt that this dinner will be especially beneficial to those who are Interested In such work. THIERRY, FORTMAN TALK ! TO ROGER WILLIAMS CLUB: Exchange Students Explain Christmas Customs of Home Countries. Siomone Thierry of France and Karl Fortman of Germany will spe-k to the Roger Williams club Sunday on the Christmas customs of their respective countries. The meeting will be at the First Bap tist church at 14th and K st. Phyllis Jean Thomas is in charge of the devotionals. The social hour will begin at 6:00 and the meet ing at 7:00 p. m. Saturday at 2:00 p. m. Roger Williams will have its annual Christmas party. Gladys Finn will tell Christmas stories to the 25 children who will be present. Way land Weyand and Margaret Olson are in charge of the entertainment and Esther Stuermer is the chair man of the committee on foods. CAMPUS STUDIO 12:00 Phalanx. 12-15 Beta Gamma Sigma. :00 Alpha Zeta. FALL BANQUET DEC. 14 1037 ThM'U CIllM'k KoMllts of Tickrl Drive Today All Tassels must be present at the special report meeting at. 5:00 this afternoon In El len Smith hall to check ticket sales for the Mortar Board party, according to Martha Morrow, Tassels' president. LI AT5THIS EVENING Activity Office Receives 26 Candidates' Names by Thursday Night. Willi only one day left for filing candidacy for membership on the H3S prom rnnnuiltce the number of aspirants for the twelve places had increased to 2fi by f o'clock yesterday. Vnlil .r o'clock today is I the hist clian-e that juniors will 1 have to make their filing at the ! student activity office in the coli seum. Thursday seven persons pre sented their applications al the office which had received Ifl names during the fust two days of the filing. Final decisions for tlv places will 'be exercised by the Student Council at their next regular meeting, Wednesday, Dej. 16. Half of the prom committee, or six members, will be chosen from those candidates who are also members of the Student Council. The other six members will be chosen at large from the junior class. Accordinp to the regulat ions, six of the committee are men and six are women. The junior class president is auto matically a member of the com mittee. Charles W. Taylor. State Superintendent. Will Speak Tonight. holds its second annual convention here today and tomorrow. In cluded on this evening's program is Mr. Glen Gilkeson. director of physical education for men at Peru State Teachers' college, who is president ot tne association The address of welcome will he given by Mr. Charles W. Taylor, state superintendent of public in struction. Members of Orchesis, under the direction of Miss Claudia Moore, will present sev eral dances illustrating modern dance as an art form. "What Physical Education Should Mean to General Educa tion in Nebraska." the address of 1 COMMITTEE FILINGS 0 CLOSE the evening, will be given bv Mr. at me seoui camp somn oi n E. L. Novotnv, superintendent of I coin. Some members of the serv- j schools. Beatrice. Neb. Following the program, a social mixer and dancing will be held tinner the i leadership of Mr. James Lewis. director of community recreatior. J i .inco n. nnii iu ss i.i i an i-i"ie., Lincoln high director of physical i education ior guis, nuss v in I chairman of the social committee, Students Compose Unique Vocabulary New Campus Slang Crowds : "ma5 fun " "be "absolute ... t.-t , .. heaven. Out "Tops , 'D Lovely , ' ivung the Eig Apple is apt to Old Favorites. I hr "swish." and the latest Tommy ' Dorsey record described as Try ciackinfTiTsnapi.v "So s 1 "yummy" by the current co-ed. As , , ,, i a matter of fact the eternal fenn- your oki man or a samy ( nim, w,,ms ,ore 0,,rn t0 new ex climb a tack!" on your best frietuU pression.s and their coinage rluin and see what happens. They may does the m:ile of the species. The laugh when vou sit down to play, H"or tho is pretty pleased with ..I Mr. Oroucho Marx s colossal in- but they won't now. Maybe they I spiraU(m "Thankqu." nnd in spite won't tell you after you've downed i of much bard usage it looks to bj "One with onions." but they will now. If your friends happen to be fraternity brothers or sorority sis ters, they will doubtless look at you painfully, unociievingiy. pityingly, and then rush you up- stairs for a little calm but firm enlightenment on the dangers so cial and physical, of passe slang . UoJtgC. For, like it or not, slang expres sions are as transient as Benny th Rum A snmiln formal mnv have been "d'lovely" vesfrdav. but today it s "terribly super." The party that Tom and Susie gave might have been called "tops" a few months ago, but most lihely friends will now speak of it as HUCK 1IYE CENTS Chosen Men Ride in Buses, Buggies, Wear Flowers. Receive Cigarcts. Tables will be turned tonight when women on the Nebraska campus will uMicr their dates be decked in all kinds of facetious corsages to the annual Mortar Board leap year part- n the coli seum. Accordint advance ticket sales the c f the uni versity have bee i ore gen erous than usual and a record breaking crowd is expected. Traditionally, the fair escorts will enl for their dates in every thing from busses to buggies, send corsages, furnish the cigarettes, open doors, and best of all pay all bills. It is at. this time that the men have a chance to Ret even for having to traipse around with purses and compacts by bringing lliclr hunting bounds or shaving kits for the girls to carry. Chaperons, Sponsors. Chaperons for the party will be Mr. and Mrs. John K. Scileck, Mr. ami Mrs. Ray Ramsay, and Pro fessor and Mrs. C. C. Minteer. Guests will include Chancellor and Mrs. F,. A. Burnett, Mayor and Mrs. Oren Copeland, Governor and Mrs, Roy Cocnran, Colonel and Mrs. W. H. Oury, Major and Mrs. L. M. Jones, Dean and Mrs. T. .1. Thompson, Dean and Mrs. W. W. Burr, Dean and Mrs. C. H. (Continued On Page 4.) HIGHLIGHTS IN LIFE Le Cercle Francais Offers Movies at Vanity Saturday. The most dramatic incidents and signifinnnt sequences of the life of liOtiis Pasteur as portrayed by Sacha Guitry will b,- shown on the screen of the Varsity theater 'o morrow morning at If) o'clock, the second French movie spon.snred this season by Le Cercle Francais. Written directed and acted by Guitry. the picture presents such scenes as that of the scholar Pas teur with his students in the schoolroom at the declaration of the war of 170. While they heard the cries of. . ."On to Berlin. . . to Berlin!" in the streets, he was dictating. . ."our most cruel ene mies. . .the microbes," Experimented on Youth. Another, ten vchis later, show his quarrels with his colleagues. Finally he discovers the rabies microbe, but be does not dare to use it upon human beings, and he plans to inoculate himsel. Then, in the Jural mountains, little Joseph Mciseer is bitten by a mad dog and is brought to 'rasteur. who after much hesitation, tries the experiment and the child is saved. This scene is legendary. It was written for the picture by Guitry from the pi.-ee created hy his la ther for vaudeville in l!in. Scouts Schedule Hard Time Parly Saturday at Camp South of City Aipba Phi Omega is holding "Hard Time" party this Saturday tiaimnai conclave wnien is i"-imk ice fraternity will be attending the held in Kansas City. Dec. 11 and 12. All members are urged to come to the party clad in their old clothes. A public address system j has been secured and cider and iiouluhui.- party will begin at 8:30. in ior a long anu amusing mhiio. Sometimes just when an ex pression appears to be growing old, it will be saved by adding a prefix to give "plenty nice" or "definitely divine." While most ! r...oeei. .r n niw b nt (a malA t)f of person wince a lut gome 0( them have even - . less sense to them than others. It I 's reported, for example, that I PhilnHplnhin vn th morf RPi in Philadelphia even the more sedate debs are likely to finn in conversa tion lulls with an a mazing "Take a letter." Calling a drink n ! "powder" and addressing a good ! friend as "pickle-puss" have no nppHrrm rxpinimunn num. men oeiuier uiu i nuui n tun a skldoo!" More accurately desenn- (Continued on Tage 4.)