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Nebraskan HE Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXX NO. 102. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, mWAY, MAKCU C. T),n. PHICE ITT! CENTS. R1 A r.-' dJ LrA UuLU FACTIONS MEET FOR DISCUSSION OF UNION DRIVE Gathering Lifts Move From Realm of Faction Politics. LEADERSGIVE TALKS Professors Schramm and Bell Speak; Stress Campus Need. Lilting: the move for a student union building out of the realm of faction politics, the three campus political factions met last night in probably their first joint meeting in the history of the school to an nounce that all three will subordi nate faction interest to that of the university in backing the union movement. The meeting, attended by about sixty members of the three fac tions in social science auditorium, heard leaders of all three factions, Prof. Earl H. Bell, new member of th2 sociology department, Prof. E. F. Schramm, faculty leader in the movement, Elmont Waite, editor of the Daily Nebraskan. and Wil liam T. McCleery, president of the Innocents society which is direct ing the campaign. Bell describes Wisconsin Union. Prof. Bell, formerly of Wiscon sin, described the student union building there. The Wisconsin union building as planned will con sist of five units. Three of those were built at one time and two others are to be added. Students are taxed for the building's up keep, Bell said. "If there is anything we need at Nebraska, it is a student union building," declared Prof. Schramm. He described the housing condi tions of the student publications at present and added that the office (Continued on Page 3- - THOUSAND TAKE PARI LI Special Music Features In Episodes of March 6 Presentation. "The Golden Bowl" pageant will be presented at the university coli seum, Friday, March 6, at 8 o'clock v.ith a cast of more than 750 and a chorus of 300. The pageant is being sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal churches of Lincoln and vicinity. Special music will be featured in the various episodes. Songs will be presented in Bantu, Hindu and Punjab dialects. Choral numbers have been selected from the works of Macfarlane and Handel, and the singing will be under the di rection of Oscar Bennett. Two distinct stages are re quired which necessitates an elab orate lighting system. Ruth Mon gey Worrell, who is directing the pageant, says that the coliseum stage offers splendid opportunities for the production. The costumes of the pageant are under the supervision of Letty G. Shugert, and many of them have been imported. Miss Clita Aitken will have charge of make up. Ray Ramsey Is taking the part of First Guardian of the Bowl and Mrs. N. W. Gaines that of the Second Guardian. Some of the im portant speaking parts are being 'iken by university students. Union Building Provides Home For Entire University Family At Purdue Structure Begun in 1912 Is Built Largely by Students. Editor'! Jfote: This Is the second of a series on student unions at other schools. The articles will deal with the purpose of student unions and will contain some of the details of financing. By ARTHUR MITCHELL. Purdue's student union building, financed largely through the ef forts of students, la, in the words of a booklet on the building, "a home for the whole Prudue fam ily." Altho the building is not entirely completed, already it provides nn gathering room for assembly, ban quet and dance service,' general lounge room throughout the main floor where students gather at all hours of the day, reception room, dining rooms, soda fountain, space for cards, chess and checkers, three committee and conference rooms, and check rooms and gen eral business offices. Provides Recreation. For the student, the union pro vides wholesome recreation in at tractive surroundings. It develops the personality of the students; broadens their vision and develops their community spirit; effects rn equality of spirit for all students; provides them with a proper eat ing place; and gives them all the Students r t. if 11 if i lillfl' f m iif SteWig! '''"!.!"'!" ' " ' ' ... Which was built through the university. W. A. A. CHOOSES LUCILLE KELLEY Group Selects Mildred Gish As Vice President; For Year. SELECT OTHER HEADS At a special meeting held Thurs day noon at the women's gym Thursday, Lucille Kelly of Grand Island was elected .president -of .the Women's Athletic association for the coming year. Other officers chosen at this time were Mildred Gish of Lincoln, vice president; Dorothy Charleson, Lincoln, secretary, and Bereneice Hoffman, Lincoln, treasurer. Miss Kelly is majoring in physi cal education and is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Mil dred Gish is a member of Tassels and belongs to Kappa Delta. Dor othy Charleson is active in Tassels and A. W. S. board and is affili ated with Phi Mu. Miss Hoffman is on the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, is a member of A. W. S. board, and is affiliated with Kappa Alpha Theta. Both Miss Charleson and Miss Gish are majoring in physical edu cation. Chicago Debate Is High Water Mark of 193031 Season 'I feel quite sure that this con test will prove to be the high water mark of our debating sea son," remarked C. C. Cunningham in reference to the debate on un employment 'insurance held last week before the Chicago Federa tion of Labor, in which Charles Gray and Alan G. Williams from the University of Nebraska upheld the negative. "Certainly, I know that we shall not have a more enthusiastic audi ence. Nearly four hundred were present to hear the debate dele gates from practically all the trade unions of Chicago. They were highly interested and atten tive throughout, and they partici pated in the open forum discussion afterwards necessities of university club life, according to a bulletin on the building. The building, which houses all campus activities is a memorial to Purdue students who lost their lives in the World war, altho it was conceived long before the war by the class of 1912, who first started to build up a fund for the structure. Developr. True Spirit. According to Purdue university officials, the memorial union de velops a true university spirit; stimulates the proper social side of education, improves the standard of social aclivities among stu dents; democratizes the undergrad uates by giving them a chance to come together on a common gound on a meeting place. Likewise, the building affords a reception place for guests of the university, and provides a gathering place and headquarters for returning alumni. In addition, the Union association at Purdue helps financially em barrassed students make their way through ihe university. Before 1912, when the senior class of the university conceived the idea of a union building, Pur due graduating classes had been accustomed to the plan of giving S5 per year to aid in the rnmple tion of memorial gymnasium, which was finished in 1910. The (Continued on Page 3.) AS NEW LEADER Build Union in PURDUE MEMORIAL UNION combined contributions of students C. HAHN IS IN HOSPITAL Senior Student Undergoes Appendicitis Operation In Omaha. Carl J. Hahn, senior business ad ministration student, underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Methodist hospital in Omaha late yesterday. According to his phy sician, Dr. J. C. Kennedy, the oper ation was very successful and Hahn is doing very well. The whole operation is said to have taken only sixteen minutes. Hahn has been troubled with chronic appendicitis for some time but he has not been seriously ill. He is affiliated with a large num ber of student activities, included in them are Innocents, national major general of Pershing Rifles, and president of Kosmet Klub. PLANS FINISHED FOR SI. PATRICK'S PARTY Shamrock Decorations Are Feature At Saturday Wight Affair. CASKEY'S JBAND PLAYS Plans were completed last night for the all-university St. Patrick's day party in the coliseum Satur day evening, according to mem bers of the Barb council in charge of the affair. Dr. and Mrs. Loury C. Wimberly, Prof, and Mrs. L. E. Aylsworth and Prof, and Mrs. Earl H. Bell were announced yesterday as chaperones for the party by Alan Williams, council president. Lew Caskey's eleven piece radio entertaining and recording band will play for the party. Caskey's band is the one that played for the military ball here three year3 ago, then known as Phil Baxter's orchestra, Williams said Wednes day. The band has changed lead ers since its former appearance here. Shamrock is Feature. Decorations for the affair will feature a shamrock design carried out with a green and white color scheme. White and green paper streamers will be arched over the floor to a flat platform suspended above the center of the floor. A large glittering cone, ten feet in diameter and twelve feet long, will hang from this platform in the center of the dance floor. Two floodlights focused on the large cone will furnish a unique lighting effect Small shamrock lamps will be hung at irregular intervals around the edge of the floor. The orches tra will sit inside a huge sham rock on a specially designed plat form placed a little to one side of the cone in the center of the room. Doris and Wally Marrow, Lin coln dancers, headline , the inter mission stage show, as planned by the council. Small green shamrocks with tiny white tophats or clay pipes attached will be distributed as fa vors, Jamesine Bourke, one of those in charge of the party, said yesterday. I MEN WILL HOLD SERVICE Christian Gospel Team ' to Visit at Murray on Sunday Night. The gospel team of the Nebraska Christian Foundation and of the First Christian church will hold the Sunday evening church service of the Christian church at Murray, Neb. Robert Hanson of Comer college is the pastor of the church. The team is made up of . Lloyd Pospishil, Ted Feidler. and Charles Gray, all of whom are members of the university debate team. The subject will be "Crime, the Crimi nal, and the Church.'' Special music for the program will be furnished by the student sextette of the First Christian church under the direction of Miss Genevieve Miller. Indiana and alumni members of that MCA ELECTS TO Vivian Hildreth and Aleen Neely Tie in Race For Vice President. ALL WORKJDN CABINET In a campus wide election held yesterday, Marjorie Peterson ot Fremont was chosen as president of the Y. W. C. A. for the .coming year. In the election of vice presi dent Vivian Hildreth of Torring ton, Wyo and Aleen Neely of Lin coln received an equal number of votes. As a result of this tie, the first that ever occurred in such an election, the Y, W. C. A. cab inet will vote on the two girls as first and second vice presidents. Frances Duhachek of Lincoln was elected secretary of the organ ization, and Elinor Dixon, Blair, treasurer. Miss Peterson has served on the cabinet during the past year as head of the Nebraska in Shanghai staff. Miss Hildreth and Miss Neely have also been members of the cabinet, Miss Hildreth having been in charge of the Estes Park conference committee and Miss Neely of the Vesper choir. WIMBERLY TALKS TO MEMBERS OF SIGMA JDELTA CfH Sigma Delta Chi held its regu lar biweekly meeting at the Sigma Chi chapter house Thursday eve ning at 6 o'clock. Following dinner. Prof. L. C. Wimberly of the university gave an informal talk to the members of the journalistic group. Professor Wimberly commented on the opportunities professional journalists have to meet and know life in all of its aspects. He ac knowledged that much criticism is leveled at the so called journalis tic style of writing, many holding that it is hurried and superficial. Notwithstanding this, however, the speaker pointed . out that it should not be forgotten that many of the better known writers were men who previously had training in the journalistic field. As exam ples of these he mentioned Kip ling, O'Henry. Mencken and Mark Twain. He stated that he believed this might be explained in the fact that men with newspaper experience revealed greater versatility from point of characters and incidents. LARRIVEE ATTENDS FATHER'S FUNERAL A. .F. Larivee, university pho tographer, left for his old home in Williamsport, . Penn., last Fri day, because of the death, on Sat urday, of his father, Samuel Lar rivee, seventy-five, prominent con tractor of that place. Mr. Lari vee had been ill for about a year, but his condition wasn't considered serious and his death came unex pectedly. Burial was in the family mausoleum last Wednesday morn ing. Mr. Larivee will return to Lincoln Sunday evening. Friday, March 6. Methodist Student council, Tem ple cafeteria, 12 noon. Pharmacy students convocation, Pharmacy hall 7, 10 a. m. Saturday, March 7. Social dancing class, armory, 7 to 8:30 p. m. Sunday, March 8. General meeting, Nebraska in Shanghai workers, Ellen Smith hall, 3 to 6 p. m. Ml PETERSON PRESIDENCY Campus Calendar MEMBERS OF JUNIOR CLASS PLAN MEETING Ray Ramsay Will Outline Proposed Student Union Plan. TIME SET IS 11 A. M. Members of the junior class will hold a class meeting Tuesday, March 10 at 11 o'clock in social science auditorium. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed student union building project. Ray Ramsay, so called "Will Rogers of Nebraska," will be the main speaker. Ramsay, as secre tary of the university alumni, will outline the plan which has been set forth. The meeting, which is being sponsored by the Innocents, will be called to order by Presi dent Hugh Rhea of the class, who will then turn it over to the Inno cents. No other speakers besides Ramsay have been scheduled to speak. A good attendance at the meet ing is desired because of the im portance of the project to be dis cussed. The co-operation of every one in the school must be had if the project is to be put across, is the feeling expressed by all the leaders in the plan, according to Rhea. WEATHER. For Lincoln and vicinity: Partly cloudy Friday with light snow forecasts for Friday morning. Lowest temperature last night about twenty-five de grees. Group Sets Date For Spring Production; Act On Play Casts. Formal pledging services were held last night by the Dramatic club in the club rooms for seven teen new pledges to the club. The pledges were chosen after a series of tryouts for students which have been conducted for the past three week3, and in which about fifty candidates tried out. Following the pledging services, the club took action on setting the date for its spring production and also in casting the plays which will be given in the production. Following the business meeting, the following pledges were enter tained: Mae Posey, Mary Lou Phil lips, Milldred Alexander, Gay Mil ler, Irene Wolfe, Dorothy Zoell ner, Neal McFarland, Corrine Cornell, Marge Pope, Evelyn East man, Imogene Stienmier, Mar garet York, Ruth Raber, Helen Gates, Bernice Palmquist, Genevie Boyd and Jean Spieser. Heaviest Snowfall Of Present Season Transforms Campus Snow which started tailing yes torrinv ahnrtlv after 2 o'clock was expected to be the heaviest snow fall of the season Dy i. a. man, motanrniniHst. The white glisten ing blanket of more than an inch of snow changed the dark gray campus Into one befitting a white northern landscape scene. This winter has been remark ably free from snow, stated Mr. Blair. There have been only three ..trior winters in which the total snowfall on March 1 was less. The total snowfall on March 1 of this year was 4.7 inches. In the win ters of 1894-95 and 1895-96 there was a total of 4.1 inches. The lowest snowfall up to March 1 was recorded in 1922-23, when there was a total of 2.1 inches. The March snowfall in two of these winters, however, was excep tionally heavy. Snowfall for March, 1896, was 13.5 inches. The other year was in March, 1923. This winter has also been un usual in that it has been the warm est one on record for the Lincoln weather bureau. MISS OURYJS IMPROVING Accident Victim May Soon Be Able To Undergo X-ray Test. Katherlne Oury is much im proved over the last lew days, ac cording to Dr. W. W. Caiveth, at tending physician. If she continues to gain it will be possible to give her an X-ray examination in a few days, to ascertain the full extent of her Injuries. Miss Oury, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, was injured Feb. 24, when tba car she was driving collided with one driven by Mrs. J. D. Lau, 1029 D. Miss Patricia Sullivani who was riding with Miss Oury, was less seriously injured and was released from the hospital Wednesday. Altho the full extent of Miss Oury's injuries are not known, Dr. Carveth said that she had suffered a broken humerus and two broken clavicles and a crushed hip. She Is Et ,St. E!!?ahrth bncpitsl. RUTH HATFIELD QUITS HONORARY Member Declare Senior Women's Organization "Does Not Justify Its Existence; Says Group Seta Up Misleading Goal For Underclassmen. . OFFICERS PUBLISH STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Asserts Mcmbersbip Is Recognition For Efforts In Campus Affairs "Not A Service Society'' No Desire To Supervise Activities. DoiiiR' an uiiprcci'dciilod thinj; in Himals of campus history ami breaking one of tln oldest traditions at Nebraska, Ruth Hatfield. Lincoln, senior nou-sorority woman student, ani.ouncfd yesterday that she bad resigned from Mortar Board, senior girls' honorary society. . . Because she believed that tlu: organization did not justify WARNER RETURNS TO HOME Student Who Suffers Blood Poisoning May Not Come Back. Myron Warner, one of the five members of Sigma Phi Epsilon who have been ill, has been re moved to his home at Beaver Crossing, suffering from an attack of blood poisoning. It is not known by his fraternity brothers whether he will return to school this se mester. George Wragge, who underwent an operation for appendicitis, is still very ill, but attendants at St. Elizabeth hospital believe he is improving. Robert LeCron, also suffering with appendicitis, is im proving nicely. It is not known when they will be released from the hospital. Ralph Eymann, who was ill with an attack of influenza, re turned to school Thursday, as did Walter Walla, who was confined at the house because of an in fected foot. Jl Matinee Musicale Disbands After This Term And Sets Up Fund. GROUP IS OF OLDEST A foundation for tlie financial aid of music students of recognized ability at the University of Ne braska will be presented to the university by Maunet Musicale, according to a recent announce ment made by the organization. At the present time $1,500, has been accumulated in the fund. With the announcement of the foundation came the announcement that Matinee Musicale, one of Lin coln women's oldest musical or ganizations, will be disbanded after the completion of the present term, according to Mrs. Royal Brewster, president. According to Mrs. Brewster raemben of the organization deemed it best to discontinue the organization and devote more time to the Lincoln symphony orches tra. Announcement was also made of the piano program which will be presented by Carlo Zecchi, famed Italian pianist at the Temple the ater Monday at 3 o'clock, which will be open to the public at regu lar concert prices. Heretofore, ar tists presented by the Matinee Mu sicale have been heard by the club members only Dean Ferguson Maintains That Engineering College Is In Need Of New Buildings And Equipment Editor's Tiole: This is thr t.fih of series on the different university depart ments. The, articles will h concerned with the. history. nd possibility of tne depart ments together with necessities (ot realising these, possibilities. BY LEONARD L. CASTLE. Probably the most needy college of the campus this is what might be said of the engineering college according to Dean O. J. Ferguson. Tse college needs an entire new building to say nothing of addi tional library space, more faculty members, and more laboratory space, he declares. The crying need ot tne college is more buildin? SDace according- to the dean. All the departments of the college are crowded into three small buildings, including labora tories for the different courses. A few engineering classes are held in other buildings besides these .hree. The buildings which are controlled and occupied completely by the en gineering college re mechanical engineering buiiuin, Cctrical en gineering building, and ricui tural enginsering building. Electrical Building crowded. .The electrical engineering, de partment is so overcrowded - that iiqi b. single ultusBtmmi is iii ifie E. its existence and feeling that her resignation would awaken others to one of the fallacies of campus conventions, Miss Hatfield turned in her Mortar Board pin. A deficient service program, striking lack of constructive work, and too much emphasis ' on the earning of money for the sponsor ship of such campus institutions as Ivy day were declared by Miss Hatfield to be the main faults of the senior girls honorary. Statement is Drawn. . Learning of Miss Hatfield's re signation, members of the Mortar Board last night convened and drew up the following statement in which it is explained that Mortar Board is an honorary, not an activ ity organization: Mortar Board is primarily an honorary organization, and as such, docs not aim to take as prominent a part in campus government as other women's groups in the university. We feel that the organization is a climax to three years of service, and is therefore composed of leaders in women's organiza tions, all of whom are continu ing to serve in their respective activities. Honorary and social, with such service as we may render within our scope, are the reasons for Mortar Boards' ex istence. MORTAR BOARD SOCIETY. Miss Hatfield's explanation of her action follows in her state ment which is printed in its entir ety: "I handed in my Mortar Board pin because I have come to the conclusion that the or ganization does not justify its own existence. My resignation is a mere gesture to tell ethers of one of the falsities of cam- -pus conventions. It would have been more fair if I had refused to be masked original ly. Then, however, I did not' understand what it all meant, and besides since I am quite human, I was pleased immeas urably." "I shall try to explain as briefly as possible Just why I have taken this step. Accepts Honor. . "Last spring on Ivy day I ac cepted the honor of becoming a member of Mortp.r Board. I knew little or nothing about its program. I have been led to believe that it was a worthwhile organization " as such an organization made up 'Of the leading women on the campus should be. It was indeed an honor. It thrilled me thoroughly and gave, me a great sense of self-satisfaction. "During the night after Ivy day while the hypnotic influence of the days proceedings were still with me the initiation was held. We had been told to be ready at two o'clock the next morning with fif ten dollars. I felt slightly that I (Continued on Page 4.) E. building, the' building being devoted entirely to laboratories. Classes are held in mechanical en gineering building, mechanical arts building, chemistry hall. Brace laboratory, and some .classes have even been held in social sci ence building. This department, however, is the largest department of the college. The old electrical engineering building has been turned over completely to that department while the civii engineering de partment, the engineering draw ing department, and the applied mechanics department are all as signed to quarters in the mechani cal arts building. Tha mathemat ics and engineering library is also located in this building. The ar chitecture department has been given the top floor of the ( former ' museum building. It is .crowded into a single drafting room with one small classroom attached. Growth Restricted. . Dean Ferguson stated that the college has studied the needs of the different departments and the growth of the college over a pe riod of time and it has been found l Continued on Page s. I i - i