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The Official 'Newspaper of More Than 6,000 Students
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 93.
Students elect 1939
prom girl Tuesday
Misses Ekwall, Nemec, Rosewater, Russel,
Wallace, Schuttloffcl vie for honor
Selection of the 1939 Junior-Senior Prom girl from among
four senior and two junior candidates will take place at tlve
general campus election Tuesday. Names appearing on the bal
lot are Velma Ekwall, Alice K. Nemec, Barbara Rosewater,
Kuthanna Russel, Emma Marie Shuttloffcl and Geraldine Wallace.
Polling booths in the lower Un
ion corridor and at Ag hall will be
open from 8 until 5 o'clock. AU
students upon presentation of their
identification cards will be allowed
to vote.
With the change in prom rulings
last year both junior and senior
candidates are eligible for the po
sition. Election results will be re
vealed to those attending the prom
this Friday evening.
Bizad senior Velma Ekwall from
Lincoln is known for her activities
as a Palladian, Mortar Board, and
a member of the A. W. S. board.
In addition she has held the po
See PROM GIRL, Page 4.
Convo to hear
glee concert
Club, John Shildneck
appear Wednesday
A joint program featuring the
university men's glee club, under
the direction of William G. TempeL
and John Shildneck, trumpeter,
will be presented Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Tem
ple, as the nineteenth m the School
of Music convocation series.
Shildneck. who is instructor in
brass, will play the "Andante and
Rondo" by Ropartz, and Gaubert's
"Andante and Schereetto." The
glee club will present two groups
of numbers. Among the better
known compositions which will be
heard on the program are Sig
mund Romberg's "Soldiers of For
tune"; Tschaikowsky'i "Pilgrim's
Song"; and "Awake, Awake", by
Mendelssohn.
Frank Cunkle of the School of
Music faculty and Warren Ham
mel of Raymond will play the
accompaniments. The program:
Sigmund Romberg, BoMtera of Fortune,
from "The Girl of the OoMen Weft."
Wood, Sacrrmrntvm Supermini,
Rclchart, Tn the Time of Rosea.
Tschiikowiky. rilcrtm'a Bone.
Mro'l Glee Club.
Ropartz, Andante and Rondo.
Caubert, Andante and SrheraettO.
John Shildneck.
Palentrrnt-Olbb. Adoramua T.
Mendelaiinhn-Holler, Aafce, Awake.
Arlen-Scotnon, I Ive a Parade.
Wen's Glee ChJb.
Behind world events
Bev Finkle
Armistic in labor
union warfare
For three years organized Amer
Jcahi labor has been engaged in
civil war. Now President Roose
velt has asked the leaders of both
the American Federation of La
bor and the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations to settle their
differences and to negotiate a
lasting labor peace. It is even
possible that Mr. Roosevelt himself
will act us mediator, as he did
when the railway retirement pen
sion scheme was devised at a 1935
meeting of railroad executives,
employees, and representatives of
the public.
Roosevelt asks that labor peace
be established because the mem
bers of both the C. L O. and the
A. F. of L. are desirous of the
t 408
Council forum
brings Dies
investigator
John Metcalfe to reveal
'American-Nazi Front'
story Monday at 1 1
John C. Metcalfe, special inves
tigator for the Dies committee on
un-American activities, will reveal
the inside story of the "American
Nazi Front" in a Student Forum
in the Union ballroom 11 o'clock
Monday.
Metcalfe joined the Nazi bund
and quietly investigated the pur
pose and activities of the pro-Ger
man organization in order to get
the information needed. He was
placed in charge of the nazi and
fascist investigation of the con
gressional committee, and is well
qualified to disclose facts sur
rounding German, Italian and
Japanese espionage activities in
the United States.
To Name Leaders.
In his address, Mr. Metcalfe will
also give actual names and plans
of leaders who are heading move
ments to create radical and re
ligious hatred in the United States.
As investigator of un-American
activities he was the outstanding
witness before the Dies committee
at its hearings in Washington,
which lasted over a period of six
months.
Debate filings due
for intramurals March 1
- Intramural debate filings are
due not later than March 1 in
room 111 of Andrews. Names of
the groups and the names of all
speakers are to be submitted
with the filings.
cessation of labor warfare, because
the present responsible officers of
both organizations seem capable
of the necessary arbitration, and
because the government sees labor
narmony as a . necessary step in
the promotion of democratic co
operation. Recently, the National
Association of Manufacturers de
clared itself ready to work with
and not against organized labor
groups.
Thus, the background necessary
to labor peace has been completed.
In spite of rather widespread op
timism that such peace can be had,
the feeling still exists that it will
be most difficult to end he A. F.
of L.-C. I. O. conflict The battle
today is largely one of a conflict
of personalities, Mr. Lewis and
Mr. Green being opposed to each
See WORLD EVENTS, Page 2a
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1939
Mortar Board
tea honors
scholarship
Honorary gives awards
to three senior girls
at annual affair today
At the annual Mortar Board
Scholarship tea to be held today in
Ellen Smith between 2 and 5
o'clock, members of the senior
honorary will present awards to
the three senior rirls who have
been judged to be the most out
standing in scholarship, leadership
and service.
Approximately 550 university
women, who have a scholastic av
erage of 80 or above for both
semesters of last year, will attend
the affair.
Reception at Door.
Guests will be received at the
door by Miss Elsie Ford Piper,
acting dean of women: Mrs. F. D.
Coleman: Phyllis Chamberlain,
Mortar Board president, and of'
ficers of the Nebraska chapter or
Motar Board, Phyllis Chamberlain,
Frances Boldman, Harriet Cum
mer. Josephine Rubnitz, Barbara
Rosewater and Mrs. AAs West'
See SCHOLARSHIP, Page 4.
Debate trip
tryouts open
Nebraska team to go
to Chicago, Colorado
Drawings have been made for
the names of all men filed for the
debate tryout to be held March 2
on the question of "Collective ac
tion of the world's democracies is
necessary to guarantee survival"
The debate will be held in U hall
at 7:30 o'clock.
Those who wish to compete and
have not yet filed their names in
writing may do so until March 2,
and will be assigned to sides as
soon as their names come in. First
drawings placed Ewald Warnsholz,
Charles C. Spann, Don Nemetz and
Ernest Wintroub on the affirma
tive side. Negative speakers will
be Frank Day, Eugene Cutis, Cal
vin Rollins and Otto Woerner.
Four debate men will travel to
Chicago for a series of debates
during the first week of April
Welton to speak
at vespers today
Program to feature
teachings of Confucius
Ted Welton, arts and science
junior, will talk on "The Teach
ings of Confucius" at the choral
vespers of the Cathedral choir to
day at 5:30 in the Cornhusker
ballroom.
Welton, a member tf Beta Theta
Pi fraternity, is from Sioux City
and the son of two Nebraska graa
uates. He will explain the ideas of
ancient Chinese religion, and also
describe the Chinese Temple of
Heaven in Peking.
The choir will sing two numbers
"Salvation Is Created," by Tsnes-
nikov, and "Pax Dei," by Coombs.
The organization will be directed
by John Rosborough. Houghton
tun will be guest organist,
Slosburg-Sommers team
wins bridge tourney
Free tickets to the junior
senior prom were awarded Bea
Sommers and Stanley Slosburg,
winners of the Union bridge
tourney held yesterday. Books
on contract bridge were awarded
Woodville Campbell and Elaine
Lucas, runnersuft.
Co-authors
Itruce Campbell.
hd 8leevr.
Bernard tells
Uni audience
of Tibetan life
Union brings man who
filmed forbidden cities,
was first white lama
Theos Bernard, the American
who filmed Tibet's forbidden cities
and became the first white lama
of the isolated plateau, will speak
in the Union ballroom this after'
noon at 4 o'clock. Entitling his leC'
ture "Penthouse of the Gods," the
explorer will show colored mov
ing pictures of the mysteries of
Tibetan life he unearthed there.
Bernard obtained a permit to
visit for three weeka the valley
popularized in the motion pic
ture "Lost Horizon" as Shangri-
La. Lhasa is the real Tibetan
name of the valley, which is lo
cated 5,000 feet below the high
Khamba La pass.
Honored as a 'brother.'
In the valley of Lhasa, Bernard
was presented to the regent, who
reigns in Tibet until a Grand Lama
will be elected, and was honored
by the lamas as a "brother." He
stayed three months, and verifies
See BERNARD, Page 4,
'Beauty' is theme
of all-uni vespers
Religious groups unite
for Tuesday services
All religious groups on the
campus will cooperate in holding
an all-university vesper service
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in
Union Parlors XYZ. The service
is under the sponsorship of the
Religious Welfare council, which
invites all men and women stu
dents to attend.
"Beauty" provides the theme of
the program and will be the topic
of Vesper Sneaker R. J. Pool,
chairman of the department of
botany. R. B. Henry, chairman
of the Religious Welfare council
will preside and conduct the devo
tionals.
Maestro Krupa crusades
to heighten drum popularity
Famed Gene Krupa, formerly
No. 1 man of the Bennie Goodman
troupe jams his drums to the ac
companiment of his year old or
chestra at the Junior-Senior prom
Friday evening.
Catapulted to the top by his
rhythmic percussions on a private
collection of 6 base drums, 8
snares and 15 torn toms, Krupa
is perhaps the greatest musician
ever to appear on the Nebraska
campus. t !
Drumming to him is more than
his occupation; it is a crusade to
bring the first instrument ever to
be used by civilized man back into
the position where it belongs.
Strenuous routine.
The routine is very strenuous.
On the average he breaks over 40
sticks a week and bangs through
12 drumheads in the course of a
year by the percussions of his
beating. The muscular exertion and
Ums of energy by perspiration
wears him down quickly. It is im
possible for him to wear suede
shres for longer than a week, be
Annual all-male show
to appear on cimpus
week of April 17-22
"Alias Aladdin," a three act
oriental comedy, was selected by
Kosmet Klub yesterday for its
spring show, April 17-22. Ed
Steeves and Bruce Campbell,
Sigma Nu Innocents, collaborated
in the authorship of the skit.
With a principal cast of 15 and
a number of pony choruses, fea
turing the typictl Arab harem,
the locale of the play shifts back
and forth between the glamor of
Arabian Bagdad and the mystery
of Egyptian Cairo.
Play produces "belly laughs."
Centered around the Caliph of
Bagdad and the American busi
ness man striving to realize great
profits in the sale of turkish
towels by expanding his business
thru Turkey and Persia, the play
is a fast moving comedy of belly
laughs, complicated by the acci
dental discovery by a tourist of
Aladdin's magic lamp.
Commenting on their work, the
authors declared, "We have at
tempted to create the riot type of
production, using an exotic locale
with colorful costumes, distinctive
dialog and a novel plot. While
writing "Alias Aladdin," stated
Steeves and Campbell, "we have
tried to maintain the nrevious
high standards of the Kosmet Klub
shows."
Eligibility same as for athletics.
Tryouts for the cast positions
See KOSMET, Page 2.
Scholarship
filings open
Mortar Board makes
March 7 closing date
Application for the graduate
scholarship of Si 50 offered annu
ally by the Mortar Board are now
being received. The scholarship is
open to anyone planning to take
graduate work next fall.
The basis of selection will be
scholastic record, financial need
and general ability. The judging
committee will be composed of Dr.
C S. Hamilton, chairman. Miss
Elsie Ford Piper, Dr. Elda R.
Walker and Phyllis Chamberlain,
president of Mortar Board.
All applications must be re
turned to Dr. Hamilton's office,
Avery laboratory 205. by March 7.
The winner will be determined by
the next week and announced on
the Honors Convocation program
Instead of on Ivy Day.
"Mortar Board hopes that a
large number of students will take
advantage of this opportunity to
continue work in the graduate
field," said Miss Chamberlain.
The scholarship was first
awarded in 1937 to Kathryn King
in English and the second year
to Alice Nielson in science.
fore the sweat from his work eats
them through.
Being denied access to the fam
ily piano when he was young,
Krupa developed a fondness for
drumming which was strengthened
by occasional visits to the carni
vals with his friends.
Only 11 years ago he landed his
first job as a drummer and began
to troupe back and forth among,
the '.numerous dime-dance dives in
Chicago. Among his colleagues he
created a fondness of jamming at
a time when music was still set in
traditional forms by the dance at
tendcrs. After work the boys would
spend hours playing their instru
ments as the drummer boy would
beat out the time with his various
drums.
In "Strike Up the Band."
Their efforts were rewarded
when Joe Kayser brought them
out of their haunts to the Black
Hawk. There Krupa came into con
tact with Red Nichols who brought
See KRUPA, Page 2.
