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HiEB !AILY Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Z-408. VOL. XXXIII NO. 0.1 "LINCOLN. INKBKASkA. W LDNKSI) VY, DKCLMIILM 11, V)M v DW WET AN I PEiODCAL I Room I Tr BP 1 l&osmet begins TJork on Annual Comedy Musical Klub Proffers $60 in Prizes for Manuscripts As Work Begins on Forthcoming Spring Show Prizes amounting to $G0 are an nounced today by the Kosmet Klub in conjunction with its forthcom ing 193(1 spring show. For the best musical comedy manuscript v , submitted, a n nward o f J40 will be Riven, while $10 will go to the writer of the second best entry, ac cording to Don M oss, c 1 u b president. A $10 prize will also be awurdod the composer of the best song used in the show. M anil script Unmln Jnuriml. H li n g S Will ion mom. open J a 11. 3, f i Hi4 t ... . f. A Jr.-Sr. Prom Committee Named Today Student Council Acts On 28 Candidates at Session This Afternoon Reviewer Gets Cold Shivers At Players"Night Must Fall' Altho two nsplrants to the j Junior-Senior prom committee wore found to be ineligible after I filings ended last Friday, the Student Council this afternoon at 5 o'clock will probably consider the names of all 28 candidates for (the 11 positions. Marian Kidd, ; chairman of the committee check- with a deadline to be set by the i jng eligibility, indicated both ner- Klub some time after the Christ-1 sons not meeting the scholastic mas vacation, riots will be judged requirements were expected to cm a basis of oi finality, clever- have the condition corrected by ness of action and linos, ease of ; this afternoon when their names staging, and adaptability to the come before the council, type of production presented by N!imca of tK,.se who filed for the Klub in the spring. lnp important committee are never As in the past years, the 1939 pleased. It was lenrnerf l,n,r.v Tense Scenes Keep Audience on Edge By Ed Wittenberg. After seeing Robert Montgom ery in the screen version of "Night Must Fall," your reviewer didn't expect cold shivers to travel his spine and chuckles to shake his frame at the Players bit last night. But they did! An on volatile Jack Bittner we place the blame for most of the shivers with the hearty concur rence of the rest of the good-sized audience which shuddered in uni son at his outstanding perform ance in the leading role of Dan, egotist extraordinary. Laughs Intersperse Scares. To Hollis French as a pert, "sassy" English cook and to John Gneth, blundering, complacent and futile suitor, is due the gratitude of the audience for some forty laughs which helped to lighten darkforebodings af terrible things that weighed down the none too cheerful atmosphere of Temple theater. Many more than 40 were the laughs emitted from a tense au dience, but they were nervous show will be an all male musical comedy with feminine characters portrayed by men. Scripts should be in two or throe acts with a limning time of about two hours; and a half. Staging necessary j should not be too eluborate but I kept within the means of the Tern- j that of the 28 persons filing in the student activity office, H are sorority women, two are barb men. To be Named Tomorrow. Names of members elected to the 12 member committee will be announced tomorrow. Grant laughs, even hysterical in a few cases. In trying to recollect some of the eerier scenes, there come to mind that one which builds up to the expected denouement of a cold blooded murder. Cantankerous old Mrs. Bramson, capably played by Margaret Buehner, is suddenly de serted in her gloomy cottage, sit uated in the middle of an English forest. Keyed up to a high pitch by the knowledge that the headless body of a woman has been dug up in her back garden, she gives scream after scream in a manner to chill the blood of any one. Audience Feels Murder. Suddenly as an expectant silence falls, Dan abruptly appears on the scene. Gruesome indeed is the remainder of the scene which in cludes the actual murder, for the victim-to-be uses loving baby talk to her night crazed slayer. In spite of the fact that after the second act at the latest, there could not have been the slightest doubt in anyone's mind that there was going to bo n murder, the combined abilities of the all stu- ( Continued on Page 2.1 Engineers Elect 'Week1 Heads Today Long, Bailey Vie for Honors as Chairman Of Annual Activities I irr 1 ec mm ancs o d for Lecturer Fa scisi Power City Plans 15th Street Boulevard New Awgwan Interviews Saint I Thomas, junior class president, automatically becomes a member, leaving 11 positions to be filled. Not more than six of the aspir ule theater Competition both in plot and tong writing is open to any per rons connected with the university ,.,;.. ir..Tl ..lr.1.1,. I,. K.tti . Ill (1 V I 11.11. IH, Till 11111.1 ,n'l" Unta U i. L P manuscripts receiving prires will I f" nb P re se ,t "1P"lb,s of .ininJ.i hv thn kismet Klnh i the Student Council. Of the group ' i that filed, four men and four , women are now members of the J student representative group. . The election of thi Prom com I mittee is slated as the most im I portant business of the council to I day and will, no doubt, occupy the ; entile hour's meeting. Spanish Students To Present Drama Union Sets Dates For Closing, Opening Union dosing date has been of ficially set for Saturday evening but the (lining room will close Friday noon and the cafeteria Fri day night. The Corn Crib will h? reopened at noon on Jan. 2 for the i returning students, and the dining room and cafeteria will reopen at noon on Jan. 3. Third Humor Magazine Edition Appears on "V v Campus JThis Morning j BoUCHCr Tells Ag College Stages IXmas Song Fest 'The Blonde Mustache' Plays One-Night Stand Tlic B'nndo Mu.-tachc" or "El P.igntc l!ub:o.'' a Spanish comedy, will plav a onc-nlnU stand tonight m Room 219 of Morrill at 7:30 at a meeting of El Club E.-pagmd. .Students and fatuity of the loin;, nop language- department Willi make up the cast, villi Katheniicj Piazza playing the pai l of the j jealous wile who meddles in everyone's affairs. Louise W'iUe and urrcni aiso nave im ponam nans : tnnioht ui 7-r?n nVio,u in .h a. ill the cast of MX. tivities building. Sp;,ni,h Christmas carols, sung p,we,jng the main program, by the entire group under the i v..i(, frhrun ...h leader-hip of Many Tom b lot, will i tour.I Kurope recently with the Awgwan makes its fourth ap-1 pearance of the year this morning, j From all advance news it is bigger and better than ever. With Christ mas as its theme it is complete even to an interview with old Saint Nick himself. I Pages chuck full of gore, jokes, cartoons, and poems will be prom-! inently displayed and will be augmented by such Articles as I "Kissing Thru the Ages" by Bob! 'Hemphill and suc'i stones as a Letter or rtcunmn nv ueorge , Frischer and "The Other Wise ! Guy" by Betty P.oach. j The beauty contest that has had j all the football boys so self-eon- scions the past month has ended and a large picture of the lucky winner will be displayed. For all I those who would like to enter an ! article or story and don't know j what to do. rules will be listed and everyone is urged to take ad-I vantage of them. ! Of NUPolicy Chancellor Asks Only Just Share of Funds Election of candidates for chap man and secretary-treasurer of the 27th annual engineer's week will be held today when students of the engineering college ballot for their favorite candidates at the polls set up on tho first floor of Applied Mechanics. Polls will be open from 8 o'clock to 5 o'clock including the noon hour for all students in the engineering col lege. With each division of the en gineering college entering a can didate in the race the competition thi.i year is unusually keen. Those running for chairman are Thomas Long representing the agricultural engineering division, and Ray " '.w ' " tZ north side of Q limning for secretary-treasurer are Hal Moyer representing the chemical engineering division, and John Cramer representing the civil engineering division. And a Kangaroo Court, Winners of the election will be in charge of planning and super vising the preparations for the annual engineer's week. This year it will be held the first week in May. This week ot banquets, meetings, and recreational activi ties is climaxed by an open house which is held by the entire college. i hxmhits of all types I from electrically controlled devices to gay colored chemical fires are i put on display by the various'divi , sions of tho college the final night 'of engineer's week. At this time i all engineering students are sup posed to participate. According to tradition any student who fails to paiticipate and cannot show suffi cient reason for their absence are "dunked'' in a tank of water. All offenders are tried before a kan garoo court. Council Votes to Annex Land; Initial Step to Link Capitc!, University First steps for a proposal bou levard between the uuivcisity and i the Nebraska state ciipitol were, made Monday ns the Lincoln city , 1 council voted unanimously to pur- : chase pioperty in l."ith st. en t'11(. -t. Altho th purchase is the first of many that will necessarily l,e made, plans are to open lfitii st. from O st. north to S st. From o : street south, the street is already : open. Plans drawn more than ten years ago would have the 10 mil lion dollar capitol building at the south end of the wide boulevard ! and some shrine, cathedral, or 1 monument of the university at Mic north end near S st. "Cannot be Over Estimated.'' "The acceptance of the deed to the property neces..,nv to the ranging ; Opomng n 13th st., ,v t,e council ; yesterday, should freshen the i memory of our Lincoln citizens j that we are definitely pledged to j the opening and improvement ! this important thoroughfare. C j necting as it will ' our splendid capitol and our state university. Internationally Known Authority to Appear In Temple at 1 1 O'clock "The Fascist Bid for World Power" will be the subject of the address to he given this morning at 1 1 o'clock by Dr. Melchior Palyi, internationally known eco- !HUfM ' -'1 ' ,. . I Line-tin J"urnal. DR. MELCHIOR PALYI. .... addresses unl convo. Mrs. Green Talks Chancellor C. S. Boucher speaking before the Lincoln P.o- tary club Tuesday noon, outlined. m fl C l I the university's policy of asking ; 0 VllQrm bCuOOl foi no more than lt.s"juft share ot ' state educational funds declaring "We're willing to take the lean along with the fat." Dr. Boucher listed part of tlu university budget statement re cently presented to the governor, pointing nut that the statement had been made out several weeks before the state teachers college : yesleiday evening at 7 o'clock i Guest Speaker Tells j Bock Values to Coeds Speaking on the topic. "A Good Biok its value as a civic improvement i cannot be over estimated." Mayor . Oren S. Copolaml. speaking 'for himself and the councilmen, said ! yesterday. To-Adjoin Union. When the street is cut thru to R St., it will abut the Alpha Tail Omega .fraternity houss about 18 feet to the cast of the structure. The street would then be cut thru east of the LTnion where an alley like street now stands. Trees planted cast of the Union building were placed so n to be in the ; parking for the proposed street, i Other plans call for a large Executive Board Plans Huge Party Tonight j ' .L;:" Alpha Zeta Hears J1"" A"hto'1-;(1iristmas spirit, sponsored by the DAf !or TVtniflllf William AI-Ajr Kxecutive Board, will be held Cltier I OnignT illow the one-act play. Frankforter to Address Military Engineer Group Col. C. J. Frankfoiter will ad dress the members of the Amer ican Society of Military Engineers at 7:30 Thursday evening in loom 31.1 of the Lincoln hotel. All members of the organiza tion, and specially all Juniors Hre asked to be pirsmt. A short busi ness meeting will follow the talk. Banquet Speaker Tells Of Southwest's Enemy ll'nited States Marimba troupe, n i p.-ltiei-. chairman of 'will play a number of Christmas : w bacteriology department, will Cobs Assemble for Cornhusker Picture All Corn Cob actives and pledges will meet this evening at 7:30 In room 313 of the Union for the regular meeting. Members must wear red sweat ers and white shirts as the group will adjourn to the cam pus studio at 8 o'clock for the Cornhusker pictures. i carols on bor nwriniba, I All Ag campus students, fac- ulty and friends' are invited to a - tend this party which 1h under the i joint chad manship of Ann Gcrsib and Will Pitner. The program, of ; which Annabelle Hutohenson. Mil ton Gustafson and Iris Johnson 'have charge, will be as follows: Pr. -m-.!. rliuru. ('liriMTnm uirl 'HniiiniKhl m k. tu-nn r- rh'.ru iprMMH ,? Mri Tullli: "A r" hv H.ch; "J'v m lh Wcria.-' "Oh. e.,mr A'l Ye Kmhful" Cornet i'v "Hoiy Ni.he' Tiny. Iiv nrir.nllii c:uii, "The Biy on the Mrrir" earol Aiillenie. Heneaii "'n - P.ev. Mu 1. Keceii.n.il 'h'irnp. addiess the national honorary fraternity of agriculture. Alpha Zeta at a banquet scheduled for Band Fraternity To Meet Today ot 5 Gamma Lambda, honorary bund fraternity, will meet this af I or noon at U o'clock in the 1,'nion. Notice of the room in which the group will meet will 1 pouted upon the bulle tin board in the Union entrance. i A Ik ' I l.m'Miri and state superintendents offic had submitted their requirements for 1939-41. The university petitioned Gover nor Cochran for a biennial appro priation of $1.0$ 1.003. an increas" of $3i9.ri63 over the previous ap propriation for 1937-39. The four' state normal schools asked for an increase of $1,, 191,573. "No Sovereign Rights." "We don't feel that we have sovereign rights,'' said the chan cellor, mentioning that he and the board of trustees consider them selves "merely temporary trus tees" of the money allotted th university. That institution, ho emphasized, is of, by, rnd for the I people of Nebraska. Dr. Boucher highly praised the state planning hoard fur thou- abil ity and integrity and for the board's study of educational needs in Nebraska. He expressed his opinion that "if we can as a icsult of this study get a proper allocation of funds, even if it makes for radical changes in the program of some institutions, it will h the best thing in the world for education in this state." Flays Four Year Program. He flayed the four year pio ( Continued on Page 2.1 at O st could inter ior lOU. .MIS. I.oy IjlWn ,niiar nncnihlv ..-ith I ...M..l fU ..,.! ...... I ...im a .wf.r un ..- i.iin-i 10 i,ii,n iii .ioim.i iiinniifis i-i ici. water fmiie ?i in -. in where the hoiili v.u.l Ellen Smith. An appreciative audi- sect ence heard the guest speaker tell The property at 1.1th and Q sts the value of leaning as a fa tor in w-ns a 50 foot lot and sold for moulding a charming personality. $".800. subject to unpaid city taes "To he charming you must have i and special assessments! The something in your mind as well; council also purchased as raving the e:;teiior ai ranged: properly and beautifully." said ' Mrs. Gieen. She continued her talk I by telling of several books that : had helped her particularly in the following nut of this idea. Charm School meets regularly every second and fourth Tuesday! and all univeisity girls who are ' interested in training in the so- i rial graces are urged to attend. Four Present Popers At A.S.M.E. Session Four technical papers read by students were featured m tin meeting of the student branch of the American Society of Mechan ical Knginecrs which was held last j night in mom 20G of Mechanical ! Engineering. 1 "Spinning'' was the subject of a paper prepared by Harold Brown, j This was followed by a paper en I titled "Motor Fuels ' by Everett Blanchard. "Auto Design" by ; Leon Sanders and "Dimensional Analysis" by Louis I.undstiom 'completed the group. All papers jweie discussed after the readings. v.i aoioin- nomist. at an all univeisity convo- cation in the Temple. I Dr. Palyi appeared last night on the Lincoln Junior League's Town ' Hall series in the Cornhusker ho tel ballroom. ' Born in Hungary and educated i in Switzerland and Germany, Dr. Palyi came to the United States i in 1926 as a visiting professor at ! the University of Chicago. In 1 1P35 he became a permanent meni , her of the faculty there, and is , now that institution's research economist. Here Last Year. I Since, coming to this country, Dr. Palyi has lectured for many important economic. business, banking, and insurance groups as 1 well as at such universities as Northwestern, Wisconsin. Minne sota, Nehra.-ka, Iowa. Notre Dame and Michigan. He appeared at a convocation here last year. , Dr. Palyi is the author of a number of works treating bank ing, money, international finance. ing 60 foot lot, the two for $1.1.100 public finances, and history of and will make provision for the ' economic thought. In this country he h is published among others a book on the Chicago Credit Mar ket, a study of Mortgage Banking Regulations in Europe, and num erous articles that have appeared in various periodicals, newspapers and bulletins. Graduate of Munich. P. iving has Master's degree fioni Munich Graduate School of Coam.oi -e and his Doctor's degree fiom the University of Munich, Dr. Palyi taiifht for ten years in Gorman schools prior to tho World war. During the war he re ceived practical experience in vat ions branches of a major bank in Germany and for a year was connected with the Austro-Hun- transfer in the next bmigt. Tassels Check In Party Tickets Ann Hustead Leads Sales in Last Drive Tassels, at the fu.al i her Kin of the Mortar Board oariv lickets last evening, found that 'Ann Hu stead topped the list uilli 37 ticket tales. Selina Hill tm!. a t-. I with 3J sold. Mary Lou Daly with 2h and Jean Hooper with L'7. Nearly onc-fointh of the group sold the requiied number for hi fiee ticket with at hast '.'j sales ! apioi e. Following the short bu.-im-sw 1 meeting, the gr a;p held their an- ! ' nual Christmas party when they exchanged gifts and had refresh-' ments. At the dose of the meet ' ing moving pictuns were shown of 'the fall football games and of the' Tassel section. Shiroku Tao Writes Advice For U. S. Travelers in Japan N U Grad Tells How word Is not correct. It may lead -r " e ' ... , to difficulties. As an Illustration, lO bay It in Japanese j the Japanese word "hi" has three Shirnku-Tao. Tokio engineer who different meanings according: to to graduated from the University of jits accent and inflection. A "hi" Nebraska in 1H31. has recently going up means "sun," an even completed n book designed for the , "hi" means "waterpipe," and a help of Americans in Japan. Say j "hi" with departing accent means "Syuniku" when you want beef. I "fire." ''biru" If you want beer, "Hamaki-1 Brevity Myth. laoriKO ir a cigar is oesireo. nnu i "Uisuki" should you pr ter whisky. ndvises Mr. Tao. While the Japanese language may be difficult to memorize and to write. ays Tao. It is the easiest language to speuk, to pronounce, and to understand. Tu sent Dean i. J. Ferguson, of engineering college a copy of his book, "How to Speak Japanese Romanized." No Accent. "In Japanese a great many words have no accent, the whole heir.g pronounced in an equal tone," Tao writes. "There are no ailcnt letters as in the English language. There are about SO basic tones In the language, and all words m combinations of these tonim," However, if the accent on the One i apt to associate brevity with the Japanese language be cause of the character of the let ters, but the Oriental, when he wants to say "Happy New Year" has to manipulate his tongue (is follows: "Ake mask! te o-medeto gozul masu." Several chnpters of the book are devoted to common English nnd Japanese expressions which the traveler will use in his railway travel, at the hotel, in the otreet, and in the restaurant. To continue Tao's menu lesson and his Illustration of the simplic ity of the Japanese language: "Nlvatori" means chicken, "asu paragasu" is asparagus. "Aka daikkon" is the synonym far beets, and "kohil" Is the Japanesfl for coffee, Mil hill. DR. G. L. PELTIER. ... to discubt ojonium rootrot. tonight at 6:30 in the Union. The noted university bai teriologist will discuss the "Southwest's Public Enemv No. 1." ozonium rootrot, concerning which he has done con siderable research work in the southwest. Dr. Peltier stated that rootrot, regardless of continual efforts to control it, still remains the most destructive disease in that area, and that it is responsible for large losses of cotton, alfalfa and many other important crops, as well as accounting for the death of many fruit and shade trees. The lecture will he accompanied by Koto- chrome pictures taken 1, Mr. Floyd Schroeder. Dr. H. C. Filley, chairman of the rural economics department, addressing mainly the initiates of the honorary fraternity will give a brief talk on "What Becomes of tht Good Student." 'Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa1 lota Sigma Phi Plans Initiation for Tonight Initiation for Iota Sigma Phi, girl's honorary chemistry society, will be today at 6 o'clock. Lois Murphy, president, will Initiate Jane Ettinger and Margaret Mc Master, seniors. A dinner will be held at the Union after the ceremony, 'PEACE ON EARTH' World Leaders Hang Dictatorial Stockings BY ELLSWORTH STEELE. By special arrangement with the International Postal Union, fac similes of a number of letters from the rulers of the world to Santa Claus are here presented to students on the Nebrasak cam pus. Dear Kris Krlngle: I've lx'cn a very good boy this year, K.is, so I'll expect a lot of everything. First, tho, I want to th ink you for that nice little tdice of Czecho .slovakia. It was bound up with such beautiful French and P.ussian string that I just couldn't wait un il Christmas to open It. Ph ase ex cuse me, also, for peeking into an other package this week, but I do believe I saw a little piece of Me niel sticking out. Of course, Kris, you understand these are Jupt sample presents, for I've been helping you a lot this year. For instance, look at all the little Jewish children I've sent to England as Christmas present, look at all the celebrated Jewish leaders of thought that I've shipped to America, look at the beautiful promise I gave Chamber lain and Dalailler at Munich, look at the nice dose of southing hyrup I gave Fiance In the Franco-German agreement, look at nil the moral support I've given Musso lini, look at all the Germans I v given Jobs, dying for Franco, and above all remember I've given the German people their wonderful feuhrer. Hell Hitler! You won' t hold this little mat ter of half a million Jews against me will you? I knew you wouldn't. France. Great Britain and the United States are always making such a silly fuss over nothing. Besides I'll trade Jews for goods. That's n bargain, for each Ji-w a ton of coal or copper or Iron. Now. Kris. I really don't want much, but If you'ic not frozen in up there at the North Pole, I'd like you to bring me several hot Afri can colonies, lot of trau conces sions, a lot more pcrxr trMprntect the poor little Balkan states. Hnd if you can get It Into your sleigh without Stalin seeing it I would appreciate a laige chunk of the Ukraine. Most faithfully yours, Adolf Hitler. Carrlsslmo Papa Natale: Papa, I know you got your suit a little sooty coming down the chimney with that Ethioplon pres ent two years ago, but why have you forgotten me while you've been so generous with my play mate across the Alps? This year by Italian people have 'GOODWILL TO MEN' Rearmament Foretells Coming of Holocaust said that they don't have to have all their presents within our boot. Nice would be nice, and all of Corsica and Mediterranean Islands would be delightful. And papa, please send us many more Italian babies, also Tunisia, so we'll have a place to put them. Would like French Somaliland to play with too, but a little sleeping powder with the frangrance of French lil ies will do it might come In handy. Yours until all the Roman colo- ! nirs come home, Benito Mussolini. Dear Saint Nicholas: Please rush mc soiiieihii.u u keep that rebellious House of Commons quiet, especially An thony F.di-n and his playmates who lire forever making faces at Fuiopi-'s timid dictators whose foclin;;:; are so easily hurt. Bun dle u,) a great navy all in white and send it special delivery along with that fleet of airahlps you forgot last year. Must of all, Santa, give us a few more countries to give away. Ethiopia, China, Czech oslovakia are all gone, France needs all of her colonies, she tells us-of course, the British (Continued on Page 2.) garian National bank, serving as its correspondent in Germany and Switzerland. In If 23 Dr Palyi served as an advifer to the German govern ment's industrial nationalization committee. In 1928 he became the economist of the Deutsche bank in Berlin, the largest banking institu tion on the continent. After the crisis of 1H31 be became the ad visor to the IteichsbHtik, which is the iiiitriil bank of Germany, and director of the Institute for Cur rency I'.escaiih iii Berlin. In 1!33 Dr. Palyi was for nine months guests of the Midland hank in Indoii and was also In vited as lecturer at the University College of Oxford. Recently he was made economist to the in vestment house of Stifel, Niconua Co., inc., Chicago. Dean J. E. LeRosslgnol and Prof. E. A. Gilmore, Jr. of the col lege of business administration have arranged a luncheon for Dr. Palyi this noon at the University club. Interested faculty member'a and businessmen of the city arc Invited to attend. Rev. McMillan Gives Christmas Talk to Y.W. A v. ry interesting talk wan given by Kev. Mr. McMillan to the Y. W. ('. A. vesper group at. U4 annual Chiistmas meeting helc at the University Episcopal church Tuesday. Rev. Mr. McMillan welcomed Hie. jjhIh to the church. "In the P.cginnlng Was the Word," waa the message he took for his text. He pointed out that Christmas Isn't Just a Season for fun and hilarity, but has a special religloua significance, ile quoted from ona of E. Stanley Jones' sermons on the five kingdoms of the world, and closed his talk with a prayer. Christmas carols sung by tha vesper choir to the accompaniment of soft organ music were enjoyed by the audience, L. A A