Daily
HE
BRASKAN
Official Student Nqwspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXI NO. 59.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1931.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DROP OPENER 41-36
HIKERS
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PARTY ATTRACTS
University Coeds Exhibit
Picturesque Garbs at
Friday Affair.
A. W. S. AWARDS PRIZES
Dancing, Skits Presented
On Program; Tassels
Give Drama.
More than five hundred univer
sity coeds gathered at the annual
girls' Cornhusker costume party
Friday evening in the Armory.
Cleverly garbed to portray every
thing from Irish washerwomen to
bold sea pirates, the women were
entertained during the evening by
the A. W. S. board which sponsors
the tradition.
Marjorie Dickinson of Rock
Rapids. Ia., Chi Omega, was
chosen by the judges as wf aring the
cleverest costume. She appeared
as a dressing table. The prettiest
costume, in the opinion of the
judges, was worn by Margaret
Leonard of Lincoln, Alpha Xi
Delta. She came to the party as a
Spanish senorita. Mildred Dole of
Lincoln, Alpha Chi Omega, took
the prize for the funniest costume.
Her attire was that of an African
cannibal chief.
Judges Select Winners.
As a pink colonial lady, Mar
jorie Cass of Ravenna received
honorable mention for the pretti
est costume. Dorothy Weaver of
Falls City who acted as master of
ceremonies for the program of
dancing, singing and skits, was
awarded honorable mention for
the cleverest costume. The "miss
ing link," represented by the cos
tume of Alice Quigle of Lincoln
was chosen as honorable mention
for the funniest costume.
Anne Kavich of Fremont and
Dorothy Zimxner of Lincoln were
cited their humorous costumes
when they entered the room as
"time to retire." They appeared as
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RIFLE TEAM TO HOLD
Will Have Match Between
Four Squads Varsity
Aspirants.
TO SHOOT THIS WEEK
A match between four teams
composed of men trying: ' out for
the varsity and R.O.T.C. rifle
teams will be held in Andrews hall
this week. The members of each
team were selected so as to make
the teams of equal strength.
The course of fire consist of five
shots In each position: prone, sit
ting, kneeling, and standing. The
whole ceurse must be fired in
twenty-six minutes and will be wit
nessed by the officer on duty on
the range.
The whole range will be turned
over to the men shooters as the
girl rifle shooters will not fire in
the daytime in me ruture. ah
scores in this match must be com
pleted by 2 o'clock Friday, Dec.
18 and can be fired anytime during
the week commencing Monday
afternoon.
The varsity and R.O.T.C. teams
will be picked from the outstand
ing shots in this match. Medals
will be given to the winning team
and in addition individual medals
will be given to the highest In
dividual scorer among the old men
and another among the new men.
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Biblical Portrayal of Yule
1,000 Years Ago Is
Planned.
Biblican scenes representing
Christmas days a thousand years
ago will be portrayed at the Ves
per service on Tuesday night of
tbla week in the main drawing
room of Ellen Smith hall. The
room will be lighted by a log in
the fireplace and by candles.
Christmas in Rome In the year
500, the manger scene in Bethle
hem, the holidays in Oermany l
1000 will be depicted in the serv
ices. Special Christmas music by
the Vespers choir and by the city
Y. M. C. A. octet, Christmas po
etry, and the tableaux make up
the program.
Alice Quigle of the Vespers staff
and a member of the university
Y. M. C. A. will preside at the
scripture service, and Miss Violet
Olson of the city branch is '..
charge of the tableaux. They will
be presented by the Lincoln high
school Girl Reserve corps.
GIRLS
CO 1
500 ATTENDANCE
SOCIAL MAJORS CONVENE
Thursday Meeting Attracts
Forty Students; Read
Letters.
Forty students who are major
ing in social work lunched together
at the Grand hotel Thursday. The
entertainment featured the read
ing of letters from former students
describing the work In which they
are now engaged.
Among these were letters from
Miss Merle Draper, '21, who Is now
director of medical social work in
the county health unit in Pomona,
Calif.; Miss Ruth Peterson, who
has spent the past year with the
Family Welfare society in Omaha;
Miss Mildred McGraw, who is with
the County Welfare board of Cook
county; and Miss Ruth Shallcross
and Evelyn Adler, who are doing
social work in New York City.
A letter wbich created special
interest was from Miss Janet
Schmidt. She has recently taken
charge of one of the ten joint
emergency relief stations which
were set up for the winter by the
Chicago council of social agencies.
She has twenty-three workers un
der her supervision.
OF
Bob Lau, Campaign Head,
Asks Organizations
For Support.
SIMANEK LAUDS IDEA
In Bupport of the Chirstmas
charity fund drive, which was
started by the Interfraternity
council at its meeting last week.
Bob Lau, chairman of the council
committee in charge of the cam
paign, yesterday urged that all or
ganizations discuss the subject in
their meetings Monday night.
"I suggest that the houses dis
cuss the plan Monday night If
they had planned to engage in
some charity work for Christmas,
It would be a good idea to contri
bute to the fund. Both the Inter
fraternity and Panhellenic councils
have approved of the idea and
promise their full support," Lau
declared.
Mr. Louis Horne, director of the
Lincoln community chest, said
that the local community chest
would be glad to co-operate in any
way they could if it was so de
sired. He suggested that organiza
tions contributing might direct
the expenditure of their contribu
tions, which would be followed by
the chest.
Nebraskan Aids.
The Daily Nebraskan will co
operate in the campaign by pub
lishing daily the list of contribut
ors to the fund and the lump sum
received. Contributions will be re
ceived any time at the office of
the Nebraskan by Marvin Von
Seggern, Bob Lau, or Jack Thomp
son, members of the Interfratern
ity council.
According to Julia Simanek,
president of the Panhellenic coun
cil, most of the sororities are in
favor of the idea. All members of
the council were notified of the
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BY PI SHU ALPHA
Political Science Group
Takes New Members
Saturday. '
Pi S4gma Alpha, honorary poli
tical science fraternity, initiated
ten new members and three hon
orary members Saturday evening
at a banquet held at the Univer
sity club. The organization com
posed of faculty members and
students in the political science de
partment elected on the basis of
scholarship was organized at Ne
braska last year for the purpose
of promoting constructive inter
est in government matters.
The intiiates are: Jack Thomp
son, Lucille Hendricks, Wayne
Hatcher, Christian Larsen, Wal
ter Kollmorgan, Phil Brownell,
William Horsham, Joe Miller, Ma
bel Bridges, and Clarissa Delano.
The three honorary members se
lected for membership are . men
identified with political science
work in other colleges in the
state. They are Dr. J. G. Lewis
of the Wayne State teachers col
lege, Dean J. E. Taylor of Doane
college, and Prof. C. M. Brown, of
the Peru state teachers college.
Dr. J. P. Sennirg, head of the
political- science department and
Dr. Harold Stoke, faculty advisor
of the organization gave short
addresses in connection with the
work of the organization. The
three honorary members were
also called on for informal re
marks. The fraternity has nineteen
chapters in the United States, the
Nebraska Tau chapter being the
most recently installed. Four
regular meetings a semester are
held tokj ether with such special
meetings as can be called to take
advantage of opportunities to hear
outstanding figures in the field of
political science who may happen
to be in Lincoln.
FACULTY GROUP
GIVES
APPROVAL
TO EXAM PLANS
Senate Adopts New System
of Nine-Day Period for
Tests Saturday.
LIMIT OF TWO EACH DAY
(
Professors May Use Own
Option for Three-Hour
Courses.
The university faculty Senate,
Saturday morning, approved the
new plan for conducting final ex
aminations as presented dv a spe'
clal committee appointed last year
to formulate a schedule whicn
would avoid some of the disadvan
tages of the system formerly in
use. The new plan provided only
two examination periods a day and
examinations continue for a nine
dav period in contrast to the for
mer plan which provided for four
examination periods a day lasting
only one week.
Thursday, Jan. 21, is the begin
nine of the examination period un
der the new plan and the finals
are scheduled on through Satur
day, Jan. 30, including Saturday,
Jan. 23. The plan recommends
that morning examination periods
start at 9:00 a. m. and last till
noon, with afternoon periods
scheduled from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m.,
although the examinations them'
selves need not occupy the entire
three hour periods.
Continues Functioning.
The committee which drew up
the new plan was requested by the
Senate to continue to function as
an agency to adjust any conflicts
or difficulties which may arise un
der the new plan when first put
into operation at the end of this
semester. The committee of which
Prof. T. M. Raysor is chairman,
consists of Prof, R. C Abbott,
Prof. H. J. Kesner, Prof. J. E
Kirshman, Prof. O. C. Weidemann,
Dean T. J. Thompson, and Miss
Florence I. MCGahey, registrar.
In the schedule drawn up,
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Prof. J. A. Cuneo Tells of
South American Job
Possibilities.
TO HAVE FOUR ISSUES
Appearance of the first edition
of the Bizad News, the official
publication of the college of busi
ness administration, on Wednes
day, December 16, was announced
yesterday by Pierce Jones, editor
of the paper. It will be the first
of a series of four issues to be pub
lished this year.
The paper will contain features
of interest to students in the col
lege. Professor J. A. Cuneo, in
structor in economics, has contrib
uted an article outlining the ad
vantages and possibilities of the
employment of graduates in South
America.
The Bizad News will also carry
an article on the organization
within the college of business ad
ministration and one on the value
of a college education in relation
to income.
Print 700 Copies.
Seven hundred copies of the first
issue of the Bibad News will be
printed, according to Charles
Skade, business manager of the
publication. They will be distrib
uted free, as the advertising in the
paper pays for the expenses of
publication. The Terminal Print
ing company has been awarded the
printing contract.
More than one hundred copies of
the papet will be sent to high
schools in the state to acquaint
them with the organization and
work of the college, according to
the editor of the publication.
The News will be printed on four
pages with four columns to the
page. The publication is sponsored
by the publication board of the
college of business administration.
Professor C. O. Swayzee is faculty
adviser to the paper. Student or
ganizations sponsoring the publi
cation are Delta Sigma Pi and
Alpha Kappa Psi, professional
commerce fraternities, Chi Phi
Theta, commerce sorority, and the
Commercial club.
Dr. Forbes Appears
Before Classics Club
An address on "Women" was
delivered by Dr. C. A. Forbes at a
meeting of the classic club held
Friday at Andrews ball. The
speaker was presented by Mar
garet Deming. The following offi
cers were elected: president,
Cordelia Alderson, 32, Humphrey;
secretary, Kathleen Becker, '34,
Lincoln; treasurer, Beth Scbmid.
A discussion concerning the po-
GIVEN SEASON'S PRIZES
Misses Snyder, Shallcross,
Alden Sell Most
Candy.
Grand prizes to the highest W.
A. A. salesmen at the football
games this season were awarded
at the A. W .S. Cornhusker cos
tume party Friday evening in the
armory. Kola Snyder received
first prize of an oil painting and
five pounds of candy, for the
highest sales.
Jean Alden took second place,
and Wlnnlfred Shallcross, third.
Each winner was awarded a large
box of candy. Other prizes went
to Marjorie Tillotsen, and Eliza
beth Edmiston. Arthadel Shike
and Doris Patterson received hon
orable mention.
OF AWGWAN 10
APPEAR TUESDAY
Formal Theme Is Feature
Of Current Humor
Number.
ROBINSON DRAWS COVER
Wolf Heads Contributors
To Magazine; New
Talent Appears.
The December issue of the Awe
wan, the Formal number, will go
nn snip Tiipsrlnv mornine. accord
ing to an announcement made by
Marvin nooinson, editor, Bnuiruay.
Awgwan stands will be placed in
Social Science hall, Andrews hall
and the Moon and at other places
about the campus as usual, he
said.
"This issue contains material of
special interest to the student
body," he stated, "the theme, of
Hflntr in kwnlnir with the
time of year The whole maga
zine is symDoiic or wnnsimas ana
the formal season."
The cover, which was drawn by
Robinson, depicts a young iaay,
wno is aressea m a remeu iwiuai,
ran riv tn attend formal nartv
Tn thd bAckeround is a number of
young men ttired in full evening
Fashions Portrayed.
Robinson believes that one of the
most attractive pages in the maga
zine is a feature called, "Foolish
Formal Fashions." which shows
the contributions that the different
ages and people have made to our
modern formal attire.
Annthpr feature of this issue, an
article by Art Wolf called "Why
College Men commit auiciae, or
"Mother Burn My Clothes," offers
some unusual remedies for com
mon difficulties a young man en
counters in preparing himself for
formal parties. Roland Miller has
also contributed a number of short
features, one of which is "Water!
Waiter!" He has also given an
alphabetical list of phoney phone
tic animals.
Margaret Deming has produced
a poem for the magazine entitled
"Our Nebula." Kay Hull and others
have also offered some timely
poetry.
"There is quite a lot of art work
which names of
several new artists appear," Robin
son pointed out.
Sends Out Copies.
I'nnioo thin month are roinz
out over the state to the principal
news stands in the larger cities.
We are also taking a select list of
high schools and sending sample
copies to their editors of publica-
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P
FOR SISTER DINNER
Complete Plans for Annual
Banquet to Be Given
Wednesday.
The program for the annual Big
and Little Sister dinner, to De
given under the auspices of the
Big Sister Board on Dec. 17, Ellen
Smltn nan, nas Deen announueu y
Katherine Warren, chairman 01
the program committee. Marjorie
Pope will tap dance for the gue3ts,
and the Delta Gamma trio will pre
sent one or two numbers.
Tickets for the dinner, to which
all university women are invited,
are on sale in the organized
houses now, and may be bought
from girls who are Big Sisters.
Little Meet Big.
Little Sisters will meet their Big
Sisters at Ellen Smith ball and
will have dinner with them. There
will be an excellent opportunity
for sorority women to meet non
sorority women and freshmen who
will wish to be Big Sisters next
year are urged to come.
Ruthalee Holloway Is in charge
of the arrangements for the uin
ner; Julienne Deetkin and Mar
garet Upson vUl direct games and
see that everyone gets acquainted;
and Katherine Warren and Ardeth
Pierce have arranged the program.
DECEMBER
GREEK BALL IS
SCHEDULED FOR
SATURDAY. FEB. B
Norman Galleher, Chairman,
Announces Date After
Friday Meeting.
CORNHUSKER IS CHOSEN
Downtown Ballroom Will
Be Scene of Annual
Formal Dance.
The interfraternity ball will be
held Feb. 6 in the Hotel Cornhus
ker ballroom, Norman Galleher,
chairman in charge, announced
yesterday following a meeting of
his committee Friday night.
Other arrangements, altho in
complete, are progressing he re
ported and will be announced soon
after Christmas vacation. Ticket
sales will probably be limited to
about 300 since the event is being
held in a downtown ball room
rather than in the Coliseum as is
usual with the major social affairs
of the year.
The Student Council Wednesday
authorized the committee to em
ploy an out of town orchestra for
the ball and communications with
various nationally known bands
have begun, according to Chalm
ers Graham, In charge of an or
chestra. The decorations scheme and en
tertainment have not been fully
worked out as yet but will also be
announced after the holiday re
cess, as will the ticket price. It is
expected that a reduction will be
made nder last year's price and
undei .hat charged for the Mill
tary ball.
The committee In charge of the
ball, as announced by Marvin Von
Seggern, president of the Intraf ra
ternity council Tuesday is: Nor
man Galleher, chairman; Jack
Thompson, entertainment; Charles
Skade, tickets; uaimwi wwin,
orchestra; Jim Crabill. sponsors
and invitations; Howard Allaway,
publicity; John Zeilinger, decora
tions. Four Artists Will Augment
University Group of
250 Voices.
PROGRAM ANNUAL AFFAIR
The university chorus of 250
voices augmented by four star so
loists, groups of singers from the
city, and a 25-piece orchestra will
present Handel's "Messiah" in
Grant Memorial hall, Pec. 16 at
8 o'clock. Howard Kirkpatrick,
acting head of the school of music,
is directing the Choral union.
The soloists asked by Kirkpa
trick to take part in the "Messiah"
are Rose Anne Carr, soprano;
Edna Swanson Ver Harr, contralto;
Clark Sparks, tenor; and Stanley
Deacon, bass. All are from Kansas
City. Rose Anne Carr is scheduled
as the feature guest star ot me
presentation.
University students belonging to
the Choral union and regularly en
rolled In chorus work have been
working on Handel's composition
since the beginning of the school
year in preparation for this Christ
mas presentation. Kirkpatrick has
held all his rehearsals for the
Messiah" in class sessions of the
union. Class sessions are held
twice each week in Morrill hall.
Some special instruction has been
given in the school cf music.
Started In 1895.
This year's Messiah will be the
thirty-sixth consecutive presenta
tion given by the university. Han
del's work was first presented in
i5 by tne university chorus, it
was organized by the late Carrie
B. Raymond, who directed the
chorus until her death six years
ago. It was then taken up and
continued by Howard Kirkpatrick.
The Choral union offers two
productions each year. The first is
the "Messiah" presented each year
just before the Christmas holidays
and the second is a musicale held
in the spring.
The production will be presented
at 8 o'clock for the second time
since its origin. Previous to last
year it was held at some morning
hour. The affair will be open to
the public with no admission
charge.
Engineers Schedule
Inspection Journey
An inspection trip through the
plant of the Iowa-Nebraska Light
and Power Co. has been planned
for mechanical engineers by the
program committee of A. S. M. E.
The committee asks that all stu
dents interested in visiting the
plant meet in the plant office, 9th
and K sts., Wednesday, Dec. 16,
at 7:30 p. m.
SCARLET QUINTET
LOSES TO DAKOTA
Coyotes TS'ithstaml Final Period Nebraska Rally lo
Chalk Up Win Saturday IVight; Rlackmen
Behind 25 to 13 at Half Time.
ADKINS LEADS HOOP ASSAULT WITH 26 POINTS
Lenser, Henrion, Wisclnneier Lead Brilliant Comeback
in the Second Half; Roster's Play at Guard
Features Cornhusker Defense.
BY HOWARD ALLAWAY.
Xcbraska lost to South Dakota, 41 to 36, in the basketball
season opener in the coliseum last night when a second period
scoring spree by Charley Black's recruits was not enough to
overcome a twelve point lead piled up by the Coyote veterans
during the first half of a close, hard fought game".
Individual star of the game was Steve Adkins, who tossed
E
Gives Chance for Students
On City Campus to
Take Subject.
BEGINS NEXT SEMESTER
In order to make home econom
ics available to students on the
city campus, a number of new
courses are being offered for the
second semester, according to an
announcement yesterday from the
agricultural college. Many young
women have a desire to take the
courses along this line but find it
inconvenient to go to the agricul
tural campus for this purpose. The
courses offered include several of
the various phases of home eco
nomics. Courses are designed as
elective! for young women, inas
much... as it ia estimated, that 85
percent of all young women grad
uating from college eventually be
come homemakers.
A two hour courses in housing
and selection of house furnishings
(H. E. 81) includes problems of
the individual house with special
attention to convenience, comfort
and cost. Principles of design and
color are applied in the choice and
arrangements of furnishings. A
young woman who expects to have
the problems of planning a new
house or remodeling an old one
might be interested in the more
inclusive course in housing (H. E
161) which is given on the agricul
tural college campus. This course
enables students to draw and read
house plans with satisfactory ar
rangements as to cost, conveni
ence and family needs. It is a two
hour credit course and is open to
juniors and seniors.
Nutrition Course.
Another two hour course to be
given on the city campus is en
titled nutrition and management
problems (H. E. 82.) The first
part of the course is devoted to
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BOARD HONOR AFFAIR
Will Hold Tea for Junior,
Sophomore Women With
High Averages.
Sophomore and junior women
will be entertained at a tea given
by Mortan Board, senior women's
honorary, this afternoon in Ellen
Smith hall between 3 and 5 o'clock.
Invitations have been issued to 370
sophomore and junior women who
have an average of 80 percent or
above and have no outstanding
delinquencies on their scholastic
records.
Members of Sigma Alpha Iota
will perform on a musical program
arranged by Aleen Neely. Several
groups of selections will be played
by a trio composed of Ethel Amen,
violin: Francis Morley, piano, and
Garnete Mayhew, cello.
Decorations will conform to the
Christmas motif. Palms, ferns and
potted plants will bank the fire
place ia the court. Plonsettias
and tall red tapers tied with green
tulle will make the tea table
attractive. Tapers will light the
drawing room which will be dec
orated with Christmas flowers.
Mrs. F. D. Coleman, national
president of Mortar Boards; Miss
Amanda Heppner, dean of women
and Jean Ratbburn, president of
the active chapter, will be in the
receiving line to gret the guests.
The guests will be served during
the first hour by Miss Elsie Ford
Piper and by Miss Mabel Lee and
during the last hour by Miss
Florence McGahey and Miss Pau
line Gellatly. Active members of
Alpha Lambda Delta, national
honorary scholastic sorority for
freshman women, sponsored by
Mortar Boards will serve.
General management for the
affairs were made by Gretchen
Fee. Aleen Neely had charge of
the program and Evelyn Krotz
issued the invitations and Dorothy
Weaver planned the refreshments.
O eleven baskets and dropped in four
free throws for 26 of the visitors
41 points. Almost alone he kept
the northerners on top during the
second half after Nebraska had
begun to click and had tied up
Olson, the other South Dakota for
ward who had accounted for ten
markers in the first half, holding
him to a single toss.
Lenser Leads Attack.
High in the Husker scoring
column was Kurt Lenser, Lincoln
junior and new man on Black's
team, with four field goals and a
gift point. Walt Henrion. sopho
more, was next in line with a trio
of field goals and two free throws.
Koster displayed a strong defens
ive game.
Nehraska scored first on Wisch
mcir's toss just after the game
started. A few seconds later Ad
kins had tied the count Olson
tossed his first giving the visitors
a lead they held to the final gun.
During the first half Coach
Black used two full teams in a fu
tile attempt to find a combination
which would stop the assault Ad
kins and Olson were carrying
against the south basket. The vis
itors had Nebraska's offense well
bottled ud. During- the second half
these and one more saw action and
were successful in outpointing the
aoutn uaicota boys 23 to 16, but
were 5 points short of overcoming
the fast pace set by Adkins and
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PREP DEBATE LEAGUE
INITIATES REFORMS
Delegates Vote to Increase
Number of Debaters,
Judges Used.
FORENSIC SEASON NEARS
Voting to use three judges in ihe
finals of the state debate tourna
ment, the Nebraska high M.hool
debating league, at its meeting
Friday night on the university
campus, increased the numner
used in the finals last year when
only one was used. Two delegates
from each of the sixteen districts
in the state were present at the
meeting.
The league also decided that dis
trict champions coming to the fi
nal competition might use Hny
number of speakers from three to
six. Formerly only three were al
lowed, but in the next tournament
the contenders may use up to six
in any combination ' they wish.
They may enter two teams, one
for the negative and one for the
affirmative.
Th delegates voted to condemn
certain information bureaus which
furnish written speeches and man
uscripts for use in the meets, ac
cording to Prof. H. A. White, in
structor in the department of Eng-
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ORDER COVER FOR
1
Staff Finishes Layout Work
On Annual; Modern
Drawings Used.
The cover for the 1932 Cornhus
ker has been ordered fr;n the
S. K. Smith company, according to
Otis Detrick, editor of the year
book. It is an embossed leatner
covei, upon which are the figures
of the heads of a college woman
and a college man. It is done in
harmonizing colors.
The dummy has been laid our. as
it will be printed. The introductory
pages to eacti book, or section are
modern drawings depicting mod
ern college students and college
life without being too collegiate.
The art work has been done by
Karl Fitzer, artist for Burger
Balrd Sr Co.
"All of these pages are done in
four color processing, which pro
vides a good introduction to each
of the sections, such as the activi
ties, organizations, football, class
es, etc. Work on the book is pro
gressing rapidly," Detrick said.
