T
a
D
HE
AILY
KAN
WEATHER
For Lincoln and Vicinity: Much
colder in extreme southeast por
tion today.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1927.
PRICE 5 CENTS
FRATERNITIES
SEEM TO FAVOR
PLANFOR CARS
eral Fraternity Opinion
G;D ear. to Approve Recomy
mendation. of Council
REGULATION IS PROBABLE
2 l ocated at borne ins
tance fromCampu. Offer
No Opposition
General opinion of fraternities at
v wska favors the plan of car con-KS-ed
by tta Interfraternity
?! nc 1 Some of these Greek-letter
0Crnttions have not yet given
S opinion, but a general selec-
of fraternities considers the
tion 01 ,
plan commendable.
P Briefly, the plan provides: 1
Juration of all student-cars, (2)
Written permission of parents for
Lent cars, (3) Restriction of use
d cars to sophomores and above m
food standing in school, and (4)
Prohibition of parking withm cam
ma Area. '
tfjtrnitiei Express Opinion
Fraternities that nave exyreaacu
their opinions as favoring the car
cntrol are: Acacia, Alpha Chi Sig
ma, Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Theta Pi,
Delta Sigma Lambda, Delta Sigma
Phi Delta Upsilon, Kappa Rho Sig
ma,' Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha
Delta. Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta
Theta and Phi Kappa. Of these
fraternities, Acacia, Delta Upsilon,
md Phi Gamma Delta are situated at
tome distance from the campus.
Sigma Phi Epsilon opinion is that
for their men cars are a necessity.
"We we more than a mile from the
cimnus," stated a Sig Ep. "and we
feel that for us cars are a necessity.
(Continued on Fag 2)
PRINT WILL GO
OH 8MB THURSDAY
RtikM Announce Increaae in Sio
Of Engineering Publication to
Thirty-Two Pago
The December issue of the Blue
Print, official publication of the Ne
braska Engineering sociftty, will be
ready for distribution Thursday, ac
cording to Ralph Raikes, editor.
This issue will contain thirty-two
pages, which is slightly more than
the former issues contained. The
cover design will be an architect's
drawing of a modern skyscraper.
The feature article of the issue is
"Modern Sewage Disposal." The ar
ticle was written by R. M. Tracy, city
engineer, Fairbury, Nebraska. This
article compares an obsolete method
of aewage disposal with a modern
one such as is used in Hastings.
Another important article is "Ag
1 ricnltural Engineering," by Oscar
Sjogren. This is a paper describing
the main divisions of agricultural
engineering. It also outlines this
work as offered at Nebraska.
New Motor Described
There is also an article on "The
Ftirchild Caminez Motor." It is a
descriptive discussion of the new
cam drive motor, including technical
details, specifications, and operating
characteristics.
From the geology department, is
an article on "The Value of Geol
ogy." This paper will take up and
discuss the place of geology in a lib
eral education and as a technical
preparation for professional service.
The article was written by A. L.
Lngn, instructor of geology in the
University of Nebraska.
Foremost in the engineering
enlevements department, the new
department of the magazine, is a de
wption of the "Hudson River Su
"Pension Bridge." This article dis
sses the 3,500 foot suspension
"ridge which will span the Hudson
fiyer. When completed, this bridge
be the largest bridge ever built.
M CLDB HOLDS STAG
W Feed it Feature, Program in
Conjunction With Y. M. C. A.
The annual Ag club stag was held
"the College of Agriculture cafe
J61 Tuesday evening. The main
Ieture of the evening was the big
Wter feed. -
The program was Leld in con junc
J a the Y. M. C. A. stag. Joe
iwli0pened Program with a
n talk on the purpose of the Y.
L Vt A- nd its place in the Col
lw a culture. This was fol-
d 1 by two humorous selections by
Cbl der of St Paul and
T"ce Clover of Exeter.
GroM of Burwell met
ond Nixon of Fairfield in a
i which ttrr-
11 thi. roBnd boxinff roalieb.
f 1 Wean, W" rraned T Cecil
j president of the Ag club.
Conference
S 5'f ftji?
rv - w w
All; .;
4
CHANDLER WRIGHT.
Chandler Wright of Tufts college,
man of the third annual conference of
this campus Thursday, Friday, and
Carroll E. Black, president of the
at Crawfordsville, Ind., will also attend the conference an Lincoln this
week as a delegate from his college.
NEW AWGWAN
IS RELEASED
"Science" Features December
Number of Monthly
Humor Magazine
PICKERING DRAWS COVER
The Scientific number of the Aw
gwan was released yesterday, fea
turing scientific matter. "Collegiate
Science", "Fraternalysis", and
"Scientific Love Making" were some
of the feature articles of the scien
tific issue.
"Military Science" was the cover
picture concerning which the Aw
gwan contest was held. It was drawn
by Tom McCoy, and depicted Miss
Laura Margaret Raines as Honorary
Colonel. James Pickering's represen
tation of "Scientific Love Making"
was one of the high spots of this
issue of Nebraska's humor magazine.
Other cartoons were drawn by
Alan Klein, and Terry Doren. Lloyd
Kennedy has a clever scientific poem
entitled, "Hot Molecules." A full
page parody on "The Shooting of
an McGrew", by Henry Brainerd,
features "the girl who didn't talk
(Continued on Page 2)
GISH WILL ATTEND
OFFICIALS' MEETING
Acting Athletic Director to Repre
sent Nebraska at Kama City
Conference
H. D. Gish, acting athletic director
at 'the University of Nebraska, will
attend a meeting of the Missouri Val
ley football officials committee,
called for next Saturday at Kansas
City. Representatives of the "Big (
Six" ana the old Valley circuit will
be present at this meeting where of- I
f icials for all Valley grid games will .
be assigned.
The committee lists Directors uisn
of Nebraska, Ahearn of the Kansas
Aggies, Brewer of Missouri, Eilers of
Washington, and Gallagher of the
Oklahoma Aggies.
Christmas Spirit to
Feature Hard 7 imes (
Party This Evening
Santa Claus will arrive tonight
with a grab bag at the Girl's Com
mercial club hard times party to take
place from 3:45 to 8 o'clock in Ellen
Smith Hall. The Christmas tree and
grab bag to which each girl will con
tribute with a ten cent gift are fea
tures of the party.
The hard times element and the
Christmas spirit both will be com
bined in i the decorations and menu.
The program will consist of readings,
a solo, and dance music. An admis
sion fee of fifteen cents is to be
charged at the door.
MISS NICHOLS WILL PLAK
Student of Lura Schuler Smith
Civet Recital Thursday
Miss Patrice Nickols, a member of
the
me ciitsa ui
present a Junior recital on Thurs
day, December 15, at 11 o'clock in
class of Lura Schuler &mnn, wui
the Temple theater, uncier me aus
pices of the School of Fine Arts.
The program will include Bach's
"Prelude" and "Fugue in F sharp
major;" Beethoven's "Sonata in D
major," "Presto," Largo e mesto,
"Minuetto:" and "itonao; "-!
zurka In B minor," "Prelude fn B
flat asap-w," d ."Etude in O flat
major" all by Chopin; and Stern
berg's "Poetico" and "Concert
Etudei."
Delegates
4"
V
Vt'OaMAMMk:.:':
CARROLL BLACK.
Medford, Mass., is national chair
the Student Council which meets on
Saturday of this week.
Student Council at Wabash college
Co-eds Display
Much Interest
in Sports Plan
Fourteen groups or dormitories on
the campus had entered representa
tives in the intramurals for co-eds,
find drawing for places in tourna
ment games had been made by Tues
day afternoon when the submitting
of names and drawing for places was
closed. Miss Mabel Lee, head of the
department of physical education,
was of the opinion that the response
to the new venture in girls' sports
was quite successful.
Those groups entered and their
representatives are: Sigma Delta
Tau, Ida Tenenbaum; Alpha Xi Del
ta, Harriet L. Horton; Phi Mu,
Kathryn Indoe; Zeta Tau Alpha,
Elsie Pucelik; Alpha Delta Theta,
Florence O'Hare; Gamma Phi Beta,
Gertrude Welch, Delta Delta, Delta,
Margaret Dailey; Alpha Delta Pi,
Alice Wurgler; Delta Zeta, Burneice
Rehder; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Betty
Wahlquist; Chi Omega, Freda Curtis,
and Delta Gamma, Helen Meister.
Alpha Phi and 1437 S street house
have entered the tournament but as
yet have no representatives.
Drawing Announced.
Drawings for places in the tourna
ment were as follows: Delta Delta
Delta vs. Gamma Phi Beta; Alpha
Delta Theta vs. Alpha Delta, Pi; Phi
Mu vs. Zeta Tau Alpha; Sigma Delta
Tau vs. Alpha Xi Delta. Kappa Kap
pa Gamma and Delta Zeta drew tenth
and twelfth places respectively. No
games will be played until after
Christmas. .
Letters : informing the various
groups and dormitories about the in
tramurals were sent out the first
part of the week by Harriet L. Hor
ton, chairman of the executive com
mittee. These included information
about costumes, equipment, and
games to be played. Kathryn Indoe
at B 1025 has charge of practice
hours and places for practice. Ger
trude Welsh at B 8587 is to be noti
fied in case of necessity to default a
game.
Presnell and Randels
Start West Thursday
Glenn Presnell and Ray Ran
dels, the two Cornhuskers chosen
to play with the east team in the
east-west game at Los Angeles
this month, are scheduled to leave
on the western trip Thursday
evening.
Presnell and Randels will join
Andy Kerr's eastern squad at
Omaha early Friday morning.
Library Possesses Collection of
Novel World War Newspapers
By Loon Larimer
Among the many interesting pub
lications in the possession of the
University library is a complete col
lection of "Gazette des Ardennes"
and "Gazette Illustree," newspapers
printed in France during the World
ostensibly legitimate French
publications, but in reality, propa
ganda for the uerman imperial neau
u' "r.
wipn the Germans began their in
vasion of France, the printing works
of A. Anciaux in Charleville, Arden
nes, was requisitioned by the Invad-
nd Anciaux was compelled to
publish "Gazotte des Ardennes"
which was the official organ of the
German General Staff Headquarters
for the occupied districts of Franc.
M. Anciaux was therefore tble to
few comdete collections cf
these papers which comprise 768
publications. The complete set is
very rare, and was secured for the
TTr.iveraitv through Mr. UUDert
Doane, University librarian.
Pictures UfM
The "Gazette Blustree" is a graph
ic example of the means taken by the
BASKET SQUAD
ENTRAINS FOR
INITIAL GAME
Coach Black Will Take Dozen
Men for Contests with Wash
ington and Missouri
NEW SUITS PURCHASED
Reports Indicate Strong Oppo
sition in Both of Season's
Opening Games
Coach Charles Black and a dozen
basketeers will leave Lincoln Thurs
day afternoon for the initial com
bats of the Missouri Valley season.
The Varsity basketball men will meet
Washington Friday night, Dec. 16,
and Missouri the following evening
on the Columbia court.
The men who will make the trip
are Captain Thomas Elliott, West
Point; John Biown, Lincoln; Harvey
Grace, Mascot; Kenneth Othmer,
Omaha; Willard Witte, Lincoln, for
wards: Glenn Munn," Lincoln ; Carl
Olson, Lincoln, centers; Elmer Holm,
Omaha; George Goehde, Lincoln;
Vinton Lawson, Omaha; Robert
Krall, Grand Island; Ed Armstrong,
St. Paul, guards.
Coach Black sent his squad
through an intensive drill on funda
mentals as the principal part of the
Tuesday afternoon practice. Actual
scrimmage was not indulged in to
any great extent, although Black
lined up two quintets to try out some
of the formations he had devised.
Elliott, Erown, forwards; Mann, cen
ter; Holm and Krall guards com
posed the first team while Witte and
(Continued on Page 2)
A1TKEN IS VESPERS
SPEAKER TUESDAY
Lincoln Minister Lauds Jesus as
Worthy of Universal Adoration
of Mankind.
"The Message in the Book of Rev
elations," was the topic of the talk
which Reverend Walter Aitken,"bf
the St. Paul Methodist church, gave
at the weekly Vespers service held
Tuesday evening in Ellen Smith Hall
at 5 o'clock.
"I beliave that Jesus is the most
unique character in the history of
the world," said Doctor Aitken, "and
that, of course is a very common
place statement, but Jesus is worthy
of the universal adoration of man
kind from four distinct standpoints."
Four Standpoints Given
First, he was worthy of this adora
tion from the standpoint of his moral
superiority, for he was probably on a
higher moral plane than any other
individual who has ever lived.
Second, he was worthy of praise
(Continued on Page 2)
ANNUAL PARTY IS SATURDAY
Members of Class in Psychology Plan
Christmas Party for Saturday.
The members of the Psychology
101 class will entertain at their an
nual Christmas party Saturday eve
ning in the Psychology laboratory.
All former members of the class are
invited to attend.
Sixty persons are expected to meet
at 6 o'clock for the supper, a feature
of the party, which will be followed
by entertainment in the form of skits
based upon psychological take-offs.
The decorations will carry out the
psychological scheme. A. B. Walling,
Jr., is the general chairman.
Germans to saturate the minds of
the French people with unfavorable
comments about not only the Eng
lish who were fighting side by side
with the French, but of the conduct
-nd condition of the French troops
themselves.
The "Gazette Hlustree" resembles
in appearance the rotogravure sec
tion of our metropolitan newspapers
and is replete with photographs of
French prisoners, German soldiers
in action, and other phases of the
war.
Nearly all of the pictures of
French prisoners depict them as
happy, comfortable men, enjoying
concerts, plays, games and having a
good time in general, while German
soldiers are invariably pictured with
French tots on their knees, feeding
them, amusing them and presenting
the appearance of a sort of profes
sional Santa Claus.'.
Captions Attractive
All of the pictures axe accom
panied by eye-catching captions such
as "Frcneh wounded carefully cared
for by German doctors," 'French
(Continued on fags 2)
Transportation For v
Delegates Requested
Cars are needed to transport
delegates for the National Stu
dent Federation from the Burl
ington depot to Ellen Smith Hall.
Most of the sororities have con
sented to give activity points for
freshman girls helping in this
work. Anyone who can use his
car for this time Thursday, please
get in touch with Eldred Larson
at B-6953.
ALPHA SIG WINS
FROM DELTA U
Basket Tossing by Norling Is
Stellar Performance in
Feature Game
PHI SIGS STAGE COMEBACK
Alpha Sigma Phi defeated Delta
Upsilon for the championship of
league 4 in the feature game of last
night's program, while Phi Sigma
Kappa staged a comeback to defeat
Phi Delta Theta, and cause a tie be
tween three teams for the champion
ship of league 2. Sigma Alpha Ep
silon overcame Phi Kappa in the
league 3 championship game Monday
night. Xi Psi Phi went down to de
feat before Theta Chi, which gives
Kappa Sigma the lead in league 5.
i
Results
Delta Siems Phi 4 Delta Sigma
Lambda 8.
Alpha SiKma Phi 27 Delta Upsilon 15
Kappa SiKma 2 Acacia 0 (forfeit)
Lambda Chi Alpha 2 Kappa Rho Sig
ma 0 (forfeit)
Pi Kappa Alpha 18 Theta Xi 8.
Tau Kappa Epsilon 16 Phi Kappa Psi
5.
Delta Tau Delta 80 Phi Alpha Delta 7
Theta Chi 27 Xi Psi Phi 16.
Phi Sigma Kappa 19 Phi Delta Theta
9.
Alpha Gamma Rho 16 Delta Chi 15.
Sigma Chi 11 Sigma Nu 11.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 14, Phi Kappa 8.
Delta Sigma Phi broke through
the Delta Sigma Lambda lineup with
a score of 34 to 3 in the opening
game of the evening play. The Del
ta Sigma Phi team experienced little
difficulty in gaining a large margin
over the opponents in the early pe
riod of play. With an offense con
sisting of Eno, Holm and Mason the
Delta Sigma Phi team was able to
score over the opponents almost at
will. Eno won individual scoring
honors with 12 points while Mason
was a close second with 11 points to
his credit.
Alpha Sigma Phi submerged the
Delta Upsilon team 27 to 15 in the
(Continued on Page 4)
Nebraska Has
Best All-Time
Valley Record
Nebraska's Cornhuskers have rat
ed firsi, in the football world in the
Missouri Valley from 1890 to 1927.
In statistics compiled by the Univer
sity of Kansas the Cornhuskers top
first place by a large margin, its
nearest opponent, Iowa State having
a percentage 177 points lower.
In number of games won in the
thirty-seven year period, Nebraska
leads with 81 games on the win side,
22 tlefeats and 7 ties giving the Hus
kers a life-time average of 786 per
cent. Iowa State, second and Kan
sas third have percentage rankings
of 609 and 570 for games since
1890. For a grand total, 2070
points were accumulated by the
Scarlet teams of the past thirty-seven
years and only 601 points were
allowed to be scored against Nebras
ka. Kansas Has Most Ties
Kansas leads the conference with
no-decision battles with 17 draws to
its credit. Washington and Okla
( Continued on Page 2)
LINCOLN IS HOST TO
DISTRICT CONCLAVE
All Cosmopolitan Clubs in Fifth Dis
trict Are Invited to Send
Delegates
Preparations for the district Cos
mopolitan Club convention which is
to be held in Lincoln. Dec 28, were
discussed at a meeting of the local
uosmopoiiutn uuu, ouuuaj aiw
noon. Before the program can be
fullv scheduled, it will be necessary,
n . 1 IT 1 O J .A. I
according to Professor L. F. Lind-
gren, district vice president, to w. t
until all the local chapters in lh
Fifth district are heard from.
A circular letter has been sent out
to ail parts of Nebraska asking the
Cosmopolitan Clubs of the Fifth dis
trict, and those interested in the
work, to send delegates to the con
vention. The chairman of the na
tional Cosmopolitan Club advised
that the program not extend over
two days.
The following students were
elected to represent Nebraska at the
(Continued on Page X)
Husker Forward
Sv
"Jug" Brown, forward on Ne
braska's Scarlet basketball quintet.
This is Brown's third year with the
court squad and he is slated for one
of the regular forward positions.
La t season he worked at forward
with Clark Smaha and was one of
tha team's high scorers. Nebraska
opens the season at St. Louis Friday
night with the Washington Bears.
"VARSITY DRAG"
IS NEXT PARTY
Student Federation Delegates
Will Be Guests of Varsity
Party Group
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED
BansssisssB "
Committers for the ' "Varsity
Drag", to be held next Friday, De
cember 16, at the Coliseum, were
announced yesterday by Wayne
Gratigny, general chairman of the
Varsiity committee.
"The College Club" orchestra of
Omaha will play for the "Varsity
Drag", which is the last party before
the Christmas holidays. Decorations
and refreshments will carry out the
holiday tone.
Delegates to the National Student
Federation of America will be the
guests of the Varsity Party commit
tee at this party.
The committees which will assist
are as follows:
Decorations: Chairman, Frederick
Daly, Evelyn Frohm; committee,
William Thomas, William McCleery,
Philip Warner, Dorcas Weatherby,
Evelyn Romberg. '
Reception : Chairmen, Esther
Hcyne, Carl Olsen; committee, Au
brey Huron, Marghretta Finch, Hel
en Peterson, Catherine Lyman.
Entertainment: Chairmen, Irene
Davies, Walter Hoppe; committee,
Emerson Smith, Gwendolyn Deary.
(Continued on Page 2)
FRESHMEN WOMEN
ARE ENTERTAINED
Mystic Fish Gives Buffet Dinner
For First Year Women in
Armory Tuesday
Mystic Fish, freshman women's
honorary organization, entertained
at a buffet dinner at the Armory
Tuesday evening for all freshmen
women together in a feeling of good
will and comradeship. Nearly 200
were in attendance.
The Christmas spirit was evident
in the decorations. As each guest
entered the hall she was given a
small green paper fish on which her
name was printed in white. The
Mystic Fish colors, green and white,
were also used in the table decora
tion. Music was furnished, during the
dinner by Maude Harriet Weaver,
playing violin, accompanied by Char
lotte Frericks. Jayne Fonda and
Marcille Matthew played the ukelele
and sang several numbers. Aisa
Frericks also sang. Dancing follow
ed the dinnrr.
Museum Buys Indian
Ware of Old Mexico
The univen fy museum has pur
chased several interesting pieces of
Guadlajara Indian ware, made in
Mexico, which will be on exhibit on
the lower floor, Morrill Hall, Sunday.
COUNCIL HOLDS
JOINT BANQUET
WITH VISITORS
National Officers of N. S. F. A.
Meet with Student Council
To Finish Plans
325 DELEGATES EXPECTED
Number of Representatives
Due to Arrive Today and
Early Tomorrow
National officers of the National
Student Federation of America and
Nebraska's etudent council met in a
joint banquet in Ellen Smith Hall
Tuesday evening, marking the begin
ning of the third annual Congress of
the N. S. F. A. which officially opens
here Thursday.
Miss Marvin Breckinridge, presi
dent of the N. S. F. A.; Chandler
Wright, chairman of the congress
committee; Miss May Hermes, rep
resenting the international student
federation; Thomas M. Wilson, Jr.,
Miss Martha H. Biehle, and Douglas
Orr, former Nebraska student, were
present at the banquet besides the
members of the Nebraska council.
Headquarters for the executive
committee of the N. S. F. A. have
been established in the chapter room
of the Alpha Omicron Pi house.
Members of the committee who had
reached Lincoln by noon Tuesday
spent the afternoon and evening
completing plans for the conduct of
the convention.
Members f Executive Committee
Remaining members of the execu
tive committee, H. J. Budd, Franklin
and Marshall college; Sidney Chap
pell, North Carolina University; J.
Willard Rippon, University of the
City of Toledo; and Mildred Boie,
University of Minnesota are expec
ted to arrive today. Stanley WeigeL
Lei and Stanford University, far
Western representative, will be the
last member of the executive com
mittee to reach Lincoln. He will ar
rive at 5 o'clock Thursday morning.
Nebraska's student council has
practically completed plans for the
handling of the convention. Points
not yet settled were clarified at the
joint meeting of the Nebraska coun
cil and the N. S. F. A. officers fol
lowing the banquet in Ellen Smith
Hall Tuesday evening.
Luncheon Is Given
Two delegates representing Mar
ietta college, Ohio, arrived Tuesday
afternoon ready for the convention
Others will reach Lincoln today with
the bulk of the 325 delegates expec
ted reaching Lincoln sometime
Thursday.
Chandler Wright of Tufts college,
Boston, chairman of the congress,
arrived at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday mor
( Continued on Page 2)
STEPANEK SPEAKS
ON 'SOVIET RUSSIA'
English Professor Will Recount First
Hand Information at
Forum Luncheon
"Soviet Russia" is the subject of the
talk to he given by Professor Orin
Siepanex ol the English department,
before the World Forum at the
Grand Hotel this noon. Mr. Stepa-
nek has been asked to speak to the
tuder.ts at this meeting in regard to
the condidtions of life and govern
ment as he observed them in Soviet
Russia this summer.
He holds, at the present time, the
position of associate professor of
Slavonic languages, and instructor
of English. He received his M. A.
deg-ee at Harvard. C. D. Hayes,
secretary of the University Y. M.
C. A., stated yesterday, "I am sure
that Professor Stepanek will interest
the students because of his personal
contact with his subject and his in
terest in it."
World Forum luncheons are held
regularly every Wednesday at the
Grand HoteL Speakers who are in
terested in talking to students are
brought by the committee to address
the meetings. World Forum is in
reality, very cosmopolitan, and many
students are interested in it from
that point of view. It is open to
any student of the university. Tick
ets may be procured at the Temple,
in Social Science hall, and at the
door of the hotel. c
Ag
Collese Y. W. C. A.
Meets Tuesday Noon
Thirty-fivei girls attended the Col
lege of Agriculture Y. W. C. A.
meeting Tuesday at 12:15 o'clock in
the Home Economics parlor. Miss
Virginia Zimmar, assistant principal
of the School of Agriculture, spoke
on "The Inner Self," & short inspira
tional talk. The quartet of the Col
lege of Agriculture sang several
numbers.
1 WIRT , . , , .