FOUR
DAILY NEBRASKAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1939
IIUIIMIIHII 1I1M III lllllllll t IIIIUllItIUii:iIllllUI IIIHI 1 IHIIMIllllllUllllilll IUIIIMII t UIIIIIIUlilUllllllllHIHHIili NUlllill lllll lllilllilll llll
on other campus
m it it
k m
LEHIGH
Officials warn fraternities
to provide fire protection
If adequate fire protection in 26
fraternity houses is not provided
within a year's time, definite ac
tion will be taken by the state fire
authorities, Andrew W. Lizen
berger, superintendent of buildings
end grounds, stated last night.
This statement was made in
comment on a letter sent out by
Dean Wray H. Congdon warning
ell but three Lehigh fraternities
that insufficient fire protection
conditions must be remedied. Dean
Congdon pointed out that the state
fire chief has the authority to
close and padlock any living house
where these requirements are not
met.
Dean Congdon said that the
etate fire chief has bean aware of
the situation at Lehigh and has
already stepped in wherever altera
tions to a fraternity have been
inade. This applies to only three
Rouses, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta
JSigma Phi, and Theta Delta Chi,
which have been approved.
Minimum requirements listed.
The minimum of protection re
quires: (a) fire doors and fire
walls shutting off the slair walls
which become flues with an up
flraft carrying the fire throughout
the building and cutting off all
escape; (b) outside fire escapes
OKLA. A. & M.
Ask for renewal
of beauty plan
Unless something is done to
keep the campus beautification
program going as was started by
Bryan Thompson before he went
to the city to take charge of the
capitol grounds, the campus is
going to get shabby again. Thomp
son did a lot of work to cover up
the wrinkles pig-trailed carelessly
between buildings. Whether these
wrinkles will be kept pressed out
will depend upon someone to take
control of the situatjpn.
Daily O'ColIcgian.
CALIFORNIA
Professors perfect new surgery
technique for stomach operations
Two university professors have
perfected a new surgery techni
que for stomach operatic. s that
reduces the danger of fatality from
75 to 25 percent, the March issue
cf Surgery, Gynecology and Ob
stetrics reveals.
The technique worked out by
PURDUE
Russ Morgan
signed to play
at Junior Prom
Russ Morgan and his "Music in
the Morgan Manner" orchestra
will furnish the music for the 1939
Junior Prom according to an an
nouncement made by dance chair
man Benny Burns last night. Mor
gan was signed yesterday after
noon. The Prom date has been ad
vanced to Friday, May 19, the old
date of the Mortar Board dance.
The date of the co-ed bid dance
lias not been set
Junior Prom will be a spring or
fummer formal. Winter formals
will be excluded.
. Morgan brings his 19 piece band
iere from the Chez Paree, Chi
cago, where it Is now playing. His
nga5:mert ther ends May 18.
The Purdue Junior Prom will be
ne of two proms at which Morgan
4v-lll play this year. He will play at
fhe University of Missouri, Co
lumbia, the following evening.
Purdue Exponent.
LEHIGH
Betas outwrestle
24 fraternities
to take tourney
Beta Theta PI, with three indi
vidual champions, outwrestled 24
fraternities to take a first place
with 25 points in the annual inter
fraternity wrestling tourney. Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, with one winner
took second place with 21 points,
and Phi Gamma Delta snared
third position with 20 points and
two individual champions.
Lehigh Brown & White,
to which there is a direct and pro
tected access from all sleeping
quarters; Besides this ,a fire ex
tinguisher should be accessible on
every floor and an extra one in the
kitchen. The state requirements go
beyond the minimum requirements
stated above.
Fraternity houses are inspected
every year. Lehigh houses have
been warned for a number of years
that the fire protection is inade
quate. The fact that the University is
powerless to compel steps to be
taken, and that individuals or cor
porate groups, not students, are
the actual property owners, com
bine to delay direct action, said
Dean Congdon. However, by the
state law, protection requirements
must be met after proper warn
ing by the state fire chief. The
time, tentatively given in this case,
is approximately a year.
Dean Congdon wrote: "Each
year at least one catastrophe oc
curs in some college living group
in this country where students
have been caught in a fire trap
and lost their lives. Every step
that will avert the possibility of
any such tragedy in our midst
must be taken."
Lehigh Brown & White.
NORTHWESTERN
Five fraternities
to refugee housing proposal
Five fraternities yesterday ex
pressed their willingness to co
operate, either wholly or in part,
with the refugee housing and
feeding proposal presented two
weeks ago to the Interfraternity
council by Dr. Augustus R. Hat
ton, chairman of the political sci
ence department
Sigma Alpha Epsilon has agreed
to give full board and room to a
refugee student. Phi Epsilon Pi
will take an undergraduate stu
dent, but to date only graduate
Dr. Carl L. Hoag, assistant pro
fessor of clinical surgery, and Dr.
John B. Saunders, chairman of
the anatomy department, consists
of a secondary operation which
follows' the initial stomach opera
tions. The operation, named jejuno
plasty, is designed to eliminate the
danger of the development of
strictures that may be formed
after the first operation, causing
the death of the patient.
"While the operation is not new,
the technique that has been de
veloped is different and relatively
simple. Dr. Hoag said.
In the first operation the sur
geon forms a double tube as an
insurance for food passage. In
the second operation, a portion of
the doubled intestine is cut away
leaving a large opening in this
area of the bend and lessening the
possibility of the formation of
strictures.
Since Dr. Hoag first used the
technique successfully eight years
ago, doctors of the university
medical center have performed the
operation on numerous patients
with only one fatality.-
Dally Californlan.
r
7,
INDIANA
State university
considers polo
Tentative plan3 were discussed
concerning the organization of
a University Polo and Saddle
club, last night in the Union
building. The meeting was
headed by Robert Sayles, '39
and Bruce Harrold, '41.
Plans were made to hold an
other open meeting Thursday
night in the Union building for
all university students interested
in forming a club for the pur
pose of organizing a polo team,
and to act as a University Saddle
club.
Indiana Daily Student.
CINCINNATI
Sigma Alpa Mu wins scholarship
award for sixth straight semester
For the sixth straight semester,
Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity
ranked highest among eligible fra
ternities for the O. D. K. scholar
ship cup. The winning average
was 4.060. Sigma Tau Phi had
a higher average, 4.3650, but since
only two men were eligible for
the award, the cup was awarded
to Sigma Alpha Mu.
The fraternity averages are ar
rived at by converting the Liberal
Arts grades into the figures used
give cooperation
students have been recommended.
Tau Delta Phi has been given per
mission by the fraternity's national
chapter to participate in the plan.
Delta Upsilon and Pi Kappa Alpha
do not have enough room to house
a refugee but will provide full
board for one student.
Five oppose plan
Fraternities which definitely do
not plan to participate are Beta
Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi
Kappa Sifcma, Acacia, and Wran
glers. A survey conducted last
night by the Daily Northwestern
disclosed that the feeling in some
of these houses was that accep
tance of the plan would have to
be qualified and that such quali
fication would hinder the purpose
of the proposal.
Most of the other north campus
houses have taken no action on
the question or are still consider
ing it Delta Tau Delta, Lambda
Chi Alpha, Sigma Chi. and Phi
Gamma Delta have considered the
problem but have taken no action
as yet. An informal poll in the
Phi Gamma Delta house has
shown the majority to be in favor
of the plan, and a similar sound
ing of unofficial opinion in the
Sigma Chi house brought unfavor
able comment.
Delta Sigma Pi and Theta Xi
have taken no action but plan to
bring up the question in future
chapter meetings. Phi Delta Theta
could not be reached. '
The Interfraternity council at a
meeting March 8, unanimously
adopted a resolution which stated:
"The Interfraternity council of
Northwestern university expresses
sincere sympathy for the refugee
and pledges itself to assist in a
campus drive among the students
for contributions to their cause.
The council, however, could not
pass on Dr. Hatton s plan but re
ferred the question to the individ
ual houses for their own decisions,
Daily Northwestern.
A 0 C. I.
II 1
i i
OKLA. A. & M.
Communists are no cheap
skates in soaking rich
It costs plenty to be an ac-
credited member of the commun
ist party in the United States. So
much, in fact, that this is one of
the main reasons for the small
membership. Dues are collected in
correspondence with the salaries
received by its members. These
rules are laid down by the consti
tution of the communist party of
the United States.
If a member's weekly salary is
between 15 and 25 dollars per week
his yearly dues would be 13 dollars
by the Engineering School and
then averaging all the figures to
gether. In second place wa3 Phi Beta
Delta, 3.4856, and in third was
Delta Tau Delta, 3.3883. The other
fraternities ranked in the follow
ing order: Alpha Tau Omega,
3.3129; Triangle, 3.3087: Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, 3.2366; Iota Chi
Epsilon, 3.2017; Beta Theta Pi,
3.1707; Phi Kappa, 3.1511.
Pi Kappa Alpha, 3.1180;; Amer
ican Commons club, 3.1013; Aca
cia, 3.0700; Lambda Chi Alpha,
3.0335; Sigma Chi, 2.9400; Phi
Delta Theta, 2.9213; Beta Kappa,
2.7950; and Alpha Kappa Pi,
2.7280. The last fraternity was
ineligible since less than five ac
tive members could be included in
the averaging.
The winning average showed an
advance of .088 over the winning
average of last year. Changes in
standing of the fraternities did
not affect the leader, Sigma Alpha
Mu. Phi Beta Delta was ineligible
last year. Delta Tau Delta dropped
from second to third place. Alpha
Tau Omega rose from seventh to
fourth place and Triangle re
mained in fifth place. These fig
ures were released by Albert Fess
ler, committee member of the Fra
ternity Scholarship committee.
Cincinnati Record.
INDIANA
University band
gives 10 concerts;
heard by 75,000
During the first four days of it?
tour the University Concert band
has presented 10 concerts before
approximately 15.00 people, ac
cording to a report received last
night from Major Roy N. Hag-
erty, arm master.
The first day the band played
before 5,850 people in four con
certs. The second day 3,000 people
heard the band as it appeared in
several small auditoriums. The
unit appeared in concerts in New
Albany and Jeffersonville Wednes
day before a combined audience
of 5,600.
Indiana Daily Student.
Out
Molt flattering I
Striking . . . witrt
your light h o e
p e ping through
thi meihl In
BLACK with pat
ent . . JAPONICA
with calf I
liYin
j a year. Here are the regulations
based on weekly salaries :
Weekly Salary Yearly Dues
$15 to $25 .$13
$25 to $30 $26
$30 to $40 $34
$40 to $50 $52
Over $50 $52 plus$52
for every $10 above $50. Under
such a system a college professor
earning $5,000 a year would pay
about $575 yearly dues. While
Henry Ford, if he wanted to list
his name under the red flag, would
have to pay in the neighborhood
of $100,000 or over yearly. Which
means it is decidedly cheaper to be
a good republican or democrat.
That is the reason that the com
munist party is made up of people
who think that they have been
trampled on and that the whole
world is against them. They are
usually without an income and are
in the hopes of getting one the
easy way. Those who have any in
come at all usually are just sym
pathizers of the party. In the
United States the total member
ship is about 100,000. Added to
this group will be sympathizers of
probaby half or three fourths of
the total membership.
Daily O'Collegian.
NORTHWESTERN
Fraternities,
men's houses
give $223 to
Scott Hall fund
Delta Sigma Pi, comerce fra
ternity, led last night in contribu
tions to the Scott hall fund. Jack
Cummings, committee chairman
for fraternity contributions to the
Scott Hall fund, announced. Gifts
received from fraternities and
men's open houses total more than
$223, incomplete returns showed.
Delta Sigma Pi has turned in
$29.75 thus far in the drive. Bob
Hawk is solicitor for the house.
House returns are far from com
plete as yet, it was announced.
Sorority returns, while coming in,
are not yet complete and will be
announced later. More fraternity
returns will also be announced
later.
Solicitors may turn in contribu
tions to Myrtle Meyer in the Stu
dent Affairs office in Lunt.
Last night's returns and house
solicitors are as follows:
nrlln Sigma PI, Rb Hawk
Pol Kapiw Pl, Dirk WHU .M
Kris Tlx-1 a PI. 1 hnelc Lamkr Z.M
(ioftdrlrh Hoaar, '. J. Markloa .... i.4
UHta I polloa, t'rA Johnoaa tl.ft
Mltms Alpha Kptllua,
Jark MarDfrmalt tl.M
Havrn How. Kink llahl tl.M
IMta Taa llrlta, Jark Hanrjr I4.al
Phi IMta Thrla. Krn KrtUrdahJ It.M
Phi Ma IMta, Frank riamnrt la.U
Phi KiMllon PI. Mk-ky KMhkliU .?
Thrla XI, Rkhara lnf artnrta-ka ..
Total USS.M
Daily Northwestern
l'-inm a)alai i
in the Open!
Open Backs
JjDititiL SHOES
COLD'S Street Floor.