AILY NEBRASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska PRICE FIVE CENTS. LINCOLN. "lSKBRASKA. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1929. SKEE to 7 PITT DOWN iLil The 12 PLANS FOR KING WET'S SHOW GEI UNDER WAY Organizations Plot Skits For Thanksgiving Day Festivities. HAHN CALLS FOR ACTS Klub Will Sponsor Annual Election of School's Sweetheart. plan for the Thanksgiving mornirg matinee presented annu Siv bv the Kosmet Klub are rap Mily being put under way. accord L to Carl J. Hahn. production manacer of the club. Fraternities ,nd sororities wishing to have skits in the show should aee Hahn at euce an-J secure application blanks. A number of organisations are alreadv work Ins- on sklU for the bow. "Hahn stt ted. and it is ex pected that the greater part of he fraternities and sororities will have an act to offer. Nature of the act depends largely upon the 'rstemities or sororities present ing them. Skits should be devel oped o as to bring out the best individual talent of an organiza tion. Precedence set last year or pre 5fntinK Nebraska"8 sweetheart, elected by a vote of the student bodv supervised- by the Kosroet klub. at the show will be followed again this vear. This election will be held in 'the near future. Ruth Hilton was last year's sweetheart. Included In last year's show which was known as "King Kos oet s Roval Revue," were a sing ing and" dancing art by Delta Gamma and Sigma Chi; a presen tation by -Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Tau Omega; a comedy foothill team by Alpha Omicron " Pi wa'eb playe'd to muelc by one of Lincoln's orchestras: a blues sing ing act bv Alpha Chi Omega: aud a skit by Alpha Phi and Sigma Kappa. A rallv conducted by Chick Dox. veil king, was staged for tho Kansas Aggie-Nebraska football game during the show last year. A huge crowd packed the Liberty thfater and the matinee waa pro claimed a great success. This vear's show will not only equal that of last year but will even excl it in regard to novel ideas of presentation and entertainment. Those desiring to submit skits for the show may reach Hahu in the Kosmet klub rooms In the An nex building any afternoon from 5 to 9 p. m., or at the Sigma Nu houe, 625 North 16th. Physical Education Instructor of China J hits This Campus Miss Margaret Andrews, direc tor of physical education at Glng ling college, Nanking, China, visit ed the University of Nebraska last week on ber way home to Califor nia via Europe. Miss Andrews and Miss Mabel Lee, director of the physical eduction program for women at the University of Ne braska, were classmates at Welles ley college. While on the campus, Miss An drews spoke to the Junior and sen ior women majoring In physical education. Miss Andrews related the story of ber forced flight from the city of Nanking during the revolution, after she bad hidden In an attic for two days under the guard of college Chinese students. ENGINEER STUDENTS MEET FOR BASEBALL All engineering :tudents Inter ested in playing indoor base ball are requested to meet in the university coliseum at 5 p. m. aoorjay, Oct. 21. . J Fassnacht Represents Lifetime of Preparation for Part of 'Christus' BY DON LARIMER AND GEORGE DUNN. Adolph Fabsnacht, the "Christ of the Freiburg Passion Play, hich waa presented Thursday. Friday and Saturday under the auspices of the American Legion, t the university coliseum, not "o'y portrays the part of Christ "Pon the stage, but also, as far as Jt is bumanly possible, lives a Ctrlatlike life In private. from babyhood bla life haa been JJ of continual preparation for j" part he now personifies, both character building and In famil "rtrtng himself with the Savior's role. He was born in Ba Sept 8. 1881. while the Pwiburg Passion Players were "aveiing. The following Christ ie he made his first stage ap pearance In the manger scene as Christ child, while his mother 2Vd the part of Mary, mother Jetuj Later, aa yet a child. SIGMA XI PLANS INITIAL MEETING MONDAY EVENING Sigma XI will hold Ita first meet ing In the Morrill ball auditorium, Monday, Oct. 21, at 8 p. ro.. accord ing to Dr. Emma N. Andersen, sec retary. Dr. H. G. Demlnf. profea aor of chemistry, will give a review of the research activities of some of the larger American corpora tion. He will tell about the funds and personnel that are deroted to this research. Dr. Deming will also give tome details concerning his recent expe riences In charge of the depart ment of Information of Arthur D. Little, Inc., a firm of consulting chemlsta and engineers In Cam bridge, Mass.. which employs about fifty research workers. The meet ing Is open to the public. 15,000 PEOPLE VIEW Fi Freiburg Passion Players Impress Many With Tragic Story. COSTUMING ADDS MUCH Annrnvlmatelv 15.000 people saw the Freiburg Passion Play during Its four performances given Thursday. Friday and Saturday In th nniunriliv museum under the auspices of Lincoln Post No. 3 of the American Legion. Adolpb Faasnacht, as Chrlstus. imnnrieH hv nther members of the cast portrayed the New Testament story in a vivia manner, wmto uc spite the fact that the play was carried on in German, was easily followed by the audience. The gorgeous costuming of all the characters, whether principals or members of the rabble, added much to the impressiveness of the spectacle. An excellent orchestra, aided by a chorus made up of mu- .IbI ArcraniMtinnH Ml the CSmPUS and about the city ably Interpreted the religious music accompanying the performance. - - ti. ni.v nnrn tilth a. rortraval of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, ana iouows inrouga the New Testament story of the subsequent events leading up to His crucifixion, and closes with an interpretation of the Resurrection. Particularly impressive were the scenes of the Last Supper, the Be trayal, the Trial, and the Cruci fixion. ' All the members of the cast intn hir nnrt in a sin- cere manner that the Biblical characters lived once more tor tne people viewing the play. President Says Group Will Take in New Members Wednesday Night. The University Commercial club tii hniH it fall initiation at the club rooms in the Social Sciences building Wednesday nigni, uci. according to Glen Kctchenback, president. The Commercial club has for its purpose acquainting Blzad stu dents with current commercial problems to promote all school friendship in the Bizad college. The list of initiates was gathered at a smoker held in the Temple building earlier In the year at which time all men interested In all Bizad activities were present. If interest taken In the early season smoker, and in the ODly luncheon which the club has spon sored this year, is continued the Commercial club will enjoy more concentrated support than at any time in its history. Nearly 100 men attended the smoker, and fifty or more were present at the luncheon In the Lincoln V. M. C. A. building. 1 he played many other parts and when a lad of sixteen years of age be played the part of St, John. While a student at a high school at Strassburg he began training his voice and character for the part of our Savior under the direc tion of his father. ...... At the age of 22 he, for the first time, assumed the part played so long by his forefathers, and contin uously for the past 28 years he has played the Chrlstus part in nearly every continental European i ......nHv in America. country nuu Mr. Fassnacht cares nothing for . - - n'Hinii rail the financial returns .v- .--to his lot. Rather he treasures the plaudits of thousands who yearly throng to see this marvelous pro Sn. His well trained voice has occasioned countless offers of large salaries from many opera companies both here an. I abroad out ne auuciro . . . his ancestors and his love and be- (Contlnued Page Z, toi. ) Journalism Instructor ..." -f v. 1 : 1 LAWRENCE PIKE. 'Confirmation of the appoint ment of Lawrence Pike. Lincoln, as Instructor In Journalism and assistant editor at the University of Nebraska, was announced Sat urday at a meeting of the board of regents. Mr. Pike received his A. Bx de gree from the university in 1928. He has served on the reportorial staff of Lincoln papers and waa city editor and managing editor of the 'lAvin halls Daily Times. Twin Falls. Ida., for a year. At present he is taking graduate work In the university and serv ing in the capacity of assistant editor. The appointment was dated Oct 1. MEET IN CONVOCATION Helen Baeder Gets Trophy For Freshmen; Others Receive Awards. EIGHT GIVE 'ADDRESSES At the first convocation for the home economics women In the college of agriculture. Miss Helen Baeder of Lincoln was awarded the Omicron Nu silver cup for outstanding scholarship in her freshman year. Miss Bae der's name will be engraved on the cup. which will be placed In the home economics parlors. Miss Mttilda Peters, instruc tor in home economics, presented the cup to Miss Baeder. In her senior year in Lincoln high school. Miss Baeder was awarded a medal for the highest scholar ship In her class over a four year period. Other sophomores honored for higher freshman scholarship were: Eva Buel. Hickman: Lu die Cooley, Waverly: Evelyn Kootz. O'Dell; Helen Weed, Ft. Pierre.- S. D.; and Lilly Daniel son, North Platte. Miss Margaret Feddc. chair man of the home economics de partment, was In charge of the convocation, which was held in Agricultural hall. The convoca tion was planned to acquaint the freshman girls with the women's organization on the campus. Miss McConald of the physical (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3.) Will GREET GRADS Innocents Announce Rules For Annual Contest Among Greeks. Rules which will govern the decoration of fraternity and soror ity houses for homecoming, Nov. 2, were announced Saturday morn ing by Arthur Bailey, chairman of the Innocents society committee In charge. The Julges will inspect houses on Friday evening preced ing homecoming day. Regulations are the same as those of last year. In the 1928 contest Sigma Alpha Epsilon won first place for fraternities and Kappa Delta for sororities. The complete list of rules follows. Not more than $25 shall be spent by any house for decorations or services of a decorator. A complete list of expenditures for the decorations must be turned In before Friday evening, Nov. 1, to Arthur Bailey. These amounts (Continued Page 3, Col. 3) Quarterly Reports Due Monday Morning First quarterly reports on de linquent students are due at Dean T. J. Thompson's office on Monday, Oct. 21. Notices to students who are down In hours will be mailed cut on Thursday, and reports to fraternities and sororities will be available the following Monday. PLAYERS BEGIN SEASON BEFORE-. LARGE AUDIENCE Efficient Cast Presents The Royal Family' As First Play. MISS FRENCH HAS LEAD Organization's Fifteenth Year in University Starts Well. Crackling wit. flashing humor nri hriiiiant satire distinguished The Ryal Family" In the eyes of an appreciative auuieuts i i" opening performance of the fifteenth season of the University Players Friday evening at the Temple theater. Augusta French and Herbert Venne won the instant favor of II hv I ho rniiHiml wav in which they handled their parts. Miss French, who naa naa consiacrauic experience aa an actress, played the role of a very successful Broadway star who with re bersats, benefits, money affairs, hunting Jobs for distant relatives, .nH irLrtbinr nut for her mother. brother, and daughters leads a very busv life. Miss French handles her part in a truly pro fessional manner, ana wueu uvr hnrH.noH u-ith all her resoonsibll Hies she tells the whole throng that she is going to leavo mc stage, the situation grows dra- Mr. Venne needs no introduction to Nebraskans who have seen his work in past years. He seems to revel In his part as the Impetuous son of the house who is always In .nmm siirfiriiltv and arouses much merriment by his forced flight to Europe to escape the attentions of he has made leve to in Hollywood and his forced return nome k"u " the third act after causing a Balkan war. As the over-confident, noisy man of the house, Mr. Yenne gets the laugh es- (Contlnued on Page 2. Col. 5 AT RALLY FRIDAY NIGHT Hnrnhuskers Show Great Enthusiasm on Eve of Panther Game. PITTSBURGH MEN SPEAK A monstrous bonfire, which lit up more than half of the drill im u'li. th. arene of one of the greatest exhibitions of Cornhusker spirit ever snown, ai rnuy night's pep rally preceding the Pitt iri m The Impending rain no more cooled the spirit or me nusKer w heients than a glass of water hua affocteri the huce bon fire. The rally started at 7 p. m. in front of tne temporary oieacu ers which were built for the fhoorn and veils were roared out Into Huskerland from hundreds of throats led by Kooen "Mike" Charters, head cheer i.iH.r r.nrr Mickel and Harold Benson, the other two varsity cheer leaders aiaea nanero. Team Absent. Coach Dana X. Bible, varsity coach, and his team were not able to be at the rally, but In a talk .rtu.n kv Ririred "Bub" Larson. president of the Innocents society, it was suggested that cheers be given lueiuy enougn io oe ucmu by the coach and bis team at the Lincoln Country club. W. D. Harrison, athletic direc tor of Pittsburgh university, gave Pittsburgh's greeting to Nebraska a a ha usiH that tho came Satur day was the toughest game on Pitts program. nusDurKn wm also represented on the speakers' hleachers bv Mr. Hill, assistant dean of student affairs. Glsh Speaks. - H. D. Gish, athletic director, was the first Cornhusker speaker at the rally. According to Mr. Gish Saturday's game was the first of a new three year home and home contract between Pitts burgh and Nebraska. He expressed hopes that this connection between the two schools continue indefi nitely. After many requesting roars Coach Henry "Indian" Schulte was brought to the speakers' place on the bleachers. Coach Schulte lauded the great evidence of Corn husker spirit and urged that it continue throughout the game. kftmr tho an.prhf more BODS and cheers were administered by the student ooay. i ne raiiy c&me to a close on the drill field by the inHnir nf th new Nebraska Field song. For over a half hour after the crowd lell me arm iicia nnes of cars containing cheering Corn huskers spread the Husker spirit througnout mncoui. rilOTO DEADLINE FOR CORNHUSKER IS NOVEMBER 9 a mntrrmonta have been made for thirty Juniors to have their pictures for the 1030 Cornhusker taken at Townsend s studio Mon iiii Annnlntmenta for all juniors and seniors will be made from day to day until rvov. v. in ame sci as the deadline, junior piciurc mill be taken at Townsend s and senior pictures at Hauck's. Th following juniors mum uve pictures taken at Townseud'a stu dio Monday. Allen Beaumont. Freda Bebee, Harold Beck. Marion Becker. Hernia Beckman, Harel Beechner, Flovd Bceman, r lorence Reers. Aural Behn. Winston Behn. James Belda, Bruce Bellas, Dwight Benbow, William tsenner, Liaoa Ronnett. Fern Benson. Harold Ben- mn niin Ber?. Joseohlne Berg- gren, Bryan Bernard, Elmer Ber lins. Eleanor tsessc, iicia dcu, George Beveridge. Helen Baymer, Mildred Blckely. uernara uitKicy. Mabel Begncll, Jerome Bishop and Joe Bishop. L TO MSSOUIII CLASH Pep Organization Decides To Attend Columbia Game En Masse. SELL PLAYERS TICKETS ll'li.n Mohroslta flashes With Missouri next Saturday fit Colum bia, the Corn Cobs, men's pep or- ganization, will be on hand to take the lead in Cornhusker cheering, j That the Corn Cobs would go was j decided' definitely at a- meeting held Thursday evening and the final announcement was made Sat urday morning. Momtwn wishin to make the trip are requested to report to Stanley Lay, president, or neu Grau. Arrangements are being made to accommodate the Corn Cobi in transportation to the an nual battle between the Big Six rivals. Results of the University Play er's season ticket campaign, band led by the Corn Cobs, were also an nounced at the meeting. During the three day period, 1177 tickets were sold by the men s pep organ ization. The trip to Columbia was made possible financially liy the work of selling programs i j the stands dur ing football games. At the S. M. U.-Nebraska game 7,380 programs nr.r. inM OTir! with A SellOUt for the Pittsburgh game It is expected that tne program saics win r iu 10,000. BUS COMPANIES SET TO Two Organizations Submit Bids; No Action Yet Taken by Third. Two bus companies have sub mitted rates for the football trip to Columbia, Mo., next Friday but no definite action has been taken yet as a third company consulted has not responded. This announce ment was made Saturday by Eldred Larson and Joyce Ayers, committee of Innocents In charge of rates. The estimates submitted by the two companies are somewhat lower than those of the railroad, according to the Innocents' com mittee. There will be no definite word about special fares to Co lumbia until the third bus com pany has been heard from. This will delay the announcement of exact bus fares to Missouri until Tuesday. The Innocents committee has been very active In attempting to get a lower rate than that of fered by the railroad and has tele graphed and telephoned all the major bus lines coming through Lincoln. Definite word has come from the Burlington railroad that they will send a special train to Mis souri on their rate of $13.61. That rate does not Include sleepers. 11ISS PFEIFFER GIVES TALK TO COSMOPOLITANS The Cosmopolitan club met Fri day evening at 8 p. m. in the university Y. M. C. A. club rooms for its first meeting this year. The evening's program featured a talk by Dr. Laura B. Pfelffer on "International Relations," Dr. Pfeiffer began her talk by tracing the history of world peace up to the present effort of the League of Nations at disarmament. She then told of the present status of each nation regarding disarmament and the respective attitudes upon the question. Her talk was concluded with an enumeration of the rea sons why complete disarmament is Impossible. The remainder of the program consisted of an accordtan solo and a saxaphone solo followed by a short business meeting. PANTHER SCORES IN SECOND CANTO Driving Attack Nrts Tho I,Mc in lirM Half; Final Period SLOAN TO MOIM.AN PASS 33,000 Witney Thrilling Came on Memorial Stadium 1 ield; Second LargeM Crowd Ever Attending Football Contest at University. By Jack Elliott. A might .v driving, plunging and unbcataMc tioMeu Fa other f.Mitlwill cluvi-u fivnrthe Cnivei'Mtv of Fittsburgu crushed th t'liivoisilv r Nebraska Onihuskers on Memorial stadium field Saturday' in one of the greatest interseetimial gridiron classics stagrd lit Nebraska fT many years. I'siug a powerful dm in? t.um-h in the second quarter the I'anlhrrs scored two touch ' . . . o.i.iutih nn the Huskcrs. Nebraska 'Game a Hard f gi,' Say Panther Officials I think Coach Bible is a great coach and the Nebraska team is Just plenty good," De clared Director of Athletics W. D. Harrison of Pittsburgh uni versity, after the game Satur day afternoon. "I think that the Nebraska team under Dana Bible is going to get better all the time, and we are glad we do not meet them three weeks from now," Coach Jock Sutherland said. "The Pitt team wants to say that Nebraska has a tough team and they had a hard Job on their hands in winning." Di rector Don Harrison continued. "They had a wonderful time out here." Negotiations have been con cluded whereby Nebraska will play the Panther eleven here In Lincoln in 1930 and travel to Pittsburgh In 1931. TO CHICAGO MEETING Y.M.C.A. President Attends Meeting of National Student Council. Wendell Groth. junior student in v. iriroiw nf Nebraska and president of the national student council of the T. M. C. A., was en route to Chicago today, wnerc will attend a meeting of the na tional council of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Groth is a member at large of the national council, due to his position as president of the stu dent division. He was named to that office in September, ine conference will be neia m iu, Edgewater Beach hotel, Chicago, if Sin start Monday and continue through Wednesday. Reports on work done Dy we s"",--" during the past year and plans and a budget for 1930 will be dis cussed. . . . Mr. Groth plans to exicuu u.a stay in Chicago for a day. in order mai ne umjr lvlui. the student council of the central field of Y. M. C. A. worn. AWGWAN SALE DRIVE Sigma Delta Chi Sponsors Distribution of New Fun Magazine of four hundred, a total of about tioui Awrwans were sold in the two days following re lease of the magazine j..u, i .nntinir to Harl Ander sen, director of sales. The total of a thousand includes regular sub scriptions as well as the individual sales. This Is the largest circula tion ever realized by any Awgwan. Members of Sigma Delta Chi, . . 4n,,rnaiiMHr. fraternity. sponsored the individual sales and are responaiuic vi z r aitnrAH in this depart- ment. Booths under Sigma Delta Chi management were pimcu . fiHjnr0ii And the "Moon" coffee shop, and individual subscriptions were sum all day Friday. Harl Andersen, member of Sigma Delta Cht, served as chairman of the sales committee. "A great deal or iavomuie wm ment has been made about the new Awgwan," stated Andersen. ,!- .ioii, haa tha art work been leircvtaiij commended. The magazine as a whole has been aeciarea ay many to be the best Awgwan ever pub lished." The new Awgwan ai me recent ly adopted low price of ten cents per Individual copy seems to be well received all over the univer sity campus. Several clever fea ture articles, a great amount of (Continued Tage 3, Col. 3) Touchdowns for Lutoriici Cornluiskcrs Scon- in of Vivid Strupplc. NETS NEBRASKA TALL coming back in the last quarter v score its lone touchdown of thr afternoon, the game ending 12 V 7. A colorful crowd of more than 33.000 football fans filled Memor ial stadium to overflowing to wit ness tlie all important east-ve-t game. Throughout the first quarter the Panthers and Huakers battled on even terms with both teams scoring a pair of first downs and the Cornhuskers outgalning the easterners on yardage. But at the opening of the second stanza, the Panther eleven cut loose with n mighty driving punch that ended up with Walinchus' spectacular 50 yard run down the field to put the ball on the 5-yard line. Two powerful drives by "Pug" Tarkin son, Pitt's fighting fullback, put the ball over the white line ff the first score of the afternoon. Pittsburgh Scores. The Pitt crew scored its Fccor and last touchdown after Nebras ka had been assessed a 15-ysf penalty for roughness which pu! the oval on Nebraska's jo-ysff line. It took jurt four downs for the mighty "Pug" Parkinson l drive over for his second score o' the afternoon. His kick as befor' wss wide. Coming back on the field 11k second half, the Scarlet of Nebras ka put up a terrific fight against the Panthers and unleashed fi daring aerial attack which in tho final quarter, netted the Corn huskers a touchdown. A lng dazzling forward pass from tb" hand of Clair Sloan to "Buck"' Morgan put the ball over for the only Husker touchdown of the afternoon. Sloan's try for the extra point was good and thus ended the scoring of the after noon. Early in the game, Sloan attempted a drop kick from well back on the field but the kick wan low. Parkinson also attempted a drop kick but was unsuccessful. "Dutch" Witte and Clair Sloan started in the Nebraska lineup, the first game for the two backs to start this season. Both Witte (Continued Pago 3, Col. 1) E PLANS LECTURE HERE Prominent Diplomat Wins Prize for Story in Yale Review. George Young, distinguished dip lAmot nil hliriHt and Laborlto of England, will come to tho Univer sity of NenrasKa rvnv. x, on iuvn tion of the university and the col icr nf huninpas administration ac cording to announcement today. Mr. Young nas ueen in in TTnitarf sttrH for nfimc time, hav ing given a series of lectures at tae Lowell jnsiuuie in doi spring, and attending the Wil linmntnwn ronference this sum mer. Yale university bas awarded him $2,000 for tne nesi sru'-in written for the Yale Review dur ing th? year. Mr. Young is now giving a se ries of lectures at Stanford univer sity of California, after which he will come to Lincoln to give a lec ture on Nov. 1 at the Temple. His lecture Is entitled "Labor Parties. Pcrsonalltlea and Policies." Spanish Club Will Hold Firbl Meeting Of Year Wednesday Club Espanol. Prlmera reunion. Dia: Miercoles, 23de Octubre. Lugar: Westminster house. Hora: 4-5:30 p. m. The Spanish club will hold its first meeting this year at the Westminster house,' 333 North Fourteenth street Wed nesday, Oct. 23. from 4 to 5:30 p. m. The meeting will be con ducted entirely I n Spanish. There will be a short play, games and a musical program will follow. James A. Cuneo. the faculty sponsor, will give a brief talk. Election of officers will be held. NGLISH PUBLICIST