1 I i The Daily Nebraskan 1 ( Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL XXIX NO. 91. PLAYERS SELECT MR.' FORM NEVJPRODUCTION Futuristic Drama by Karcl Kapel Will Open on February 28. IS CZECH PRESENTATION Plot Deals With Making of Mechanical Men, Has Strong Climax. R. U. R." by Karel Capek haa been selected by the University Player aa the next ply which tbey will present. Tbe opening per formance will ba riven Friday evening. February 28. R. u. R." l a three act melo drama containing a. epilogue, and ta oat of the moat unusual playa ever presented on the American stage. It la In fact a Ciech play Imported from Vienna, and deals with tha antlca of robota or me chanical men who dwell on an la land somewhere on our planet. The time of tbe play la aome few de cades hence from the present day, and the play la symbolic of the nuthor'i Idea of what will happen if the present mechanical age con. tlnues. Mechanical Men. The island where the action of the play takes place is the central office of the factory of Roesuma Universal Robot. By that time man bad become so efficient that he could turn out mechanical men to do his work. Already, following a secret formula, millions of these manufactured workmen, without souls, desires, or feelings have (Continued on Page 3.) TRAIN IS Girl Reserve Heads Will Receive Instruction By Miss Olson. MEETINGSJ3EGIN FEB. 27 A Oirl Reserve leadership train ing course under the direction of Miss Violet Ann Olson, city sec retary of the Girl Reserves, will begin Thursday, Feb. 27. and will continue for six meetings. Atten tion is called to the change or meeting place as it will not be possible to conduct the course in Ellen Smith ball. The basement of the University Episcopal church will be used instead. The leadership training course under Miss Olson will consist of a series of six lectures to be held every Thursday afternoon be tween 5 and 6 o'clock, starting Feb 27. In addition, those who complete the work required before the certificate is issued, will have to make at least two observations of Girl Reserve clubs in Lincoln as tbey are at work, and will have to have one personal con ference with Mrs. Olson. The cer tificate is issued by the national board of the Y.W.C. A. For those who have time and are interested there will be an opportunity to do actual work with some of the Lincoln clubs. In the course planned for this spring Miss Olson will combine lectures, demonstrations and ex hibits, and require the girls reg istered in the course to keep a notebook. A pageant describing the history of Girl Reserve will be presented to the class by a group of Lincoln Girl Reserves, and if possible a supper hike to (Continued on Page 4.) LEADERSHIP NG COURSE H. T. Decker Enjoys Reputation for Being Fine Arts School Handy Man, Writing Is Also Instructor's Hobby By MARGAEET TINLEY. Whenever anything mechanical goes wrong in the depart ,cnt of fine arts, there is a eal! for H. T. Decker, instructor in the theory and history of music because "fixing things is one of his hobbies. A door that will not close prop -y . . - -i i, v,a will not run. erly & clocK mai win . iru that will not turn-in re pairing these Mr, Decker finds recreation. To be familiar with the inside works and workings of a phonograph, bas often proved valuable to him ia bis courses. "According to a test they gave our class in college," laughed Mr. Decker "I should have been a mechanic instead of a musician. I bave always claimed that here ( was something wrong with the " tests but still I have always en joyed tinkering to make things right aa a pastime." Enjoys Writing. Mr. Decker finds play writing, too, a decidedly interesting way to spend the hours outside of school. This Is a comparatively new hobby with him but since hia first play was accepted by the publishers in 1920. Mr. Decker haa written four more. Unlike many who wrote for publication just as a bobby, every one he has ubmitted bas been accepted. For the most part they are written for amateurs to stage and because ot tnia they merely Last Indian Student Uilt Talk at Vesper Serviee on Tuesday M. Kamakabrl Rao, an Eatt Indian student of the Unlver aity ef Kansas, will apeak at the Vesper aervice en Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock In Ellen Smith h-ll. He will detiribe the customs of Interest to col lege students. Marguerite Dan leiten will lead the meeting and there will be a program of spe cial music. OR. W. VON DEWALL SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON Pictures German Conditions At Joint Meeting Friday Noon. 250 ATTEND FUNCTION "You can't expect Idealism to flourish in a nation, which has had the experiences which Ger many has had in the last ten years", declared Dr. Wolf von Dew all at the Joint meeting of the university World Forum, the Lin coln Rotary club, and students from Wesleyan university, at the Lincoln chamber of commerce, Friday noon. More than 200 peoplo attended the luncheon. Dr. von Dewall, who Is touring this country for the second time In eighteen months, was a close friend and adviser to Stresemann. He was brought to Lincoln under the auspices of the university Christian associations. "Dominating Ideals in Germany Today", was the subject of his talk at the World Forum luncheon. Dr. von Dewall stated that the unemployment situation was very grave in Germany. During the winter months two million have been without work, he said, "which leaves ten millions without the means upon which life de pends." Not Idealistic. Dr. von Dew all stated that many In Germany who were millionaires before the war. are now poor people, because of the value which the German securities lost. "Idealism can grow in a soil which is richer, it can not be ex which bas had the disappoint ments which Germany has had since the war," he concluded. "The Germans are not much (Continued on Page 3.) . T Miss Lemon Gives Talk at Annex Cafe Program Held Thursday. A dinner meeting of the Kappa Dki mKHiot snrnritv. was held at the Annex cafe, Thursday eve ning, from 6 to 8 o'clock. Tk nmo-ram rnnsistiner of talks x .iv- I' . v e , f given by prominent members oi the Home aiissiod, j Miss Hallie Lemon, the principal speaker for the evening, who for twelve years has taught in a girls boardtng school situated at Aguas callentes, Mexico. Miss Lemon's talk was centered ..n.,ri th r-onpral Mexican cus toms. Other talks were given by Mrs. E. G. Gallen and Mrs. Victor West, both officers of the Method ist Home, Mission in iNeDrasaa. Devotionals were conducted by In geberg Nielson. The evening's program was con cluded by the presentation of a Mexican musical number by Dor othy Maxson. violinist . and Eth rnirfwpil at the tambourine, with Mary Ellen Patterson playing the piano- accompammeui. ,re simpie stage settings and ?. nniv oiicht dramatic tal- can - ent These limitations aemanu in genuity of plot, and developing it is not the last interesting part of this hobby. Short Stories. Although Mr. Decker bas had five full length plays published he himself has never seen any of them produced. At one time when he was with the Glee club on a tour they arrived in Seward the morning after one of his plays had been presented. "I enjoy writing short stories, too, and watching the characters as they change. They often seem to write the story themselves without consideration for my orig inal idea at all." Mr. Decker chuckled. "Some events, though," be said, 'when I sit down intending to write for several hours, something goes wTong with the typewriter and I start to fix it then before it is finished the evening is gone. But I enjoy both my hobbies, if you would call them that, and cer tainly believe that everyone should have some special Interest outside his usual work." LINCOLN. COLLEGE CLUB, Hahn Perfects Decoration Plans for Traditional Formal Party. CORN COBS HEAD SALES Three Acts Professional Vaudeville Engaged By Committee. College Club, popular Omaha dance orchestra, and Ben Gadd's Collegians will furni.sh the music for the Junjor-Senior prom, March 7. according to announcement made last night by George Mlrkil. member of the prom committee. This Is the first time that such a plan has been used for one of the major university parties during the last four years. According to the plan formu lated by the committee, the tradi tional party will be held at the Lincoln hotel, using both the main ballroom and the Venetian room. A specially built runway will con nect the two ballrooma. Presenta tion of the prom girl will be held in the main ballroom at a pre scribed time, to be announced later. OeMoss to Entertain. The Collegians, augmented to twelve pieces, and Lyle DeMoss as entertainer and director., will fea ture a number of arrangements especially prepared for the prom. The College Club of Omaha Is planning novelty numbers to "ini tiate" Nebraska students In their new style of dance presentation. Three acts of vaudeville have (Continued on Page 3.) IVERSITY DE SLATE TWO CONTESTS Affirmative Speakers Will Meet Iowa State on Disarmament. University of Nebraska debaters will meet Iowa State college in two successive debates this week on the disarmament question. The first debate will be held at Platts mouth, on Tuesday, Feb. 25; the second at Omaha, Friday, Feb. 28, before Central high school students. For both debates the question is: "Resolved, that the nations should adopt a plan of complete disarmament, except such forces as are needed for po lice protection." On Tuesday. Christian Larsen and Lloyd Pospishil will take the affirmative side for Nebraska, and on Friday a third man, Ted Feid ler, will also support the team on the affirmative. The last debate staged by the Nebraska team took place last fall when Oxford university of England met Nebraska on the sub ject of the superiority of the types of government used by the two na tions. At that time the audience gave the decision to the English. 4-HCllCTf County Extension Agent Aid in Transaction For Chicks. to The offer of exchanging one hundred baby chicks for the promise to return a dozen cock erels next fall, which the Nebras kan credited the extension depart ment of making to 4-H club mem bers was not made by the ex tension department but by tbe commercial hatcheries, at the sug gestion of the extension agents. . The college of agriculture bas no hatchery, but only a small number of incubators in which it batches just enough chicks to maintain the college poultry flocks and to do experimental work. The project amounts to a con tract between a commercial hatch ery operator, a boy or girl of 4-H club age and ability, and a county extension agent in his advisory ca pacity. In the contract the hatch ery operator agrees to furnish 100 or more chicks to a well qualified 4-H club member, providing the member will bring back twelve cockerels per 100 chicks about the first of October. . Tbe project will be effective, Mr. Redditt pointed out, only where the hatchery operator is willing to encourage the boys and girls to the extent just mentioned above, and where tbe county ex tension agent will find and ap prove of the poultry club mem bership. POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR WRITES ON BRITISH VIEWS The February issue of Interna tional Conciliation, published by the Carnegie tnaowmem ior in ternational Peace, is eiven over to an article by Dr. Norman L. Hill of the department or pouiicm science, on tsriiisn Amuniuou Policies." Nicholas Murray But ler, director of the division under the foundation, calls attention in th. nnftrc to the timeliness of the article aa related to the naval con ference now going on in London. COLLEGIANS TO PLAY FOR PROM MJJKASKA. SUNDAY, I LIJRUAKY 23. 1930 W ASHINGTON MAN IIKI.PS NLRRASKA AG PROGRAMISTS G. W. Klfcr of the bureau of agricultural econonitca In Wash ington. D. C. arrived la Lincoln Wat week end and is now taking ttit in the agricultural uuliooH program of southern and western Nebranka. II. G. Gould and Ralph Cole of the agricultural college are on the same programs. R. E. Hol land and Harold Hedges of tbe college are taking tbe eastern and northern Nebraska meetings. Aa outlined at the atart of the meetings, the programs are to in clude discuusluna of the following questions: How Is the outlook material prepared? What Is the value of the report? What la the outlook In the dairy Industry? Are good prlcea encouraging beef cat tle production? Will growing de mand take care of Increased sheep production? How can we know the consumer demand? How does the outlook material fit in with the organization of a farm busi ness? MEETS FOR SPEECHES Von Dewall and Miss Read Give Main Addresses For Program. LEAGUE IS DISCUSSED As a feature of the V. M.-Y. W. institute, being conducted this week in the interests ot the World Christian Student confederation, three internationally known mem bers spoke at a meeting at Ellen Smith hall which lasted from 9 until 3 o'clock Saturday. Miss Margaret Read, secretary of the World Student confederation In Great Britain, explained the work done by the federation, and what it meant to foreign students. Heir Vou Dewall, well known German journalist, and editor of the Frankfort Zcltung, spoke on the League of Nations, and the conditions in the famine districts of China. Frank Wilson, one of the national secretaries of the V. M. C. A., spoke briefly on the question of racial prejudices, and led the group of about fifty stu dents and faculty members at tending the meeting in several negro spirituals. Deaths by starvation, according to Herr Von Dewall, are mount ing to the millions in a single pro vince in China, and are due to tlouble by June if relief is not sent to tbe stricken areas soon. Tbe Red Cross, in a statement made public recently, announced that its rea son for stnying out of China at this time was that an attempt was being made to bring pressure on the Chinese from within. In an ef ( Continued on Page 3.) Groups Selected After Try Outs Are Working to Prepare Acts. REHEARSE Bl - WEEKLY "All the material we need and every bit of It exceptionally good." is the statement Fred Grau, man ager of the college of agriculture vaudeville productions to be held in the activities building Feb. 28, made concerning the prospects for the 19C0 presentation of Coll-Agri-Fun. Following tbe final tryouts for the program last Wednesday night, in which all the groups aspiring for a place on the program pre sented their acts for the commit tee's appraisal, the groups selected for the show have been working diligently in preparation for the rehearsals to be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings of this week. Tne Thursday evening rehearsal will be a full dress rehearsal with the orchestra and all lighting ef fects in use and the committee is urging all those that bave a part in the show to have all costumes in readiness. Tuesday night's rehearsal will be for the purpose of arranging tho nrnp-ram in the order that the acts will appear and to make any final changes tne commiu.ee sees necessary for the betterment of the show. The entire managing committee expressed the opinion that the show would be better than that of last year, which was successfully stAcpfl as the first attempt at such an activity in the college of agri culture. The committee has limited the time of the acts to a maximum of ten minutes and has arranged the program so as to have a continu ous presentation o: me longer acts, with curtain acta and humor ous takeoffs interspersed. CAMPUS CALENDAR Sunday, Feb. 23. Book lovers' hour, Westminster bouse, 5 p. m. Monday, Feb. 24. Faculty Men's club dinner, Uni versity club, 6 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 25. Gamma Alpha Chi luucucm, Lincoln hotel. Piano recital. Temple. Wednesday, Feb. 26. May Queen and Mortar Bof d primaries. Social Sciences corrl'jor, 9 to 5; at Ag college, Home Eco nomics parlors, 12 to 1 p. m. GOOD SHOW MATERIAL THOMPSON WILL SPEAK AT President-Emeritus o? Ohio State Comes for Series of Lectures. TO ADDRESS FACULTY Speaker Has Long Record as Missionary, Minister, And Educator. Dr. William Oxley Thompson, president-emeritus of Ohio State university, will speak at convoca tion Thursday. Feb. 27. and will be the ruest at tbe Faculty Mena club dinner Monday evening, Feb. 24 at the University club. Men from the faculties of Nebraska Wesleyan. Cotner and Union col leges will be invited to attend thta dinner. Dr. Thompson was born on a farm In southeastern Ohio where be attended the one room rural school In his community. He pre pared for college in Muskingum academy, New Concord, O., and later gradated from Muskingum college. Ordained a minister in the Presbyterian church, be en. tered missionary work at Long mont in the pioneer days of Colo rado. Wat at Miami. He was elected president of Longmont college but resigned to accept the presidency of Miami university, Oxford, Ohio, later be coming president of Ohio State university at Columbus, O., in 1899. Dr. Thompson served this institution utnl 1925. 'when he re tired at the age of seventy with (Continued on Page 2 GRAIICH SPEAKS AT MEETING OF FARMERS Instructor Explains Need Of Co-Operation With Agriculturists. Prof. Howard Gramlich of the department of animal husbandry, addressed the chamber of com merce dinner In honor of the farm ers at Grand Island last night. The dinner was accompanied by a mu sical prog i am. Mr. Gramlich pointed out the value of euch meetings, since they bring the city business man and the farmer business man together, and aid in establlshir better rela tions and better understanding be tween these two essential factors in tbe welfare o. tbe community. In the past, according to Mr.. Gramlich, there has been too much misunderstanding. The city man antagonized the farmer, and the farmer was overly suspicious of the city mat). Neither realized tbe facts that the success and pros perity of the one is directly de pendent upon the success and prosperity of the other. One necessity, he said, confronts the producer. He must meet the demands of modern commerce. People are not living as they were twenty years ago, and demands are very different today than they have been in the past. The farmer of today must meet the conditions of today in the raising and mar keting of his products. Gamma Alpha Chi to Hold Luncheon Tuesday for Miss Goldstein. Initiation ceremonies were held for five pledges by Gamma Alpha Chi, national professional sorority, Thursday night in Ellen Smith ball. Those initiated were: Uretta Klein, '31, Lincoln; Tobie Gold stein, '32, Omaha; Elaine Haver field,, '31, Scottsbluff; Miriam Greenncrger, '31, Grand Island, and Virginia Randall, '30, Omaha. Next Tuesday, members of Gam ma Alpha Chi will have a lunch eon at the Lincoln hotel. As their guest of honor they will have Kate Goldstein, now an employment di rector or the national organization at Pitt3burg. Miss Goldstein was one of the first members of the Nebraska chapter of Gamma Alpha Chi. TEACHERS LEAVE FOR CONFERENCE IN ATLANTIC CITY Members of the teachers college faculty who will attend the meet ings of the Natirma'. Education as sociation in Atlantic City, N. J., this week include Dean W. E. Sea lock, Miss Clara Wilson, Dr. D. A. Worcester, Dr. C C. Weidemann and Dr. F. E. Henzlik. Dean Sea lock will speak before a section of tbe meeting. Miss Wilson is an officer of tbe kindergarten and primary section of the N. E. A. and the other three faculty men will participate in section meet ings. "Should the Essay Form Be Discarded Aa An Examination Question?" ia the title of a paper to be given by Dr. Weidemann be fore the American educational re search association. THURSDAY MEET Eligibility lifts lu tunu d, (last to He Annoumed Soon Eligibility litis for the ma jority ot principal parti of the Kotmet Klub spring shew, "Sob Sitter," have been returned, ac cording to a ttrnrnt Uurt by tha Klub Saturday, and th cast will be announced aome tim ntt week. Tha chorua eligibility lit net back yet and (O final selection of Chorut members will be delayed until lata neat week. DELTA GAMMA KISSES GET 1CHP1ICITY Omaha Bee Features Story About N' Carnival Oscillations. RETRACTION IS OFFERED Contrary to a story appearing In yesterday" Omaha Morning Bee. ivita Gammas lld not bdl real ktsxes two for five cents at their booth at the t'ornhusker carnival Friday night. They were candy ones. "The statement In the Bee as well as a feature printed in Frt day'a early Daily Nebraxka were entirely misleading. saiu neuy Craft, president of Delta Gamma when Interviewed yesterday. "The kisses were only candy. The Bee's btory was headed "Capltallrc on Lyman Theory at Carnival." A picture of Dean R. A. Lyman of the pharmacy col lege was printed with a caption stating that he denied the state ment each kiss takes three min utes off the life of the woman be ing kissed. Following Is part of the story as it appeared Saturday: "Kisses chaper than hot dogs. "That was the slogan for the Cornhusker carnival, held Friday night at the Fniversity of Ne braska. The Delta Gammas were quick to take advantage of the pronouncement by Dr. R. A. Ly man of the college of pharmacy, that kissing is not harmful. "The Delta Gammas had a kiss ing booth as their contribution to the carnival. "They put the price at two for five." The Daily Nebraskan feature Friday about the Delta Gamma kissing booth was headed " Cakes" Take Notice Delta Gammas Will Offer Kisses for Sale!"" It was to the effect that since Dr. Lyman had stated there was do harm in kissing, the Delta Gammas would bave a kissing booth at the Carni val. That bcth the Bee-News and The Nebraskan stories were mis leading is seen in the fact that the Delta Gammas' did not sell real kisses, but only candy ones "two for a nickle." The Bee in a later edition recti fied its stcry by saying that the kisses were candy Instead of real. MISS HAC'S CLASS PRESENTS RECITAL Palladian Society Hears Program at Friday Meeting. Students of the piano class of Marguerite Hac appeared in a cos tume recital before the members and guests of the Palladian liter ary society, Friday. Tbe program consisted of piano solos, duets, songs, readings and dances, which depicted the music ot twelve dif ferent natioiiS. Dorothy McVey. Jack Thomp son. Gladys Alvord. Leola Husc moller. Evelyn Bullock. Carol Clark, Hclin Pauley. Lucile Nel son and Hughina Lsggc took part in the recital. Dorothy Keller and Helen Hopt each gave several readings. Claude Roe, a Palladian senior, gave a short talk on 11. O. T. C. summer camp work. Ivy Day Adds to Scanty Nebraska Tradition, Has Been Annual Event Since 1898, Was for Seniors Only Ivv I;iv, in tin; sixty odd years ot" Nebraska history, lias grown "to be the stronghold of trnditioii in a rather tradition ioss college. With the daisy chain, the crowning of the May Queen, the planting of tho. ivy, the lapping of the Innocents, the. masoning of the Mortar Hoards, the interfratoniity sing and the intersorority sing Ivy day has combined activities of more general interest to Dom suicicnis, u- alumni and townspeople, than any other gala day of the year. Shirt tail parades, serenades, and Law Engineer fravs have In the past held general attention, but with other reckless student life tradi tions they too, have faded into the dim and forgettable past. Ivy day has this year been set back to its original position in the first week in May, for during Round-Up Week, though it was a nice courtesy for visiting alumni, it made an inconvenient break just before the period of final exams for students. If it continues to be staged in the same week with Farmer's Fair, Engineer's Night. Honors Convocation, Pharmacy Night and Bizad Day, aa it will be this year however. Ivy day will undoubtedly lose much of tbe prestige which it has comxauded in the past. For Seniors Only. In 1898. the year of the first Ivy day, only seniors were excused from classes to take part in the ceremonies. Underclassmen were pera'tted no part in the day, and MORTAR BOARDS ANNOUNCE MAY QUEEN POLLING Junior, Senior Women Will Vote on Ivy Day Honor This Wednesday. TO NAME CANDIDATES Fourth Year Women Only Are to Pick Choice For Society. Klection of May queen, and ot candldatea for Mortar Board will be held in the main corridor of Social Sciences hall between 9 and 3 o'clock Wednesday. Feb. 29. Hnd in the home economics par lorn at the college of agriculture Ix-tween 12 and t o'clock. All Junior and senior women are elig ible to vote for May queen, and seniors may ballot on candidate for Mortar Board for next year. Identification cards mu6t be pre B? ntel. Mav queen Is an honor estab lished In 1912 when Loui.se Barr, now Mrs. Lewi Anderson, was rhn.wn bv a popular vote at a mm nipptinr of all senior women, I held In Temple theater. Ever since. by tbe precedent esiaDiisnea l that time, the May queen has been chosen by the senior women on the basis of her contribution in time and effort to all the activi ties of the campus. Seniors Vote. Recent controversy on the cam pus and in the columns of the Daily Nebraskan. has led to con (Cdntinued on Page 3.1 PI K A'S TAKE FIRST L j Attractive Sorority Booths j Draw Many Attendants ! At arty. ALPHA O'S TAKE RELAY By scoring eleven points in the events held during the Cornhusker carnival Friday night. PI Kappa Alpha placed first. SiRtna Chi and Tan Kappa Epsilon were second and third. A crowd estimated at more than 1.000 attended the pro gram sponsored Jointly by the N club and the W. A. A. Gay colors and attractive signs dccoiated the sorority booths sur rounding the maiu floor. Fortune telling booths drew a good ctowd. A huge red h earl marked the Delta Gamma ki?sing booth, and next to it was the Kappa Delta house of death. A mysterious and spooky passage followed on paying $1,000 bill of wild cat money. Thetas Draw. Another bcoth, the Downfall of Modern Greek, was a takeoff on the Awgwan by Alpha Omicron Pi. The artists from the Kappa Alpha Theta house worked all eve ning giving charcoal reproductions. The aw aids for the booths have not. yet been announced due to the fact that part of tbe Judging de pends on tbe ticket receipts. Alpha O'a Win. Events and relays were tun olf at the first part of the program. Alpha Omicron PI won first place, Alpha Delta Theta. second, and Phi Mu third in the thread and needle relay. Barrel boxing was won by Tau Kappa Epsilon. Tbcta Xi, second, and Farm House third. Soper. Delta Sigma Phi, won the Indian wrestle couttst with Lewis, Pr Knppa Alpha, second. Ph) Kappa roue in first in tbe horse and rider contest with Beta Theta Pi a closs second, and Alpha Sigma Phi com ing third. even the resting place of the first ivy is not known. At that time the planting of the ivy was the main event o fthe day. Two years after the first occa sion, Ivy day became "senior day." and the Ivy day oration, the read ing of the class poem, and the an nouncement of the class gift were added to tbe ceremonies. After the planting of the ivy by the senior president, he handed the trowel to the junior president, a custom which haa been observed ever since. The first May pole dance wa held in 1903. This has now been supplanted by the dance drama presented under the direction of Orchesis and the department of physical education for women the night before Ivy day. In 1905 the Innocents made the tapping of their successors an added event In the growing tnvdition. It was in this year, too, that members of the Black Masque society, now Mortar Board, masked their successor! for the following year. Innocent, having adopted tbia Confnued on Page i. i