NE AILY BRASKAN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOT,. X ISO. 91. LINCOLN. .NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. FFHR1URV V. 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS. tT iT "1U 1 3 V rtg f rid I 4 ,1 J 4 ' 3 10 AT POLLS TODAY Mortar Board Candidates Will Be Chosen From Present Juniors. HONOR GROUP SELECTS Members of Masked Society To Choose Successors Following Poll. Thirty candidates for choice to Mortar Board, senior women's honorary society, will be chosen from the thirty girls receiving the highest vote in today's poll the present Mortar Boards will cnose their successors who will be masked at the annual Ivy day cer emonies April 30. BAllotting will take place at booths in the corridor of social science hall from 9 to 5 o'clock and in the parlor of home economics hall at the college of agriculture during the noon Hour. Voters will be checked by identification cards and from the registrar's list of senior women. List Will Be Posted. A list of all members of the present junior class who are eli gible to membership in next year's senior honorary group will be posted at the polling places. Su perior scholarship and activity pai ticipation is requisite to eligibility. Mortar Board is a national se nior women's honorary society with chapters in practically all the leading colleges and universities in the country. Six to twenty women of each class are chosen to mem bership in the society at the end of their junior year. Scholarship is the primary con sideration in selecting the mem bers each year. A scholastic record higher than the general average of the school is required for eligibil ity. At Nebraska this is an aver age of 80 for all previous semesters in school and a record free of fail ures, conditions and incompletes. The second consideration is par (Continued on Page 2.) STUDENTS DO PARI IN I Johnston and Morrison of Law College Finish Criminal Study. Two students In the college of law did their part in securing facts for the Wickersham commission on law enforcement, which recently made a report on the prohibition situation In the United States. This information was revealed by Dean Foster of the law college. The two students, William A. Johnston, Boise, Ida., and Frank B. Morrison, Manhattan, Kan., both seniors in the law school, re cently completed a study of cri minal cases appealed to the state supreme court during the past five years, which made up part nf tht section of the Wickersham investigation and which covered a study on law enforcement in the United States. The two students gathered the major share of their data on cri minal cases during Christmas va cation. WINSTON BEHN IS RESTING EASILY AFTER OPERATION Winston Behn, junior law stu dent and regimental cadet colonel, was reported to be resting com fortably late last night after hav ing been operated on at St. Eliza beth's hospital Tuesday evening for acute appendicitis. While he had been suffering a mild attack for several days prior to the oper ation, Pehn attended classes Mon day and Tuesday; He was at the Sigma Nu house, of which fraternity he is a mem ber, Tuesday afternoon. His con dition became such that It was thought advisable to remove him to a hospital. Attending surgeons there performed an immediate op eration. 100 Legislators' Wive Plan Meeting for Today The Nebraska Legislative Lad ies league, wives of legislators, will meet Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the home economics building at the agricultural college for their regular business meet ing, after which they will be en tertained with a tea given by the staff of the home economics de partment. About 100 women are expected to attend. WEATHER For Lincoln and vicinity: Generally fair and warmer Thursday. Lowest temperature last night was about 35 degrees. At The Studio Thursday, Feb. 19. Swimming team, 12:15. Junior and senior athletic man agers, 12:30. Friday, Feb. 20. Junior-Senior Prom committee, l'2:30. SENIOR GIRLS NOMINATE THIRTY Senior I'rcMident - Omirtnv of The Journal. FRED GRAU. Bennington man, who is the new president of the senior class of the University of Nebraska. Miss Faulkner and Dwight Kirsch Show Work in Oil at Museum. MANY ARTISTS DISPLAY Two members of the University of Nebraska faculty. Miss Kady B. Faulkner, and F. Dwight Kirsch, are exhibiting paintings at the forty-first annual exhibition of the Nebraska Art association in Mor rill hall. An oil painting by Miss Faulkner, "Quarry at Rock Quarry" may be found in gallery A. Mr. Kirsch also has an oil painting, "Chimene Bay" in this group. Other Lincoln artists repre sented in this exhibition are: Ida Dobson Babcock. Mrs. A. R. Ed miston, Mrs. Dean R. Leland, Miss Helea Wilson, and W. L. Younkin, Miss Faulkner has several pastels in the Lincoln artists exhibition, and Mr. Kirsch has several de corative pictures in the same group. Many Display Work. Many prominent artists have pictures on display at Morrill hall during this exhibit. In gallery B are pictures by the Chicago Art Institute. The upper corridor is filled with paintings by Schwartz, and room 204 contains sketches of murals by Allen T. True. For a short time pictures by Twacbt mann and Duverek will be shown in the exhibit. Weinold Reiss has five portraits in gallery B, and in the west end of the lower corridor are the exhibitions of the Lincoln artists. An exhibit of Danish glassware, silver, porcelain, pewter and cer amics is shown in cases in the front corridor. The ceramics are colorful, with the bright blues, reds and yellows. The pewter has been called unusual, showing the work of the Danish craftsman. This exhibit is from the collection of Meta Lassen, and is exhibited by Brodegaard Brothers company. Nationally Known. Among the nationally known artists who are represented at the exhibition with paintings are: Jessie Arms Botke, Cornelius Botke. Leon Kroll, Ivan G. Olin sky, Briger Sandzen, and daughter Margaret Sandzen, William P. Suva and Grant Wood. From paintings by these artists, the Ne braska Art association will pur chase a painting for its collection in Morrill hall. Last year the as sociation purchased "Siesta" by Leon Kroll. University students are ad mitted to the galleries by their identification cards. The galleries are open from 9 to 12, and from 1 to 5. Twenty-five cents admis sion is charged for adults. The exhibit will continue until March 15. PARTY PLANNED FOR FEB. 20 BY PHI T.Ui THETA The regular Phi Tau Theta meeting was held Tuesday evening at the Wesley Foundation parson age, when the group took up the discussion of the Apostle's Creed. Among the business matters taken up by the group was the Phi Tau Theta-Kappa Phi party, which will be held on Friday eve ning, Feb. 20th, at Grace M. E. church. Bernard Malcomb. chair man of the party committee, re ported that plans are being com pleted for a gala event. Next week the organization will take up the second of a series of subjects, dealing with their idea of God. A week from next Tues day they plan to have a dinner meeting, and an outside speaker wii; be called in to lead the dis cussion. Wesley Player Plan Meeting for Tonight An'important business meeting will be held by Wesley Players this evening at 7 o'clock at Emmanuel Methodist church, 15th and U streets. Sigma Delta Chi to Meet at Dell House Sigma Delta Chi. active and pledges will meet this evening at 6 o'clock at the Delta Tau Delta house, 1433 R street. All members Wednesday' were urged to attend the meeting by William T. McCleery, president UN TO NAME QUEEN OF MAY IN TODAYS POLLING Every Junior and Senior Will Choose Ivy Girl And Her Maid. ONLY SENIORS ELIGIBLE All of the Candidates Will Have Names Posted At the Polls. May queen and her maid of honor for the traditional Ivy day festival will be named by a vote of all junior and senior women to day. Voting will take place at the booths in the first floor corridor of social science hall from 9 to 5 o'clock and in the parlor of home economics hall at the college of agriculture from 12 to 1 at the same time that nominations are made for Mortar Board. Only senior women are eligible for the choice. Names of All those with the scholastic and activity eligibility requirement will be listed on the ballots. Voters will check one name. The two receiving the highest vote wrll be named May queen and maid of honor, re spectively. No Politics. Removed entirely from the realm of politics by popular selec tion, the honor is recognized both by those within the university and by those not identified with it as one that goes each year to the out standing woman of the senior class. Mortar Board society mem bers declared. Although today's election will be managed by the Mortar Boards, the votes will be counted by Reg istrar Florence I. McGahey and acting dean of women El3ie Fdrd Piper and the result will be un known until the two girls selected lead the Ivy Day parade April 30. Julia Rider, Delta Gamma, was last year's Queen of May with Vivian Fleetwood. Alpha Chi Omega, as maid of honor. Dean Ferguson Is Chairman Of First State Wide Alumni Affair. Committees for Nebraska's first state wide Engineers' Round-up which will be held at the Univer sity of Nebraska next Wednesday, Feb. 25, were announced today by Dean O. J. Ferguson of the college cf engineering. Serving on the general commit tee will be representatives from Grand Island. Omaha. Lincoln, and the University of Nebraska. The personnel of the committee fol lows: Dean O. J. Ferguson, chairman; V. L. Hollister. secretary. Grand Island H. L. Geer, J. C. Hoge, F. B. Winter. Omaha G. Dorse y, T. R. Kim ball. B. Towl. G. A. Walker. Lincoln F. T. Darrow. W. Grant, R. O. Green, D. D. Price. University of Nebraska E. E. Brackett, G. R. Chatburn, G. E. Condra. C. M. Duff, J. W. Haney, C. H. Mickey. utner committees are: Finance V. L. Hollister, chairman, R. L. Geer, R. Towl. Program R. C. Green, chairman, F. L. Parrow, G. A. Walker. Announcements D. D. Price, chairman. C. M. Duff, D. L. Erickson, J. C. Hoge. Registra tion J. W. Haney, chairman, F. B. Winter. Luncheon G. E. Condra, chairman. Dinner D. L. Erick son, chairman, E. E. Brackett. Invitations to attend the roundup have been sent to 750 - engineers over the state. The project is being sponsored by engineering clubs of Lincoln, Omaha and Grand Island, and the University of Nebraska college of engineering. The all-day program will include a group of fifteen short talks by engineers considered outstanding in their respective fields, a lunch eon, and a banquet, according to the program. PALLADIANS TO HEAR KIENER IN TALK ON FRIDAY The Palladian Literary society will meet Friday at 8:30 p. m. in Palladian hall of the Temple build ing. Walter Keiner is scheduled to give an illustrated talk on the mountains of Colorado. Added features of the evening's program will be several readings and a se lection of banjo duets. 21 Men Are Enrolled in Home Economics Course Twenty-one students are enroll ed in the men's course given by the home economics department this semester, one-third of the en rollment coming from the down town campus. This is almost double the enrollment of the course last spring when it was given for the first time. Chancellor Will Speak At South Dakota State Chancellor E. A. Burnett will speak Friday morning at the semi centennial celebration of the founding of the South ' Dakota State college. The Chancellor and Mrs. Burnett left yesterday for Brookings. Dorothy Silvis, Prom Girl Candidate, Heads Thetas; Is Journalism Student r.dl(nr' iM.tr t Thb of ir of a Hrin o MorlMi n rn(lldr for Prnm IH, h will prl at lh junior amlor prom thla ymr. BY ART WOLF. If you see a Nebraska coed on the campus sure, beautiful, and unassuming that you feel you would like to know, the chances are that it is Dorothy Silvis, one of the four candidates for prom girl for 1931. Miss Silvis was born in Wagner, S. D some twenty-one years ago. She attended grade schoql there and was graduated from high school in 1927. She matriculated at Nebraska the same year in the school of journalism. She affiliated with Kappa Alpha Thota sorority and this year is president of that or ganization. Her outstanding work in journalism resulted in her elec tion to Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalistic sorority , last spring. She held the position until a short time ago. Last year she was an assistant sorority editor of the Cornhuskcr and this year has charge of the sorority section of the yearbook. She is also a member of the Pan- MEET DRAKE TODAY Huskers Take Affirmative Side of Free Trade Question. THREE OTHERS PLANNED Two University of Nebraska de baters will leave today for Omaha, where they are scheduled to meet the Drake university debate team at North high school at 3:30 this afternoon. Bernard Ptak, Norfolk, senior in the law school college, and Jack Deboe, Lincoln, junior in the law college, will represent Nebraska in the debate. They will argue the af firmative side of the question: "Resolved that the Nations of the World Should Adopt a Policy of Free Trader." A series of three debates have been scheduled for Feb. 26 and 27, and March 1, with the University of Nebraska being represented by Alan Williams, Lincoln, and Charles Gray. Omaha. The first de bate will be staged at noon on Feb. 26 with Drake university, before the junior chamber of commerce at Des Moines, la. On the evening of Feb. 27 the Nebraska debaters will face the University of Iowa team at Iowa City. They will then move on to Chicago, where they have a debate scheduled with Northwestern university, on the afternoon of March 1. In each of these three matches the Nebraska debaters will take the negative side of the subject "Resolved that the Several States Should Enact Legislation Provid ing for Compulsory Unemploy ment Insurance, to which the Em ployer Shall be Required to Con tribute." MEET BEGINS TODAY Nebraska Editors Assemble Here for Three Day Convention. The annual meeting of the Ne braska Press Association is sched uled to get under way today at the Lindell hotel. The annual ban quet will be held this evening in the main dining room. Sessions will continue until Saturday. A brief meeting will be held this afternoon with the program getting into full sway Friday morning. Director of the univer sity school of journalism, Gayle C. Walker, will be one of the speak ers for the convention. Other speakers on the program are John L. Meyer, Will V. Tufford, and Senator H. G. Wellensick. The remainder of the program will be supplied by the audience. All Writers Have Idiosyncracies; But Bill McCleery Is an Exception Although He Eats Before He Writes By JAMES G. ROBERTS. Every writer in the world, save one, has some idiosyncrocy connected with his writing. Smelling sour apples, looking at doughnuts and apples, writing with one's feet in ice water and other methods have been recommended by the best authors (see Doc Loury C. Wirnberly for further reference"). But "Wil liam C. McCleery, commonly known as "William T. McCleery, ia an exception. In the composition of his musical comedies accepted by the Kosmet Klub. he neither smells sour apples, looks at doughnuts and apples, nor puts his feet in ice water. He declares that he writes better on an empty stomach without having eaten anything but always eats before writing. By the way, Mr. McCleery has promised that there will be no puns ir his coming comedy "High and Dry" successor to "Don't Be Silly," presented by an all male cast in 1929, and "Sob Sister." presented by men and coeds in 1930. McCleery shows drew record crowds to Kosmet Klub't produc tions the last two years. Robert "Red" Young, Norfolk football player, and Doris Powell, Lincoln, had the leading parts in last year's --fnurtwy of Tti Journal. DOROTHY SILVIS. Hellenic council. Her plans for the future are in definite. She wants to work on a paper, but she doesn't know where or what she wants to write. MEN'S CLUB WILL ELECT Meeting of Bizad Group Is Called for Tonight in Club Rooms. The Men's Commercial club of the college of business administra tion will hold its semi-annual elec tion at the clubroom on the third floor of social sciences hall, to night at 7:15 o'clock, according to the president, Donald Exley. The purpose of the Commercial club is to promote all-college so cial and professional associations among the men students and fac ulty members. All men of the college are urged to attend the election to be held Thursday night. Plans for the coming semester will be formu lated, in addition to the regular election of officers. ' Seifer Is Chosen to Head Organization During This Semester. Fred Seifer of Dalton was elected president of the Ag club at a meeting Tuesday. Other of ficers elected were Kenneth Reed, junior. Rosalie, vice president; Otto Dillon, junior. Bostwick, sec retary; Glenn LeDioyt, sophomore, North Platte, treasurer. Seifer was secretary of Ag club the past semester and was elected secretary of the National Ag coun cil at Chicago last fall. He is a junior in the college of agricul ture. Greth Dunn, a junior from Pur dum was elected a member of the publication board by the student body of the college of agriculture. Dunn is to fill the vacancy left by the graduation of Richard Cole of Shelby last Semester. Christine Neslut Will Survey Unemployment Christine Nesbit will lead the discussion of legislative measures to relieve the unemployment situa tion, at a meeting of the League of Women Voters at Elen Smith hall today. She .as made a spe cial study of the proposed bill to prevent married women from be ing employed, and will present her opinions to the group. Wilhelm K. Pfeiler of the Ger man language department was principle speaker at a meeting of the Rotary club at Nebraska City Wednesday. All Corn Cobs Must Check Prom Tickets All Com Cobs who have not checked out Junior-Senior prom tickets are requested to do so this afternoon by Art Mitchell, president of the' organization. Tickets may be checked out at The Daily Nebraskan office. productions. "High and Dry," this year's production, is concerned with a private yacht, a sea, and a desert island. Act one takes place on the yacht, bound for some civilized port, A mutiny by the crew upsets plans, and the captain of the yacht and the passengers are put off on a desert island. Two sailors on the yacht, who remain loyal to the captain, also are put off on the island. Confusion reigns supreme, when one of the sailors falls in love with the queen of the island, and the captain of the yacht and a passen ger both make love to Jane, the feminine lead, also a passenger on the yacht. Various other "unique situations are introduced into the play. STUDENTS TALK AT DOANE Evelyn Adler and Woodward Magee Appear Before College Groups. Evelyn Adler and Woodward Magee spoke at Doane college Wednesday evening before a Joint meeting of the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. on unemployment. Doane college will participate in the week end industrial conference which will be held in Lincoln Feb. 27-28. The conference registration will be taken at the Y. M. and Y. W. offices and a fee of 25 cents will be charged for Lincoln students. Registration of one dollar will be charged for out of the city regis trants. Word has been received of the acceptance to speak at the con ference of Powers Hapgood of Co lumbia Conserve company and Karl Borders of the University of Chicago. ALL homed; irk New University Publication Discusses Purposes of Department. 10,000 WOMEN STUDY "What is Home Economics?" a pamphlet recently published by the university, gives a brief res ume of the work of the different divisions of the home economics department and the purpose of the home economics education. The need for more adequate classroom and laboratory facilities to carry on the work of the department is mentioned. "The department of home eco nomics in the university was es tablished by the state of Nebras ka to develop and direct a pro gram for the betterment of its homes," the pamphlet sets out. "The department equips its gradu ates as superior homemakers and to enable them to make a liveli hood in the numerous vocations it opens. Added to this is the spreading throughout the state of better homemaking. More than 10.000 women in Nebraska last year stu died different phases of homemak ing under the auspices of the col lege of agriculture, the pamphlet shows. "Homemaking is the biggest business of the state," says the pamphlet. "As a girl looks for ward to founding a home of her own. she would not consider choos ing a partner who was not trained to earn an income. Is she going to be as well prepared for her job as her partner," DISCUSSIONS ON 'WHY RELIGION WILL END SUNDAY The concluding topic of "Why Religion" will be given at the First Presbyterian church by the young peoples' group next Sunday evening. Social hour, in charge of Marjorie Compton, will begin at 6 o'clock. The open discussion will follow at 7. All university students are invited to attend. Grant Koontz, Warren Allison, F-stle Anderson. Jim Story. Lucile Cypreansen and Margareta Walter will each give a three minute talk on "My Religion and How I Live Up to It." Devotions will be lead by Tudor Williams and refreshments will be served by Almira Thomas. SOIREE FRANCAISE WILL MEET FRIDAY The second Soiree Francaise will be held Friday evening at Ellen Smith hall at 7:30. The meeting is being sponsored by the French department and M. Telle will be in charge. A short program is being arranged, and plans will be made for future meetings. All those connected witn tne French department are invited to attend, as the meeting will be over at 8:30 which will allow plenty of time for social engagements. JORGENSEN BEGINS WORK ON MASTERS Caleb Jorgensen, who received his B. Sc. from the University of Nebraska department of agronomy in June, 1930, has started doing graduate work towards a Master of Science degree in the agronomy department of the Kansas State Agricultural college at Manhattan, Kansas. Mr. Jorgenson received a fellowship from the institution. Henry Bachell Takes Government Posilion Henry Beachell, who graduated from the University of Nebraska in January, 1930, and has since been doing graduate work towards a Maater of Science degree in the Kansas State Agriculturie college department of agronomy, has ac cepted a position with the office of cereal crops and diseases of the United States department of ag riculture. Beachell will conduct rice investigations at Beaumont, Tex. Innocents Meeting Set for 8 O'clock Member of the Innocents so ciety will meet tonight at 8 o'clock In the organization's room In Nebraska hall for a discussion on a student union building. Ray Ramsay, secre tary of the alumni association, and Elmont Wait, editor ef The Dally Nebraskan, will talk before the group. COUNCIL TABLES ill SETTING COMMITTEES Members Deem It Wise to Have All Councilors Present in Vote. . CONSIDER REAFFILIATION Group Is Divided on Values Of National Student Organization. Deeming it wiser to wait until more members are present, tha Student council voted Wednesday afternoon to table formal action on a new proposal for the erection of two faculty-student committees to enforce council legislation until the next meeting. Motion for tabling came from Fred Grau, sen ior council member who introduced the new resolution to be added to their pending constitution. Discussion during the meeting centered around proposed contacts with a sub-division ot the National Student Federation, and the re port of Walter Huber, chairman of the council committee on athletic relations. In connection with the afternoon's work the student gov eminent group passed favorably on a constitutional charter sub mitted to them by a newly organ ized student group known as the McLean Hall society. Delegate Enforcement. The resolution on which action was deferred until the next meet ing deals with an arrangement for delegating enforcement of Student council provisions to various extra curricular organizations on the campus such as the Interfraternity council, the Pan-Hellenic associa tion, and the A. W. S. Board. It recommends the appointment of two committees a student judici ary committee and a faculty exec utive committee. The former will be composed of five student members and a fac ( Continued on Page 2.) 10 Chicago Tribune Will Aid Northwestern During Five Year Period. The Chicago Tribune is giving $125,000 for the support of the Medill school of journalism, to be paid over a period of ten years. President Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern university announc ed this week. Ten years ago the Tribune of fered Northwestern $12,500 a year for five years toward the expense of a school for training men and women of the middle west in the fundamentals of journalism. The university accepted and named the school in honor of Joseph Medill, founder of the Tribune. The latest gift will insure continuation ot the school until 1941. There arc now more than 300 students enrolled under nmeteen instructors. Th. Tribune states its purpose in aiding to develop a school of journalism is not only to stimulate a better training in journalism but also to provide through this annu ity a source through which it could receive better trained men and women for its own staff. In this way it is developing a sort of training school as a feeder for its own news and editorial wo.-k, the newspaper feels. The $12,500 a year was not only a contribution to the advancement of journalism but also a legitimate expense to ward better developmen of its own staff, it is said. SEVENTY REGISTER IN TRAINING COURSE Registration for the Girl Reserve training course closed last week with seventy students enrolled. The class will meet every Thursday evening ana Miss Violet Ann Ol son, girl Reserve secretary will be in charge. Because of the larea class it will meet at the city Y. W. C. A., 1432 N street. Thursday, Feb. 19. W. A. A. executive council meeting. W. A. A. office, armory, 12 o'clock. Phi Upsilon Omicron, Ellen Smith hall, 7 o'clock. League of Women Voters, El len Smith nail, 4 o'clock. Wesley Players business meet ing, Emmanuel Methodist church, 7 o'clock. Pershing Rifles meeting, Ne braska hall, 5 o'clock. Girl Reserve training course, Y, W. C. A., 1432 N street. Scabbard and Blade, Nebraska hall, 5 o'clock. Friday, Feb. 20. University 4-H club mixer, stu dent activities ball, 8 p. m Palladian Literary oclety, Pal ladian hall. 6:30. Soiree Franca, Ellen Smith hall, 7:30. Saturday, Feb. 21. Social dancing class, 7 to 8:30, Armory. Sunday, Feb. 22. Sigma Upsilon, 316 Eagle apart ments. Business meeting, 7 p. no.: social meeting, 8:15 p. m. 125,000 Campus Calendar 4 v- '-. i 4 w - t-