Thf Daily Be BRA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Z-408. oi wwiii. i. 26. UINCOLN, INKHUASKA. VKI)M.SI)Y, NOYI MHKU 30. 19.111 SKAN i Activity Women IHiaBigTraditgona Greens Tonight Ellen Smith Dons Holiday Dress as Coeds Dine, Decorate Traditionally beginning holiday festivities liy giving Elk'n Smith its Christmas dress, the Hanging; of the Greens dinner will lie held tonight nt fit 30 in Ellen Sndth. Those planning to nttend who have not yet purchased tickets must do so hs early as possible this morning in the Y. W. C. A. i.ffice, as no reservations will be made after noon. "The Hanging of the Greens is a custom which Nebraska activity women have observed for years," said Priscilla Wicks, general chair man of the staff in charge of the affair, "and this year's ceremony has been planned to be especially impressive. Holiday Music. j"1? Music will create a holiday at mosphere for the guests, with the vesper choir ringing carols under the direction of Maxine Kederle, with Tex Roxelle Hounds as ac companist. Alice Blackstone will play several carols on the violin and Louise Stapleton will sing. Helen Abel will present a Christ mas leading. Assisting the chairman are Mary Elizabeth Stuart and .lean Simmons, who are in charge of tin; hangsing of the greens and other decorations, and Mary Lou Daly ami Harriet Lewis, who have taken care fit the programs. Also helping are Jane Shaw, Mari.-m Bremers, Agnes Wanek, . l'at Sternberg and Francis Vaughn. Y. V. C. A. President Muriel White and members of the Y. W. C. A. advisory board will be pres ent as guests. Invitations to the dinner are extended to all mem bers of the governing boards, all officers of women's activities and all members of Tassels. Child Theater Offers Idyl Juveniles to See 'Sleeping Beauty' v "Sleeping Beauty" in a stream lined, modernized version is the bill of fare on the second Chil dren's theater program this Sat urday at 1 o'clock and again at :i. A love triangle, familiar stuff to readers of popular magazines. adds zest and sophistication to the age old fairy tale. The "beauty" is blond Hope Drummond and in the part of the handsome prince wno rescues nci is Aubrey Stevenson. Forming the love triangle is villianous Prince Rupert played by Calvin Rollins. Other members in the cast are: Richard Rider as the king; Grace F.. Hill, the queen; Virginia Thede, Nanny; Edgar Cooper, King Tuffy; Tommy Cronk, Bumps; Pay Gilland, caretaker; Evelyn Parper, the black fairy; Ona. Beth O'Coniiell, Sunlight. The Children's theater is under the Joint sponsorship of the Uni versity players and the Junior league, with Miss Alice Howell director and Miss Portia Boynton, assistant. There s an admission charge of 2!) and 3.r cents for main floor scats and 10 cents for the balcony at the Saturday afternoon programs. In January, the Children's theater will present "Katrinks" and at later dates, "The Enchanted Island of Yew" and "Radio Rescue." Lynn Waldorf Salutes 1938 Cornhuskers Northwestern Coach Speaks at Annual Football Banquet Northwestern Coach Lynn Wal dorf saluted Major Biff Jones' 1938 Cornhuskers Tuesday night and the inhabitants of "one of the football capitals of the country" Mark Twain, Humorist, Was Born 1 03 Yea rs Ago Today )jr ' America Honors Its Foremost Satirical Wit By Lois Owens. One hundred and three years ago America's foremost humorist was born in an obscure little town in Missouri. Samuel Clemens a man who wag to become in his 75 years of life the most loved and widely read author of all American literature; a man who was to plead the cause of the lower classes armed with his weapons of wit and under standing; whose vitrolio pen was to arouse the ire of half of Eu rope by its quips concerning tradi tions and royalty came to a long since forgotten couple in Florida, Missouri. "There has been no one who has followed Twain's lineage as a hu morist. To call Will Rogers a second Mark Twain is pure dese cration," flatly stated Prof. L. C. Wimberly. Perhaps the closest to Twain is a modern writer, H. L. Mencken. While he lacks Twain's narrative style, his satire, Ideas, and humor closely approximate Twain. Printer, journalist, pilot all served as a background for his writing. His pen name, Mark Twain, came from the days he spent on the Mississippi river as a pilot. "Life on the Mississippi' is largely autobiographical. Ribbed Royalty. Many of his works are touched with bitter satire, which is cov ered with his ever present wit. In "A Connecticut. Yankee in King Arthur's Court' and "The Prince and the Pauper," royalty received its barbed quips. Dr. Wimberly was of the opin ion that Mark Twain would write little of contemporary affairs if he were living now. The new deal and modern education might pro vide a target for his "funny bone." Most of his satirical and serious works concerned a different age. Although "Tom Sawyer" is fre quently spoken of as his most i Continued on Page 2.) Union Continues Matinee Dance Series Today The regular matinee dance will be held today in the ballroom of the Union beginning at 4 ;.1d o'clock. The fashion show, sched uled to replace the dance, has been indefinitely postponed. Miss Zaloha Joins Faculty New Social Professor to Teach Group Work Lincoln Jiiurnal, COACH LYNN WALDORF. ..Nebraska, a football capital. Well-Known Alumni Visit Here Over Vacation Many well known alumni re turned to the university to visit friends during the recent holidays. Mr. Harry E. Hoy, part time in structor of geogruphy at the Uni versity of Illinois, was here for consultation concerning the thesis prifblem for his doctor s degree. From Eastern Illinois State Normal university came Dr. G. David Koch. In conference on the geographic problem in land utiliza tion in northwestern Nebraska was Calvon McKim, chairman of the department of geography at Chadron Normal. Dr. Minnie Lemarie, professor of geography at State Teachers college, Eau Claire, Wis., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil An derson, graduate students. She took her doctor's degree nt Clark university. at the University club's annual Cornhusker football banquet. It was Waldorf's first appear ance in Lincoln since 1031 when his Kansas State Wildcats staged a second-half rally to defeat the Huskers for the Big Six champion ship. The portly, gray-haired grid tutor regaled an audience of over 200 members and guests with ac counts of the high spots of his Northwestern team's past season. "I salute Nebraska's team for doing .something my Northwestern team couldn't do - win their last game," he jokingly drawled. "One of the most interesting things about football is that mis takes are made," Waldorf re flected. "Coaches make mistakes, playeis make mistakes and they even say officials make mistakes. It's too bad that the spectators can't make mistakes too." Jones Thanks Business Men. Coach Biff Jones, in thanking the Lincoln business men for their support and enthusiasm during the season, said: "This season hasn't been fun for the 193H team. But in years to come, they will get the satisfaction of knowing theirs was a job well done." "Nebraska's play in the first half of the Kansas State game last week was the best offensive I've seen in two years,' ho added. Major Jones said it was too early to start forecasting for the 1939 season, but mentioned the '3S ex perience would come in handy for those returning for next season. Squad Gets Medallions. Medallions were presented to the varsity squad members by the University club after Line Coach Link Lyman introduced each man. Major Jones introduced the coach ing staff. Only two members of the 1908 Nebraska team were able to at tend the annual affair. They were Jim Haivey, 'OS captain who drove from his home in Fort Mitchell, Ky., and District Judge E. G. Kroger of Grand Island. The 19U8 team was honored in conjunction wun the 193S squad.. Chief Justice Robert G. Sim mons welcomed the Husker squad while Guy Chambers presided as toast master. Fred Dawson, for mer Nebraska coach, spoke briefly, Scholarship Fund Set Up University Approves Interfraternity Plan University officials agreed today to administer a scholarship re-! epntly set up by the Interfrater nity council and to be awarded to a deserving fraternity man, junior or above, who has a consistent average above R.r) percent. The scholarship 'consists of the inter est on $1,000, instrusted by the council to the university finance department for investment. The first scholarship, applicable to the recipient's tuition, will be available next fall, and each fol lowing year as the interest on the fund accumuates. Proceeds from the Interfraternity Ball have been contributed to the scholarship fund, and the profits derived from the 1939 ball will be used for a similar project. Players Show "Night Must Fall" Dec. 13 Jack Bittner to Star in Successful Stage, Movie Murder Mystery University Players will present their first murder mystery of the current year Dec. 13 when they open In the late Broadway and Hollywood hit, "Night Must Fall;" Jack Bittner stars in the leading role which Robert Montgomery recently took on the screen. Theater-goers will find the choice of "Night Must Fall" by the university dramatists an abrupt about-face from the side-splitting comedy of their preceding pro ductions, for the mystery by by Flmclyn Williams contains a blood-chilling psychological study. Birk for Russell. Leading feminine parts are taken by Barbara Blrk as Olivia Gayne and Margaret Beuhner, member of all-university try-out group who tickled the audience as the drunken actress in "You Can't Take It With You." "Night Must Fall" has had an exceedingly successful run in New York and has been played by many summer theaters. In the mo tion picture version Rosalind Rus sell was in the role of Olivia. Those who saw the picture may remember it as one of Mont gomery's best performances. Rehearsals Underway. Rehearsals have been underway for several weeks, starting earlier Judd U.S. Lashes M Lethargy Toward China Decries Asininity of America in Arming Nation It Fears Most "The days of 'gentlemanly wars arc over," declared medico-missionary Dr. Walter II. Judd in the university convocation yesterday as he leveled powerful indicl- Miss Anne Zaloha. recently a member of the faculty of North- r.Tici II llilltCiOHV a 1,1 4 1. i ... . .. rial work, where she has also been 1 an V"1'1' ,Wmch sn!,U ,l bI,n lA working for her 3 j; 1 Lincoln Journal. Mu Ann Zrtlnhn. Ph. D. degree, has been ap pointed assist ant professor of group work in the University's new graduate school of social work. The spe cial a p p oint ment is to run to the end of the present schooi year. Miss Zaloha r e c e i ved her b a chelor's de gree from the U n i versity of Chicago and her master's degree from Northwestern. Her experi ence in the comparatively new field of social work has been par ticularly broad. She has liecn at the Chicago Commons, famous set tlement of which the late Graham Taylor was director. She was di rector of the Hyde Park Neigh borhood Club in Chicago and for a time worked in the factory em ployment office of Wilson and Company as a professional case worker. At Northwestern she had a full time teaching position. As part of her duties she supervised the field work of students taking group work courses and also taught the classes in that field there. Sho will teach part time at Nebraska and continue work for her ad vanced degree. According to Dr. K. F. Witte, director of the school, this is the first semester that group social play to a fine point by Dec. 13 Production on scenery will liegin this Thursday or Friday, accord ing to Delbert Brunei', faculty stage director and designer. Miss Alice Howell, head of the speech department, scotched the Coll-Agri-Fun Stages Dress Rehearsal Board to Direct Final Polishing of Skits Tonight at 8 o'Clock Coll-Agri-Fun, annual talent show which will be presented Sat urday night by the college of agri culture, goes into its final dress rehearsal this evening at h o'clock In the Student Activities building. Practicing for the last time and in full costume will be the lour curtain acts and six skits which have been accepted for the enter tainment. Organizations presenting the curtain acts will be Fannhou.se, Cafeteria Boarding club, and Barb girls. File Thor will also offei a curtain act. a chalk talk. Full length skits will up pre sented by Alpha Gamma Rho, Farm House. Loomis hall, v'afe teri.i club, the A.C.B.C.. and the Home Economics association. Admission to Coll-Agri-Fun is priced at 25 cents for adults. 10 cents for children, and a." icnts for reserved seats. General manager of the affair is the chairman of the t'oll-Agri-1 nients against the Japanese army U. ....l 1 T i..UII. I... i ' . .... I' " 11 ll A WWI' 1 1 'A . w n.rv''J i ft ! . . . 1 I "..V . j I J . V" ' mmm ..rrtr ith, mM Um-nin Journal. DR. W. H. JUDD. ."lashes at lethargy." Fun board, Lois Lichliter. who is assisted by the other men, bets of the board. Carroll Garev, Louis tale that the Players were to on ! Turner. Marian Smrha, George tour with "You Can't Take It with j Goodding. and Ray Cruise. You" during Christmas holldavs. She said it had been tentatively suggested that the Players travel to Hastings and several other stops but that the practicability of such a move would be doubtful since the movie version of the Kauffman-Hart comedy had al ready played these towns. Lincoln Girls Organize Club 'Towne Club' Provides Social Unit for Barbs Theta Sigma Phi Honors Editor Women Journalists Hear Lucy Hawkins Mrs. Lucy Rogers Hawkins, na tional publication editor of Theta Sigma Phi. women's journalism society, spoke to members of the University of Nebraska active and nlnninnn rh.intera nt n luncheon in her honor yesterday noon at tho J wi'lc has hoen offered here. In- oil ui.iii'ii in wir neiu was neces-si-tated, he says, because of the de mand for this type of training and because of increased registration, The Towne club was officially christened at its banquet Monday night, Nov. 28, with about 40 Lin coln girls present. Harriet Lewis, chairman at the first two meet ings, announced that the attempt to organize a social unit for the unaffiliated girl whose home is In Lincoln was proving a success. Each Monday evening parlor "A" j of the Union is to be the place for ' timiitri mm uie I ll in uir IHIIIU- Engle Names Rifle Teams Members Qualify By Match Scores In preparation for the first i if lo matches of the year in January, members of the freshman and var sity rifle teams have been selected frnm 12(1 members of the Univer sity Rifle club on the basis of scores made during the sixth an nual intra-cluh match the Week of November 14-1S. To make the team, competitors hail to score for its barbaric warfare and against the indifference against the American people which allows the American firms to furnish mote than one-half of the war supplies used by Japan. I In a smashing criticism of the American "do nothing'' policy Dr. Judd painted the picture of the Chinese faith in America which arose as the result of the Open Door policy, the return of the Box er indemnity and the guarantee of j her territorial integrity in the nine power treaty. Against this background of faitii Dr. Judd painted the bitter Chi nese disappointment as they found that almost 55 percent of the Jap anese war materials come from America and that .ill but one of the major Japanese victories h.ive been possible because the Japanese in American trucks were able to outflank the Chinese on foot. American Asininity. Hv their fruits shall ye know American fruits aie about 150 out of a possible 2001 points, according to S;t. Charles . ihem" and Lngle, instructor on the range. endlessly visible in China." Judd Old members winning medals continued. 'Endlessly Amerii.i are: Robert Fenstermarher, Clif-! makes bombs, shells ' and bullets ford Thompson and Gerald Uhren-Uhat drop out of the sky. endless holdt. all two-medal winners; ly the Japanese attack with Amor Sterling Dobhs, Fred Bodie and ; ican manufactured cuns and war John Fnlsom. I materials. One-third of all the Freshmen who nulled down ' homb ilinrmp.I li ivo Vmon fmni Ing is to be thrown open to the ' awards include John McPherson 1 American factories. China would group until S:30. i nnd Jim Olmstead who each won never ask aid in troops, all she rtosannit uerrerdink was chosen two, ilhani Nielsen. Gerald Voct. , asks is that we nut furnish her Union. Mrs, Hawkin's topic was " Voca t iona I Opportunit its." Addressing her talk to the "average" rather than the "extra ordinary" member of the group, Mrs. Hawkins stressed the oppor- i tunities in promotion, advertising. and trade journalistic fields, and ; gave rase histories of women who has been unusually successful in these careers. Guest of honor at the luncheon was Mrs. Bess Streeter Aldrich, alumna of Theta Sigma Phi. Mrs. Hawkins' day at the Uni versity also included a breakfast in her honor where Mari Sandoz was a guest, and an afternoon tea at which she spoke briefly on the Theta Sigma Phi organization. Mrs. Hawkins Is editor of the Theta Sigma Phi national maga zine, The Matrix, and last year she taught journalism classes in the Northwestern school of journalism. ONLY 4 DAYS Left to take Pictures for the CenftusM BETAl'Si:: the KKATrRvrrv AND FOROR1TY PFA OL1 NK IS DrXtMlll.B S, 103 TOR JVNTORS AND SENIORS IT IS AT TOW S.NI)'S STl Did Mortar Board Party Tickets Go on Sale Mortar Board party tickets were checked out to members of Tassels last evening following their regular meeting in the Union. Faeh Tnsscl was given 25 tickets to sell for the annual "leap year" party to coed purchasers who will escort their dates to the coliseum Dec. U. Price of the tick ets is $l.'J.r). Tassels will meet in the Union Friday noon between 12 und 12:45 o'clock to report their sales and to turn In the money ulreudy collected for the tickets. A. S. C. E. Members Hear Roy Green Tonight Discussing the pros and cons of a state registration law for en gineers, Roy Green, president of the Nebraska Engineering society, I will address the members of the American Society of Civil Engi neers when that group holds its j meeting tonight at 7:30 in room 31i of the Union. In addition to I Green's address s motion picture ! dealing with the subject of asphalt i production will be shown. Coeds Model New Coiffures Hair Styler Addresses Charm School Students Using several distinctive types of girls as models for coming hair styles, Miss Agries Schmltt ppoke to Charm School members on "Be coming Hair Dress and the Proper Use of Cosmetics" yesterday eve ning in Ellen Smith. Serving as models were Agnes Wanek. Pi Phi, Betty Jo Koehler. Delta Gamma, Betty Bachman, A' pha Chi Omega, Natalie Johnson, Alpha Omlcron PI and Gertrude Berggren, Alpha Phi, With these girls as assistants, Miss Schmidt pointed out how various coiffeurs can be adupted both to school wear and to formal wear. At the next meeting of Charm School, Mrs. Hoy Green will re view one of the latef. books for the group acocrdlng lo nn nn nouneement made by Helen Cathe rine Davis, leader. Barbs O.K. Plan For Boarding Club Unaffiliates Cooperate In Meal Investigation Registering their overwhelming support of the proposed plan for a huge boarding club in the Union members of the Barb council show a willingness to co-operate with the Religious Welfare Council In an investigation of the student eat. ing problem as they concluded their regular meeting last night. The regular hour dance of the week was announced for 7 until 8:30 o'clock Saturday night in the Union. Plans for a huge mid-winter dance on Feb. 23 in the Union bull room were discussed. Arrange ments were turned over to a com mittee. A dinner forbarb leaders will precede the dance. program chairman for the next Herbert WittenherKer. X. Blair meeting. She selected Rosanue Munhofen and John Hay Svoboda and Marion Weiler as Large Frosh Turnout, members of her committee. Mrs. j Members of this year's varsity Romans, night hostess of the Un-1 team in order of' their latest ion, in a short talk to the girls present, said she believed that girls who were not connected to any organized social unit on the campus did not have the full bene fits of the advantages of the Un ion and that she would do all in her power to make the club a sue- i cess. A variety of suggestions have been offered for the program each week. Ping pong, bridge, dancing, and discussion groups will each be used. A formal dinner dance has been tentatively set for Feb. 25. standing aie: John Fnlsom. Bodie, Sterling Dobhs, Robert (Continued on Page 2 ) enemy with the weapons to de stiny her." The medical man pointed out the paradox in the situation whiih finds America arming the very Williams Sets October N. Y. A. Total ot 6,564 According to the monthly sum mary of the activities of the Jun ior Employment Division, made public by Aubrey Williams, Ex ecutive Director of the NYA, the Junior Employment Oll'ices of the National Youth Administration placed ti,5(i4 youths in private In dustry during October, The positions secured for regis trants in October bring the grand total of placements since the divi sion was. started in 1036 to 141,317. 'Please Look at the Birdie!' Pleads Weary Annual Staff Student Council to Meet Today Student Council will meet this afternoon at S o'clock In tht Union. All members art urged to be present at tome Important business will be taken up, ac cording to President Harold Benn. Saturday Deadline For Yearbook Photos Disheveled human beings creep wearily around the Cornluisker office, tired and forlorn, ruined by lack of student cooperation. Occa sionally, ono stuff member rises from u creuUing chair iind screams lustily, "Alas! The pictures!" and then collapses. Another, in a mighty effort arises and shouts, "Double alas! The pictures!" and he, too, col lapses. The third shakily crawls from beneath a stack of postcards nnd hoarsely croaks, "Triple alas! The pictures!" And so it goes on, hour after hour, alas upon alas, all be cause some 500 students have not had their pictures taken and the deadline for photos is next Satur day. Editor on Kneet. Pat Lahr, editor, pathetic in her fatigue and exasperation, goes down on bonded knee, with tear filled eyes, to make her final sob- Kred: nation which it. fears ami which by Its cor..iiest of China, can steal law materials and enslave labor to put goods on the international maiket at prices which will ruin American business. Ur. Judd explained that the war is not barbaric simply because it is the Japanese who are fighting, hut because the Japanese in seek ing to break the Chinese morale have made 'every Chinese a mili tary objective" ' For centuries the Chinese have considered filial piety the primary virtue, and they have based their life on the family. Now they are foried to organize around the state to survive. The Chinese realize the necessity but hate to do it. Pa triotism can only be kept up to blood heal by mass propaganda; love for home is not so artificial.'' Japanese Promiscuity. Pulling no punches, the mission ary told of the parties of three Japanese soldiers which visit the homes, seek out the women and (Continued on Pago 2.) studded plea to students who have not had their pictures made. "For the sake of Horn, and Lahr, and the Cornhusker, to say nothing of yourself, have your pictures taken !" Quote ends here for Miss Lahr hud to be quieted with a hypo at this point. Mux Horn, business munuger, ultra-pathetic in his extreme ner vousness, goes down on two bonded knees, with uncombed, knot-filled hair hanging in groggy eyes, nnd makes his official state ment to the press: "I'd walk a mile for a Curnel so why can't these students walk five or six blocks to the Townsend studios for a picture sitting, huh?" To put the whole thing bluntly, students must have their pictures taken during this week or the Cornhusker will probably be pub lished from the psychopathic ward of some hospital. The moral of this story is, Have your pictuv- taken. Regardless of how it remrs out it eouldn t dps sibly be worse than a blank space. Frosh Compete For Long Cup Eight Vie in Annual Debate Thursday Kight freshman men will com pete Thursday evemi :g at 7. 3d o'clock In Andrews V.'ii for the Long debate rup uhi'h is given annually to some fiel.iiiaii enter ing the university. The topic to b I discussed is "We appinve of the ! settlement of the demands liuide 'by fieiinaiiy iien.iiimg to the ! Munich conteieiu e " (ierald Allen, Hen NovUofl, Jack .Stewart und linger Crump ton will speak on the affirmative of the topic. Howard Hessire, Ja cob Levlne, William .Sterling and Dean Pettett will uphold the ncga- uve. .-several or inese speakers are i r -r i high school champion debators. JamesLonley i HOl The order of speaking will be Set TOT December 9 announced on Thursday at the be- ginning of the debate. The first The trial of James Conley, affirmative man will have two , freshman regents scholarship wiii speeches, one for five minutes and i ner who was arrested and charged a second for four after two neg.i-j with the alleged forging of checks fives have appeared. All others intended for other students living have a single speech of eight mln-1 with him, was continued to De utes. I cember 5. The original trial was Judging will be by former de- scheduled to be held last Friday. 1. r. . - .... . 1. L.....1- - f l , 1. 1 imtrin on nit unttis 01 oom ma- . terial and delivery. The public is urged to be present. There will be no admission. Woman Lawyer Talks At Vesper Service Yesterday's weekly Y.W.C.A. vesper service was opened with two choral selections by the vesper choir, followed by the reading of a passage from Admiral Kiehard K. Byrd's book, "Alone." Mrs. Murgnret Cams, a Ne braska lawyer, was the speaker of the evening. Her topic was the ten most important women of the Bible. Mrs. Cams pointed out that even the women of Biblical days were engaged In Important un dertakings and that women, as mothers, have been the backbone of the world since its creation, Mrs. Cams closed her talk with a short poem, and the meeting wbs dismissed with a prayer. WE'RE SORRY, BlT WE'RE ' 15 CORNHUSKER OFFICE JTUBtHT UHION BlDfe q PLACE YOUR I ORDER NOW No order will be taken for 1939 CORNHUSKERS after February 15, 1939. riw sour rdr lth MA(f nalmmin nr at the f nmhuhkrr of flrf.