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DEAN DISAPPROVES
LATER TIME LIMIT
Mi Heppner Itaise Olijerlioii-. to Mail) Nelrakan
Proposal Hint Con!. lie Allowed I'nlil 12:30
()( lork for Celling Home Week LiuU.
SAYS COUNC IL WHOM; IN
Moment llcutl Deelare .Measure U Heinjs Lliaiiipiotiecl
By .Male Student for Oilier IteuMiiiA Than
More Time lo lUit ami Cel Wrap.'.
Two object ions to t lie prosnl of Tin' l..ily Ncbrnsknn
that the time limit At which rods must le in tlu ir lions l
ehangtd from 12:15 t 12:o0 o'clock, nn.l which the Stu.K-nt
t'ouneil Ins rceumim nll to fai-uti v committee of stinlcnt affairs
wore ra'iMl by Miss Amanda Jlcppmr. clean of women, Tliurn-lay.
Miss llcrpnrr Ma'fd that sheo
on! not think IIvmi pror func
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pass legislation affecting the time.
which women smarms unomu pt
in their homes. She declared that
me measure s... -
pioned by the mate student .n,
Uul the women bad taken no hiI
in It. She also stated mai snc um
not believe that the men wanted
mm time to eat and to gel their
wraps but that they were pushing
the raeuure for other reasons.
Miss Heppner further objected
to the way in which the publicity
for the pending change bad been
handled. She declared that no
member of the Student council had
sought her advice on the matter.
She also stated that she thought
it unfair In the way that the stor
ies had been published about oilier
schools, atating that the earliest
deadline for women was 12:30
o'clock when the true facts of the
ease were that the students of Ne
braska had fittecn more minutes
to get in after parties than was
allowed by any other school.
Later Parties Elsewhere.
She pointed out that parties at
Nebraska had to be over by 11:30
and that since the girls did not
have to get in until 12:13 they
were given forty-five minutes to
get to their homes. In other
schools the parties last until mid
night and the girls must be in by
12-30 which gives them but one-
half hour.
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lor qucaiiuu ii t"t- college or ocisincsn Buiumiauniivu,
( hanging the rule to accommodate nas Yecn selected by the bizad ex
500 coeds was raised by Miss Hep- CCutive board to assume the rc-
pner. !;he declared mar. accoraing
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to a very generous estimate no
more Uan 600 women go to res
taurant to eat after parties. She
is of tiie opinion that if the dead
line is advanced to 12.30 that the
girls who attend the movies and
other affairs which let out earlier
. . . .11 ahsint nn 1
town until 12:30 and not go home
Ill ICC CYCU1I1K Will I'JIlCt . uuit f i
until the hour limit is reached,
Boycott Suggested. .
The remedy for the situation of
feied by Miss Heppncr is that the
Student council s-hould take some
acticn to compel the restaurant
operators to give them better serv
ice. She stated that the students
should threaten to boycott the eat
ing houses until they hired suffi
cient hvlp to care for the stuiient
trade at the midnight hour.
She pointed out that the Student
council had taken similar action in
regard to high priced orchestras
and that such a threatened boy
cott had prevented the Lincoln ho
tels from raising their party rates.
Fifteen minutes or so affects the
welfare of the students little, ac
cording to Miss Heppncr. She
stated that it mattered littla
whether the girls got in at 12
odock, 12:15 or 12:30. The uni
versity ruling prior to 1927 was
that all women students should be
in their sorority houses, dormitor
is or rooming houses by 12:30 on
Friday and Saturday nights.
Original Rule Changed.
This rule was changed, accord
ing to Miss Heppner. because Lin
coln mothers. outsUte mothers,
sorority bouse mothers, women
who operated rooming houses for
girls, and others who were inter
ested in the welfare of university
women such as social workers ob
jected to it and brought enough
pressure to bear oa the faculty
committee to get the rule changed.
Miss Heppner said that the
women in charge of the university
coeds complained that the girls
wculd not return home after the
party, show, or whatever the af
fair which they attended was over,
but that they would ride around
over the city or that they would
park their cars in front of the
houses and sit out until the lights
blinked, which warned the coeds it
was time to come in.
The University of Nebraska has
fifteen minutes longer to get home
after the party is cer than is al
lowed at any other school, accoid
ing to Miss Heppner. She stated
th-it women at the University .of
Southern California had to be in
their houses by 12:30 and that the
parties were over at midnight. She
also pointed out that the Cali
fornia's had to contend with the
traffic congestion of Los Angeles,
while Cornbusker students have
nothing of the kind to put up with.
Closing Ordinance.
Miss Heppner related that all
university social functions had to
be over by 11:30 because of a city
ordinance in Lincoln. She staled
that this ordinance was passed
during the early years of her ad
ministration as dean of women.
She said that City Attorney De
Weesc had come to her, seeking
her co-operation in getting the
university students to comply with
ths ordinance and that since Mr.
MVm'. rnri!irted Mr. J. F..
Miller, who was at thiit time
mayor r( Lincoln nnl picsitlent of!
I'AINC LLCISLAIION
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ARRANGES VISIT
run engineers
J. M. Zimmerman, electrical en-
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rmnrr nf sales entmeer for the
Westinghouse Electric aud Manu
facturing company, has arranged
an evening trip through the West
inghouse lighting display rooms
for the Nebraska engineers on
Thursday. April 24. in Chicago.
Speclai arrangements for a large
number of guides have been made.
Following the Westinghouse trip
the group will go backstage of the
new Chicago Civic Opera company
and inspect the new lighting ar
rangements. HEM OF B1ZAD DAY
Board Selects Senior to
Become Chairman of
Annual Event.
ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY
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sponsibilities oi tne annual eizaa
.j . . .u:..w ...11 K. IiaI.I aimA fim
dav. which will be held some time
in May.
Wilson, in announcing the policy
which will be carried through ti
connection with this year's affair,
said that an entirely different At
titude is to be taken ny me man-
ooAmont Hurptofnrr sAirl Wilson.
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students have been expected to at
tend the affair on the assumption
that they should be loyal to their
college.
But this year, he declared, the
affair is to be made attractive so
that the students wil enjoy the
prog.sm and consider the day well
sperL An entirely new schedule
will be mapped out for the day in
an effort to give it more upto-date
entertainment and less small-time
circus atmosphere.
Committees for handling the
various parts of the program will
be appointed soon by Wilson. Great
care is to be taken in the selection
of the date so that no conflict will
be possible. Wilson thinks that
by careful planning, the college of
business administration, one of the
largest of the university, will be
able to enjoy one of the greatest
days in its history. All during the
current year, the college, under
Dean J. E. LcRossignol. has been
giving instruction to the largest
enrollment for many years. Many
classes have been crowded as
was experienced especially in Pro
fessor Virtue's economics depart
ment at the beginning of the fall
term.
Wilson believes that in view of
such enthusiasm that has been ex
hibited throughout the year, the
Bizad day celebration of 1930
should be a record breaking affair.
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Annual Inspection Trip Is
To Leave for Chicago
By Bus Train.
The annual inspection trip for
engineers will begin Saturday,
April 19, when eighty-two stu
dents and six members of the fac
ulty, will leave for Chicago and
other points by bus for the in
spection of factories and plants iu
that vicinity.
Headquarters will lie estab
lished in the Fort Dearborn hotel
and excursion trips to places of
interest in Indiana Harbor. Buf
fington, Gary, Kenosha and Mil
waukee, Wis., will be made in the
three buses which have been char
tered for the trip. The buses will
be covered with large signs adver
tising the purpose of the party.
The route of the trip will be
from Lincoln Saturday night to
Omaha, thence to Glenwood, la..
Red Oak, Osceola, Chariton, Ot
turowa. Burlington, Monmouth,
111.. Galesburg. Aurora and Chi
cago with the same route in re
verse order for return.
Faculty members In charge of
the trip are Edward Anderson,
mechanical engineer: L. A. Bing
ham, electrical engineer; C. J.
Krankforter. chemical encineer: D.
w
Harkn'-ss. civil engineer: w. u.
Hill, architectural engineer and C.
WILSON
IS CHOSEN
ENGINEERS
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HUW ALLltd WUN
WORLD WAR TOLD
BY COL BYROADE
Instructor in Kansas Army
School Talks Thursday
At 'Convocation.
CUT OFF SUPPLY LINES
Speaker Says Destroying of
German Communication
ChannelsJJig Aid.
How the Allied forces won the
World war by destroying Ger
many's lines of communication
was explained to a falr-slr.ed
audience at a convocation In the
Temple theater Thursday morning
by Col. George U Byroade, assist
ant commandant of tbe Comman
dant and General Statf school at
Fort Leavenworth. Kas.
The Mcuse-Aigonne campaign
was of vital importance, accord
ing to Colonel r.ymnde for its
success deprived Germany of one
of her most important supply lines
and forced her lo necotiate for
peace.
"Gen. John J. Pershing, who had
charge of tbe American opera-;
tions. clearly showed bis ability a
a leader and even as a statesman."
stated Colonel Byroade. "He will
go down to posterity as one of the ,
outstanding figures in this crit
ical period of world history."
Strong Defensives.
"An army must maintain its
system of communication," the
speaker declared. "A network of
railroads supplied the German
forces, of which the most impor
tant points were the Metz and fc-c-dan
regions. Mcts was said to be
the strongest fortified area in the
world, and between the front line
and the Sedan region Germany
had four defensive positions that
she considered Impossible for the
Allied forces to take."
The Allies decided to attack the
Sedan area, as a long western
front and many thousands of sol
diers depended on this supply
point. In this Meuse-Argonne
tompaign the American army took
a prominent part.
"If you attack the enemies'
lines of communication, you must
protect your own," Colonel By
roade continued. "It was decided
that the St. Mihiel salient should
be reduced first, so the enemy
could not threaten our communi
ral inr. Th atiemnt succeeded.
bringing the Allied forces within
sight of Metz."
Secret Troop Movements.
Troops were moved with the
greatest secrecy, for surprise is
the prime factor in any movement
according to Colonel Eyroade, and
the attack on the Sedan region
which began the twenty-sixth of
September, 1918, was practically
a complete surprise to the German
forces. Within a week two of the
supposed impregnable positions
defending the Sedan region were
taken, and by the first of Novem
ber, the Allied forces were through
the fourth position, although Ger
many used everything she had to
stop the Americans.
"With Sedan occupied by the Al
lied forces, and communication
with the reserve army on the
western front practically severed.
Germany was threatened with the
complete loss of that army and an
invasion of her territory, and con
sequently sought the armistice.
"It was the flower of American
manhood, the red-blooded, clean
limbed youth of America, whose
determination and initiative Ger
many had under-estimated, who
made the victory possible." de
clared Colonel Byroude.
Colonel Byroade illustrated the
lecture with" slides showing some
of the barbed-wire entanglements
machine gun nests, no-man's land,
the Meuse-Argonne forest, and
roads built by engineers of the
Allied forces.
The speaker was introduced by
Colonel Jewett.
PITZER AS DELEGATE
Scabbard and Blade Chooses
A. S. Senior to Goto
Convention.
Cadet Marshall Pitzer has been
chosen delegate to represent the
Nebraska chapter of Scabbard and
Blade, honorary military organiza
tion, at the biennial convention to
be held April 24. 25 and 26 at Min
neapolis. Mr. Pitzer. of Nebraska
City, is a senior in the college of
arts and sciences.
The convention, ' for which the
Minnesota chapter of the national
honorary will be host, celebrates
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the society. The group
now includes seventy-seven chap
ters in forty-six states, and states
its purpose in these words:
"The purpose of Scabbard and
Blade is primarily to raise the
standard of military training In
American colleges and universi
ties; to unite in closer relationship
their military departments; to en
courage and foster the essential
qualities W good and efficient of
ficers, and to promote intimacy
and good fellowship among tbe
cadet officers. Further, the society
tends to disseminate ' intelligent
military information among the
students and among the people of
the country in general.
Changing Point of View.
"With the growth and influence
of this society, the old proverbial
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Hah Young Triple
Threats in Track,
toot hall. Drama
(By a Mert Man.)
Athletics and drama won't mix,
someone said, but to hear of lied
Young's proposed trip, one would
hrliec in the modern age of sci
ence when the 8 o'clock lecture
may be heard over the radio while
one reclines in bed.
Bob. the red headed threat of
the gridiron Is under another alias.
He's the hero you are going to
hear in "Sob Sister," Kosmefs
spring musicnl comedy next week.
Men with dates are admitted too!
Indian Schulte wanted Bob to
run in the football relay next Sat
urday In Pes Moines, the scene of
the annual Drake lelays. "Sob
Sister" temporarily Interfered as
the football hero must be behind
the footlights Saturday ni;ht In
the closing performance. However,
the modern age stepped in when
Dana X. Bible conceived the idea
that Ked should make the trip by
aeroplane returning after the race,
in time for the evening perform
ance. Hence Bible and Young will
board one of Woods Brothers'
planes next Saturday morning, fly
lo Dcs Moines, Boh will compete
in the race, and the trio will return
In time to see Bob make fair
hearts quiver again Saturday
night. Think It over, wouldn't it
be great to have a blind date In
Chicago tonight?
NOTICE.
Because of spring vacation
this is the last issue of The
Daily Nebraskan until next Fri
day morning, April 2b. Re
porters are requestiH to report
for work next Thursday.
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ARE
ENTERED EOR SING
Ivy D?.y Contest Sponsored
By A. W. S. Board; Sally
Pickard Is Chairman.
PREFER GROUP NUMBER
Seventeen sororities have en
tered the Intersorority Ivy day
sing according to Sally Pickard
who is chairman of the committee
in charge of the event. The other
organizations are urgsd to get
their entries in today.
. Those that have entered -tbiis
far are Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha
Delta Theta. Alpha Omicron Pi,
Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta
Delta. Delta Gamma. Delta Zeta.
Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha
Tbcta. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Phi
Mu, Thi Omega Pi. Pi Beta Phi.
Sigma Kappa, Theta Phi Alpha
and Zeta Tau Alpha.
Directors Permitted.
The Intersorority sing is spon
sored by the A. W. S. board. Par
ticipation in the affair is limited
to women registered in the univer
sity. Both active members and
pledges of a sorority may sing but
alumnae cannot.
At least a majority of the group
should be representing in the sing
and the judges will favor group
singing over quartets and solos al
though the latter are permitted.
Sororilics are permitted to have a
director. Each group will be al
lowed to sing two songs. If two
verses of one song are sung it will
count only as one song. Tbe group
may costume as it pleases.
OLDEST COLUMNIST'
A. L. Bixby, Journal Writer,
Talks to Theta Sigma
Phi Alumnae.
Dr. A. L. Bixby. the oldest col
umnist in the United States, au
thor of "Daily Drift." a column run
by the Lincoln State Journal, and
of "Driftwood," a book of poems
published a few years ago. was
the speaker at the alumnae meet
ing of Theta Sigma Phi, national
honorary Journalistic Horority,
held at the home of Miss Belle
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Scott, Writer of Kluh Shows, Gives
Many Compliments to 'Soh Sister9
'The cleverest plot I've ever
seen executed by a student," de
clared R. D. Scott professor of
modern English drama, after
reading the original book of "Sob
Sister" to bo produced by Kosmet
Klub April 24. 25 and 28. "Sob.
Si3lcr" was written by Bill T. Mc
Cleery. '31. Hastings. McCleery is
also the author of last year's Kos
met show "Don't be Silly."
Professor Scott is himself the
author of a number of productions
which have been produced by Kos
met Klub in the past and has In
structed a university class in play
writing. The first play ever pro
duced by Kosmet Klub was writ
ten by Professor Scott. It was en
titled "Tho Diplomat" and was
staged in 1912.
Plays Revived.
"Thj Match Makers," second
play to be given by the club in
1913, was also written by the pro
fessor. "The Diplomat" and "The
Match Makers" have both been re
vived for second stagings; the for
mer in 1917 and the Utter in the
fall of 1923. "Tbe Most Prime
Minister" reproduced in 1921 was
bIo one of Professor Scott's works
although it was attributed to club
i members due to Professor Scott's
j desire to escape publicity. He has
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Hahn States 'Sob Sister'
Is Ready for Opening
Night. April 24.
TICKETS STILL ON SALE
Ducats May Be Obtained On
Main Floor of Temple
Up to 5 OTIock.
"Sob Sister," the three act musi
cal comedy to be produced by Kos
mct Kluh, hHS finished its rehear
sal except for minor chorus work
and Is ready to take the footlights
next Thursday evening in the op
ening performance, according to
Carl IU!in. production manager.
Work and rehearsal involving ap
proximately seven weeks has been
completed to the satisfaction of
Bill McCleery. the author, and
"Sob Sister'" will make her debut
as one of Nebraska's few remain
ing traditions.
Tickets mav still be procured up
to 5 o'clock today In the Temple,
imam floor, for the three evening
! nerformanccs. April 21. 23 and 2'i.
The entire main floor Is selling for
one dollar each, while the balcony
ducats are selling for fifty cents.
A limited number of tickets will be
placed on sale Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings, previous
to the performances for those who
have not yet procured them.
MusgVave Expects Sellout.
James Musgrave. business man
ager, says tha thet "Sob Sis
ter" ticket sales have been more
than was expected for the opening
days of the sale, and indications,
according to Musgrave, point to a
complete sellout.
Cast of principals including Red
Young. Doris Powell. Doris Hos
man. Warren Chiles, Lowell Davis,
Stanley Day. Leroy Jack, Harlan
Easton. Walter Vogt. Bcrnarr Wil
son, Mary Elizabeth Long. Helen
Whitmore. Jamie Lehnhoff. and
Virginia Case completed the major
rehearsal this week and will have
dress rehearsal during the early
part of next week.
The coed chorus of ten has been
trained by Wally and Doris Mar
row, popular dance artists, and
costuming for the six dances has
been finished. Scenic effects de
picting first the inside of San
Menquin penitentiary ajid second,
the Philadelphia ballroom of a cer
tain Mrs. Smith have required the
time of a special committee of de
signers and scenic painters.
Robinson Directs Chorus.
The men's chorus, under the di
rection of Roger Robinson w ill aid
the coed chorus in the mony num
bers requiring group i.nging. inc
tunes for. this year' show w ere
written by Joyce .yres. George
Cook and certain lyrical arrange
ments by Bill McCleery.
According to the analysis of the
iplot by several university profes
jsors interested in play production
"Sob Sister" will be one of the
most cleverly arranged musical
comedies produced by Kosmet
Klub in recent years.
Performances will begin at 7:30
on Thursday, and 8 o'clock oi Fri
day and Saturday, allowing time
on Friday and Saturday, for those
who wish to attend downtown par
tics. fY'itconsin Man Says
Rainfall h Same as
It M as Century io
Despite the recollections of old
timers, climatic conditions and
particularly average rainfall have
apparently not changed in the
Wisconsin area in ninety-four
years, says Eric Milbr. meteor
ologist at the University of Wis
consin. Nor are fluctuations of rainfall
which are of economic importance
in farming and for water power,
recurrent in any simple cycle, Mr.
Miller explained at the annual con
vention ot tbe Wisconsin academy
of sciences, arts, and letters. His
discussion was based on an analy
sis of weather observations dating
back to 1830.
Rain gages were added in 1S3G
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recently received an offer for this
play but has refused It.
Besides the three plays he wrote
himself. Professor Scott has as
sisted in the writing of several of
the other productions given by the
club. Because of the wide expe
rience he has had in playwriling
and of the broad knowledge he has
of this sort of thing, the club gave
him the opportunity of reviewing
the original manuscript of 'Sob
Sister" before it is produced here
so that be might comment on it.
Witty Lines.
"The lines are unusually witty
for an amateur writer," declared
Professor Scott "There is less
strained humor in the show than
in any I have ever seen written by
a eoliege student. This Is unusual,
for strained humor ordinarily goes
hand in hand with amateur writ
ing. "In fact, the play realy does not
bear the marks of an amateur." It
was explained to Professor Scott
that McCleery has done this sort
of work ever since coming to uni
versity and even before that. Mc
Clcery's work in editing the stu
dent life section of the Cornbusker
last year and his appointment for
the same position this year; his
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US
FINISHES
REHEARSAL FOR
KOSME
DRAMA
JONES DISCLOSES
LONG TIME GRAFT
Head of Lal eur'i. Senior AnnonnremenU Coininiller
lleieul to Dean Tlioinpon That Sales Profit
Were Appropriated for Twenty Year-.
MARKS S TA I L.MLNT O.N '2
Student Affairs- Keeulie Keleue Storj lo Clarify
Litin Misinterpretations; Sajs Proeedtire
Would llae Kept On Hut for Atonal.
Act-online to an aiiiioiiin-i im nt n.:til I can T. .1. Tlionij'
.son. clean ol sttilcnt affairs, Tliuixl.'y. a unift in the hnn.llii'?
of I um 1-. from M inor aniioiiiiii nu iils anl im itations which has
Ihhii in secret progress for twenty e:ns was Imiuirlit to light
for the first time last t ohiiih necim lit morning hy Merle Jones.
chairman of annoiineciiu ills cummin last xiar.
. o Jones, in his revelation to Dean
LITI-RAKY SOCIETY
wu i nm it mr
iir'rTivr i-n '
.tILLI I.M I' ItllAl
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Palladian Literary society
hold an open meeting r'liday,
April 18. The program will be m
keeping with the spirit of the Cas
ter season, a Good F riday messsge
to be delivered by Rev. W. C. Fa
well. A scriptural reading will be
given by Dorothy Keller, and a
group of flute solos wille bi pre
sented by Calmar Rudy with Mar
garet Rudy playing the accom
paniment. The evening will be brought to
a close with informal games con
ducted by Helen Hopt and Mar
garet Dale.
BLUE PRINT READY TO
BE
Enqineers' Week Issue Will
Be
Released Shortly
After Vacation.
HAS MANY FEATURES
Engineers' Week issue of the
Nebraska Blue Print has gone to
press and will be ready for distri
bution shortly after spring vaca
tion, according to John M. Clema,
editor-in-chief. Engineers' week
program and activities have now
been fully planned and will appear
in this issue.
"Potash Industry of Western Ne
braska" by Edward M. Knight,
electrical engineering. '32. is the
feature article of the issue. In this
article Knight describes the in
dustry as it started overnight. ,
arose to great neights, and fell aa j
quickly as it started. It was a !
war industry which filled Its place
in tbe production of potassium for .
Dowder.
the great potash fields and points
out the necessity for their devel-
T T a n -1 1 m ' 1 n d ,r MSfHin'Pfl
inc resources oi
opment. At the piesent time the i
United States i3 totally dependent I
on Germauy for their potash sup- J
ply. The huge western plants
now stand idle. Until a method of
extraction can be found that can
compete in cost with the price of
German potash it will not ba pos- i
sible to develop the industry with- ',
out protective tariff.
Talking Picture Article. '
"Recent developments in Talk
ing Pictures" is an article point- j
ing out tne principles invoivcu in
light wave sound transmission
with the use of the photo-electric
cell. All the essentials of talking
pictures at low sound intensity
have been known for many year3
but only recently have they been
made possible in a practical way.
A discussion of the wax disc and
photographic record methods of
1 transmission is given.
"Dependable C o m m u n i cation
from Ship to Shore" by H. G.
Wiitse. electrical engineering. '00.
is an article which describes
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TEA
ATTEMPT NEW RECORD
Fair Committee Will Try
To Improve Mark of
Last Year.
Serving 400 people in two and
one-half hours at last years
Farmers Fair is a record that tbe
committee which is conducting a
tea room is trying to beat on May
3. the day Farmers Fair for 1930
swings Into action.
This was the assertion made by
Winifred Yates. '30. who heads the
committee. The tea room will be
in home economics hall and will be
open from 4 o'clock until 7:30.
"Sailing Inn" will be the name
of the tea room. Miss Yates an
nounced. Decorations will be blue
and white, miniature boats and
paper cut-outs will be used pro
fusely, and the thirty waitresses
wil. be dressed in sailor uniforms.
The tea room during Farmers
Fair is a project of the institu
tional management class. Th i
class has entire charge of the j
work. It figures food snd labor i
costs and operates the tea room j
on a regular commercial seal, j
About fifty girls are employed in 1
the project.
The tea room i"; in i;: fifth yc-.-- '
as a part of the fair. Miss Yatv
said, and has been s tueec..'i.!
venture each time.
COMMKM KMK.M DAY
Thompson, stated that he. himself,
had realized SlGu.81 from bsn-
Iciling the announcement and that
although he thought it had been
R custom In the part for each
custom in i ne pa
committee chairman to appro-
pi mic wi ,
he wished to pay it back to the
proper authorities. Jones I? now
repaying the sum in installments
on a note held at the student
! activities office.
I Clarify Misinterpretations.
Dean Thompson and John Iv
Selleck. student activities agent,
stated the affair has been brought
to light in order to clarify ex
isting misinterpretations concern
ing the senior announcements pro
cedure, and in compliance with
a recent request of The Daily
Nebraskan.
The senior announcements pro-
cedurc for the past twenty ycar
has been to place the atiair in
the hands of a senior committee.
The committee has never been
required to make a financial re
port of any consequence to any
one and it has either made oi
lost money according to its abil
itv to order and sell the invita-
tions at a prom or otherwise
manipulate wic uiauvi.
j Practice Changed.
' This practice has been changed
j within the last year and an-
l nouncements are now handled by
L. F. Seatou, university purchas
ing agent. The sum Jones i-
paying is being credited to th
class of 1929. The statement of
Dean Thompson and Mr. Selleck
declares that the corrupt pro
cedure in handling announcements
had evidently been going on for
many ears and would probubly
have continued indefinitely had it
not been for the wlllirgne of
Jones to give the truth of th-?
matter.
Thompson-Selleck Statement.
The signed .statement of Dean
Thompson and John K. Sellerk
follows:
For the information of the .Mu
dents and faculty of the L'niei
sity of Nebraska:
inasmuch as The Daily Ne
braskan gives a limited amount of
I information relative to the sale oi
senior invitations .ast year, it
seems advisable that a more com
plete statement of the matter be
given.
For more than twenty yeais. a
ne&r'.y a- :i can be . determined,
the senior invitation' have been
handled entirely by the scnicr
cla.s thiugh a committee. Th;
committee. Insofar as it can be de
termined, has never been beJd ac
countable to any one for the man
ner in which it handled the matter
nor for an accounting of its profits
or losr.es. Year after year the cry
of graft has been rai.scd by the
"whisperers" and at times The
Daily Nebraskan has taken a han'j
in the matter.
About the tenth of May. 1929. e
committee of seniors called at mv
office and laid before me certain
allegations concerning the matter.
The committee believed very sin
cerely that although they could net
produce evidence in direct support
of the allegations, all waj not ai
it should be concerning the Invita
tion matter. This office thereupon
began an Investigation which was
not concluded i : n : 1 about th" fif
teenth of June. In this investiga
tion it was found:
1. That the invitations for the
year 1929 were handled approxi
mately as they had been for
twenty years;
2. That the senior committee
had never been required to make
a financial report of any conse
quence to any one; and
3. That the committee bad
cither made or lost money accord
ing to its ability to order and sell
at a profit tho invitations, or Its
ability to obtain a lump sum com
mission or a percentage commis
sion from the successful bidder.
In justice to committee of lat
year, and especially to the chair
man, the following is to be said:
Last spring when the matter was
taken under advisement, tbe cotj
mittce in charge was given an op
portunity to describe in some de
tail its transactions. Time was
taken to get the contracts, the cost
price, the number of invitations
sold, and the expense involved. A
statement covering these matters
was filed with the Student Activi
ties agent. Insofar us the investi
gation wa.-; concerned, this should
normally have concluded the af
fair. However, the youLg r;an in
charge of the matter came into
my office of bis cwu free will on
I lat Commencement morning ar.d
described frankly and gladly what
he believed had bern the ae-eepte.1
prictice in regard to handling sen
ior Invitations. Acco:dinc; to r i
foer-' anding. tli3 invicVjons !:..
hecr. handled, f-;- nur.y yc.c-j ir. a
vi, F.otitatio to members of
(Ccarl.i.icd cn I'a; Z
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