HwnUfiMWflM.IW mis - N)W$r:?v rr t BRAS AILY Official Student Newspaper of7 the University of Nebraska fi PRICE FIVE CENTS. "IJNCLNTNEBRASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1930. VOL. XXX NO. 63. E Tenor Lead. AS Rhodes Scholar. Contralto Soloist E I ... vm-.v I D THE NE SIGMA DELTA CHI PI NAMED HARRISON TAKES GRAND CHAMPION SHOWMAN AWARD PLAYERS ' ' ' " RHODES SCHOLAR HIT WITH WILD KS HEAD FOR FROM MID-WES COMEDY DRAMA HUMOR MAGAZINE . University of Nebraska Law Student Will Enroll in Oxford in 1931. IS ONE OF FOUR CHOSEN Two From Minnesota, One From Wisconsin Are Others Selected. John C. Plrle of Lincoln, junior in the law college, was named Sun day in the list of American Rhodes scholars to enter Oxford univer sity, England, in October, 1931, by Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore college and American secretary of the Rhodes trustees. The Nebraska man was one of the 33 chosen from the 529 candidates. The forty-eight states are di vided for Rhodes scholarship com petition into eight groups of six states each. Four scholars are chosen each year from each group. Other scholars announced by Dr. Aydelotte Sunday from the mid western group, which includes Iowa,- South Dakota, Kansas, Min nesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska, were: Benjamin C. Dunway, for mer student at Carleton college, Minnesota; Austin Farley, Univer sity of Minnesota, and Van I. John son, University of Wisconsin. . Provides $2,000 Per Year. A Rhodes scholarship provides for a stipend of 400 pounds (about $2,000) per year and may be held for three years. The first two years study are at Oxford, after which the scholar, at tne election of the Rhodes trustees, may con tinue for another year at Oxford or at any English or continental university. The third year may De taken after a period of work In the scholar's own country. Pirie entered the university In 1924 and received an appointment to the United States naval acad emy at Annapolis two years later. He attended the naval academy two years, where he was secre tary treasurer of his class, editor of the year book, "The Lucky Bag," played football and made a letter in rowing. .. , Finished in '28. In 1928 he re-entered the univer sity and was graduated from the rnlWo of Arts and sciences the following year. He is a member 01 Alpna Tau umega iraiernuy, (Continued on Page 4.) Fl Baptist Says Age of New Interest in Church Is Coming. . Dr. Allan K. Foster of Chicago, 111., representing the Baptist stu dent board, addressed the council of religious welfare Monday noon at a luncheon at the chamber of commerce. C. D. Hays acted as toastmaster and committee reports were heard. "There Is an age of new Interest in religion coming, declared Dr. Foster. "We will let our present theology abide, and get close to the living Christ." He predicted a new appreciation of religion with a real Christ coming out of what is now an ancient and hard shell. Call, for Religious Views. Dr. Foster stated that there Is a call for men and women who wish to be understood as to their views on religion. It was his opin ion that the outlook was hopeful and that religious workers among students would ask themselves, "How can I form a more close con tact with the students and make them see this view?" Dr. Foster cited two men who were very valuable In their day and whom be saw a need for to day. D. L. Moody who, despite a poor command of the English lan guage, made numerous addresses in this country and in England, was one of the men. According to Dr. Foster he had a marvelous spirit which attracted the finest intellects of the country about him. Henry Drummond was the other personality to whom Dr. Foster re ferred. Mr. Drummond fifty years ago pointed out a natural law in the spiritual world which proved to be a great advance, the speaker said. Flood to Talk at Iowa State College Meeting AMES, low a Francis A. Flood, world traveler and writer for farm papers, has been se cured to spetak on one of the mass meeting programs during the annual Farm and Home Week at Iowa State college Feb. 2 to 7. Mr. Flood will speak Tuesday evening, Feb. 3. on his experi ence In South America, empha sizing the agriculture and life in the Argentine. The talk will be illustrated with slides showing pictures taken in the various countries and the jungles of South America. At the 1929 farm and home short course Mr. Flood discussed his trip around the vrld. WEATHER FORECAST Tuesday: Mostly fair and not much change In tempera ture. Lowest temperature Mon day night 23 degrees. OSTER SPEAKS TO JOHN PIRIE. Nebraska university student of T.inrnin who has been selected as one of the four Rhodes scholars from the middlewest. Pirie will represent Nebraska. Two others selected were from Minnesota and nna from Wisconsin. Pirie is a junior in the law college and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Pirie, 1526 G street. FORUfi Oldfather and Fellman to Defend Opinions on Student Rule. TO BE HELD TOMORROW World Forum will hold the third of a series of three meetings cn student government tomorrow at noon in the Temple cafeteria. This will be in the nature of an open discussion with both of the former speakers present to answer ques tions and defend their stands. Prof. C. H. Oldfather spoke at the first of the meetings and talked against the policy of ttu dent self-government. He pre sented the unfavorable aspects of the system and held that students do not want student government and also contended that students In power were either unwarrantedly strict and harsh or too lax in en forcing their powers and duties. On the other hand David Fell mac,, instructor in political. science and author of the proportional representation plan, the second speaker, contended that students are capable of self government ana stated that the flaws that are picked in the scheme are the same as might be found in self govern ment anywhere. He held that In efficient rulers are to be found in the best of democracies but that democracies were none the less succsaful. He held that students should not be forced to abide by the rules made by uninterested end nnn-understandine neoole. The meeting tomorrow will give the two speakers a chance to de bate their points and students who attend will be allowed to ask ques tions of either of the two. S N. U. Grads Make Highest Score Ever Attained at Law School. Makinfi- the hitrhest score ever obtained at the Harvard law col lege, Lester P. Schoene, '29, of Syracuse, Neb., set the eastern school agog when he and his nnrtner took honors in second year arguments. Ben Wilkinson, '29, or wasnington, u. v., was mi partner. They scored 8 1-2 to 3 1-2. The record was made In the nualifvlne' round of the Ames competition. This score, accord in? tn runorta. suroasses all ore- vious ones made In the Harvard law college. In Upper 2 Percent. Krhoene has been maklnar an enviable record at Harvard, the report indicates. He was in the upper 2 percent of the freshman class last vear and now holds a faculty scholarship. At present he is a memoer oi the editorial board of the Har vard Law Review, the first Ne braska man since 1915 to have such a position. Other of his activities Include membership in the Harlan ana me yre jaw clubs. Led Froth Laws. While at Nebraska university, Schoene led the freshman law class both semesters. He was one of the early organizers of barbs on the campus, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, national debating society, and Delta Theta Phi, law fra ternity. He served an assistantship in history and was a reader In phil osophy and English. Last year Schorne went to Harvard as win ner of the Sidney Thompson Fair child scholarship. Wilkinson graduated from the University of Nebraska with Schoene in 1929, when both re ceived their A. B. degrees. PHARMACY GRADUATE APPOINTED TO BOARD Godfrey Samuelson, who gradu ated from the college of pharmacy in 1916. has been appointed to the state pharmaceutical examining board by Governor Arthur J. Weaver. He succeeds Fred Creutz of Wausa who also gradAUted from the college of pharmacy ir 1916. Mr. Samuelson is a druggist at GOVERNMENT TAKE HARVARD Milford. Eleanor Dixon Judged Best In Junior Ak-Sar-Ben Coed Contest. RECORD CROWD DRAWN Miller, Meridith, Sexton, Baite Score Highest in Own Classes. George Harrison of Havelock is the grand champion livestock showman of the college of agri culture. He won the title Saturday night at the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben livestock show held by students of the college at the Judging pavilion. Eleanor Dixon copped the coed showing contest. The pavilion was crowded with students and spec totars at what has been called the most successful show ever held on the ag campus. Competing in the grand champ ion showman contest for the high honor of the evening were the first place winners In the sheep, swine, horse, and beef cattle judging con tests. Miss Dixon, the coed title winner, also showed in the champ ionship class. In winning the con test, Harrison showed a Percheron horse. Charles Gardner, secretary the Ak-Sar-Ben show at Omaha, presented Harrison with the trophy offered by the Union Stockyards company of Omaha. Ratix Takes Honors. Clyde Batie of Lexington copped high honors in the sheep showing contest which opened the evening's entertainment. John Loewenstein, Kearney, was second; Bill Johnson, Kimball, third; Oliver Kibbon, Cur tis, fourth; and Donald Foltz, Al bion, fifth. In the horse showing contest, Judge B. M. Anderson of Kansas City placed George Harrison, the grand champion oi the show, first. He was followed by Howard Pitzer of Neligh; Maurice Gustafson, Wakefield, placed third; Wells An drews, Steele City, fourth; and Foster Owen, Ashland, fifth. Showing a group of fat steers, ten University of Nebraska coeds competed for high honors in one of the feature events of the evening. Miss Eleanor Dixon, -Blair, won first in the class and the Block and Bridle trophy. Gertrude Chris tensen, Alvo, was second; Muriel Moffat, Lincoln, third; Lucille Christensen, Alvo, fourth; and Thelma Tincher, Odell, fifth. Meridith Is Winner. It took Fred Meridith of Albion, a junior in the college, to cop high honors in the dairy showing con tests with a Jersey calf. Alvin Kiv ett, Lincoln, was second; Gus Bates, Elk Creek, third; Victor Redlger, Milford, fourth; and Theo Anderson, Walton, fifth. Henry Sexton of Eagle proved to be the class of the showmen in the .uiina rnnteat. Milton Ebers. Sew ard, was second; Floyd Hedlund, Chappell, third; Harold Ingalls, Shelby, fourth; and Delos Orcutt, Hardington, fifth. Close uoniest. a ftr innkln? over a close class, Judge Anderson put Vernon Miller of Albion at the top In the beef cattle showing. Miner snowea an Angus calf. Walter Spilker, Blue Hilt nrnred a second. Anderson placed Virgil Taylor, Stanton, third; Lawrence conaon, Aurora, fourth; and LaVern Gingrich, Fairfield, fifth. Thfl feature snowinsr corneal oi the evening, known as the premier (Continued on Page 2.) Y. M. CHRISTIAN GROUP ARRANGES STATE PROGRAMS Th Phriatian world education committee of the university Y. M. C. A. is arranging programs for various Hi-Y clubs and churches throughout the state, speaners fmm nther countries are beinsr sent to these various places to speak. ine Iirst OI menu prugmiuo held by the Tecumseh Hl-Y club, Dec. 3. Melvln Martin, university student from Russia and Isabello Salva of the Phillipines were .n.,iri Mmhcr of the Burr and Burchard Hi-Y clubs were guests at this meeting. Two other meetings nave Deen planned thus far, one at Hastings . a. n TT"1 On Jan. 28, Ud one at uurr ru. HANSEN RECEIVES FIRST MENTION IN BEAUX ARTS AGAIN Nnrman Hatispii. '31. has for the second time this fall received first mention In the Beaux Arts insti tute of New York City. His first award was given for a design for church stalls in a Gothic cathedral, and nis secona ior muu eraistlc designs for dressing rooms In country estate. Designs are sent in from aii part of the country- To receive two such awards la considered ex ceptional. Mr. Hansen is enrolled in tne architectural engineering course. Is a member of Delta Lambda and of Ionique, honorary architectual or ganization. ' WHITE TO ATTEND CHICAGO MEETING Prof. H. A. White of the English department will go to Chicago dur lng the holidays where he will rep resent Nebraska Jan. 1 at a meet lng of the national committee on debate materials. He will go as a representative of the Nebraska High School Debate league and the Nebraska university extension de partment. 4 K DORIS COLE CLAPP. Promintnt Lincoln contralto who will be one of the soloists in "The Messiah" to be presented in Grant Memorial hall Wednesday evening. Marie Sidenius Zandt, soprano from Chicago, will take the other female lead. TRADING OF TICKETS Students To Get Basketball Books; No Seats Will Be Reserved. EXCHANGE STARTS AT 8 Student basketball tickets will be ready for exchange any time after 8 o'clock Wednesday morn ing, John K. Selleck, director of student activities, announced yes terday. They may be secured at the student activities office, room 106, coliseum. Identification cards must be pre sented with the back cover of the season football tickets. Any organ ization may send one person to ex change tickets for a group. Seats will not be reserved this year. Bleachers along the side of the courts will be reservea ror un dereraduate students, but indivl dual seats will not be since such reservations have been unobserved in the past. "It will be a case of first come, first served," Jur. bei leek said. Students who do not have sea son football tickets may purchase season basketball tickets for the nine home games for $7.50 upon presentation of their identification cards, individuals exenanging iick ets for a group must show iden tificatlon cards for each one. SPEAK AT MEETING Three History Instructors To Attend December Meet in Boston. Attending the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American Histor ical association at Boston Dec. 29 to 31 will be three members of the University of Nebraska his tory department: Dean John D. Hicks, Prof. J. L. Sellers, and R. L. Reynolds. Dean Hicks and Professor Sel lers have been asked to read pa pers at sectional gatherings. Dr. Hicks will discuss "Middle-of-the-Road Populists" at the session of the Mississippi Valley Historical association. Professor Sellers will speak on "The Co-relation of the Rait and Food SuDolles of the Con federacy" at a meeting of those in terested in southern history of the United States. While in the east Professor Sel lers will try to learn more of Ne braska's early senator, van wvck, whose influence on this state he is studying. After a trip to Law rence, Kas., at the beginning of the Christmas holidays to inter view Ross Broadhead, nephew of Rpnator Van Wvck and adminis trator of his estate, Professor Sel lers plans to visit the Van wvck home at Middletown, N. Y. and to rin nme research studv in the New York historical library at Al bany. Mrs. Sellers will remain with relatives at Lawrence. Professor Sellers and Mrs. C. S. Paine of Lincoln also will attend meetings of the executive council of the Mississippi Valley Historical association which will be held at the national convention. Mrs. Paine is secretary-treasurer or tne association and Mr. Sellers is a member of the council. He Will also be present at a conference of editors of nisioncai puDm-'aiioua. Enroute to the convention Dean Hlclia Til And to Rton Off tO ViSit friends and colleagues at various points m tne east. Tuesday, Deo. 16. Christmas Vespers, Ellen Smith hall, 5 p. m. Cabinet meeting of League of Women Voters, 4 o'clock, Chi Scandinavian club, Christmas organ program, First Presbyterian Graduate ciud, Annex cue, o p. m. Orchesis Christmas program, Memorial hall, 8 p. m. University Players, Temple thea ter, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 17. Student council meeting, Uni versity hall 111. 5 p. m. University players, Temple thea ter, 7:30 p. m. PLANNED WEDNESDAY Campus Calendar Entire Production Staged With Modernistic Properties. EASTON PLAYS IN LEAD Betty Evans and Charlotte Wells Take Important Rolls in Play. By ROSELINE PIZER. "The Importance of Being Earn est," a play that turned out to be excellent for frivolous people and other persons possessed of a sense of humor, was presented by the University Players Monday night In the Temple theater. The entire play was presented modernistically with costumes, properties, and background in black, white and silver. The man ner of presentation was novel and effective. It is filled with light, airy banter that is Oscar Wilde at his cleverest, and is modern enough to be presented a year or two hence. , Harlan Easton as John Worth ing, the country gentleman who has always to go up to London to look after his wicked brother, Earnest, plays the part of an Eng lish gentleman very well. After his numerous character parts, Mr. Easton proves quite conclusively that he is versatile and a good actor. Miss Betty Evans plays the part of Gwendoline Fairfax, the young lady with whom Mr. Worth ing is in love. Charlotte Wells Effective. Charlotte Wells plays the part of Cecily, the naive young ward of Mr. Worthing, with enthusiasm that is effective. Lee Bennett as Algernon Moncrieff, the friend of John Worthing, produces some amusing comedy and says his clever lines well. Janle Lehnoff as Lady Bracknell really creates quite a character of the lady who is so insistent upon details. Vera Waters as Miss Prism, the governess, is a convincing picture of the conventional character. Rus sell Lindskog plays the Rev. Canon Chausable, D. D.; with a gravity and seriousness that makes the character as funny as It is meant to be. Joe di Natalie and Edwin Mor tensen are th"e"-selidifaced butlers, and Joe gets in a gooaetack now and then. The play will be presented every night this week with the closing performance Saturday night and the usual matinee Saturday aft ernoon. Advice Against . Duplications of Charity Sounded Warninc to fraternities and so rorities planning charity work this Christmas to lane care 10 avoia duplication was sounded Monday hv Misa Dorothv Vanorden. Btu- dent in sociology department of the university. "Much duplication is created by nprnnna or organizations attempt ing to act as Santa Claus without rnnmiltlne- organized charitv insti tutions," she said. "Overindulgence ..... . I . . A, in aistriDuuon or guis is one oi me most important obstacles confront ing workers in the community rhpnt." All persons Interested in contrib uting toward unnsimas ensue is have been asked to consult the so cial service exchange maintained by the council of social agencies at 212 Norm juevemn street ior in formation. METHOIDSTS APPOINT El Final Check on Ticket Sale For Annual Banquet Made at Meeting. Committees to carry on the va rious functions of the Methodist Btudent council were appointed at the meeting this week end. A final check was made of the ticKet saie for the Christmas banquet given at Grace church last week. Deputation teams will be organ ized from the council to present programs at the various Methodist churches Sunday evenings during league meetings. At this time a resume of the work of the Wesley Foundation will be given. Lloyd Watt, chairman of deputations on the council, is chairman or tne committee in charge. He will be assisted by Leona Failor, Almeda Jose, and Glenevelyn HUDDara. On Jan. 23 the annual winter sports party will be given. Ruth Heather will be in charge of the committee for the affair. On her committee will be Henrietta, Beck er, Caroline Cooper, Herbert Pro basco and Ralph Copenhaver. A unique type or refreshments has been promised that evening. Mary Ellen Patterson ceaas tne commit tee In charge of this feature and will be aided by Evelyn Hallstrom, William Berry and Tom White. To open the new club room at the Wesly Foundation the Meth odist student council will give a waffle supper. The committee m eludes Elizabeth Sibley, chairman. Alice Williams, Reeve Rhodes and i Cloda Reynolds. COMMITTEES HERBERT GRAY. Who will take the tenor solo parts In the presentation of "The Messiah" in Grant Memorial hall Wednesday night. Mr. Gray is from Lincoln. Stanley Deacon, baritone, Kansas City, will sing the other lead. FIFTEENTH BY SURVEY Report Shows Husker School One of Largest in United States. CALIFORNIA HEADS LIST Nebraska is fifteenth in size among American universities, ac cording to figures published in the current issue of School and So ciety. The attendance totals of all larger universities were compiled for the magazine by Raymond Walters, dean of Swarthmore col lege. His survey shows an up ward trend in attendance exceed ing that of the past several years, and approaching the percentage increase of the pre-war perioa. Mr. Walters' study includes full time and part time attendance at 431 institutions listed by the American council on education and gives separately the twenty-five largest universities in the United States. Nebraska's attendance slump this year puts it back from its former standing a.s thirteenth in size to fifteenth in full time- at tendance. When part time and summer students are included, Ne braska's rank is twenty-third. California ranks first in full time attendance with Columbia first in grand total, including part time and summer enrollment. Rankings. For full time students the order is presented by Dean Walters as follows: California (including the University at Berkeley and at Los Angeles), 17,322; Columbia, 14, 958; Illinois, 12,709; Minnesota, 12,490; New York university, 12, 147; Ohio State, 10,709; Michigan, 9,431; Wisconsin, 9,401; Harvard, 8,446; University of Washington (Seattle), 7,368; University of Pennsylvania, 7,252; Pittsburg, 7, 098; Northwestern, 6,184; Texas, 5,970; Nebraska, 5,795; Cornell, 5,725; Chicago, 5,679; Boston uni versity, 5,606; College of the City (Continued on Page 4.) CLASPTSilGY Eight Members Visit Social, Welfare Groups in City Saturday. Members of the sociology class in the survey of the field of social work visited Omaha last Saturday where eight students in the class Inspected the different types of so cial and welfare associations. They studied social case work and group work. The class visited the University of Nebraska hospital dispensary where the state maintains a doctor to care for persons applying to the hospital for medical and social aid. They were shown the need of a complete staff of medical social workers. Jewish Center; The second organization which the class visited was the Jewish Welfare center where needy Jew ish peoples are cared for. This society showed the class the co-ordinated activity of recreational, family, club and lodge work. The Omaha lamiiy weirare asso ciation, the next stop on the class tour, has a complete staff of trained social workers who handle family case work. Their work is to make dependent families inde pendent. Visit South Omaha. In South Omaha the class stopped at the social settlement in the Backing house district. Here, community social work is carried on through classes and clubs. Mem bers of the community are taught to cooperate with one another and to become better citizens. The Jewish Welfare center, Omaha Family Welfare associa tion, and the social settlement of South Omaha all receive funds from the Omaha community chest, The purpose bf the class trip to Omaha was to rive students a chance to view types of social work being done there, some of which are not louna in uncom. Alpha Kappa Pei Plans Luncheon at 12 Today Student and faculty members of Alpna Kappa rsi, national irairr nity of commerce will meet for an Informal luncheon this ronn at 12 o'clock at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. McCleery Chosen Supervisor Of Editorial Staff For Awgwan. WILL MEET WEDNESDAY Aspirants for Positions to Convene in University Hall at 4 O'clock. Further steps toward organiza tion of the Awgwan were taken at a meeting of Sigma Dejta Chi, na tional professional journalistic so ciety, in University hall yesterday afternoon. Members of Sigma Delia Chi, which is assuming full responsi bility for the first issue of the magazine, have been divided into three groups for production of the initial number. The three mem bers of the Awgwan advisory board, Bill McCleery, Neal Gomon, and Gene Robb, will each oversee one of the groups. McCleery will supervise the edi torial department with Lowell Da vis and Elmont Waite acting as editors. Assistant editors will be Cliff Sandahl and Kenneth Gam mill. Bill Larimer will have charge of art and Don Carlson of student life. Gomon Is Supervisor. Gomon is supervisor of advertis ing with Ed Backus in charge. Don Faska will work on national advertising and Maurice Akin on local. In the circulation division, Robb will act as overseer with Bob Kelly in charge. Bill McGaffin will work on promotion, Leonard Conklin on fraternities and sorori ties, and Bill Taylor on individuals. The organiaation was originated by the advisory committee and presented for the sanction of the journalists at the meeting yes terday. It was unanimously ap proved. A number of applications to work on the Awgwan have been received by McCleery. A meeting of all these applicants and anyone else who wishes to work on the magazine will be held, under the sponsorship of Sigma Delta Chi, in University hall Wednesday after noon at 4 o'clock. The room num ber ..wiil be announced tomorrow. Plans for the first issue will be discussed at the meeting and th potential workers will be given an idea of what is to be done so they may spend some time on the pro ject over vacation. Fraternity Organization To Give Program on Wednesday. Is Newsboys of the city of Lincoln will be the guests at a party to be given by the interfraternity coun cil Wednesday evening at 7 o clock in the coliseum. The party Is be ing sponsored by the council as a part of the program of affairs for Lincoln's needy children. Arrange ments for the party are in the hands of a committee appointed oy resident Gran at the last meeting. Charles Pierce heads the committee. The Lincoln Star and the State Journal have promised to co-oper ate with the committee in gettsrjr their newsboys to attend the af fair. Each paper plans to put slips into the hands of each of their newsboys which will be used as admission tickets. Arrangements for entertainment for the affair have not yet been completed but an incomplete pro gram, according to Pierce, includes music by Eddie Yungbluth's or chestra, dancing by pupils of Wally Marrow, and readings by Herb Yenne of the dramatic de partment. The newsbovs will be the guests of honor and plans arc belr.g made to present each boy with some candy and fruit. Other members of the council s committee are Francis Obert, Otis Detrick and Kenneth Uehllng. WHITE COMPILES FILE ON COLLEGE DE1UTE MATERIAL A complete bibliography of ma terial on the two subjects for in tercollegiate debate this year, tliose of unemployment Insurance and free trade, has been compiled by Prof. H. A. White. All students wishing to try out for the teams which will represent Nebraska this season may get a copy of this bibliography from him. The books are on file at the reserve desk of the library. As tryouts for the teams which will make trips' to Chicago and to Colorado will be held shortly after the holidays, students interested in debates will have a chance to study the subjects during vacation. Pro fessor White pointed out Meeting of Atcgtcan 1 Atpirant 1$ Called A meeting of all persons who wish to work en the Awgwan will be held In University hill Wednesday afternoon at 4. o'clock, according to Bill Mc Cleery president of Sigma Del ta Chi. Anyone whe wishes to help with the comic has been asked to report at this meeting.