AILY NEBRA 'HIP Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXX NO. 112. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1931. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SKAN ID SONG FEST FOR Sorority Row Rally Last Night Is Surprise To Campus. BECK'S FURNISH MUSIC Varsity Quartet Sings And McCleery Gives Talk For Building. Membera of the Innocents so ciety staged a surprise serenade on sorority row last night In the interests of a student union build' ing. Commencing at 10 o'clock with the outlying houses in south Lincoln, the serenaders proceeded to the "north side" houses where they played, sang and talked for a union building. Leo Beck s complete band was mounted on a large truck and fur nished the playing end. The var sity quartet composed of Jack Wheelock, Neil Dearinger, - Lloyd Robinson, and Sidney Peppil was along and took care of the sing ing division. BUI T. McCleery, president of the Innocents society, talked. Several popular numbers played at each sorority house ana were followed by McCleery who said the serenade was being conducted to build up interest in a union building. A good, favorable re sponse was given at all the houses to his two main questions do you watn a student union building, and, do you know what a union building is? The efforts of the ralliers were well received at every point visited. According to the Innocents, the serenade last night was kept sec ret so that it would be more novel and different from the ordinary ones for factions, football games and the like. The serenade, they said, is part of their campaign for securing greater interest in a stu dent union building. Several class and faction meetings have been conducted by the Innocents over (Continued on Page 4.) Sigma Delta Chi's Stage Meeting At Sigma Phi Sigma House. Originality in the conception and development of ideas and per sitsence in putting those Ideas across are two of the essential qualities of a successful Journalist, according to Prof. R. P. Crawford, who addressed members of Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic fraternity, at the Sigma Phi Sigma house last night. Professor Crawford pointed out that young newspaper men or magazine Journalists should guard against attitudes of cynicism and self satisfaction which are often assumed by persons in this field. "It Is easy to get into a rut where your originality becomes stilted and you lose interest in your work when such a frame of mind develops," he explained. Good ideas, concluded Professor Crawford .are worth more than any other one thing, for a young man with an idea is almost certain to be successful, especially if he has ambition and perseverance. Trof. Gayle C. Walker, director of the school of journalism and faculty advisor to Sigma Delta Chi was present at the gathering. Bell Ex plain $ Why Some Farm em Think Magic Kills Weeds Medieval magic is still alive tn minds of farmers of the middle west, according to an article by Earl H. Bell, formerly or the Uni versity of Wisconsin, now profes sor of psychology at Nebraska, in the recent issue of a scientific magazine. - Bell relates the incident of the accidental success In killing a weed, and bow it was regarded as a newly discovered magic formula. On Aug. 25, six years ago, a mid western farmer and his son went out to cut down a patch of Cana dian thistle. To their amazement, this particular patch of the notedly persistent weed did not sprout again, as Canada thistle almost in variably does after being cut off. The phenomenon was discussed over the neighborhood. An old bit of magic lore, that "everything has its particular day on which it is easy to kill," was recalled. The Idea spread, and it was not long until farmers throughout the mid dlewest were hoeing down their Canada thistles on Aug. 25. Where the thistle failed to come up again, it was taken as conclusive proof of the efficacy of the fonnuia. Where it did come up again be lief In the magic formula was not lessened. It was said that the ori ginal discovered had not remem bered correctly. Or it was said that the twenty-fifth was the right date but that there was a particular hour, which they bad failed to find. Campus Calendar Saturday, March 21. Social dancing class, women's gymnasium, 7 to 8:30 p. m. NNOCENTS M STUDENT UNION BAPTISTS TOEHOLD PARTY Plan Pullman Fete Tonight At Church With St. Patrick's Theme. A Pullman party is planned by the young people of the First Bap tist church tonight at the church, Fourteenth and K streets. A St. Patrick's day theme will be car ried out. Table games will be played progressively, interspersed with "stop-overs" consisting of mixer games and stunts. A program consisting of musi cal numbers and short skits will be one of the main events of the evening. An excursion rate of fifteen cents will care f6r all ex penses of the "trip," including re freshments. All Baptist students are invited. 'PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ' TO BE PORTRAYED Junior League Sponsoring Children's Theater Show at Temple. UNI. PLAYERS .IN CAST "Patchwork Girl of Oz," Baum'a fantastic comedy of magical chem icals, will be presented Saturday afternoon, March 21, at 2:30 p. m. in the Temple theater under the auspices of the Junior league. A cast composed of University Players and grade school children will portray the interesting char acters which are the feature of the play. The Glass Cat has a heart which shows the workings of his brains and someone else is made entirely of boxes. The story cen ters about the invention of Dr. Pi fit which brings to life Scraps, the leading lady. Scraps is so excited about being alive again that she tips over another fluid mixed by the magician and it petrifies two other people. The rest of the play is devoted to bringing back to life the petrified characters. The cast follows: Dr. Pifit, John Chapman: Mar- golette, Mae Ekstraud; Ojo, El- bridge Brubaker; Glass Cat, Mil dred Alexander; Scraps, DeLellis Schramek; Wise Donkey, Ada Gi gax; Foolish Owl, Clydene Ross etter; Shaggy Man, James Loch dar; Woozy, Madison Shaw; Scare Crow, Ann Kavich; Yoof,' Francis Brandt; Tin Woodman. Jere Mick- el; Ozma, Dorothy Zoellner; Green boidier, Leonard Brockelman; Saw Horse, John Chapman; Jack Pumpkin, Willard Davidson. Children: Dorothy, Mary Lien: Tottenhot, Betty Lou Wentz; Tot tenhot, Patricia Oxley; Tottenhot Nathelle Wood; .Tottenhot, Wilbur Patterson: Green Soldier. Harrv Gunderson; Green Soldier. Lee Partington. STRESS EXHIBITIONS Prof. Davis Characterizes It as "Biggest College Stunt in Country." Exhibits will be given more em phasis than merry-making at the Farmers' Faid' this year, Myrle White, chairman of the senior fair board for 1931, announced at pep meeting at the Agriculture college Thursday night. Less stress would be given the "fickle" aide of the fair, it was announced. Emory Fahrney, secretary of the senior fair board, stated that the fair would be undertaken as an educa tional and not a money-making proposition. Prof. H. P. Davis of the faculty advisory committee gave a booster talk in which he stated that the fairs had been growing in size ever since the fair wan Installed at Ne braska. The animal fair which will be held May 2 will be the thirteenth. He classified the un dertaking as the biggest college stunt in the country. Faculty Advisors. The faculty advisory committee, composed of Professor Davis, Prof. C. W. Smith. Prof. H. J. Gram lich and Prof. S. B. Elwell was Introduced. The senior and Junior boards were introduced. The offi cers of the senior board, Mr. White, chairman, Mr. Fahrney, treasurer, and Nlesje Lakeman, secretary, were Introduced. Fred Meredith, Dorothy Luch slnger, Gerald Schick, Ruthalee Holloway, Hazel Benson and Del phln Nash, members of the Junior board gave a short burlesque of a meeting of the senior board. The main part of the Farmers' fair program will consist of the exhibit in the student activities building, the pageant, the down town parade, the dance at night, and other novelty features. Both boys and girls will take part in the pageant this year. DON GORTON WILL BE TRAFFIC HEAD AIR CORPORATION Don Gorton, graduate of the college of business administration in 1930, has been appointed traf fic manager for the Lincoln terri tory of the Western Service Cor poration of Sallna, Kansas.' The company operates a daily air pas senger line from Omaha to Okla homa City, using a 10-place tri motor Stinson Detroiter. Mr. Gorton will conduct promo tion work for the company in this territory, Including special tours. REWARD OFFERED OF Nebraskan Pledges $25 For Seizure of "Fire And Sword" Writer. ADMINISTRATION SILENT Progress In Investigation Not Yet Revealed By Authorities. A reward of $25 for the arrest and conviction of the author or au thors of "With Fire and Sword" was offered by The Daily Nebras kan late yesterday,' according to Business Manager Charles O. Law lor. Lawlor, in commenting on the situation said The Nebraskan would be very interested in seeing the anonymous authors of the pub lication apprehended and it was with this in mind that the reward as posted.' The administration last night re ported that its investigation into the editorship of the anonymous scandal sheet, which appeared on the campus Wednesday morning is in progress, but that it would be inadvisable to report what prog ress has been made as yet. Burnett Acts. Following the publication's dis tribution Wednesday, Chancellor Burnett issued a signed statement stating that the reappearance of the anonymous publication called for positive action on the part of university officials and that the university would undertake to dis cover the authors of 'the publica tion and when discovered would turn them over to the proper au thorities for prosecution. Unlike the publication of like name, three issues of which were distributed last year, the sheet made no direct charges but con tented itself merely with libelous statements concerning certain fac ulty members and a blanket in dictment of the state senate. The pamphlet, as last year, was (Continued on Page 4.) HICKS TO TEACH TWO Will Have Title of Visiting Lecturer in History At Eastern School. As visiting lecturer In American history at Harvard university next semester Dean John D. Hicks will give two courses, one primarily for undergraduate students, "The Growth of the Nation, 1760-1840," and the other for undergraduates and graduate students. "The His tory of the Westward Movement Since the Civil War." The latter course will be repeated in Radcllffe college. These courses are ordinarly given by Prof. Frederick Merk of Harvard, who will be absent next semester on Sabbatical leave. Dean Hicks' place in the history department at the University of Nebraska will not be filled during his absence, but most of his courses will be given by Prof. James L. Sellers, who was added to the departmental staff last fall. Dean Hicks will resume bis duties as dean of the college of arts and sciences and his teaching in the history department the sec ond semester of next year. THREE DAY 1 MEET May 15 To 17 Set As Dates For Second Largest Races of Season. The eyes of aviation enthusiasts throughout the country will be turned towards Omaha. Nebr., May 15, 16 and 17. A three day air race meet, the second largest of its kind to be held in the United States this year, will be sponsored at the Munictpal Airport by the Omana Junior chamber of com merce on those dates. The meet will involve expendi tures of approximately $25,000, with a prize list of 17,500 and has been underwritten by Omaha bus iness men and firms. Five hund red pilots and planes are expected to enter and plans have been made to care for 100,000 spectators. Henderson in Charge. The management of the races will be in ?hargo of Phil Hender son, of Los Angeles, an air meet executive who has, served as assis tant manager of the National Air Races for the past three years and who will act In that capacity for the forthcoming three years. A non-p r o f 1 1 organization, The Omaha Air Race Association, has (been formed to transact the busi ness of the meet and offices have been established at the Omaha (Continued on Par 4.) WEATHER. For Lincoln and vicinity: Cloudy and probably rain Fri day. Not much change In tern perature. Lowest temperature last night about thirty-five degree. ARREST SLANDER AUTHOR Delhi q u en cy Kemov als Should Be Reported All reports for the removal of delinquencies must be on file In the registrar's office not later than March 31 if students are to be eligible for consideration for Honors day. MISS F. I. McGAHEY, Registrar. STUDENT INJURES HAND IN WORKING ALFALFA GRINDER Lloyd Vance, sophomore agricul tural student, lost the first Joints of the first two fingers on his left hand while feeding alfalfa into a feed grinder on the university poultry farm yesterday afternoon. Dr. T. F. McCarthy is attending the case at St. Elizabeth hospital. ARE F Banquet Held At Home Ec Building . Serves As Commencement. Seventeen Nebraska farm boys were graduated from the farm operator's short course at the ag ricultural college Tnursaay eve ning when graduation exercises were held in the home economics building. This is the second class to have graduated from the two vear short course. Ten receivea their diplomas last year. The graduation exercises iook the form of a banquet with a long list of toasts. The theme of the Droeram was built around a mod' ern farm, wuuam svocooa act ing as general farm superinten dent was the toastmaster. Copies of the Farm Spotlight, official short course publication were distributed to members of the short course preceding the banquet. The newspaper served as an annual of the course. Merton Kuhr edited the paper while George Round, jr., acted as faculty advisor. Pictures of the short course group, the graduating class, and the basketball team were re produced in the paper. Faculty Attends. Short course faculty members and alumni of the farm operator's course swelled the number at tending the banquet to nearly 150, The home economics department served. The short course ends at the col leere today when more than 100 Nebraska farm boys will be leav ing Lincoln for their homes over the state. Attendance in the course this year has been greater than ever before, accord ing to H. K. Douthit, short course director at the college. He ex pects an increased enrollment next year also. The short course graduates are: Williams Bisbee, Arlington; Mel vin Bowser, Hemingford; Lloyd Heitshusen, Lyons; Floyd Hender son, Whitman; Emil Hoerler, Bridgeport; Fred Hoffman, Mars- land; Allan Johnson, Colon; Ray mond Johnson, Colon; Maurice Kremer, Aurora; Merton Kuhr, Blair; Harvey Luetcheas, Wabash; Glen Sherman, Firth; Guy Sher man, Firth; Jaromir Sklenar, Da vey; Fred Thompson, Salem; Ar thur Wiechert, Emerald; Elmer Wulf, Irvington. DR. HUNT INVITES STUDENTS ATTEND MORNING WORSHIP AH Christian church students en rolled in the university and others not elsewhere affiliated have been invited by Dr. Ray E. Hunt, pastor of the First Chris tian church, Sixteenth and K streets, to . attend the morning worship service of the church next Sunday morning at 11 a. m. "Why Did Jesus Insist upon the Cross?" will be the sermon upon which Dr. Hunt will preach. The church choir under the direction of Mrs. Paul Keim will render special music for the service. The evening service of the church at 7:45 is also open to all students. Dr. Hunt will preach and the church choir will sing. MRS. DAVIS SPEAKS E Discussion Of Bills Given By City Member of Group Thursday. Mrs. Le Roy Davis, member of the city League of Women Voters, spoke to the campus organization at its regular meeting, Thursday afternoon m Ellen Smith hall. Mrs. Davis gave a general discus sion of the bills which are still to come before the legislature and presented the status of them as they now stand. A report was given by the chair man of the membership committee, who gave the plans fcr the drive. A cablnent meeting followed the meeting at which plans were dis cussed for the annual spring ban quet which concludes the activi ties of the League for the year. The date was set for April 28, in Ellen Smith hall. Committees who will plan the banquet will be an nounced at. the next meeting. SEVENTEEN BOYS GRADUATED ROM AG COURSE T SERVE AS UNION, Says Student Centers Need Lounge As Much As Office Space. BUILDING IS INADEQUATE Would Require Rebuilding, Enlarging To Make Its Use Possible. Claiming that the University's rapid growth during the past twenty-five years makes the plan of using the Temple building for Student Union purposes decidedly impractical, Ray Ramsay, alumni secretary, staunchly upheld the fact that construction of a larger well-equipped Student Union build ing is the outstanding need or tne university at the present time, In an interview yesterday. "It is true that the original idea of making the Temple building into a home for all student activi ties was practical enough when the structure was erected over quarter century ago," said Mr. Ramsay, "but right now such project would be entirely out of the question. The Temple is not adapted for a student union center because the school has out-grown the building during the past twen ty-five years." ' Temple Too Small. Mr. Ramsay emphasized the fact that the Temple is far too small and would have to be torn down completely and rebuilt If it were to be used for a Student Union building. He added that the pres ent structure has no large lounge room or space where students could get together ' during leisure hours, and that to make this pos sible would make necessary the tearing down of almost all parti tions and walls on either the first or second floor. He brought out that the cafe teria in the basement of the build ing serves its purpose, but that it lacks adequate facilities for the (Continued on Pge 3.) ATTEND STATE MEET Georgia Wilcox Will Speak To Student Leaders Saturday. A large number from the home economics department vocational education and the extension divi sion will attend the meeting of the Nebraska State Home Economics association at Omaha this Friday and Saturday. Gladys Winegar. of the clothing and textiles depart ment, state chairman of student clubs will discuss student clubs on the Saturday morning program Georgia Wilcox, home economics senior who is national president of student clubs of the American Home Economics association, will address student club leaders at a luncheon on Saturday. The Ne braska State Home Economics as sociation, of which Mary Ellen Brown, Lincoln, is president has 5.725 members, including 541 af filiated with student clubs. According to Bernice Elwell, head of the institution manage ment section of the state associa tion, this section will hold sepa rate meetings, including a lunch eon at the new Union station on Friday. On Saturday afternoon this section will be guests of the Nebraska-West Iowa Dietetic as sociation at a tea at the Univer sity of Nebraska nurses home. Visiting Professor Wili Ad dress Presbyterian Group Sunday. Prof. Vittorio Macchioro, visit ing: professor in the philosophy de partment, will speak on the "Greek and Roman Conception of Reli gion" at the club meeting to be held at the First Presbyterian church, Seventeenth and F streets, at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. This is the concluding lecture of a se ries dealing with "God, Man and the Universe" that this group has been discussing. The social hour, beginning at 6 o'clock, will be in charge of Charles DeFord and Harold Soderland will lead the de votions. Ruth Newcomer heads the committee that will serve a lunch eon at 6:30 promptly. Entrance to the meeting rooms, which are in the basement of the church, is made by crossing the court of the church to the door in the east side of another way is to follow the sidewalk around to the back of the church to a . ,cr which leads downstairs. Kosmet Correction. The Kosmet Klub show "High and Dry" will show in Hastings Monday, April 20 Instead of April 26 as given In yesterday's Dally Nebraskan. T EMPLE COULDN RAMSAY ASSERTS TO ACT FOR ARTS GROUP Players Will Present Former Hit Before Convention In Kansas City. The entire cast of "The Impor tance of Being Earnest," one of the plays presented this year by University Flayers, left last night for Kansas City where they will present the 'play before the Na tional Federation of Arts conven tion. Herbert Yenne, assistant di rector of dramatics, will read "The Son of Setwa," a one-act play, as a part of the entertainment at the convention. The play will be presented Fri day evening. Special sets were made to take on the trip, and the company carried all of its own properties and costumes. They will return Saturday. L GIVE STUDENT PLAYS Elaine Haverfield, Ivan Schweninger Authors Of Short Dramas. PROGRAM ET APRIL 4 To promote original work and general enthusiasm in play writ ing, the dramatic club is sponsor ing a contest in such compositions which will culminate on the night of April 4, in the Temple theater at 7:30 o'clock in the presenta tion of two original and one com mercial one-act plays. The original plays have been written by Ivan Schweninger and Elaine Haver field. The plays are "Yellow Win dow by Schweninger and "Wurzel Flummery" by Millan. Miss Haver field has not decided upon a title. The plays of Miss Haverfield and Schweninger' were chosen by the club from four submitted. The audience will determine the win ner of these two original plays by signifying their choice on the stub of a double ticket obtained for en trance. The winner will receive a $25 cash prize. - Curtain Skits Planned. Curtain numbers which are now being worked out consist of a mu sical tap number . by Marjorie Pope, ah acrobatic dance, by Len evive Boyd, and a 'musical comedy skit by Frank Sherman, Russ Lindskog, and Jane Wickersbam. "Yellow Window" with its gen eral theme dealing with the deyes tating results of war, the hypo crites and traitors it develops, has its scene laid in France.. In this cast are Dorothy Zim mer, Donald Crow, Ivan Schwen inger, Dorothy Weaver, Jud Bren ton, and Donald Short. Schwen inger, the producer, is also direct ing the play. Miss Haverfield's production, dealing with the battle of the play wright and his personalties which take place in a dark, lowly room in the slums of east New York, will oe played by Norman Hoff, Lee Bennett, Joe di Natalie, Ben Franklin, Carl Humphrey, Morton Richards, and Blanche Sheldon. Miss Haverfield and Vera Waters will direct the show. Miriam Kissinger, Charles Bak er, Dale Taylor, and jsetty Evans have been selected to compose the cast to play the commercial show, "Wurzex Flummery. It will be un der the direction of Jane Wicker sham. The dramatic club, in the pro duction of these plays, will for the first time realize its principles upon which it was founded, ac cording to Jane Wickersham, the purpose of the club when founded was to produce each year at least one original play, E. T. f ranks Will Talk Over Columbia System Announcements have been re ceived at the agricultural college calling attention to an address to be given by Edward T. Franks, vice chairman of the federal board for vocational education, Saturday, March 21 at 9:30 p. m., eastern standard time over the .national network of the Columbia broad casting system. Teachers College Needs To Get Bancroft Building As Training School Declares Dean Sealock Editor'! Nate: Thl ) the tenth of ft eerlre en the different antveralty de partments, concerned with pnMlblll tlee and need for expannlon of the departments. By LEONARD L. CASTLE. A college with a building with more than three times as many students as it was originally built to accommodate is the position in which the teachers college of the university has found Itself. The college now has an enrollment of more than 1,600 students while the building was first built to accom modate but 500. For this reason the college is asking for an ap propriation for new building space. One of the most important neeas of the college, according to Dean W. E. Sealock, Id the acquisition of the Bancroft grade school at Fourteenth and XT streets for a training school. The present train ing school which is housed In the teachers college building has but lour years of high set sol work, while Dean Sealock feels that tee college should tiv: trdring school work beginning wiu s rvrsery school and going through all four years of high school work. Ac cording to the dean the Bancroft school has already been offered to the university but the regents do not have either the money with EVELYN WEST IS NEW PRESIDENT OF BIG SISTERS Lois Wentworth, Margaret Upson Other Board Officers. MANY COEDS AT POLLS Evelyn Simpson, Defeated Candidate, Remains Senior Member. Evelyn West is the newly elected president of the Big Sister executive council as determined by a majority of the 500 votes cast by the women student body at the election held yesterday. Margaret Upson by virtue of receiving the greatest number of votes among Junior candidates is the new vice president, and Lois Wentworth, who was credited the highest poll among sophomore candidates will act as the new secretary-treas urer. Miss West has been a member of the council for two years and has been exceptionally active and instrumental in revising the con stitution of the board on a more democratic basis. She has been a member of Y. W. C. A. cabinet in the capacity of director of vesper services during the past year, and she has been for three years a member of the Physical Educa tion club. She is affiliated with Alpha Phi. Miss Upson, new vice president of the organization, is affiliated with Alpha Omicron Pi. She is also one of the newly elected junior members of the Associated Women's Students board. Miss Neely Chosen. Senior sorority members of the board are: Evelyn Simpson, Chi Omega, and Aleen Neely, Delta Delta Delta. Miss Simpson has been a member of the board for the past year and has been active in other campus affairs. Miss (Continued on Page 2.1 R; 0. T. C. BAND PLAY 1,000 Convene At Coliseum To Attend Annual Program. Playing before one of the largest audiences in the history of the or ganization, the R. O. T. C. band presented its annual spring con cert at the coliseum last night. Ap proximately one thousand person? listened to the cadet bandsmen perform, under the direction of W. T. Quick. The entire program was enthu siastically received, but the open ing number, Fest Overture, and the performance of the two .solo ists, John Shildnock and John Mil ligan, came in for especially hear ty applause. The powerful and moving overture by Lortzing W8S an excellent vehicle for displaying the technique of the well drilled woodwind section, and the band in terpreted the German composer's work with finesse which would do credit to any professional group of musicians. Mr. Shildneck, trumpet soloiht, played Columbia Tolka. choosing as his pneore The Rosary, while Mr. Milligan, baritone, sang When Irish Eyes are smiling and the well known ballad by Edward Walt, Lassie O'Mine. Both soloists were accompanied by the entire band. That Victor Herbert is still dear to the hearts of music lovers was evidenced by the reception given to a group of selections from The Red Mill, the perennial operetta which seems to have never lost any of its popularity with the passing years. Amilcarc Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours proved to be another highlight of the program. which to buy the building or to maintain it if it were bought. Asks for Addition. The college is asking for an ad dition to the present teachers col lege building. This addition would be in the form of a wing built on the south side of the building. Dean Sealock said that the need for space is very pressing because of the large number of students who are taking the work In the small amount of space. With threo times more students than they are comfortably equipped to handle Mr. Sealock explained that it is almost impossible to give the stu dents the proper training. " Another need of the college is for more instructors and funds to raise the salaries of outstanding professors. The classes ' are now very much overcrowded and tba instructors cannot give individual attention to the students. Many of Nebraska's outstanding professors leave and go to other colleges be cause of higher salary offers and if more money could be had to raise these salaries In accordance with other schools thee profes sors could be kept here. The teachers college has for (Continued on Page 4.) Vi :l. . , t Si a I- I if I. t ; i: IK: V