I Daily Nebraska Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska- 4 PRICK FIVE CENTS VOL. XXX J0. 112. LINCOLN. ftKHRASKA. Till KSPAY. MAY 7. 1931 PHI BETA KAPPA Phi Hoi a Kappa Head T COUNCIL I. B. K. Honorary E Writes for ,)nill 1 SETS MAY 1 9 AS ELECTION DATE WILL MEET HERE THIS WEEK END NEXT YEAR MOVES T N STUDEN NCE ACADEMY REGISTRATION FOR HOLDS INITIATON ' ' I . i J!r :. ?l At'' -r-'A -j. EORWARD SLOWLY TUESDAY NIGH .'V. Chancellor Burnett, First Honorary Since 1896, Is Taken In. CHOOSE NEW. OFFICERS Prof. A. R. Congcion Will Head Organization . For 1931-32. Chancellor Ed'rar A. Eur net!., first honorary men-.brr to Phi Helix Kappa since S96, was Initiated into the fraternity with 46 other i:mbcis Tuesday evening ot thi : T.iial initiation p.nd Lmquct of Hi 2 organization at the Hotel Cornhunker. The chancellor v as lisde nn honorary member for his in science end ducal ion. Dean Charles E. Bessey, tor ; er.vs one of the outstanding bot : :-i:jt ! of the country Rnd tin: man ior v.-hom Bossey hiill was named -as tlis last Ncbraekan to be ' h isn an honorary mern'm-r to Vol Ksppa. Dean Bessey was chosen in 1896 tor his work ro the Held of science. Ccngdon Is Presidmt. rvr.csiior A. R. Ccngdon, in iclor in mathematics was iii.-n as president or Alpha chap i for the year H'31-32. Other oi i'i:?ra chosen wera Mids Winona ferry, professor of psychology, vice president, Professor C. M. Hicl::, instructor in business ad minis, ration, secretary, Professor M. II. Wcseen, instructor of Eng lisn, Iverfiurcr. end Miss Gertrude Moore, professor of fine arts, his torian. The annual Initiation was held at 0:15 o'clock at which the 4 1 candidates were initiated into the iVfltemitv. The hpnnuet followed th? ceremonies. Chancellor Emer itus Samuel Avery, one of the out standing scientists and educators of the country and for eighteen y?ars head of the university, de livered the main address of the evening. The subject of his speech was "Recent Drift in Thought." Camp Gives Talk. The welcoming' address was . given by Professor Chester C. Camp, president of the society for thu past year, and he was re rpuiulcd to by Miss Margaret Can nell and Mr. Clarence Cooper. Tho presentation of Chancellor Burnett as honorary member of Phi Beta Kaopa followed. Music for the banquet war fur uished by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gray and Miss Hazel Gertrude Kinscolla. llr. Gray played a cello solo, Hungarian Rapsody by Pop per, and Mtes Kinscella sang three numbers, Longing, Daises, and Dear Old Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Gray, accompanied by Mis? Kins cella, concluded the program with a cello duet, Londonderry Air, an Irish folk song. The new initiates to Phi Beta Kappa are: rCvelyn Adler . . Mabel Anne Banks (Continued on Page 2.) 11 IS DATE SET FOR DAIRY FIELD DAY Many Expected to Attend Annual Affair at Ag College. PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Several hundred Nebraska dairymen are expected at the col lege of agriculture on Wednesday, May 27, for the annual dairy field day. E. C. Scheidenhelm, extension dairyman, announced the program this morning. One of the features of the an nual day will be the dairy cattle judging contest conducted by C. W. Nibbler of the dairy husbandry department. In addition there will tures of the morning program in test. Dr. P. A. Doons will have charge of the event. Other fea tures of themorning program in clude a talk by Prof. H. P. Davis and an inspection of the dairy barns. Lunch will be served in the student activities building at noon. In the afternoon the dairymen will gather In the activities build ing for a mass program. N. W. Gaines, community specialist from the college, will direct the visitors in stunts and games to start the afternoon program off. The Per kins family of radio fame will ap pear on the program as will Dean W. W. Burr, Ivan D. Wood, Prof. Ray Morgan, H. R. Lascelles and E. C. Scheidenhelm. ART EXHIBIT TO OPEN Fine Arts Ball Will Open Showing of Student Paintings. The annual Student Art exhibit will open in Morrill hall Friday night with the Fine Arts Ball. This is tha largest exhibit that has been shown since the beginning of such events. Both Gallery A and Gal lery B will be devoted to the ex hibit. Drawings, paintings, mod els and china paintings will be shown. One gallery will contain oil paintings, charcoal drawings, witer color paintings, and designs. Tha displays will be shown until tha latter part of May. Tills exhibit is sponsored by (he achool of Fine Arts. PROF. A. R. CONGDON. Recently elected president of Al i pha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Nebraska. Professor Congdon suc ceeds Professor Camp as leader or the scholastic honorary and will guide the group for 1931-32. MASY STUDESTS CALL AT MUSEUM Ilinh School Seniors on Sneak Dav Visit Morrill ilall. cltv nf rCnhrnska's mus- i eum in Morrill hall is a popular visiting piace ior sneait un.y dcu iors from high schools thruout the state. Some high schools have taken the entire student body to visit the various interesting places in that building. Monday afternoon fourteen members of the Union High school inspected the various points of in terest in Morrill hall. Tuesday afternoon fourteen students from Elk Creek high school and twenty seven from Orchard high school visited the museum. Fifty-one seniors from Wilbur high school spent Wednesday afternoon look ing thru the building. The studenu from Petersburg also visited i Morrill hall, as did sixteen mem . bers from Cedar Rapids high school Wednesday afternoon. CADETS WILL PARADE FOR SALLY PICKARD R.O.T.C. Regiment to Honor . Honorary Colonel Thursday. FIRST CALL AT 4:55 Miss Sally Pickard, honorary colonel, will' be honored by a re treat parade of the Nebraska R. O. T. C. regiment today at 4:55. "No advice or instruction will be given cadets during the cere mony," said Col. W. H. Oury in a general order issued Thursday, May 7. However, all instructions will be present and take notes of points to be taken up at the cri tique following the ceremony. Battalions will be formed in pre paratory positions already desig nated prior to the formation on the line. At the first note of music following regimental adjutant's call, the battalions will be put in motion by their respective com manders and move to their places on the line. At reduced intervals the battal ions will form on a line of close columns at the north side of the parade ground facing south. The Pershing Rifles will form a sep arate unit. All cadets must attend unless properly excused. Excuses must be submitted prior to the parade. Ad vance course students will wear the uniforms as issued with white shirts, and basic students will wear the uniform with olive drab shirts. First call is scheduled for 4:55, assembly at 5:10, and battalion adjutant's call will sound upon the signal from the regimental adju tant. TREES LIVE OS PHYSICS IIUILDISG School Narrowly Misses Having Roof C-urdcii On Laboratory. BY GORDON ROBERTS. The University has almost ac quired a roof garden. It only missed by a couple stories. Missed the roof by that far, I mean. And the garden will remain unless it gets fallen arches. Because the garden is on top of the Physical Laboratory building arch. The garden consists of five trees and possibly two or three embryo trees. To acertain the number for certain might mean the ruination of one of the campus beauty spots. It is alleged that the wind planted the trees and deposited the dirt. The largest of these trees, the one that stares down at you is a tall cottonwood tree, two feet six inches in height. Part of the trunk of the tree is kept hidden by an upward extension of the arch. When the first leaf first beamed upon the world from Its lofty rem parts is a matter of speculation. Some say it first showed itself on Ivy day. Three other cottonwoods are hid den from the casual observer. However, Uiey may be easily seen from several places in the physics building at the risk of one's neck. The last tree is a blackhorse, a black wooden horse. The cotton woods clasp themselves together at the north end of the arch. The unknown remains at the south end, alone, silent, aloof. Some say it blew in one day from South America. Other say it is just a common tree. It's probably a bush. Group Also Hears Final Constitution Report From Committee. ATHLETIC REPORT GIVEN Huber Outlines Relations Of Students With Department. BY THE OBSERVER. Campus politicians may now be gin active and definite prepara tions for their spring's political campaign since the Student coun cil last evening set May 19 as the election date, rather than May 12 as previously declared. At the same meeting a final council re port on the new constitution was heard from Edwin Faulkner and minor changes in wording were made preparatory to submitting the draft of it to the University Senate, Saturday afternoon. As soon as approval of the uni versity senate is gained, and this action may normally be expected as a matter of course since the constitution will be recommended by a faculty committee on student affairs, the long-heralded code of by-laws will be ready for student vote. Members of the council are certain in their expectations that the document will be in shape for submission to student polling on May 19. Is Good Draft. The new constitution is a distinct gain in privileges and responsibil ity nvr the old spt nf statutes un der which the council has been operating during its existence on the campus. It represents a new centralized hold over other cam pus organizations and embodies a means of delegating enforcement of council legislative enactments in an orderly and precise fashion. The constitution which goes be fore the University Senate Sat urday, provides, unlike the old one, for equal representation on the new council for men and wo men. sThat will not be effective until a year from this spring, however, even if the senate and the students accept tha new law code. In conjunction with other busi ness of the council it was decided that May 13 would serve as the date for the next council meeting. At this time four holdover mem bers (two men and two women!, will be selected from junior mem bership on the council to serve next year. Discussion over the relations of (Continued on Page 2.) Friend's Collection Nears Amount for Gift to Injured Musician. DOCTOR SAYS IMPROVING Friends of Francis "Frankie" Sherman, injured in an automobile accident Sunday evening, who have been taking up a collection to buy a radio for the injured musician announced yesterday that enough money had been obtained to install the set immediately. A total of $7.40 had been contri buted toward the fund late yester day afternoon and it was esti mated that complete installation of the radio will amount to $10.25. It is expected that the Collection will have . reached that mark by this morning. Arrangements have been made to install a telephone radio early today and the set will be operating for Sherman this evening. The set will be installed in Sherman's home when he is re moved from the hospital. Dr. C. H. Arnoia, anerman nhvnicinn reDorted vesterday that the patient is Improving steadily and he couia proDaDjy ue ncu home in ten days or two weeks. Hp will nrobablv be confined to his home for two months after the removal, however, Doctor Arnold stated. TRI-K KLUB IS BEGUN ' BY FOUR STUDENTS Agronomy Department Men Band Together to Form Group. Four university students of the agriculture college recently banded together to organize a ciun or good fellowship among members of the agronomy department, and to stimulate all activities in this department. The charter members are Glenn Burton, Fred Siefer, Melvin Husa and Clifford Jorgenscn, all of whom have been outstanding mem bers of the agronomy department, especially in grain judging con tests. Named Tri-K Klub. The purpose of the Tri-K organ ization, Tri-K representing the words "Klod and Kernel Klub," as put forth in its constitution, is "to develop a spirit of comradeship (Continued on page 2J FOR SHERMAN TODAY u f j ::::.::: .'v.vtyf TourtMy 01 Tnr Jmirnm. CHANCELLOR E. A. BURNETT. Chancellor Burnett Is the first man to be made an honorary mem ber of Phi Beta Kappa since 1896, when Professor Bessey was ac corded the honor. The chancellor was initiated along with forty-six other new members Tuesday night. Registration Figures College M T W Tot Agriculture . . 70 130 75 275 Engineering 124 50 84 258 Teachers ... 16 66 119 201 Arts-Sciences 21 87 69 177 Bus. Admin 72' 55 127 Dentistry 5 43 48 Pharmacy ... 2 4 2 8 Totals ... 233 414 4471094 35 COLLEGIANS EILE TO E All Races But Three Have Complete Lists; Set For Saturday. Thirty-five prospective automo bile racers filed for entry in The Daily Nebraskan's Kollege Kar Klassic which is to be held at the state fair grounds Saturday after noon. Entries were to close yes terday afternoon but they have been extended until this afternoon for three events which were not filled yesterday. The' relay race for women, the tire change race, and the last drop race are the contest's which are still open, all others having a full quota of entrants. Two co-eds have filed for the relay race, one for the tire changing race, and six for the last drop race. All persons who have not entered the contests and wish to do so are urged by Charles Lawlor to file for one of these races before 4 o'clock this after noon. Five Events Filled. All the races with the exception of these three are entirely filled. The transport race has five en- I trants. the 220-yard dash eight, the towing race five, the two mile speed race thirteen, and the back ward race four. The women's relay race is to be one of the features of the after noon program. Three persons com prise a team and the wheel is I changed three times during the j course of the race. The engine i must be killed and started again after each change. Plan Cycle Races. Charles Lawlor, business man yesterday that a number of pro fessional motorcycle races will be held as one of the feature events of the afternoon. A number of out standing professional drivers have been secured and will display their (Continued on Page 2.) t A. A. Annual Dance Drama Will Be Presented May 20 In Coliseum. The annual Dance Drama which will be presented May 20 In the coliseum at 8 o'clock under the auspices of the W. A. A. will be under the management f the fol lowing committees; costumes; Elda Guhl, chairman, Dorothy Martin, Juanita Bolin, and Mar garet Swenson; properties, Mar jorie Pope, chairman, Ruth Reu ben, Marjorie Bernstein; publicity, Dorothy Orr, chairman, Margaret Lapp, and Loretta Borzych; stage and lights, Jeanette Moseman, chairman, Lucille Reilly, Alice Bedley, Dorothy Thaler, and Mag dalene Lebsock; tickets, Bcreniece Hoffman, Juliene Deetken; ushers, Zoraida Alexander. These committees will all meet Friday at 11:40 until the presenta tion of the program. Calendar .am pus Thursday, May 7. Freshman commission joint group meeting, Ellen Smith hall, 7 o'clock. VV. A. A. executive council meeting, 12 o'clui-k, W. A. A. of fice in Armory. League of Wmen Voters meet ing, 4 o'clock, Ellen Smith hall. Big Sister board meeting, i o'clock. Ellen Smith hall. i Saturday, May 9. Social dancing cIhj-p at Armory, It to S:'J o'clock. TR IN KAR CLASSIC To Hold Joint Session With Mathematicians and Geographers. MARVIN HEADS GROUP Complete Program Planned For Each Section of Conference. The forty-first annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sci ences will be held at the univer sity Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9, in joint session with the Ne braska section of the mathemat ical association of America and the Nebraska council of geography teachers. The session will open with regis tration in Morrill hall at 9 o'clock Friday. Friday's program in cludes a business session in the morning, general sessions at 1 :30 and 8:15 o'clock, sectional meet ings both in the morning and aft ernoon and a reception followed by the annual banquet at the Uni versity club following the after noon's sectional meetings and end ing in time for the general meet ing in the evening. Saturday's program includes a business meeting of the academy at 8:30, followed by sectional meetings ending soon after noon. Will Make FieW Trips. Two field trips are included in the plans for the members of the biology section Saturday following the morning business session. The geography teachers will take an all-day field trip fealuniay. Dr. H. H. Marvin of the physics department is president of the Ne braska Academy of Sciences which is affiliated with the American As sociation for the Advancement of Science. Other officers are: Dr. H. von W. Schulte of Creighton Medical college, vice president; Prof. M. P. Burnig of the depart ment of agricultural engineering at the college of agriculture, sec retary; Prof. P. K. Slaymaker of the department of machine design at the college of agriculture, treas urer. Councillors are: Prof. M. H. Swenk of the department of ento mology. Dr. M. G. Gaba of the de partment of mathematics, and Prof. A. E. Holcn. Local Men in Charge. Committees in charge of the weekend meeting are: Local mem bership, Dr. T. A. Pierce, depart ment of mathematics: member ship, Dr. L. B. Walker, department (Continued on Page 3.1 T Sigma Delta Chi Magazine Honor's Former Daily Nebraskan Editor. REPORTS FOR BEE-NEWS Cliff F. Sandahl, former editor of the Daily Nebraskan and grad uate of th" school of journalism of the arts and science college with the class of '30. has been asked to write three articles for the "Quill," official Sigma Delta Chi publica tion. The articles on which Sandahl, member of the local chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, will write are "Get Behind the Scenes," "Small Town Stuff," and Handling the Handouts." A chronological bio graphical sketch was also asked of Sandahl. In the article, "Gel Behind the Scenes. ' the editor of "Quill" seeks the knowledge of the back shop, particularly if the writer expects to have a paper of his own some time in the future. Talks of Small Town. "Small Town Stuff" will deal with what such work has to do with the training advantages to the man who does rcportorial work in weeklies or sen,i-weeklies in county seat towns and small cities. "Handling the Handouts" will consist of actual instances of how (Continued on Page 4.1 Y. MlISELECTS Eight New Members Chosen And Four Holdovers Form Council. Announcement was made yester day of the newly elected members of the city and ag campus Y. M. C. A. advisory board. This body is elected jointly by the old and new cabinets of the two campuses. The new members are: H. K. Douthit. Prof. H. C. Koch. Prof. W. H. S. Morton. Ray E. Ram say, J. Lee Rankin. Prof. C. E. Rosenquist. Prof. J. P. Senning. W. H. Werkmeister. Those menibeis whose terms continue from last year are Prof. T. T. Bullock, tne Rev. ErvinS Inglis. Prof. C. II. Patterson and M. Frank Toi son. The student officers of the city i and ag campus camneis are cx ioifii iu uicmbri .'f the board. QUILL NEW ADVISORY i 1 vf - rmirtef-v nf Thr Journal, i CLIFF F. SANDAHL. I Who has been asked by the j Quill, national publication of Sig i ma Delta Chi. to write three ar ! tides for its next issue. Sandahl is a Nebraska graduate and is at present employed -with the Omaha Bee News. SENIOR PLANS RECITAL Charlotte Frerichs to Give Program in Temple Sunday at 4. rhm lntte Frerichs. senior in the i School of Fine Arts, will present her senior recital Sunday after noon, Mav 10, at 4 o'clock, in the Temple Theater. Miss Frerichs is a student of I.ura Schuler Smith. Her program will consist of the following compositions: P.HmtMl-MaclVmiim. SumhRndiv Beethoven. Smmm. K flat Ms.'nr. Op. il. 3; Allepro. Allmretto Vivace, Mlnuetto. Presto run fundi. Cllnkh-Halal.iri'w. Th l.ark. r.lterp. rlierzn. r Mmr; miner. fcKamtjnti. Notiumn. h minor. fhoiiin-Jowlfy. vVaitz. cl flat maioi. RuMnKKnn. C.inrertn. d minor, Op. 70. No. 4 ; Moderatn assal. Miss Frerichs will - have an orchestral accompaniment by the Fine Aits orchestra A. with Carl Frederic Steckelberg conducting. ART STUDENTS PLAN E Morrill Hall to Be Changed j ' To Main Street for Bohemian Hop. BALL IS FIRST OF KIND Elaboiato eustumlng and unique decorations will feature the first annual Fine Arts ball, to be known as the Bohemian Hop. The scene of activilv will be the third floor of Morrill hall at S o'clock Friuay evening. The hup is the first event of its kind ever to be attempted by the Fine Arts and Architecture de partments. According to Mar garet Shcpard, the ball will be come an annual event, and will mark the opening of the student exhibit of art. The decora, ions arc entirely new and novel. The corridor on the l.nilU IlOOI Will Hint I 1 - """I a gay and slight lv humorous .Main Street." The l.;tU will be quite an j elaborate affair, and costumes are . required for attendance. I An exhibition ol baa lasie. composed of the masterpieces sub mitted by members of the depart ments, will also be hold at the time. The uso of materials and in spirations were unrestricted, and breath-taking results are expected. Entertainment, consisting of skits to be presented by members of each class, will be given during the intermission. The Hop is restricted to mem bers of the Fine Arts and Archi tecture departments only. I Paul Bogott Is Chairman in i Charge; to Be Held in j Pioneers Park. The Young People's department of the First Christian church is planning its annual spring picnic for Friday evening at Pioneers park. All Christian church stu dents registered in the university and their friends have been in vited to attend. All attending are asked to meet at the church. Six teenth and K streets, between 5 and f o'clock Friday and transpor tation will he nirnisiicu u im park. Those having cars avaiiame arc asked to bring them. A charge of 25 cents will he made to cover the cost of the picnic supper. Res ervations may be made by calling l the church office at BZil. ! Paul Bogott is general chairman I of the picnic. Bud Treadway has ! charge of the games and supper is being served ny a cuminmrc headed by Olive Seymour. Geral dine Con.pton and Mary Crown were in charge of the promotion and Beulah Seymour supervised the publicity for the event. Sports, games, and songs will be the en tertainment for the evening. KrlipoiiH Council Will MrH Saturday at Noon Beginning the second year of the organization, the religious welfare council will me-' : .ur'-y noon in the Temple cafeteria. T'.xzrr '.s to be a report of the nominating com mittee and following that the elec tion of officers for the ensuing year will be held. There will be re ports from the other standing Total of 1,094 Is Reported From Seven Colleges Yesterday. AG COLLEGE IS IN LEAD Teachers College Led for Yesterday; to Close Saturday Noon. With registration for the first semester of next year progressing slowly, a total of 1,094 students had completed the process at 5 o'clock yesterday, deans of seven colleges reported last night. They predicted the usual increase in registration speed for the two and one-half remaining days before the close Saturday noon. The college of agriculture lead in total numbers with 275 having picked their courses. The teachers college led in the number of stu dents registered yesterday with 119. The college of agriculture's Tuesday registration of 130 re mained' the heaviest single day's run for any college. Engineers Second. Second in registration totals last night was the college of engineer ing with 258. This was the largest relative portion of the total num ber of students enrolled for any college. The other colleges re porting followed in total registra tion in the following order: teach ers college, college of arts and sci ences, college of business admin istration, dental college and col lege of pharmacy. Although only eight students had eomplotod rofdst ration in the college of pharmacy, the office of the dean reported that,' since the course for each class is prescribed in advance, the completion of the process would be a simple matter. No Check in Law. The college of law will have no definite check on their registration numbers until the end of the week. Registration will take place in the graduate college next fall. Wednesday's registration for all colleges reporting was 54". No records were available for the third dav last year, but comparison of totals for Tuesday and the second day last year showed current r eg istration lagging by about. 50. Registration will close at noon Saturday. Any ftudent who has not consulted his adviser by that time and completed his selection of first semester courses will be charged a late registration fee. Fee statements will be mailed to students at their summer resi dences by the finance office some time in July or August. Remit tance must be made before Sep tember 2 to avoid the late registra tion fee. Under a new system inaugura ted this year by Prof. A. R. Cong don. chairman of the assignment committee, students will be given (Continued on Page 4) Plan Banquet Friday Baptist University Graduates. for DEAN GOSSARD TO TALK Baptist students who will gradu ate from the university in June or in August will be banquet guest3 of the Baptist Alumni association, at First Baptist church, Four teenth and K streets, Friday eve ning at 0:30. Harold Porterfield, 21. Lincoln, president of the asso ciation, will act as toast master. Dean H. C. Gossard. of Ne braska Wesleyan university, will be the principal speaker of ths evening. The welcome will be ex tended to the seniors by Mrs. Fred Williams, class of 1900, Lincoln, secretary of the state Baptist stu dent council. Response for the seniors will be given by Charles L. Hubbard. Mason City, Neb. Musical numbers will include violin selections by Miss Naomi Randall. Belleville, Kans., accom l Continued on Page 2.1 senioWpWo as E Sion Sherill of Medical College Receives New Honor. Sion Sherrill, a enu r at tha University of Nebraska medical school at Omaha, has been noti fied of his appointment as an in terne In the government hospital at Oncon, Panama. He will aerve there for one year, beginning in September. Mr. il;crrill, whose home is in Belle Fourche. S. D has received many scholastic hon or while at the university. He U one of the eight senior to bo elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary scholastic society whoa membership is based on a tour year's average. He U also Mated among the highest 10 percent. During the summer. Sherrill will act as physician for the sur vrvinc ram-.i at shland. The camp I is held by civil engineering drpai t l ment of "the university. f . r r, i t I ' r