iSebraskan I HE MLY Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Z-408. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 21. LINCOLN, NKRRASKA, TUKSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1938 Kosmet CQtuiDb Calls In Entries Groups Must Submit Skit Plans by 5 Today For Thanksgiving Revue Filing of skits for this year's Kosmet Klub fall revue closes this afternoon at 5 o'clock. All organ ized groups wishing to compete for a place on the program to be presented Thanksgiving morning, fhursdav. Nov. 24, must have A-ritten entries in the hands of the Xlub by today. Entries should include, if possi ble, some idea of the general theme of the skit, the approximate num ber and names of persons partici pating, and the name and tele phone number of the skitmaster. Skits may be either full stage acts or curtain numbers, the Jatter necessarily shorter in duration. Filings may be made in the Kos met Klub office, room 305 of the Student Union. Active members of the Klub will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Holding this year's show on Thanksgiving morning is a rever sion to the traditional date oc cupied by the event up to a few years ago. The Kansas State-Nebraska football game will be played in Memorial stadium in the afternoon. Ray Ramsay Opens Series Of Lectures Spanish Students Hear Of Mexico Thursday Ray Ramsay will open a new lecture series to be conducted by the department of romance lan guages when he addresses students takin Spanish courses as well as Student Union Program Tuesday. Wednesday. Tassels, Alumni, 316, 4:00. Charm School, Parlors XY, 7:00. PI Mu Epsilon, Parlor Z, 7:30. Alpha Phi Omega, 7:00. Tassels, 316, 7:00. Phalanx, 315, 7:00. Sigma Eta Chi, 313, 7:00. League of Evangelical Stu dents, 219, 7:00. Sigma Tau, dinner, 6:15. Phi Beta Kappa, Parlors X Y Z, 8:00. Student Council, 309, 5:00. Sigma Alpha lota, 313, 5:00. Corn Cobs, 313, 7:30. Delta Sigma Phi, 316, 7:30. Barb A. W. S., 307, 5:00. Mu Phi Epsilon, 316, 5:00. ; - ' y Union Shows DeCou Pictures of Hawaii Lincoln Journal. RAY RAMSAY. Barbs Pick Candidates Unaffiliates Prepare Fall Election Slate Half a hundred barbs were dis appointed when the pictures of the Minnesota game failed to ma terialize at their meeting Monday night, and only promises were giv en that the pictures would be made available next Monday. The uni versity athletic department, how ever, promises faithfully that the pictures of the Minnesota game will be shown in the Student Union ballroom next Monday, and the Oklahoma pictures the following week. Candidates for the junior and sinior class presidencies were se lected at the meeting, and were in structed to file as the official can didates of the barb union. A mo tion passed that the members of J . . the barb organization be instructed I fsOOfj VQT AfiD to vote for the barb candidates, for I www" 7 Honorary Colonel. The name of the barb organization was offici ally confirmed as Barb Union. V wo barb dances are included in this week's social program, with an hour dance at the KKG house from 7:30 to 8:30 Saturday, and a dance in the Union ballroom from 7 to 10:30 Friday. any other interested in his topic Thursday at 4 o'clock. The lecture will be on his trip to Mexico, in the auditorium of the social sciences. This lecture series, which the talk by Ramsay will inaugurate, is being planned by the Spanish and French departments to acquaint their students with the lives of the people In French and Spanish speaking territories. The series idea had its inception at the uni versity of Wisconsin, and gives the students an opportunity to add three extra points to class grades each semester by attending and re porting the lectures. The lectures are not required. (Continued on Page 2.) Three Plays Open Studio Theater Year Group to Present One-Act Dramas Studio theater will open the year's performance Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at Temple theater, room 201, with three, one act play. These plays are given by the students in speech work as a corollary to their study. "Overtones," the first of the group, is an interesting imperso nation of duo-personality with two characters portraying sub-con scious counter-parts. The charac ters are Rilla Mae Nevin, Rowena Beadle, Dorthy Mae Poellot, and Tex Rounds. "At the Sign of the Cleft Heart," a fantascy on love, will be pre sented by Jack Bittncr and Bar bara Burke. "Bedside Manners," a comedy concerning a doctor and a very sympathetic woman who vi.sits the sick and trys to console them is the third play to be presented. Bernard Menke is the doctor and Jean Morgan is the woman. Thse plays are public and all students interested in dramatics are invited to attend them. Fail Election Filings For Presidencies, weetheart Open olone 1) Of! 9 Famed Photographer Brings Films Sunday Moonlight scenes at Wakiki more beautiful thsn the most ex travagant song raves, pictures of volcanoes in eruption, beach life at its best and many other unique and fascinating scenes will feature a series of technicolor movies on Hawaii which will be 3hown by Brandson De Cou, at the Union next Sunday evening at 7:39. De Cou, world renowned pno tographer, who speaks in a very breezy and informal manner will comment upon the pictures as they are shown. Hawaiian music will lend atmosphere to the production According to Kenneth Van Sant. director of the Union, no admis ( Continued on Page 2.) Judging Team Wins in Kansas Meet Seniors Insurance Company Conducts Aptitude Test Coeds Attend Charm Class Mrs. Minteer Talks At Session Tonight Tom Pryor of Akron, Ohio, rep resenting the Goodyear Tire com pany, will be on the campus to get a "preview" of those June grad uates who may be interested in the rubber business on Friday, Oct. 28th. Some time in the spring he will return for a scries of more G -I- I c:.- DU.j. cxtenilecl interviews, in a recrm roup Takes First Mace 1 lelter he statcs that ne is de- For Livestock Valuation i lisnted with the sno:ins ,,ne ror uiresiwcn. luiuauun p Nebraska men chosen earlier this year are making. It is in part because or this tnai ne is planning to be at the university for two visits tnis season. The university agricultural col lege livestock judging team won first place Saturday at the Amer ican Koya! in Kansas City, out of 17 teams entered. The Nebraska team placed first on cattle, second on horses, tnird on sheep, ami tenth on hogs. Team members were Edward Zahn, Spalding; James Sanders, Lind say; Tom King, Albion; Laurence Bullcr, Utica and Paul Fidler, Mel rose, Mont. In individual rankings, Fidic; placed first on horses and Sanders third on horses. King, Zahn and Fidler tied for tenth place on cattle. Zahm was seventh high in dividual of the entire contest. Second place In the contest went to Kansas State college. Texas A. Sc M. was third; Wisconsin fourth and Iowa fifth. Prof. M. A. Alex ander of the Animal husbandry department coached the NebrasKa team. Methodists Eat Chili Saturday Wesley Foundation Plans Novel Party An all Methodist chili feed will b held this Saturday in the Stu dent Union to acquaint new stu dents with the Wesley Foundation program. Music, entertainment and presentation of the program by committee chairmen of the Methodist Student Council will fol low the feed which begins at 6 o'clock In parkirs XYZ. Central chairman of the event Is Arnold I'ittman, social chairman of the Methodist Council. Buela Erlgham, Councl' president will preside. Eruce Van, Kva Mae Cromwell. Lucille Soderholm and Arnold Plttman are committee chairmen who will speak briefly. Football Crowd Holds Temperate Record Only one drunk, not a student, marred Nebraska's record for lack of drinking at football tames, Sat urday, and only 13 liquor bottles were picked up during and after the fray, according to Sgt. L. C. Reglcr. There were no report! of picked pockets anno radium piain clothemn found Intact several wallet which had been lost by knotholers. One of the best known insur ance companies In the country is to give psychological tests on Nov. 10th to seniors who wisn to ms- cover their aptitude for selling. According to officials of this firm, the tests have proven very helpful during the past few years in de termining just who will respond satisfactorily to sales training altho they admit that failure to pass their test does not necessarily indicate lack of sales ability. Pass ing the test does show, tho, that, given perseverance, success in sell ing is assured, they say. Curious seniors, as well as those who have a serious interest in selling ,are Invited to take the examination. Arrangements to meet Mr. Prior of the Goodyear company and to take the Insurance tests may be made In Mr. Bullock's office, K. S. 306. Appointments will be mide during the week of October 24-28: 9-10 M., W., F.; 10-11 T., Th.; 1-2 T., Th. Grad College Sets Record Current Enrollment Total Ups Old Mark A n increasing number of stu dents are continuing to choose the University of Nebraska as the in stitution in which they are going to carry on their advanced educa tional program. According to sta tistics from Dean F. V. Upson's graduate office, it is shown that a total of 473 have registered for graduate work compared to last year's 452. One hundred out of the 452 are working for Ph.D. degrees. A number are taking the advanced course but are not working for advanced degrees. The social work graduate school shows the greatest enrollment this semester with a total of 48 stu dents. Second is the department of secondary education, with 43; third, chemistry, with 39; fourth, (Continued on Page 2.) French Library Gets New Books Department Forms Book of Month Club A new French book for pastime reading will be placed in the li brary of the romance languages department each month through the efforts of several faculty mem bers and graduate assistants in the department who have banded together In a "French Book of the Month Club." Two books have already been re ceived and are making the rounds of the club members. When all the subscribers have read each book, a meeting will be held to dis cuss its content, and the books will be placed in the library for Immediate circulation. The new volumes are "L'Elu" by Van der Meersch, and L'Affalre de la Rue Leplc" by Henri Bordeaux. Charm school's pre-Christmas meeting of the year tonight in Student Union parlors XYZ, at 7 o'clock. Mrs. C. C. Minteer will talk on the subject, "A Charming Personality." The meeting is open to all campus women, especially coeds new to the campus this year. Ccharm Schools pre-Christmas program includes a style show on Oct. 25, to be held at Hovland & Swanson. On this occasion the doors will be locked at 7:10 and no one will be admitted after that time. The following week's meet-, ing will feature instruction with demonstration in becoming hair dress and the proper use of cos metics for formal and campus wear. Table manners will be the center of interest at another meeting. Fa- Farm Formal Queen Entry List Closes Men Students Choose Coed Ruler Saturday Filings for Farmers Formal queen close today at 5 o'clock, ac cording to an announcement by Ruth Bauder, publicity chairman of the ag executive committee. The queen will be chosen by the men students present at annual Farm ers formal to be held Saturday evening, Oct. 22, at the student activities building on the ag cam pus. The activities building will be decorated in Susie Q and Dude ranch fashion as Ag students, dressed in the style of the old west gather to dance to the music of Dave Haun and his orchestra. Highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the Farmers queen whose identity will be re vealed in a novel presentation cer emony. Milton Gustafson, president of the board, warned that at least one member of each couple must be an Ag student, and costumes appropriate for the occasion will be necessary. Election Rules. Rules governing election of the aueen. issued Monday by Ruth Bauder. chairman of publicity committee are as follows: 1. Only undergraduate girls who are enrolled in the colloge of agriculture and who have completed not less than 89 cred (Continued on Page 2.) YWCA Colls Final Drive Report Today All persons connected with the Y. W. C. A. finance drive must attend the check-up meet ing today in Ellen Smith hail from 4:30 to 5:30, according to Campaign Director Josephine Rubnitz. Final reports will be made at this time. Council Schedules Polling for Oct. 25 In Union Easement Meet to Draw 130 Kansans Engineers Conclave Opens Friday Afternoon More than 130 engineers from f a11 voters the election having . . . nppn Tilirnrfl v rtnl;vrt this vpnr Filing period for candidates In the fall election wil open today in the student activities office in the coliseum and close Friday after noon at 5 o'clock. Positions to be filled in the election Tuesday, Oct. 25, include junior and senior class presidencies, Honorary Colonel, and Nebraska Sweetheart. Polling place this year will be the hall running cast and west in the basement of the Student Union, according to Boh Simmons, chairman of the Student Council committee in charge of elections. Voters will descend the west stair case and identify themselves at the west end of the hall. Pictures will be required on identification cards Cowles' Work Draws Crowd 'Showers on Rio Grande' Strikes Student Fancy- Kansas are expected to arrive in Lincoln this week end to attend the 23rd annual meeting of the Kansas-Nebraska section of the Society for the Promotion of En gineering Education which will be held here Friday and Saturday. Sessions will be held in the Me chanical Engineering building, ac cording to Prof. D. H. Harkness, this year's program chairman. Meetings are divided between the three neighboring institutions, the last one being held at Nebraska in the fall of 1935. Scheduled for Friday afternoon is registration, a tour of campus buildings, and a tea for ladies in the Student Union building. Open ing address of the convention will be given Friday evening at 6:15 in the Union by Chancellor C. S. Boucher on the subject, "Profes sional Education." Following the dinner program delegates will ad journ to different rooms in the Mechanical Engineering building for round-table discussions dealing with current problems in the re spective engineering fields. Chairman of the agricultural en gineering round-table will be Prof. C. S. Smith; Prof. L. B.' Smith of the department of architecture will preside at the group meetings of this division; Prof. C. J. Frank- been purposely delayed this year in order to make enforcement of this rule possible. After being duly identified, vot ers will then pass on down the nail to the east to cast their ballots. No one will be allowed in the nail during poll hours, except officials and students actually in the act of voting and it is hoped that thus the confusion and resultant illegal voting of past years will be curbed. Other members of the council elections committee in addition to Simmons are Marion Kidd and Byrle Schuck. French Club Begins Activities Misses Talbot Tell Of School in France Nan and Harriet Talbot will tell of their past year at school in France to members of the French club, when it meets for the first time this year tomorrow night at 7:30 in room 219 of Morrill. With Mr. Jean Tilche in chargo of the meeting, election of officers to serve for the 1938-39 season Approximately 600 people have attended the one man art exhibit vorite of many is the annual "book Cow , M ' f meeting." at which a book of par-"""" ":.T r th ticular interest and profit to col-1 DwlKht K.rsch cha rman f the lege girls will be presented. j f,lne, arts ep" Jh h"": n, u .. u.i.i u. !dred people, mostly high school will he held. Transcribed musia forter, chairman of the chemical , of a Brahms sonata will complete engineering meeting; Prof. L. A. j the entertainment. All French stu (Continued on Page 2.) dents are invited to attend. ond and fourth Tuesdays of each month. AH girls are cordially in vited to attend. Houses Hear Jones, Koo Notables to Speak During Religion Week Chances for orgainzed houses to have their guests such outstand ing speakers as E. Stanley Jones, T. Z. Koo, and Grace Sloane Over- Father Divine Writes To Nebraska Student New York 'God' Sends Information of Cult BY BRUCE CAMPBELL. "I am come a Free gift to the world, Gratis to mankind." Contrary to likely conclusions that might be Jumped to alter reading that statement., It does not refer to a PWA allotment, tho British dole or a philanthropic do nation. It does refer, solely and im plicitly, to the most mysteriously powerful leader of a religious .'tilt in modern America tho Pvcv. M. J. Divine (better known, on his own word, as Father Divine), and the quotation comes from a letter written by the New York "God" to David Kavtch, University of Ne braska sinior. Becoming aware of the fact that Father Divine's movement consti tutes a sociological problem, so ciologies! student Kavich wrote to the Peace Mission originator, re questing Information. Upon receipt of the request, Father Divine evi dently ceased his religious and business promotions for the nonce, leaned back and scratched his thatch while he dictated a letter for Kavich on Oct. 7, 1038 A. D. F. ' D. (meaning Anno Domini Father Divine). The "A. D. F. D." appeared on the letterhead and Is not tho whlmisical expression of a feature writer. The letter read as follows: My Dear Mr. Kavich. "I AM writing to advise receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo and I AM indeed glad to near from you. "That you might receive first hand information of MY work my words and my mission. I AM sending a copy of a magazine. The New Day . . . giving same gratis. . . . I AVI corns a Free gift to thr world, Gratis to mankind." At this point, the Rev. J. M Divine decided to reveal a few cir culation figures, for he dictated as follows; "I hnve millions of followers In tho farthest country, In Australia, (Continued on Page 2.) game, viewed the exhibit last Sat urday. The most popular painting on Saturday proved to be "Showers on the Hio Grande". Professor Kirsch attributes this to the pres ence of two hugh cows in the foreground of the painting which seemed to amuse the "knot-hole'' students. Another painting which has proved popular during the ex hibit is Mr. Cowle's "Country Folk." The exhibit will be in Morrill until October 29th. There are twenty oil paintings and twenty water color drawings on display. Mr. Cowle's Lincoln exhibit comes from the Nelson Memorial gallery In L'onoos "St t and fit a ft l it a ton are being offered as a part of wi t , NewYork City. the "Religion and Life eek to i ' he held on this campus No. 13-18, m CI L. R. 13. Henry, chairman of the Re-! A.YY.J. LdUilCnCS ligious Welfare council revealed yesterday. Additional speakers who will be present on the campus during the week include Sam Higginbottom, Albert W. Palmer, Frank C. Mc Culloch, Jospch P. Sittler.Jr.. Ben jamin K. Mays, Herrick B. Young, T. O. Wedci, H. D. Bollinger, Jesse M. Badcr, Harold C. Case, Father Malachy Sullivan, and Rabbi Sam uel S. Mayetbcrg. All of tho re ligious leaders will be available for dinner engagements at the va rious fraternities, sororities, dormi tories, organized boarding houses, and student houses. In order that members of or ganized groups have a belter op portunity to become acquainted with the noted speakers who will feature the "Religion and Life Week" program, the opportunity for special dinner meetings and fireside discissions has been placed on the program for each day. Or eanized rrouns may have the speakers as their guests from 5:30 p. m. until 7:30 p. m. any day from Nov. 14 to IS. A committee headed by Lewis Anderson is organizing the dinner meetings at the various houses. Organized croups wishing to se cure speakers for some evening during the week are aKed to con tact Anderson as soon as possible, In order to be assured of being assigned a leader as their guest. Point System Restricts Class Presidency Filings Tapers Light Y.W. Vespers Quisenberry Confers at Ames 'N' Sticker Drive Misses Nolte, Pascoe Address Frosh Groups Freshman A. W. S. members met Monday at 4 o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall under the supervision of Pat Pope to be Instructed in ihe selling of "N stamps. These stamps are selling at one rent each to advertise homecoming to out of town enthusiasts. Each coed was encoursged to sell num erous numbers of stamps, both on the campus and downtown. Results of the prize winners of the different teams will be known Friday. The final check up will be made the Monday following home coming. City campus members of A. W S. sre urged to attend the meeting Wednesday at 5 o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall. Jane Allen has been chosen president for the meting and Virginia Nolte will speak on the organization of Tassels. Freshman A. W. S. on the ag college campus will hear Helen Pascoe, president of the A. W. 8. board, today at 4 o'clock. Miss Pascoe will explalr the work that the board does In A. W. 8., an or ganization to which every woman registered In the university nuto matlcally belongs. She will also explain ways In which frcshninn girls may work up to be members of the board, the organlzitlon .ml activities. Fall Election Candidates Comply With New Rules Re-emphasizing the fact that Candle Lighting Service ' cies must have qualifications com H KJw u.ml.i( : plying with the mens point sys Onors New Members tem Innocent-in-Charge Stanley Brewster yesterday issued a state ment clarifying the provisions of the ruling enacted by the Student Council last spring. At that time, seeking a way to limit the activities of a small group of extra-curricular minded men whose fingers rested in every ac tivity pie on the campus, a special council committee, headed by this year's President Harold Eenn, compiled, after months of work; and investigation, this set of rules, which puts activity in organiza tions on a point basis and limits the amount of extra curricular work that one student may carry. Set up by the ruling was a men's student activities board. With the Featuring the annual Candle Lighting dedication service of the new members of the Y. V. C. A. the third vesper meeting of the year will be held today at Ellen Smith Hall at S o'clock. Upon entering the room, each girl will be given a candle by which she will dedicate her serv ices to the organization. Miss Murial White, president of the or ganization, will then welcome the girls as new members of the Y. W. C. A. The newly organized vesper choir under the directions of Max ine Federle will then sing a specicl G.O.P. Seeks Young Orators Republicans Sponsor Oratorical Contest number. Tex Roselle Rounds is the accompanist. Mary Ellen Os- ,.,,, ,- .... borne, vesper chairman, will 'ead n.". .k.X .'. this group, which possesses abso the devotions. .,. ",.'.. , line auiiiwiujr in uic cm Ul l ril irilb of the point system, the rules, in no way retroactive, began to func tion. Scholastic Point. Heading the board Is Innocents President Brewster. Nebraska Edi tor Morris LIpp, Harold Benn, president of the Student Council, Kosmet Klub executive Don Moss, president of the Intrafraternity r--.i-i- it,. i it,. h. council, a representative of the Emphasizing the fact that the(,,,.K ' ... .. u need of America today 1' constructive thinking on the part m ' - of its voters, the Young R uoliran , J 11 (ioniinuea on 1 age 4) Dramatists Meet Karl S. Quisenberry, professor of agronomy, will go to Ames, la., tomorrow to attend a two day conference on experimental and statistical methods In agricultural research, to be held at the state college. Attending the research meet will bo agricultural scientists from North Dakota. Nebraska, Kansas, Ioka. Ohio and Washington, D. C. One of the major subjects for dis cussion will be the co-operative crop-wenther and statistical re search projects now under way In several mldwcstcrn stales. YMCA Reduces 'N7 Book Price All new students have the oppor tunity to purchase N Books at the reduced pries of fiv cents this week lit either Ellen Smith from Esther Ostland or at Temple from C. D. Hayes. Earl Constable, who Is In charge cf sales, said, clubs of the United States oucr every young man and woman be tween the ages of 16 and 24 an op portunity to voice their opinions concerning national economic and political Issues thru the medium of a nationwide oratorical contest which starts In this state the week of Oct 3. One thousand dollars in cash. traveling expenses, and national acclaim will be the reward of the Hobby Group to See Studio Theater Play The dramatics hobiy fcrcup of Coed Counselors will meet In tr.s lobhv of the Temnle I hunter U v-l. winner of the National Elimination : nesilny evening at 6:50 Instcii of contest to be held in Washington, the date previously announced, ac D. C. during tne first week of No-1 cording to Tc:;-F.o;-.-ilc Rounds, dl vember. Second prize wnlner will 1 rcct0r of the group. 'Ihe cnango tn receive $500 in cash and the third ' time has been made In order to prize winner will receive $2.10 in cash. Full Information and entry blnks may be had by applying to Donald W. Hornbeck, chairman. The Young Republican National Federation, National Headquar ters, 1523 Standard Building. Cleveland, O. Dancing Class Calls Enrollment of 100 Over one hundred persons st- Thls reduced rate i tended the first In a series of dane- has been made because of the de- Ing lessons for beginners held Frl- lay in printing of the books. We 'day evening In Jrant Memorial expect all new students to take I under the sponsorship of the Wo advantage of U" I mens Physical Education club, avoid a conflict with Charr.i school. Plans for this meeting Inoluds attendance at the Initlr.l pre ?n tatlon of the tu( lo tbei'.rr. I ' n bers arc asked to be p:n ipt a the Stiu'.lo production beg; is at 7 o'clock. r'sw Sweaters rr.Ve for Corn Col r.'.ijcs New sweaters for Corn to'j pledges are now available at Msgee's. President Louis An derson has announced that all workers will be ex-itcte'i to wear them Wednesday and must obtain them today.