I t n i ..rftA y y 1 HE BRA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXIX. no. 70. LINCOLN'. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 17. 1930. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Daily SKAN - QUEEN'S HUSBAND TAKES STAGE A! Tl PLE TONIGH Play Has Reputation Broadway Success; Critics Write. T for Quern of Heart. LOCAL CAST IS STRONG Preliminary Showing Reformatory Meets With Approval. at Ftrot performance of the fun niest comeJy of the reason. The Queen's- Husband" by Robert Sher wood will bt given by the Ln.ver ity Players at the Temple theater tonight The curtain Uses promp tly at 7:50 p. m. An unuxually strong cast hat been elected. Ray Ramsey pUyi the lead aa the queen's husband; XIauiine Drayton will appear aa hta officious wife. Queen Martha; Mildred Orr It the Princess Anne who falls to love with her father'e private secretary; Walter Vogt the private secretary, mane '..-an-ton who wins the princess' love; and W. Zolley Lerner, the Imper ious pniut Banister, General North nip. Veteran Cast Supports. The remainder of the cast ts as follows: Edwin Qutnn as Ph'pos, Richard Pas as Lord Birten i u Thompson as Petley; Art h as Major Elent; Arthur Giffoi. a soldier; Harlan G. Eastoa aa l. Fell man; Jere Mickle as Princi Y.Villiam; Al Tiffany aa Laker; and Eleanor Foley. Gertrude Sullivan, and Doris Hose man aa ladies In waiting. A successful pre-showing of the play was given at the state re formatory Wednesday. The play is a very amusing comedy-satire probably caricaturing the royal family of Reumania. It Is full of lauehs and bright humor. Saturday matinee will begin at 2:30 p. m. Reservations made at Rosa P. Curtice for single play tickets will be held at the Temple box office until 7:15 on the evening of the play. If forty-eight hours notice is liven, single play ex changes may be made from season books. 'St. ' CmiitMji of TIM Lincoln Journal. Maurine Drayton adds to the comedy with her portrayal of how a queen might act under those pe culiar circumstances which con front the audience In the "Queen's Husband." DEAN HICKS BELIEVES Arts and Sciences Head Values Learning as Most Profitable. Hi? Queen Htinltaiul. Registrar's Reports Show Methodist Religion Has Preference. FEW HAVE NO CHOICE FORDYCE ILL TALK TO SCHOOLMASTERS Department Head Arranges Trip to Milwaukee For Meeting. Dr. Charles Fordyce. chairman of the department of educational psychology and measurements of the University of Nebraska, will leave this week end for Mil i waukec, where he will address the Vi"consin Schoolmasters' el'ib. His address will be on the subject, "some neglected aspects of indi vidual differences that affect ef ficiency in teaching and in school administration." The Schoolmasters' club is an organization composed of college professors and instructors, school administrators, principals and de- T part mental teachers. Dr. Fordyce will leave Mil waukea late Sunday evening, re turning to Lincoln Monday morning. Twenty-two different denomina tiona are represented among the students of the University of Ne braska, according to the records the registrar. Seventy-five per of the students indicated in formation blanks filled out time of registration that U . members of a church. On., ve per cent gave no church preferences. Included in the twenty-two sects are nineteen protestant de nominaUons. Catholic and Buddist organizations. Leading In numbers was the Methodist church, with a total of members and adherents of 1.941. Second in rank is the Pre sbyterian with a total of 1,053 Other groups are considerably smaller in size, including the Con gregational, 5SS, Lutheran, 458, and the Christian, 443. Churcn members and adherents to the L Catholic faith number 430; Jewish 13, and Buddhist 1. Included in the less commonly mentioned protestant sects were Federated, Mennonite, Swedish Mission, Quaker, Latter Day Saints and Adventist Tho survey made by the office of the registrar lor the university news service was based upon in formation gathered in connection with registration each fall. The check included all of the universi ty's 6.535 students except 104 nureses at the college of medicine at Omaha. Of the total, all but 258 men and 52 women had church preferences. Rag sport LOEFFETIllTS 4-H CLUB MEETINGS ASSOCIATIONS NEEDED "A libe'al education has a value even though It can not be transla ted Into dollars and centa, ' stated Dean J. D. Hicks, at the meeting of the Ag World Forum Thjrsday noon. Dean Hicks spoke on. "The Value of a Liberal Education. ' Dean Hickt cautioned tho irti dents not to be overly Influenced by adverse criticism about th col lege educational system. "There may be lots of things wrong w'th it," he said, 'but there are a lot more things right with It" Cant Catch It. He stated that anyone who real ly wanted a liberal education -ould get It at any one of the many tin! versities of the United State "We puruse learning," the deaa aid "we don't catch It" If after four yean of study we reach the place wnere we realise the value of edu cation, we nave progressed re markably,' he added. The dean stated that he regret- tea mat many people in ui unl versity am not realize tneir op portunity for acquiring a liberal education because it came at a time when they were the least to appreciate it Ten or fifteen years later he said that they would regret that iney aid not avail themselves of their opportunities. Contacts Valuable, Dean Hicks stated that n did not take much stock in the Ulief that students should come to col lege In order to learn how to ex press themselves. "We don't nave a whale of a lot in us to express at oirm,' be stated. The dean pointed out that students should get in contact with other minus in order to develope their own. He stated that a liberal eduta tion should be broad and not be centered only on one subject Dean Hicks stated that be was sorry uai requirements sucn aa credtt and degrees were necessary but he added that he had the highest re spect for a degree vten it repre- (Continued cm Pxge 4.) BETA SIGMA GAMMA Five Seniors Are Admitted Into Bizad Honorary On Scholarship. Beta Sigma Gamma, honorary scholastic fraternity of the oiiege of business administration, held initiation last night for five senior men. Those taken into the organi zation were Milton Reynolda. Otto Jacobsen, Rudolph Bridley. Emmet Spraktes, and Henry Strath mann. Membership to the organizat'on is restricted to the high ten per cent of the senior class of the col lege of business administration. Beta Sigma Gamma installs chap ters in schools which are members of the American Association of Schools of Business. Raymond Dein is president of the Nebraska chapter. Professor Discusses Mea Products Throughout Towns in State. Prof. W. J. Loeffel, of the de partment of animal husbandry, re turned Thursday from Custer county, where he has been con ducting 4-H club meetings. Pro fessor Loeffel stated that the meetings were well attended in spite of the unfavorable weather. He met with the 4-H clubs in Mason City, Callaway. Broken Bow, Sargent and Anselmo. He took samples of beef ribs with him In order to illustrate their quality and discussed the quality of meat which the consumers demand and the type of cattle required to pro duce such meat. A lamb cutting demonstration according to the method recently developed by the National Live stock and Meat board was made by Professor Loeffel at each of the towns. HZ 110 IY SEE OVERSEAS Cuckoo Finds Home Inside Clock-Door In Foster's Room A Genuine Imported Schwa r rwaelder cuckoo clock with musical attachments now fea tures the office of Prof. Lau rence Fowler, chairman of the department of Germanic lang uages, In Andrews hall. The clock is a beautiful piece of work, with intricate orna mentation. As one who exam ined it said, "One can almost see the carver's joy and satis faction In his work of fashion ing bird or beast or hunting gear or woodland scene." Picture Depicting Environs Of Army 'Overthere' Will Be Shown. A five reel moving picture of war scenes of the Eighty-ninth di vision, taken overseas, will be shown in the Temple theater to night for veterans and their fami lies. Admission is tree ana at tendance will not be limited to the veterans alone. The film is being shown under the auspices of the organized reserve officers. It was shown Thursday after noon at 5 p. m., in the Temple for members of the R. O. T. C. and others on the oampus who wished to attend. Wild Animals Cavort on Screen at .Morrill Hall Four reels of motion pictures showing the haunts and habile o' wild animals were 6how yester day at Morrill hall by the Lincoln chaDte' of the lzaak Ws'ton i league. 1 Seven Are Admitted Into Membership in Club For Premeds. Seven new members of Theta Nu, honorary premed fraternity, were chosen at the meeting of Nu Med, premedical society, Wednes day evening. The new men se lected are: John D. Lemar, '31, Os ceola; James Smrha, '32, Milligan; Howard Penning, '31, Lincoln: Ju lian Jacobs, '31, Staplehurst; Rob ert Mornburg, Herbert Arnold and Lloyd Thompson, '32, West Point Dr. J. S. Latta of the depart ment of embryology at the univer sity college of medicine at Omaha spoke on the topic, "Purposes of examinations, discussing the pur poses ana results of the examina tions and the reflected attitude on the part of the professors and the students thmemselves. Rudolph Sievers of Scribner was elected president of the Nu-Meds for the coming term. Forest Spieler of Lincoln was made vice president and Charles Ihle of Cleg horn, la., secretary-treasurer. JEWETT PLANS FETE TO w -Oxrwr of T. LhkoM Journal. Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary, erstwhile actor, air pilot and radio announcer, who will again be pre sented In a Players' production an the king in the "Queen a Husband which will open tonight at the Temple theater. TICKETS FOR CARMEN E Choice Ducats Set Aside For Former Patrons of Productions. OFFER PRICE REDUCTION A large number of exchange tickets for the opera Carmen, which ts to be presented Thursday, March 20. in the university coli seum by the Chicago Civic Opera company, were checked out to stu dent groups from the booths in Ellen Smith hall and the Y. M. C A. rooms in the Temple. Thurs day afternoon between 2:30 and 5 p. m. No more office noura wui ue held until Tuesday. Jan. 21. when student groups may again apply at Ellen Smith hall for the block reservations of twenty-five, which entitle them to the 15 percent re duction offered to students who are organized into groups of twen ty-five or more. Will Compose Groups. Reserved seats, for, which the, exenange ucxets may oe trans ferred, will go on sale to the gen eral public Monday, Jan. 20 at Ross P. Curtice Music company. Mail orders are now being taken at the student activities office in the coliseum. Any student or group of students, who wish to se cure tneir exenange ticKets witn the reduced rate advantage, and have not already made arrange ment to do so, mav call Mildred Olson at the Alpha Delta Pi house, if be does not wish to wait until Tuesday when office hours are again to be held. In order that every student in the university may have the ad vantage of the 15 percent reduc tion on all reserved seats. whKh is offered to students organized into groups of twenty-five or more, members of Mortar Board, who are sponsoring the sale of the ex change tickets on the campus, have arranged to sell tickets to all students at the reduced rate, and they then block the tickets which they have sold into groups of twenty-five. Tassels Sponsor. Members of Tassels, women's pep organization sponsored by Mortar Board, have been asked to sponsor the sale of the exchange tickets in all sorority houses, and letters have been sent to the pres- idents of all organized dormitories and rooming houses for women. asking them to cooperate in pro moting tne sale of the block ticket (Continued on Page 4.) JUDGES SELECT MEN IN DEBATE TRYOUTS Levy, Mc Knight, Larson and Pospishil to Defend School's Laurels. TWO TEAMS ARE CHOSEN Team compose! of Nathan S. Levy of Hastings and George XI c- Knifchl of Auburn, ana ox mnmiap i, Larson of Aurora, and Lloy Poptttul of Wert Point were se lected last night to represent tb University of Nebraska In Intercol If mate debate matchea. Ted Feid If r and Earl C Ftbbauc.h were se lected to work with the four regu lar men. and will be used In some of the debate. Prof. H. A. White, university debate coach, said. The question used In the foren sic meets will concern dinsrm rocnt, worded. "All nations should adopt a plan of complete d, arm ament except for such forces as are needed for police protection. Several Judges. Judges of the tryouta. in which nine men took part, were: J. D. Hansen of the English depart ment of Lincoln high school; George A. Healey of Baylor, Tou Velle, and Healev. attorneys; and Lloyd J. Marti of Perry. Van Pelt and Marti, attorneys. McKnight and Levy will make the northern debate trip, to In clude meets with Sftuth Dakota university, to be held at Sioux City. la.. Gustavus Adolphus at St Peter. Minn., and Carleton college at Northfield, Minn. Larson and PopishU will enter the home de bates with Kansas Stste Agricul tural college In Omaha or Lincoln, Iowa State and North Dakota. Prince Annr. j CO -A I F GROUP MEETS TO j.: a,' 'ourtMr of Tb UnroM Journal. Mildred Orr. a new face In the University Players' starting line up of principal characters, who plays the part i f the princess who Invarlabtv falls in love with the wrong fellow. HEDGES LEAVES FOR NATIONAL MEETING A. A. U. IV. FOND FROM PROGRAM Money for Scholarships Is Raised at Musicale Given at Temple. MUSIC DISCUSSION HELD Visiting Lieutenant Will Be Guest at Scabbard and Blade Affair. First Lieut MUler S. HaskelL Seventh Corps area inspector of bcabDara and Blade, will arrive in Lincoln Friday at 2:30 p. m. to mt all members of the Nebraska chapter of the organization. Lieuu uol f. F. Jewett will en tertain all membeis of Scabbard and Blade at a dinner next Tues day evening in honor of Lieutenant Haskell, at which time he win have opportunity to meet the of ficers. A chapter meeting will be neia xoiiowing tne dinner. MISS JONES WILL PRESENT RECITAL AT CONVOCATION Miss Mariel Jones of the tanutv of the University school of Music wm appear in a piano recitai at the university school of fine arts convention, Tuesday. Jan. 21 at 11 a. m. in the Temple theater. The program Includes: Scarlatti, Son ata C Major; Brahms. Rhapsody E Flat Ir'.rmezzo Op., 117 No. l Intermezzo Op. 119 No. 3: Fried man, Music Box; Debussy, Pagodes De Falla, Fire Dance. . E. Gundereon Returns From Trip Thia Week L. E. Gunderson, finance sec retary of the university, will re turn the end of this week from a business trip to Omaha and Scottsbluff. College 'Ednas and Joes' Prepare for Gigantic 'V Frolic The couples swayed under the spell of the entrancing music colored lights played over the slowly moving dancers. A scream sp'it the air the music suddenly stoppi two figures raced down the stairs and across the floor. "You're it!" The music started up again, the dancing continued. It was only a game of tag at the x. W. C A. general party. Now, bow could you afford to miss anything so exciting as that? Join the crusades and make a trip to Jerusalem or if that doesn't sound exciting ring-around-rosey or drop tne handkerchief are thrilling games. The novelty of these should at least prove a di version for some of the sophisti cated, bored coeds and "Joe Col leges' who adorn the campus. Big Free Lunch! The Y. W. is sponsoring this big pow-wow to be given Saturday nignt rrom 8 to 11. A big time is guaranteed and it's free! Chil dren under ten not allowed. A really good program is being planned which includes such tal ented people as Lulu Jo Hyland as the ivory tickler, Myron Rosen blum who plays the violin, and nine-year-old Bobby Hudson. oamca are in charge of Alan Williams. The soc'al staff is com posed of such social celebrities as Esther Vicar. Betty Harrison. Mar- garet Day. Vivian Hildreth. Gretchen Fee. and Jane Beaumont Janet Winter, chairman of the so cial committee, is in charge of the event Even refreshments will be served all free of charge costs absolutely nothing. Ag Man Represents State In Consideration of Farm Outlook. Harold Hedges of the college of agriculture left Tuesday evening for Washington, u. C to repre sent the state in a national con ference at which the 1930 agri cultural outlook 'Will -re roai- pleted. air. Heages expects to De mere more than a week. From now un til Saturday he will work in one of the several committees which con sider recommendations for the na tional outlook as a whole. Next week all the men from all the states will meet together in con ferences. Regulates Conditions. The national outlook will prob ably be released all over the United States on Saturday Jan. 25, or on Monday, Jan. 27, accord ing to the information Hedges had when he left Lincoln. It will form the foundation for several hundred local meetings held in the various states. Farmers of Ne braska, for example, will talk over Nebraska conditions with Mr. Hedges and others from the agri cultural college. ! Schedule of meetings to be held in Nebraska this spring is about complete at the central offices of tho extension service. Letters have been sent to a number of county agents regarding meeting places. The official schedule is practically ready to release. According to preliminary plans two groups of men from the Ne braska college of agriculture will make two different trips across the state and hold a total of about 20 meetings. Thev will explain what Mr. Hedges and others work out at Washington regarding the present supplies and demands, in dications of changes within the next few months, and indications of what farmers intend to plant and produce in 1930. This is said to be the best information of the kind avaUable. Those who give it emphasise, however, that no one knows for certain just what will happen in the next twelve months. A fund of $300 was added to the scholarship fund of the Lin coln branch of the American as sociation of University Women from the proceeds of the annual musicals presented Wednesday eve ning at the Temple theater. The (scholarship fund provides grants for young women of the Univer sity of Nebraska. The program waa composed of numbers given by uncoin musi cians on the faculty of the uni versity school of music Herbert Gray gave seven songs by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, preceeding them with a brief talk on the place of Span ish music in modern composition and an explanation of the mean ings of titles of the songs. The feature of the program was the numbers presented by the Schumann quintet in E flat Mem bers of the quintet were Mrs. Lura Schuler Smith, pianist Carl Steckelberg, first violin. Earnest Harrison, second violin, William Quick, viola, and Herbert Gray, violincello. AIO ORGANIZATION FISHER WILL QUIZZ 4-H CLUB SPONSORS AG CARNIVAL FRIDAY Student Activities Building win Be Scene lor Farmers' Mixer. Members of the 4-H club wid sponsor a mixer at the Student Activities building on the canpus or tne college of agriculture Fri day night Dr. and Mrs. P. A. Downs, Prof, and Mrs. F. P. Kim. and Mr. and Mrs. Elton Dix wii' be chaperons at the party. Admission of fifty cents wid be cnarged tor tne men, ladies free. Identification cards must oe pre sented at the door, according to lrwin Hutcnmson, president of he 4-H club. Herb Smith's orco-stra will play. BIBLE PLANS ADDKESS FOR BAPTIST CLASSES Head coach Dana Bible will speak at the meeting of the uni versity class of the First Baptist cnurcn on bunaay. Tne class hour begins at 12 noon for a fifty minute discussion, according to Mildred Stannard, advertising chairman of the class. The First Baptist church is located at Four teenth and K streets. Alumnus Offers Prize for Best Score in Test on Literary Value. Ned Fisher will conduct his an nual open meeting of the Pallad ian Literary society at the Palla dian hall Ir the Temple, Friday ev ening at S:30 p. m. Mr. Fisher is a member of the Palladian al umni. The meeting will consist chiefly of a literary contest sponsored by Mr. Fisher, who each year con ducts the contest as an incentive to the promotion of better literary taste. The contest will consist of a series of one hundred questions cn poetry and prose. A prize will be Faculty Members, Students Gather to Discuss Ag Festival. APPOINT NEW STAFFS Business Heads Formulate Ideas for Success Of Production. General organization for Co'l Agri-Fun. annual fun show of tLe college of agriculture, was ad vanced Wednesday night at the joint meeting of the Home Ec and Ag clubs, held at Ag ball audi torium. According to Fred Crau. chairman of the committee, the meeting was well attended and evidenced a very optimistic attitude. Talks by members of the fac ulty and members of the student committee made up the greater part of the program. Dean W. W. Burr urged cooperation to tne fullest extent Prof. T. H. Good- ding, a member of the faculty committee both this year and last year, pointed out the necessity of originality in the stunts. Gel Acquainted:" Miss Wlnegar, a member of thia years faculty committee gave a criticism of last year's show. The time of the acts should be limited, she said, and the number in creased. Acta should begin promptly, she said, and pointed out that since the show comes rather close to the time of the Farmers' Fair, thought should be given to the idea of holding it during the first semester. "It is one of the finest opportunities for students to get acquainted, next to the Farm ers' Fair," Miss Winegar said. Prof. C M. Smith, another member of the faculty committee. gave some ideas for acts, pointing out what acts should be and what they should not be. He stressed training, and urged that the skits be ready when tryouts come. Robert Danielson, chairman of last year's student committee, gave a resume of last year's pro gram and described a few of the (Continued on Page 4.) - RIRESlElflM OF More Than 100 Are Present At Scheduled Meeting Of Organization. More than 100 members and pledges of Pershing Rifles were present at the meeting of the hon orary drill organization last nignt at 5 o'clock. The main purpose of the meet ing was the viewing of the film sponsored by the military depart ment showing scenes of the Eighty-ninth division in the World war. Col. F. F. Jewett explained some of the scenes to the organ ization. The next meeting of Pershing Rifles will be Thursday, Jan. 23, according to Stanley Day, captain. All members and pledges are to attend. CABINET MEMBERS ENTERTAIN CROUP VISITING OFFICIAL Honoring Mrs. Charlotte Craw ford, girl reserve secretary from Omaha who was visiting th. cam pus of the University of Nebraska given to the person making the I Tuesday, members of the univer sity t. v. w. a.. caDinei gave a dinner at the Temple cafeteria. An informal discussion of social prob lems followed the dinner. Guests at the dinner included the seventeen women who are members of the cabinet Miss Erma Appleby, general secretary. Miss Grace Spacht Baptist stu dent secretary, and Mrs. Crawford, P. E. O. HEAD CALLS FOR RESERVATIONS Women on the campus who are members of the P. E. O. have been requested by Mrs. R. C Mc Mullen to make their reservations for the annual Founders day ban quet which is to be held Jan. 25. Reservations for the event may be made with Mrs. McMullen at F4900. highest score on their answers. Hold Open Session. A musical program to include violin solos by Bsrtram Ellasvorth and vocal solos by Bety Benedict has been arranged by Mildred Steelman, chairman of the pro gram comm:itee tor tne active chapter. At the close of the regular pro gram Palladians and guests will join in the singing of Nebraska songs. Following this Victor Sey mour, president of the society will give a short address. Open meet ing of the society are held at var ious times of the year to give op portunity for university students to enlarge the number of thir ac quaintances and to offer programs of educational and social advantage. Lamar Burling Joins Isham Jones' Dance Orchestra as Pianist, Arranger Lamar Burling, graduate of the university consirvatory of music and well known in Lincoln music al circles, has recently obtained a position with the Isham Jones' Brunswick recording orchestra, according to a letter received from Burling by Joyce Ayres, senior journalism student Burling wrote that he is first pianist of the famous band and besides, is first arranger, has charge of a vocal trio in which be himself will sing, and is over seeing a violin trio. The band at present is playing in a Milwaukee hotel but will leave soon on a tour of the east stopping at several urJversiues enroute to play college i proms and othir pirt'rs t nature. Burlinj was for s.v. ..I , member of the i ';bis :i o. . tra wh'ch later b'cam: th? . -ancers. Both of thess o.x'ais .a plaved several succesful 8a3 a in Estes Park. Colo, as well as in Lincoln. Burling coll a bo rated with Joyce Ayres In writing the music for two Kosmet Klub spring shows. He was made a member of the Kosmet Klub last spring. He baa composed a number of pieces the best known probably being "Sweet Nebraska Sweetheart" Thia, too, was written in collaboration with Ayres and used in one of the Kos met Klub shows. Burling has studied music in Chicago since his graduation from Nebraska, ! I , t l! --f i i r t 1 I -' it "W , .