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FLING SPEAKS
AT FIRST DAY
OFMEETINGS
Nebraska Professor Talk, on
"The Student and World
Affairs" Today
MANY DELEGATES ARRIVE
Registration Begun Day Early
As Students Gather for
Annual Congress
Dr. Fred Morrow Fling, professor
of European history, speaking on
.The Student and World Affairs",
will deliver the principal address of
the opening day's meeting of the Na
tional Student Federation of Amer
ica today.
Dr. Fling's address will climax to
day's program which will open the
third annual congress of the N. S.
F A., co-operative organization for
student governing bodies. He will
speak in the Temple Theater at a
meeting which will begin at eight
o'clock. Students and other visitors
are welcome to attend the evening
meeting.
More than thirty-five delegates ar
rived Wednesday for the convention
and were located in fraternity and
sorority houses by Robert Daven
port, chairman of the housinj com
mittee for the convention.
Registration Started
Registration was not scheduled to
start until this morning but was be
gun immediately after lunch Wed
nesday due to the early influx of
delegates. From 250 to 300 delegates
are expected in Lincoln before reg
istration is completed today. Regis
tration will be carried on in Ellen
Smith Hall all day.
Entertainment will be provided for
delegates this afternoon who have
arrived and registered. A tour of
the state capitor building has been
scheduled for two o'clock and the
delegates have been invited to be the
guests of the Lincoln theater at three
o'clock.
The opening session of the Con
gress will be held in the Temple
theater at eight o'clock this evening
with Merle Jones, presiding, repres
enting the Nebraska 6tudent body.
He will also welcome the delegates
on behalf of the students of the Uni
versity. Official Talk
Welcome addresses will be given
by Acting Chancellor E. A. Burnett,
for the University, and Governor
Adam McMullen for the state of Ne
braska. Work of the federation dur
ing the past year and the work of
the conference will be outlined by
Miss Marvin Breckinridge, president
of the N. S. F. A. in the presidential
address.
Dr. Fling's talk will conclude the
evening's program. Selection of Dr.
Fling by the executive committer for
tonight's program came as a signal
and unexpected honor. He will give
one of the three principal addresses
of the convention. The? other prom
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Kiwanis Club Presents
Medal to Samuel Avery
The Kiwanis club has completed
the arrangements for presenting
its distinguished service medal to
Chancellor Emeritus Samuel Av
ery of the University of Nebras
ka. The presentation will be
made Friday noon at the chamber
of commerce and a program will
follow the luncheon.
Officers nf Student
On Hand Early to
By the Rag Man
From east coast and west coast!
From Georgia to Dakota! Here they
come!
With the third annual congress of
the National Student Federation of
America scheduled to start here to
day, more than thirty-five delegates
tad arrived at five o'clock Wednes
day evening including national offi
cers and members of the executive
pommittee.
For three days, Nebraska is host to
some of the outstanding student
leaders in the country. Take a
Klance in Ellen Smith Hall where
registration i going on all day to
day and look them over.
There's Chandler Wright of Tufts
allege, Boston, Massachusetts, on
Those shoulders fall the' responsibil
rty of the successful handling of the
entire conference. He is chairman
Pf the general conference commit
Je; Slight of build, quiet, unosten
tatious in appearance, tut pleasant
and agreeable to all, U has kept
Conference plans moving since his
"rival early Tuesday morning.
Over in the corner there talking
Jim Jensen, president of Nebras-
own student council, i Mtes
"THE
Starts Game
Elmer Holm, guard on the Scarlet
and Cream basketball quintet who
will start against Washington uni
versity at St Louis Friday. Holm
played regularly at the guard post
last season and is one of the main
stays in Coach Charley Black's court
squad.
ENGINEERS PLAN ON
ANNUAL SPRING TRIP
Spring Vacation Will Be Spent This
Year in Impeding Some of
Chicago's Industries
Students enrolled in advanced en
gineering are beginning to consider
the matter of making the annual
spring inspection trip under the su
pervision of members of the faculty
of the College of Engineering. Every
student must make one of these trips
and write a report of it before he
can receive his degree. A long trip
is made every other year, this year
to Chicago, alternating with a short
trip to some point near Lincoln. Last
year the students went to Kansas
City, Mo.
The trip will be made to the Chi
cago district this year during the
spring vacation, from April 8 to 14.
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TOMSON TALKS TO CLDB
Woods Brothers Employee Gives
Views on Nebraska
Frank D. Tomson, of Woods Bro
thers, addressed a meeting of the
Men's Commercial Club in the Hotel
Nebraskan last evening, on "The
Outlook for Nebraska and Lincoln."
More than forty-five students in the
College of Business Administration
heard the forecast for Nebraska.
Mr. Tomson was introduced by
Dean LeRossignal of the College of
Business Administration. "There
are three states in the United States
with no bonded indebtedness," an
nounced Mr. Tomson, adding that,
"Nebraska w one of these." He pre
sented also, a survey of the Corn
husker state's business possibilities.
Federation Are
Get Meeting Going
Marvin Breckinridge, president of
the N. S. F. A. She returned re-
.tli fmm a frin tn EllTODe. She
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was formerly vice-president of the
federation and Has taiten over ac
f.Vo Jirxt!.-n of the organization
since her return from Europe due to
the resignation of the leaerauon
n.o.iiiifiiL A Graduate of Vassar
college, she is the leading spirit in
the convention, iirmiy convincea ui
),. ioai'mhilitv nf students thinking,
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meeting, and co-operating to secure
their ends, but Dy no means a stu
dent radical.
There in the middle of the regis-
: Ari, t ih.-rft aren't too many
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crowded around, you can see dark-
haired Joseph T. Owens oi luinsas
Wesleyan university, secretary-treasurer
of the N. S. F. A., decisive and
business-like, but "Joe" already to
those that have met him.
Taking it easy in the chair a few
8teps back is J. Willard Kippon of
the University of Toledo, a member
of the executive committee of the
federation. He has been chairman
of the speakers' bureau for the fed
eration. It has cooperated with thj
International Institute of Education
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
CAGE MEN ARE
READY TO OPEN
BASKET SEASON
Coach Black and Twelve Men
Leave at 5:30 O'clock
For St. Louis
TANGLE WITH FRESHMEN
Elliott Stars in Scrimmage
With Yearling Squad
Late Wednesday
Concluding their last practice ses
sion with a contest against the
freshmen, Coach Black's basketeers
made ready for their trip to the
Washington and Missouri basket
camps. Twelve members of the
large squad will leave Lincoln this
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock via the
Missouri Pacific.
Tom Elliott, Jug Brown, Harvey
Grace, Kenneth Othmer, and Willard
Witte, forwards; Carl Olson and
Glen Munn, centers; Elmer Holm,
Ed Armstrong, Bob Erall, Vint Law
son and George Gohde, guards, com
pose the squad which pulls out of
Lincoln late this afternoon for St.
Louis.
Coach Bunny Oakes and his squad
of yearling basketeers journeyed to
the Varsity court and engaged in
two seven minute games with Coach
Black's cagemen late Wednesday af
ternoon. Although Oakes was un
able to put his best players in the
field, the freshman quintet offered
stubborn resistance and gave the
Varsity a fine fight.
Tom Elliott was easily the shin
ing light in the first seven minute
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Kappa Psi Entertain
At Christmas Party
Members of Eappa Phi, Methodist
girl's club, will hold a Christmas
party Saturday evening at Ellen
Smith Hall from 8 to 10 o'clock.
Toys which will be exchanged among
the girls will later be distributed to
several charitable institutions. Ellen
Baker is in charge of the entertainment.
Student Federation Program
Following is the complete program for the third annual conference
of the National Student Federation of the United States of America, to
be held on the University of Nebraska campus December 15 to 17:
Thursday, Dec IS
10 a. m. Arrival of delegates. Registration at Ellen Smith hall.
Guidance to lodgings.
Executive meeting in Ellen Smith halL
12 m. Lunch at lodgings.
1:30 p. m. Registration continues at Ellen Smith haU.
2 p. m. Tour of state capitol. Guides will be furnished.
2:30 p. m. Alternate program for the afternoon. Delegates wish
ing to do so may be guests of the Lincoln theater.
6:15 p. m. Dinner at lodgings.
g p. m. First session of the congress, Temple theater.
Welcome by Merle Jones, for Nebraska student body.
Welcome by Acting Chancellor E. A. Burnett, for the University
of Nebraska.
Welcome by Governor Adam McMullen, for the state.
N. S. F. A. president's address Miss Marvin Breckenridge, Vassar
college, president
Address: The Student and World Affairs, Prof. Fred Morrow Fling,
University of Nebraska.
Friday, Dec 16
9:30 a. m. Congress meeting, Morrill hall, room 20.
Resume of past year. Treasurer's report.
Address by Miss Hermes, representative International Confedera
tion of Students.
10 to 12 a. m. Discussion groups. Meetings m Morrill Hall. Honor
system and student government Gallery A and Gallery B. Fraternities
Room 219. Curriculum Room 212. Athletics Room 20. Training
for Public Careers Room 204.
12:15 p. m. Luncheon, Venetian room, Hotel Lincoln.
2:30 p. m. Preliminary regional meetings in Morrill hall. New
England, room 204; middle Atlantic, room 212; south, gallery A; east
central, room 20; west central, gallery B; far west, room 219.
3:00 to 4:00 p. m. Discussion Groups. Meet in same rooms as at
morning session.
4:00 to 5:30 p. m. Standing committees.
1. Constitutions and New Members room 20.
2. Finance and Central Office room 204.
3. International Relations gallery A.
4. Travel room 212.
5. Curriculum gallery B.
6. Publicity room 219.
6:15 p. m. Banquet, student activities building, college of agri
culture. . .
Dr. G. E. Condra, chairman of the conservation and survey division,
U. of N. .,
Dr. J. H. T. Main, president Grinnell college, Gnnnell, la.
9:30 p. m. Delegates will be guests at "Varsity Drag," all-university
dance i the Coliseum.
Saturday, Dec. 17
9:30 a. m. Congress meeting, Morrill hall, room 20; reports of
standing committee; report of topical committees; election of national
officers. Address: Prof. Arthur J. Todd, Northwestern university.
12:15 p. m. Luncheon, Ellen Smith hall, auspices Associated
Women Students, U. of N.
2:30 to 3:30 p. m. Regional meetings, same rooms as Friday ses
sions; election oi regional representatives on executive cummitiee.
3:30 p. m. Meeting of new officers to elect delegates at large.
4 p. m. Reception for all delegates, Morrill halL Dancing in gal
leries A and B.
7:30 p. m. Final confess meeting. Morrill hall, room 20. Old
announcement of new executive committee; induction of new
officers; choice of time and place of
Sunday, Dec 18
10 a. m. Meeting of old and new executive committees.
1 p. m. Lunch for Nebraska Student Council by N. S, F. A. exe
cutive committee.
2:30 p. m. Meeting of new executive committae.
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1927.
Student Sessions Open
To All Who Wish To Go
Sessions of the National Stu
dent Federation of America which
is meeting here today, Friday,
and Saturday will be open to Ne
braska students, it was announced
yesterday.
The opening meeting will be at
eight o'clock this evening, in the
Temple theater open to any wish
ing to attend. Discussion groups
Friday morning, the preliminary
meeting of the Congress Friday
morning, and the Saturday morn
ing session of the convention will
also be open to interested stu
dents. GIRLS APPROVE
SPORT PROGRAM
Majority of Sororities Favor
Intramural Athletics
As Planned
MISS LEE HAS CHARGE
Nebraska sororities; heartrily en
dorse the plan of intramural sports
which has been drawn up, and is be
ing superintended by Miss Mabel
Lee, head of the department of phys
ical education. With a few excep
tions, every sorority on the campus
has entered the intramural contest
which starts after Christmas. Of
nineteen Greek-letter organizations
questioned only one expressed any
complaint of the plan which includes
basketball and baseball games be
tween sororities and dormitories on
the campus.
"We have no girls particularly in
terested in the sports," stated the
Alpha Omicron Pi president, "but
we are in favor of the plan, and if
we discover any 'girl athletes' we
will surely enter." This represents
the opinion of Alpha Chi Omega,
Kappa Delta, and Alpha Phi.
"We are not participating," ex
plained a member of Pi Beta Phi,
"because we have no girls interested,
and some of us feel that the program
would tend to cause ill-feeling be
tween sororities." The president
of Gamma Phi Beta remarked that
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fourth annual congress.
Feature Address
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Dr. Fred Morrow Fling, professor
of European history, who will de
liver the principal address at the
opening meeting of the National
Student Federation of America at
the Temple theater at eight o'clock
tonight. He will speak on "The S.tu
dent and World Affairs."
Kansas Author's Club
Will Start Memorial
Fund for J. W. Searson
A movement has been started by
the Kansas Author's Club to create
a permanent fund in honor of the
late Professor James W. Searson, for
the purpose of providing a means for
awarding annual prizes for author
ship. It was Professor Searson who
began the system of awards when he
was president of the Kansas Author's
Club.
Professor Searson was professor
of English at the Kansas Agricul
tural College from 1911 to 1921. He
was connected with the University
of Nebraska from 1921 to 1927. He
was well known both as a teacher
and a writer.
The present plan is to get one hun
dred subscriptions of $25.00 each or
larger which would be life member
ships in the club and the fund col
lected would be used for short story
prizes exclusively.
STEPAM EXPLAINS
RDSS1AHS OF TODAY
Instructor Delivers Address Before
Ninety Persons At World
Forum Luncheon
"I went tq( Russia with malignant
ideas toward that country but I re
turned with a far different idea of
their government and their people,"
declared Orin Stepanek, instructor in
the English department and associate
professor of Slavonic languages, in
an address before the World Forum
yesterday noon.
Mr, Stepanek spoke to more than
ninety students and faculty members,
at thi3 luncheon, concerning the con
ditions of life in Russia and the peo
ples' aspect of government.
"To understand Soviet Russia," he
stated, "one must reason imaginat
ively. Many people believe that Rus
sia is an unreligioua country, and
that the sick-minded Tolstoy is hard
to understand. The people have erec
ted a large museum to his memory
and. a shrine on his estate. Upon one
of the statues in his park appears
the famous words of Carl Marx, 'Re
ligion is an opiate to the people.
There are 1600 churches and shrine3
in the city of Moscow. It is in reality
a holy country an'd the government
is trying to bring peace and pros
perity to the land.
"One can see the facts of life writ
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BAKER VISITS UNIVERSITY
Kansas State Instructor Comes to
Nebraska For Ideas
Professor Lilian Baker, who is
head of the Clothing and Textile di
vision of the department of Home
Economics in the Kansas State Ag
ricultural College at Manhattan, visi
ted the University of Nebraska last
week for the purpose of getting
ideas as to what this college is do
ing. While in Lincoln, Miss Baker
was the gueRt of Miss Caroline Wir
egar, instructor in the Textile and
Clothing division of the department
of Home Economics.
Professor Fordyce
Speaks at Beatrice
Professor Charles Fordyce, chair
man of the department of educa
tional psychology and measurement,
spoke on "Forces that Build . Chris
tian Character" before members of
the First Baptist Church at Beatrice
nt,t Sunday.
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NEBRASKA WELCOMES ALL
DELEGATES TO CONGRESS
For Today and Rest of Week Husker Students Are Host To
National Student Federation of America, in
Its Third Annual Convention
YEAR'S LARGEST GATHERING OF STUDENT LEADERS
Advance Arrivals Indicate that Lincoln Will Be Visited by
Greatest Conference in Three Years; Three Dis
cussion Groups Planned Friday
Nebraska is host today and for the remainder of the week
to the National Student Federation of America, which repres
ents the student governing bodies and student councils of some
250 colleges and universities throughout the country.
More than a quarter-hundred officers of student councils
and other student governing bodies were in Lincoln Wednesday
evening, a day ahead of the formal opening of the third annual
congress. In the neighborhood of three hundred are expected
here before the day is over.
It is the largest gathering of student leaders to discuss
student problems that will meet in this country this year. Ad
vance arrivals Wednesday indicated that Nebraska would be
host to a larger number of delegates than attended the second
annual congress held at the University of Michigan a year ago
and to a far larger number than were present at the initial
ftnn TIniversitv in 1925.
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COLLEGE CLUB
PLAYS FRIDAY
Omaha Orchestra Engaged for
"Varsity Drag" Held
At Coliseum
PONY CHORUS PERFORMS
"The College Club" orchestra of
Omaha, now playing at the Omaha
Athletic Club, has been secured for
the "Varsitv Drag." to be held Fri
day, December 16, at the Coliseum.
The entertainment committee feels
very fortunate, declared the general,
chairman, in obtaining this popular
nine piece orchestra.
A "Pony Chorus" of five girls will
furnish entertainment during the in
termission. Their names will be an
nounced in tomorrow's paper.
A professional decorator will take
charge of decorations for the "Var-
sitv Drasr.
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Christmas bells and tinsel, sugges-' three angles, the viewpoint of the
tive of the holiday season. Red and j national fraternity, that of the indi
green lights will form a roof effect, yidual chapter, and that of the insti-
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decorate the balconies. Small
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HONORARY SOCIETY MEETS
Silver Serpents Discuss Plans
Tea at Weekly Gathering
for
Silver Serpent, junior honorary
society, discussed plans for a tea
which will be held the early part of
January, in their regular weekly
meeting at Ellen Smith Hall.
The following committees were
appointed by Kathryn Douglas, pres
ident. Catherine Bradley and A'Louise
Trestor, general chairmen. Re
freshments, Pauline Bilon, Irene La-
vely and Margeret Dudley; decora
tions, Maurine Drayton, Eleanor
Tipton; entertainment, Althea Marr,
Clare Olsen.
Miss Nichols Presents
Junior Recilal Today
Miss Patrice Nichols will pre
sent a junior recital this morning
at 11 o'clock in the Temple the
ater, under the auspices of the
School of Fine Arts. Miss Nich
ols is a member of the class of
Lura Schuler Smith.
Wellesley Delegate Sees Nebraska
In Favorable Light in First Visit
"The cordiality and hospitality
with which I have been received and
entertained everywhere since I ar
rived Tuesday morning have been
most remarkable," said Miss Martha
Biehle, the delegate to the N. S. F.
A. convention from Wellesley Col
lege in Wellesley, Mass., where she
is president of College Government.
"The service is almost like that in
Arabian Nights stories, "she laughed,
"things are supplied almost before
you know you want them.
"There are so many people dash
ing around on the campus," she re
marked, "and yet they all seem to
be busy, all having th6 best of good 1
times and no one seems to be partic
ularly worried about serious matters.
It makes the girls in Wellesley look
very much like grinds, though I
don't believe we really are."
"Is it really true that there are
no stag lines at the university par
ties?" she asked, "for if so I am go
ing to proposed to the convention
that they supply one, at least at the
Varsity Drag Friday night. I think
dances without a eteg Um would hn
PRICE 5 CENTS
Students lorm me enure organ
ization. Student leaders planned it,
organized it ,and have carried it on.
With the exception of three addres
ses by outstanding college profes
sors, the entire program will be pre
sented by representatives of some of
the 250 member institutions.
The federation's congerss intends
to treat student problems, not petty
problems, significant student prob
lems which must be faced in practic
ally all institutions.
Discussion Groups
Three discussion groups will be
held Friday morning on student gov
ernment. Among the problems which
will be considered are: election
methods, the type of students to be
placed on student councils, the pow
ers in discipline that should be given
to student eovernment as related to
that retained by faculty officials,
student jurisdiction in the regulation
of extra-curricular activities, and
whether the councils should have
control of publications, and tradi
tions.
Another group will consider fra
ternities. Scholastic, financial, rush
inr. and co-operative buying prob
lems will be discussed by the dele-
i lema win ue uiwiuscu uy -
tUtlOn.
Ideal Curriculum
The ideal curriculum for the stu
dent considered as a citizen and as
a future member of the community
will be discussed in another group.
A permanent committee has been at
work since the Michigan convention
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CO-EDS GATHER FOR
'HARD TIMES' PARTY
Girl's Commercial Club Entertains
at Ellen Smith Hall With
Christmas Spirit
About sixty guests were present
at the Girl's Commercial Club "hard
times" party which took place last
evening at Ellen Smith Hall between
5:45 and 8 o'clock. Santa Claus and
his grab bag, and a short program
were features of the party.
Each girl contributed a ten cent
gift to the grab bag, over which San
ta Claus presided. Many amusing
gifts were drawn from the bag.
The program consisted of a read
ing by Clarona Sweeney, a piano solo
by Laura Arump, and a talk by
Florence Benson, president of the
club. Piano music for the dance
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very much of a bore," she continued.
"I am learning so v&uch about
freshmen," she went on, "I never
realized before how useful they
could be made to be, and I am try
ing to think of some way to inaug
urate the 'freshmen do the work'
system when I get back to Welles
ley." Miss Biehle is staying at the
Eappa Alpha Theta house.
"Sorority life seems to me to be a
wonderful opportunity," she de
clared, "and I am very much enjoy
ing this little initiation to it.
Though there are many dormitories
in Wellesley with as few girls in
them as in the sorority houses here,
life together is not nearly so close,
because there is not the same com
mon interest to bind us together."
Miss Biehle's impressions of our
campus life are particularly apt far
she is a native Missourian, but has
spent her four years of college in
Wellesley, which is a woman's col
lege and not like Tufts College from
which Miss Biehle was suppessd by
the secretary of the Nebraska stu
dant council to bv a foUtg&tft.
