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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1938 fllREF. Religion-Life Week Brings Celebrities Two Prominent Women Join List of Speakers During Project Two nationally known women speakers, Grace Sloane Overton anil Frances P. Greenough are anions; the group of leaders who GRACE SLOAN -OVERTON. will appear on the campus Nov. 13-18 for "Religion and Life Week" activities. Mrs. Overton comes to the uni versity campus with a background of 12 years of instructorship In lending American universities and colleges. She has served as pro fessor of public speech and drama in Missouri Wesleyan and Chicago FRANCES P. GREENOUGH. training school, special lecturer at the University of Chicago, mem ber of the summer faculty in New York university, member of the extension faculty of Columbia uni versity, director in International girls' campus, and former execu tive secretary of the youth divi sion. Greater New York Federa tion of Churches. In 1932. Mrs. Overton spent the summer in Rumria and Germany studying youth movements in those two countries. Miss Greenough is the national fieM student secretary of the de partment of student work in the board of education of the North ern Baptist convention. She has done extensive work in the Y. W. C. A.; executive work in Pitts burgh. Pa.: student work at Northwestern university. Chicago, and the University of Minnesota. She has also completed extensive projects in field and executive war work. Advanced Musicians Present Convocation Advanced s.udents of the school ol music will piem-nt the sixth music) convocation of the season at 4 o'clock thi afternoon in the Temple. Those performing are Janet Steckleben.'. Mary Eliza-1 belh Keinholz, Rosalind Lefler-1 dink. Elinor M'xroft, Mildred Claire Freadrich, June M' ck and j Betty Bennett. The program follows: B. Oiimntic Fmii. Jm.it awltr IMr ,n.Ai VrriclM, Jrti-l: f!utliS T'i 1 Sailor V.itr. 14 uy KI!iaM-'fi K it.'...i. j (Mn (Wtrmrri V.'tthn, K'rt VWvrmnl . A M'i'r C'twrut, iilirtd LfUtrtimK ij.r St-klei-rK. Urt nwrt K'u'lr. D flat, l.l.i.'tf U'f-n.n (Mf H.rn.., i I'uiran NH"rru violin ot.!U- to y H ry Mmliirn-k ; IwrA'-'fia, I'futni, m hi '-fi"ii i. C iii f ii 'Jf i ll ( M im V. ;. iltrt I . 'in iti, SvtM'omM'ii Vii i:j'l riP, J.. M--II IMu Kai.r.nfl'i K'mii" A iii-n ii-m Uti'y I'.-M,-'' (Ml. 'I"!:M.. Bouwsma to Speak On 'Men From Mars' Inability of people to compre hend what they see and hear is the topic Dr. O. K. Bouwsma of the philosophy department will discuss when he speaks on H. G. Wells dramatization of "Men From Mars" at the weekly Y. M. C. A. meeting to be held in the Temple at 7:15 tonight. All university men are welcome to attend the discussion. Kosmet Schedules Eliminations Klub to Conduct Final Tryouts Next Week; Revue Set for Stuart Elimination try-outs for the 1938 Kosmet Klub fall revue will be held next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, according to Don Moss, Klub president. At this time, the some 27 skits entered by fraternity and sorority groups will be narrowed down to the number which the show can accommodate. The klub has again secured the Stuart theater for the revue, which will be held on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 24, at 9 o'clock. This is the morning of the Nebraska-Kansas State football came to be played in Memorial stadium. Competing acts will be expected to perform at next weeks try-outs with the approximate costumes and props which they will use if given a place on the Thanksgiving program. Only in the event that the klub has difficulty in deciding the specific skits to be used will a third try-out be conducted. Workers for the klub will meet Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock for distribution of tickets. Howard Kaplan, chairman of the ticket committee, stated that he hopes to see each of the 1,900 seats of the Stuart filled by curtain time Thanksgiving morning. TTIjumc TloisJL On the Symphony Concert Playing with -ofessional fin esse before an audience estimated at 1.700, the university symphony orchestra opened its concert sea son Sunday afternoon with a group of compositions of which several are familiar on the local campus. Herbert Schmidt, of the univer sity piano faculty, made an im pressive showing with his per formance of Schumann's Concerto in A minor for piano. Tho thej-e was some evidence of a lack of co-ordination between Mr. Schmidt and the orchestra, the composi tion was well performed. "Cappriccio Espagnole," a Span ish tune bearing gypsy melodies written by Rimsky-Korsakoff. a Slavic composer, was the most brilliant of the afternoon's offer ings, despit' its somewhat irregu lar ancestry. State Starts Drama Institute New York Recreation Man Coaches Classes No Broadway stars are expected to emerge from a series of four day dramatic schools to be held in various sections of the state, be ginning Tuesday at Alliance. In stead, those who "don the sock and buskin' will be representa tives of Nebraska farm, church and school groups. Jack Stuart Knapp. drama specialist of the National Recre ation association of New York, will coach at these schools, spon- sored by the agricultural college extension serviie A graduate of North Dakota : State college and a former instruc- ; tor there. Knapp known the mid- j wrnt and rural life. He ha lec tured on lr:ma. or served as a i drama director in every state In the union. He has written a num licr of dramas, written and pro duced pageants, studied theater make-up at Hollywood studios, and acted in pi ofessional stock and repeito.ie ' unpane. The K'hed Ul' f of these institutes: Alliari'e, ::v 1 to 4. O IuimIjijs Nov. 8 to 11. Urn oln. Nov. IT) to IS. Kearney, Nov 21 to 23. Eh institute is limited to 00 individual), none of them und'-r 16. Hone instituti-n will have work M r:if:ht on rer.earynl.". 'ir on Fc eiji-i y. cost utile.'- or make up. Vocational Guidance Tests Begin for Frosh Saturday Dr. Gregory Starts Scientific Exams Under the direction of Dr. W. S. Gregory, freshman adviser, me first in a series of vocational tests for freshman, will be given next Saturday. These tests are given in an attempt to aid University freshman choose a proper vocation by scientific methods. The bureau will give a series of five tests which will determine the indiviuual's interests, abilities, in telligence, achievements, and per sonality traits. These tests are being given in conjunction with the freshman lecture course. All tests will be given individu ally. According to Dr. Gregory, because each person has an en tirely different personality. aDiuty and his problems are different, he must be dealt with as an indi vidual The plan as set forth by Dr fireeorv Is that a student inter ested in taking the tests should see him and arrange for a date Union Night Spot Proves Popular New Restaurant To Be Continued Over 200 used the new Union restaurant when it opened for the first time Friday and Saturday night. Mrs. Edgar Yinger, social director of the Union, stated that because of this encouraging re sponse the restaurant will be kept as a definite feature until there is cause to discontinue it. Arrangements for the dance music will be changed and a Cape hart will be used instead of the radio. The Union officials feel that this will be More satisfactory with the students. Mrs. Yinger says that she thinks that the floor proved to be very good, as some even preferred it to the ballroom floor. Next week candles will be used with special lighting effects. Palms will also be used as part of the decorating scheme. This night spot has been insti- j tuted as a means of providing an- other place for students to eat at a time when nearly every other eating house is filled. Dancing has been added as a feature to make it doubly attractive. COMENIUS CLUB TO HEAR STEPANEK The Comenius club will hold its regular meeting this Friday eve ning at 8 o'clock in room 315 in the Union building. Professor Stepanek will speak on "Czech Angles in the Present Foreign Sit uation." In addition. Joe Foral and his brother will present a short skit. The all-Czech club orchestra' also plans to make its Initial ap pearance. Freshman students of Czech descent are especially in vited to attend. Comenius club members attending the Barb hour dance are requested to attend the dance between the hours of seven and eight so that the meeting may start promptly at eight o'clock. During the last rain (shower) it was noticed that the squirrel uses his tail as an umbrella by simply curling it up and back over his head. It would be a handy thing if we humans were so well equipped for the unexpected shower. Barbara Meyer Fills Theta Sigma Phi Post Barbara Meyer was elected sec retary oi itiela higma I'ni. Jour - nalism horority. yesterday at the group's first meeting of the year. ftne win mi tiie vacancy ihi by Eva Jane Sinclair who did not re turn to school this year. The group heard a report on the recent national convention and studied newspapers which were published during the convention. The next meeting will be held In two weeks. Ag Students Take Social Dancing Lessons The Ag campus I'hysical Educa tion club will give the first of sit k'HHon on p iu) dancing for men and won.en students, tomonow ! evening, at 0 o'clock in the Ag col ; lege activities Luilding. I The six lessons will ! given for ' .V) cents Anyone ini ercnted in r,hes. le.Hons should cull I-27!':). on which he may take the exams. The night before the student is tested. Dr. Gregory will go over a vocational guidance chart which the student has filled out as part of his work in freshman lecture. Personal Basis. From this chart, he will be able to determine the type of test which should be given to the specific stu--dent and how that test's results should be determined. After the test has been given, graded and the results checked, Dr. Gregory will arrange a conference with the stu dent at which time he will inter pret his findings, to the student. According to Dr. Gregory, there are no specific dates on which the tests are given. However, he In tends to make as much use of Sat urday as possible. The entire bureau will be con ducted on a purely personal basis. Results of the tests will be known only by Dr. Gregory and the stu dent In order to take all of the tests, it will be necessary for the student to arrange several differ ent conferences with Mr. Gregory. Student Council To Meet Today The Student Council will meet in room 309 of the Union, this afternoon at five oclock. All members are urged to be present. PROFS DOODLE (Continued from Page 1.) All members of the faculty ques tioned admitted having seen "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." Student doodling, as revealed by 1 a study of various fraternity and sorority phone booths on the cam-1 been prohibited from reading un pus, differed strikinkly from thejder ordinary illumination will faculty type doodling, and proved l have access once more to news to be less original on the whole. papers and magazines. Hearts with arrows thru them, j 250 Years of Research, numerous initials, and from 20 toi ,-,,,. , , . 1.000 phone numbeia per booth! .'n Land, vm.ng Boston was the order of the day. Walls of !P'en " n invented nolaroid as the S. A. E. booths were conserv- ret-,r"h hv .'h u- ot atively decorated with circles and KrT, u leadinar ' . ,, n-v. r- pnysicists. was a student under stars and carved initials. The D, wheelwright at Harvard U walls revealed a fine picture who he wa3 confctins nis ear, of the head and forefeet of a horse. experimonts , according to the pledge who de- partnersnip an,, wUhin th scribed the decoration. j LanJ was haj,C(J as a Kenji;s by Phi Delts were taking very j his contemporaries. Their present special care of their new house research organization that ner- and imposed fines on people who marked on me wails, ine only doodle rs who had attempted any thing witty were those using the Sigma Nu phone wires, who had succeeded in covering the booth walls with wisecracks including: "Ask her if she has a sister," and "Time limit: two minutes and three goodnights." the names "Louise" and "Martha" and cor responding phone numbers were prominently displayed on the mid dle panel of the wall. Yes, Mr. Deeds went to town more than a year ago, but he left his mark on the Nebraska campus. Now we know what to call the weird designs in student phone booths. BURR TALKS (Continued from Page 1.) keep complete records of their ac tivities. Prof. Howard Gramlich will make his last appearance in Ne braska when he presides over the banquet which will be held Wed nesday evening. Other agriculture college profes sors who will appear at the con vention are D. U Cross. Wm. J. Loeffel, A. Lv Frolik, Walter Tol mn, E. F. Frolik, H. C. Could and Dean Burr. Dean Burr, who spent many years at the North Platte experi mental station before coming to , the university is well arauan.ted i with agriculture conditions in tliU I part of Nebraska. Rev. Erck Conducts Bible Hour Thursday Lutheran students will meet with Kcv. H. Kick lor the regular Bible hour Thursday Afternoon at 5 o'clock in 203 of Temple. The class will complete their discus sion of the topic, "Complicity jn Sinful Practice." Special Sale Bull, ei. 56c2rr99c Live Wire Clssncrs an s. nth O B744 Engineers To Hear Talk On Polaroid Wheelwright Discusses New Material Thursday Night in Social Sciences A demonstration and talk on polaroid, newly invented transpar ent sheet material with ability to control light, will be given at an all-engineers convocation sched uled for Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock in social sciences audito rium. George W. Wheelwright, 3rd, former professor of physics at Harvard university, will conduct the demonstration. The program is sponsored by the Lincoln Engineers club, which has opened the meeting to engineer ing college students. In the course of his lecture and demonstration, Mr. Wheelwright, who is now a partner in the laboratories produc ing polaroid, will cover the wave theory of light, the history of polarizing media, and some of the 80 or more uses of the product, including automobile headlights and windshields, detection of flaws in transparent materials, advertis- I ing signs with changing colors, three color, three dimensional ( movies, and illumination com i pletely free from glaring refla tions. Hailed by Science. Harold Stanton, who is in charge of arrangements for Mr. Wheelwright's appearance in Lin coln, stated that polaroid has been hailed by scientists and optical au thorities a.s the greatest contribu tion to artificial illumination since Edison's incandescent lamp. Not only will this new type of lighting conserve the vision of the normal person, but thousands of ocularly deficient people who have fected polaroid now employs 20 lop flight scientists. Halstead Builds Models for Fair Senior Engineer Leaves for New York Position Hal Halstead, a senior in Engi neering college, left Lincoln Sat urday evening for New York City where he will be employed by the Fisher Body Company to build model coaches for use in their ex hibit in the 1939 World's Fair. He received news of his new po sition, last Friday. The work will last for approximately a year. Halstead is planning to return to his studies here next falL He rates high schola-stically in his engineer ing classes and is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi social fraternity. Police Dampen Spirit Of Window Soapers With eight special officers pa trolling the campus, Halloween night passed very quietly In this section of the city, according to a statement made yesterday aft ernoon by Sergeant L. C. Begler, the campus cop. Approximately 12 youngsteis were rounded up by the special of ficer for soaping windows, the most serious offense perpetrated on the campus. Most of the fra ternities and sororities on campus left their porch lights burning and delegated one of their m'mbers t' watch for pranksters. O THERE'S A cnEnm in ... . - u m r i si a .' ' w 7S