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LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER I, 1930
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Council
GOVERNING BODY
WANTS CONTROL
Student Legislative Group Desires to Manage Affairs
Of All Campus Organizations; Measure Is
Adopted Without Dissenting Vote.
CONSTITUTION TO BE SUBMITTED AT ELECTION
Faculty Committee and University Senate Must Also
Pass on New Document; Either Can Reject
Parts or AH of It.
As an indication of its desire to be the supreme under
graduate governing body on the Nebraska campus, the. Student
council, sitting as a committee of the whole, Wednesday after
noon adopted as a part of its new constitution a "powers"
clause which gives it authority to regulate the activities of all
other student organizations.
Although the particular clause which empowers the coun
cil to regulate other student groups has, for the past few weeks,
been the main subject ot contro-s
versy relative to the new consti
tution, it was passed without a sin
gle dissenting vote.
The adoption of the section
enumerating the council's power
marks one of the most difficult
steps in the making of the new
constitution. After the remaining
sections, which are concerned
mainly with a meansof giving ef
fect to the powers provisions, have
been passed the complete constitu
tion will be submitted to the stu
dent body, the faculty committee
on stutlent affairs, and to the uni
versity senate. The future of the
new document will thus rest with
these bodies, any of which may
reject it in whole or in pait.
Powers Listed.
The first section of Article
Three, containing the series of
eight powers clauses which the
council-accepted Wednesday, fol
lows: Section I: The Student council
shall have the power:
1. To regulate and co-ordinate
the activities of all student or
ganization and groups except
as this power may be e: pressly
l.mited by the university -tmin-ist
ration;
2. To recognize and approve
the constitutions of any new stu
dent organizations without
which recognition no such or-
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STATE WIUS SECOND
Meal Judging Team Makes
Fine Showing at
Exposition.
EVA BUEL HIGH SCORER
Second place was won by Ne
braska in the meat Judging con
tests held at Chicago during the
International Livestock exposition.
Eva Buel, of Hickman, was high
individual judger among all other
contestants.
The Nebraska team is composed
of Annie Brackett, Lincoln; Chris
tine Carlson, Lincoln; Grace Lee,
Long Pine; and Eva Buel.
Missouri was first In the contest
while West Virginia followed Ne
braska with a third placing. Ne
braska ranked second in beef and
lamb classes and third in pork.
Win at Royal Show.
The Nebraska team walked off
with first honors at the American
Royal exposition recently.
, Nebraska's poultry Juuging team
left Tuesday for Chicago to enter
ill the midwest Judging contest
held In conjunction with the Inter
national show. From 10 to 14
teams will Judge when the contests
begin Saturday jr.orning.
The team personnel is Bosworth
Lemeie, Omaha; Emerson Hurich,
Fremont: Horace TrauUen. Pax
ton and Floyd Belders, Cambridge.
Prof. H. E. Alder, of the poultry
husbandry department, Is coach.
Poultry Judging Hard.
Competition in poultry Judging,
it la purported, requires the most
preparation of all Judging squads.
There are five exhibition stand
ards to be Judged, five production
standards bad there Is a great deal
of memory work Involved in pass
ing on the feathered flocks. This
Is according to American poultry
judging standard which are the
basis of the contests.
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SPONSOR MIXER
SATURDAY NIGHT
A mixer, sponsored by the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, will be held In the Stu
dent Activities building on the
agricultural campua, Saturday
night. Haun'i seven piece orches
tra has been engaged to furnish
music for the affair.
A fifty cent admission charge
will be required of the men; ladies
admitted free. Identification cards
will be required.
Adopts 'Powers' Provisions
TO ATTEND MEETINGS
N. U. Will Be Represented
At National Gatherings
Christmas Vacation.
MISS R0ERDEN CHOSEN
Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon,
Phi Sigma and Nebraska Acad
emy of Science, honorary and pro
fessional scientific organizations of
the university, will send delegates
to the meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science which meets in Cleve
land during the Christmas holi
days according to the announce
ment of Dr. Emma N. Anderson,
secretary of the Nebraska chapter
of Sigma Xi yesterday.
Frieda Roerden, graduate stu
dent in botany, will represent Phi
Sigma, honorary biological society,
at Cleveland. Delegates of the other
organizations to the national meet
ing have not been chosen. The del
egates from Sigma XI will be
chosen at the meeting of the group
Tuesday, Dec. 9.
Dr, T. J. Thompson, dean of stu
dent affairs, will speak at the
meeting Dec. 9 on "The Mechan
istic and Vitalistic Concepts of life
as Viewed by a Chemist." Dr.
Thompson's speech will be the third
of a series of addresses, to the
group this semester on the me
chanistic and vitalistic concepts of
life aa viewed by different branches
of science.
Dr. W. H. Werkmeister viewing
the question as a philosopher and
Dr. D. D. Whitney speaking from
the viewpoint of a zoologist have
addressed the group on the ques
tion of these two concepts of life
at previous meetings.
Y.
Six Coed Groups Meet at
Ellen Smith in First of
Novel Programs.
A "Hanging of the Greens" par
ty was innovated by the Y. W. C.
A. Wednesday night In Ellen
Smith hall at 5:30. Members of
the Y. W W. A. A., and League
of Women Voters Cabinets, the
A. W. S. board, the Mortar Board,
and the Big Sister Board met for
dinner, and afterwards decorated
the rooms of Ellen Smith hall with
Christmas greens, red candles, and
crepe paper bows. When the girls
came they were given slips of
paper which assigned them to the
different groups for decorating.
Ruth Hatfield and the Social
staff of the Y. W. C. A. served
dinner, cafeteria style to the forty
guests. After supper, Aleen Neely
led carol singing.
The Y. W. C. A. plans to make
this an annual affair, having the
same groups do the decorating ev
ery year. MIbs Amanda Heppner,
Mrs. Howard Parmalee, Miss Ber
nlce Miller, and Miss Berma Mia
kell were the honor guests for the
party.
Mi Shanafelt Talk
Before Girl Reserves
Marjorie Shanafelt, director of
visual education spoke Monday af
ternoon before 150 Girl Reserves
at the Ambassador party house.
Her subject waa "Indiana of the
Plaina."
Miss Shanafelt will speak Friday
to high school and Junior high
school students at Jackson high
school. Her topic there will be
"Seven League Boots," and deals
with a photographic trip through
Nebraska.
AG COLLEGE IS
10 BE HOST 10
STATE FARMERS
Organized Agriculture Will
Hold Meetings on Farm
Campus Jan. 6-7-8.
PLANS WELL ADVANCED
Many Notables Will Appear
On Program; Will Use
Novel Methods.
Meetings of Organized Agricul
ture will be held on Jan. 6, 7 and
8 on the college of agriculture
campus. Plans are well in ad
vance of previous schedules, it was
announced by W. H. Brokaw, gen
eral secretary of the meetings.
Several novel methods in con
ducting meetings and presenting
material to interested men of agri
culture during the thee days are
already prepared. More than 15,
000 people will receive program'!
which are now nearly ready to be
mailed.
Many notables in agricultural
progress of the hour will be on
the campus during Organized
Agriculture week. L. F. Payne of
Kansas, H. A. Bittenbender of
Ohio, and Mrs. Clara Snyder of
Chicago are listed as out of stale
speakers on the poultry program.
Regent Marsh to Speak.
There will be many prominent
livestock men at the meetings. W.
G. Kammlade of Illinois and Mar
shall Ross of Gibbon aie leading
speakers on the sheep program. R.
M. Green of Manhattan. Kas., will
give his "Pig 'n' Pork" prospect
talk.
M. L. Wilson of Montana will
tell what farmers there are doir.?
with big machinery. Regent Fred
A. Marsh will give experiences in
handling a large Nebraska farm at
Archer. Hon. Duncan Marshall of
Toronto, Canada, will speak on
the cattlemen's program.
Dean W. W. B.irr and Prof. H.
J. Gramlich will C iscuss the trends
of Nebraska farming and the place
of livestock on thi farm of tomor
row. Results of the annual pig
crop contest and discussion of hog
shows are features of the hog pro
gram. Special Livestock Session.
Livestock men and crop growerj
will gather in a general farmers
meeting to discuss the trends in
farm production. Wintering calves,
creep feeding calves, and vaccina
tion of cattle, besides many crops
problems, ere topics begging dis
cussion. A series of experience meetings
has been lined up by Prof. F. E.
Mussehl and other members of the
poultry department. Poultry men
are combining the usual winter
short course with the meetings of
Organized Agriculture.
Lectures, speeches, and talks of
numerous kinds will be character
ized by being handled by practical
men in the various fields.
The "Dairyland Cafeteria." a
feature conducted by the Dairy
club of the university, will be op
erated again this year, it was an
nounced. League DiMCUHMett
Hoover IWeaf;p
Bereniece Hoffman conducted a
discussion on the recent message
of President Hoover to congress, at
the meeting of the Efficiency in
Government group of the League
of Women Voters, Wednesday at 4
o'clock in Kllen Smith hall.
Miss Hoffman brought out each
point made by the president in his
speech, and asked for discussion
on these points. The increasing
power of the democrats waa dis
cussed as was the effect that this
new power may have. Leone Ket
terer, leader of the group, Intro
duced the speaker.
Military Ball Will Be Formal, as
Usual; Basic Students May Wear
Uniforms; Others to Don Tuxes
i
Military ball to be. held in tho coliseum Dec. ."i will, a.'
usual, be strictly formal this year. Students connecied with the
R. 0. T. C. regiment will naturally wear their uniforms. This
applies with the basic cadets as well as officers, for fhe military
department declares a basic cadet uniform is really more formal
than a tuxedo.
Those not connected with the"
army will don the customary soup
and fish when they attend the ball
this year. Spectators seated in the
balcony will not be required to ap
pear in formal attire.
Spoerry Comments.
Capt. G. W. Spoerry declared
yesterday that he expected the ball
to be very successful this year. He
explained that the ball waa to be
given la a military setting primar
ily for those connected with mili
tary work. Those not engaged In
this form of activity are not
Big Hearted Weather
Won Given I' Mildest
ISovember Since 1922
Last month was the warmest
November Nebraska has had since
1922 according to T. A. Blair, lo
cal meteorologist. The average
temperature for the past month
was 44.4 degrees which is 5.3 de
grees higher than normal. The
highest temperature during the
month was 71 degrees on th thir
teenth. The low mark was reg
istered on the twenty-sixth when
the thermometer dropped to 15 de
grees. Precipitation for November was
3.4 inches. This is three times
greater than normal which is 1.07
inches. The unusually large precip
itation was due to the twenty-four
hour rain on the nineteenth and
twentieth when 2.88 inches fell.
The total snowfall for the month
was 1 inch. This is lower than nor
mal. The average snowfall for the
month of November is 1.50 inches.
There was one snow flurry during
the month.
Although precipitation during
the month was abnormal, the num
ber of sunny days was greater this
year. The sun shone on 78 percent
of the possible number of days. The
average was 59 percent.
The highest wind velocity on
record for the month of November
was registered this year. On the
twenty-fifth the wind reached a
velocity of fifty-one miles an hour.
This is the highest wind velocity
registered since July 1928. The av
erage velocity for November was
10.5 miles per hour.
oldfatheTskeptical
Believes Complete Rule of
Students Undesirable;
Says No Interest.
'NOT AIM OF EDUCATION'
Dr. C. H. Oldfather. chairman of
the history department, is skepti
cal as to success of the system of
college control being entirely in
the hands of a student goveming
body. In a speech delivered at the
World Forum yesterday noon he
expressed his disapprove.
He claime dthat studeht govern
ment is contrary to the interests
of the student body in general and
the governing members alike.
According to Dr. Oldfather, stu
dents are either unwarrantedly
harsh and strict in their control or
are too partial and lax, passing
judgments of varying nature de
pending on their immature opin
ions of the people being judged or
their previous acquaintance with
these people.
Young men and women, he also
claimed, do not or should not come
to college to learn the social
graces and qualities of leadership.
Their aim should be to gain a
knowledge of the world about
them and to grow in appreciation
of the finer things of life.
"Would Be Unfair."
"It seems to me," he said, "that
it is unfair to put complete control
of student affairs Into the hands of
a small body of students. It is un
fair both from the viewpoint of the
other students and that of the
small, select group that does the
governing. Only about 20 percent
of the entire student body who
even evidence enough interest in
stiident government affairs to vote
in elections and since they elect the
council, you would have the gov
ernment of the whole school in the
hands of a very small minorily.
"These students who are inter
ested in the government Job," he
continued, "would have too much
to do to allow them to Rain a
knowledge of th world about
them through observance or study
ing of finer book;t, plays, poetry,
art and muaic.
In conclusion he stated that the
legislature of Nebraska and the
tax payers who support the uni
versity cannot approve students
being governed entirely by other
students and said that their opin
ions should be respected.
narreo, nowever, ana according to
the captain, are expected to make
up the largest number attending
the function.
It has been said that students
going home for Thanksgiving this
week will have a double purpose in
mind obtaining a rest and secur
ing the necessary three dollars to
attend the ball. It Is expected that
model behavior will be displayed
before the home folks by all those
with the latter purpose In mind so
that the price of the ball will be
forthcoming before the return to
Lincoln.
I
BE HELD TODAY
Honorary Societies Are to
Name Future Members at
11 O'clock Meeting.
BRADFORDJVJLLPRESIDE
Pledges to Alpha Zeta, Phi
Upsilon Omicron, Omicron
Nu to Be Announced.
Convocation wil be held for all
students in the college of agri
culture this morning at 11 o'clock.
Classes will be dismissed and stu
dents will gather in the Student
Activities building.
Prof. H. E. Bradford, of the vo
cational eduration department, will
preside over the convocation. Dean
W. W. Burr will address the audi
ence. Announcement of selection to
three honorary societies on the
college of a g r i c u 1 1 u r e campus
will be made during the convoca
tion. These are Alpha Zeta. men's
honorary scholastic and activity
fraternity, and Omicron Nu and
Phi Upsilon Omicron, honorary
home economics groups which base
their eligibility on scholarship and
interest in campus activities.
Kelly to Name Men.
Martin Kelly. '31, will announce
the Alpha Zeta selections. These
men are picked from among those
who are in the upper two-fifths of
their class. Each candidate must
have been registered in the col
lege of agriculture during three
previous semesters.
Winner of the freshman scholar
ship medal will also be announced
by Kelly. Alpha Zeta awards this
medal each year to the highest
man student in the college. Melvin
Husa, of Barneston. received the
medal last year.
Home Ec. Heads to Talk.
Elizabeth Williams. Lincoln, as
president of Phi Upsilon Omicron.
will name the new members to that
society. Selections for Omicron
Nu will be announced by Georgia
Wilcox, of Scottsbluff, who is
president.
The agricultural college chorus,
under direction of Mrs. Altinas
Tullis, will give a program during
the houi of convocation.
' PLANS SECOND PLAY
"Birds' Christmas Carol" to
Be Presented Dec. 5
and 13 in Temple.
BY ROSELINE PIZER.
"Biids' Christmas Carol," Kale
Douglas Wiggins' appealing story,
will be presented as the second of
fering of the Children's theater by
the University Players, assisted by
several children from Lincoln
schools, on Saturday, Dec. 6. and
Dec. 13 at 2:30 o'clock at the Tem
plp theater. Miss Alice Howell and
Miss Pauline Gellatly are in
charge of the production which is
sponsored by the Junior League.
Recently adapted to play foim,
"The Birds' ChriHtmas Carol" was
written in 1HHK while the author
was organizing kindergartens In
California. A favorite with all
children the story has lived be
cause of the beautiful Christmas
spirit expressed in it and because
of Its universally human appeal.
Helen Elizabeth Lawrence, a
Junior League daughter and a
sophomore at Lincoln high school,
will play the part of Carol, the
crippled child of wealthy parents,
whose beautiful personality and
human sympathy Is revealed
in the Christmas she ar
ranges for the poor Ruggles' fam
ily. A realistic note is introduced
Into the scene depicting the Rug
gles' home and family which con
sists of eight children besides the
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Campus Calendar
Thursday, Dec. 4.
"Nebraska "-cup
dinner, Ellen Smith hall, 6 p. m.
Sigma Delta Chi, Beta Theta PI
house, 8 p. m.
W. A. A. executive meeting at
noon in the W. A. A. office.
Pershing Rifles, Nebraska hall,
5 p. m.
Christian Science Organization,
Faculty hall, Temple, 7:30 p. m.
Kosmet Klub, Kosmet rooms,
5 p. m.
Kappa Phi dinner meeting, Lin
dell hotel from 6 to 8.
Saturday, Dec. 6.
Social dancing classes, Grant
Memorial hall, 7:30 p. m.
Sunday, Dec. 7.
Fireside club, Unitarian church
at Twelfth and M streets, 7 p.m.
ONVOCA
ON AT
AGCAMPUSWILL
FOOTBALL
SHOWS
Selleck K'lU!0( Statement to Effect That Loss in
Ticket Sales May KxeeeI Present Estimate;
Out-of-Town Figures' Not In.
'NOT SO BAD OFF AS
$25,0() Era Expense Including 810.000 Repair
Bill on Stadium, 810.000 Payment on Coliseum
Ami 85.000 for Field Cover.
Although nil I'iiiiil slalcineiits of attendance figures at out-of-town
panic have not as vet liccn received, John K. Sclleck,
business niamiKiT of student athletics, Wednesday indicated
that a decrease in frute receipts of at least $10,1100 Is expected
for the l!;!0 t'ornliuski r football season, as compared to 1929.
The tola! deficit rued during the season may, however,
ultimately come to three times thai amount, according to Sel
leek. with a -J.".0(M) additional expense item this year.
o Included among the expenses
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy, with not much
change in temperature, is the
official weather forecast for
Lincoln and vicinity today, ac
cording to T. A. Blair, govern
ment meteorologist.
Tl
Girl Chosen Honorary Head
Of Military Department
Will Be Introduced.
IDENTITY KEPT SECRET
Tomorrow night the secret will
be revealed identity of the honor
ary colonel will be made known.
The coed, who will bear the' title,
is being fitted with a uniiorm, ac
cording to military authorities,
and final plans have been made
for her presentation at the Mili
tary Ball Friday night. ,
This presentation will be one of
the main features of the ball, ac
cording to the party's sponsors,
and much effort has been spent on
making it as spectacular as possi
ble. The colonel was elected by a
vote of all students at the fall elec
tion held Oct. 21. Great care has
been lakn in an effort to keep her
identity secret until the ball.
Vitaphone Books Orchestra.
It was learned on the campus
yesterday that George K. Lee's oi
chestra. a ,P.runswi"k recording
unit, which will play for the ball,
has been signed to make a talk
ing picture for the Warner Vita
phone company sometime this win
ter. Lee'a orchestra is building a :
special program of music suitable
to a college form!, scenming to
the sponsors.
Progress on t h r decoration j
scheme for the bull has been rapid
the last few days, the sponsors i
said yesterday. The plan calls tor
a medieval scene which will nans-I
form the coliseum into a huge j
castle. A canopy which will cover j
the entire flour and flood lights to
fuinish a variety of illumination ;
will be used in the idea.
Special Parking Plan.
A i r!inirfliiiint a htv. hpun rriHilp i
for diagonal instead of the resular
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Night
Watchman States He
Will Close Up Halls
After Classes.
Faculty members ate requested
to leave university buildings and
rooms unlocked after 6 o'clock,
according to Officer Magee,
rumpus night watchman. Students
going to night classes often find
themselves shut out because some
member of the faculty has taken
it upon himself to 1-ck the doors,
according to Magee.
The following buildings in which
night classes are held are re
quested not to be locked: the ar
mory; former Museum, rooms 105,
103; Mechanic Arts 302, 102; So
cial Science. 105, 107, 201, 218,
208, 102; Teacher's college, 109;
Nebraska hall; E. K. 104: Univer
sity hall 106. and Chemistry lec
ture room.
The buildings will be locked up
after night classes by the night
watchman, Magee reported.
Geology Department
Gels Crinoid Stems
Department of geology has just
received a box of fossil crinoid
stems sent in by E. E. Lindeblad,
'17,' district geologist for the Em
pire Oil and Gaa company, of F-.Tt
Scott, Kas.
The crinoid stems were found In
lower or rattier limy shale at the
base of the lower Fort Scott lime
stone formation, two and one-half
miles southwest of Fort Scott, In
Bourbon county, Kansas.
INCOME
DECREASE
OTHERS,' SAYS BURSAR
which the Husker officials had
hoped to pay for through the ticket
sales alone Were a $10,000 repair
bill on Memorial stadium, a $10.
000 payment on the field house and
$5,000 for a field cover.
Tendency Seen All Over.
Despite the fart that Nebraska s
loss this year in football money
may be more than other years, it
nevertheless is following the trend
of other educational institutions,
the athletic bursar stated.
"It seems to be generally so that
less money than ever before is be
ing taken in to the football coffers
of the various schools and al
though we may have a fairly large
loss we can't say that we are as
bad off as some of the other uni
versities and colleges," he said.
The Bin Tci,, Sclleck pointed
out, has shown a marked decrease
in the income at all its games,
with the exception of Northwest
ern university, which, he said, has
had an exceptionally good, season.
Nebraska Better Off.
And at that Nebraska is mueti
better situated because it has its
stadium all paid for he added, a
situation wmch a number of the
sister institutions are not able to
enjoy.
Possibility, however, that Ne
braska, like Purdue and Iowa
might have to cut down on some
of its minor sports was expressed
by Seileck, following the poor fi
nancial showing made during the
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H.H.
AT P. B. K.
Judge Gives Opinion That
Mussolini Prepares for
Conquest.
POOL TALKS ON VERGIL
In commemoration of the found
ing of Phi Beta Kappa, sixty-five
members of Nebraska Alpha chap
ter met at the University club on
Tuesday night. The fraternity had
its origin at William and Mary
college Dec. fl, 1776.
Judge H. H. Wilson as principle
speaker, who visited Italy last
summer, told of the history of the
j 1(in1. from the arl.v
years of the
nineteenth century until the pres
ent. The judge asserted that be be
lieved Mussolini to be preparing
for war. "In the last century we
have had three powerful rulers
who aimed at world conquest. The
first two were Napoleon I of
France and Wilhelm II of Ger
many. Mussolini is the third.' '
Develops Water Power.
Mr. Wilson told how Italy is at
tempting to develop water power
In an effort to make the country
independent of the coal producing
states and attempts are being car
ried on to grow enough wheat to
feed the nation, thus making It a
self supporting country.
Mussolini in all phases of life
and events, works in such a fash
ion to maintain a warlike attitude
among tin; Italian people. He was
quoted as saying in an address to
the public at' Milan that flags and
sentiments are Important but guna
and soldiers are of greater impor
tance. Prof. Raymond Pool in a short
talk of Ve'rgilllan Italy and tha
work and life of Vergil, attributed
a!! its culture and art to the influ
ence of Vergil on his contemporary
ies and on those who followed him.
MISS LI CHSLNGER
WIN'S CANDY SALE
PRIZE LAST WEEK
Dorothy Luchsinger was awarded
first prize for the highest sales at
the Kansas Aggie football game
on Taanksglving day. She sold In
th : east stadium where she bad
close competition.
Other high salesmen were Kath
erine Jensen, Betty Jacobs, wh
was In charge of the boys' knot
hole section, Helen Lohmeier and
Jean BobbltL
Announcement of tha grand
prize for the season will be mad
at the first mass meeting of the
new year, according to Beremecs
Hoffman, concession manager.