FRIDAY, JANUARY B, 1932.
T1IK DAILY NKRKASKAN
THREE
SOCIETY
Tlio engagement of Kloiso Ural, tlnughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kenl of MH'ook, wns announced to llerrol J. Skulmovo,
son of Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Skidmorc, also of McCook. Miss
Heal is Attending the university and is a member of Alpha Chi
Omega sorority. Mr. .Skidmorc is n former student and a mem
ber of Tau Kappa Kpsilon fraternity. At present he is attend
ing "West Point military academy.
All-University Party,
Saturday Will Use
Snow Motif.
The first all-university party of
the new year will be held Satur
day evening In the coliseum In the
form of a snow party. Snow will
be thrown from the ceiling and
Jower fans will drive it across the
iloor which will resemble a real
winter blizzard. One thousand
snowballs will be thrown from the
balcony of the coliseum during
the party. Neal Freyberg and his
ten ambassadors will play for the
affair.
The committee in charge of the
party Is: Publicity, George
Thomas: signboard, Clarence
Himes; decorations, Norman Fink,
Clayton Jones, and Ervin Watson;
punch stand, Magdelene Lebsack;
orchestra, Ruthalee Holloway
lights, F. Preston.
Eula Rossean Becomes
Tri Delt President.
Eula Rossean has been elected
president of Delta Delta Delta so
rority to take the place of Evclvn
Stotts of Lincoln, who resigned.
Miss Stotts will leave school and
be married this coming Wednes
day. Gamma Phi's Plan
Jail Bird Party.
The pledges of Gamma Phi
Beta will entertain the actives at a
"Jail Bird" party this Saturday
evening at the chapter house. The
chaperones will be Prof, and Mrs.
K. E. Cochran. Dr. and Mrs. Fred
rick Teal, Mrs. Beedle. house
mother, and Mrs. Smith, the Kappa
Sigma housemother.
Motional President To
Visit Phi Omega Pi.
Mrs. Dorothy Ayrcs Loudon of
Chicago, national president of
Phi Omega Pi sorority, will arrive
Saturday morning for a visit with
the local chapter.
Saturday afternoon from 3:30 to
5:30 a tea has been planned in
her honor by the active chapter
with Grace Valasak in charge.
Presidents and housemothers of
the sororities and the housemoth
ers of the fraternities have been
invited at this time to meet her.
In the receiving line will be Mrs.
Dcrothy Ayres Loudon, Oda Ver
milion, active president. Miss
Louise Mushaw, the housemother,
Mrs. Edna Humphry, Marion
White and Geraldine Ewald. Mrs.
fV. O. Van Andal will pour at the
tea table which will be attractivaly
uerorated with the sorority colors
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of blue and white. The entertain
ment will consist of piano and vio
lin selections by Lela Fourt, Grace
Kratky, and Harriett Bereauter.
Saturday evening a group of the
alumnae will gather informally at
the University club, to have din
ner with Mrs Loudon. Sunday
evening the actives and alumnae
will give a buffet supper at the
chapter house from 5 to 7 o'clock
following which Mrs. Loudon will
attend a combined chapter meeting
She will leave Monday morning.
Theta Sigma Phi's
Hold Meeting.
. Twenty active and almunao
members of Theta Sigma Phi met
at the home of Margaret Day
Thursday evening for a literary
meeting. Miss Louise Pound, mem
ber of the English department,
talked on poetry. Following this a
discussion waB held on poetry.
After the meeting refreshments
were served.
Sigma Delta Tau
Schedules Party.
Sigma Delta Tau have scheduled
a leap year party to be held at the
chapter house for this Saturday
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Shire and Mrs. Margaret Eeur, the
housemother will chaperone. ,-
Many Parties To Be
Held This W eek-End.
Friday evening among the par
ties scheduled for the evening the
major party will be the Alpha
Tnete. urn dinner dance for fifty
couples at the dance following in
the ballroom for three hundred
couples. Another formal dinner
dance will be held by the members
of Kappa Alpha Theta at their
chapter house. Farm house and
Theta Chi will entertain at house
dances.
Saturday evening the Engineers
ball at the Cornhusker will mark
the revival of an old tradition. The
Pi Beta Phi formal dinner dance
at the chapter house will precede
a dance to which members of other
Greek groups have been bidden
Sigma Delta Tau and Gamma Phi
Beta will have a house party. The
first all-university party of 1932
also will be held Saturday evenlo
Mary Edna Jones .
Weds on Dec. 11.
Miss Mary Edna Jones, daughter
of Mrs. Edna Jones of eBatrice,
was married to Dwight Allen of
Lincoln Dec. 11. Mrs. Allen will
continue her work at the uni
versity.
Mothers Clubs
Hold Meetings.
Phi Kappa Mothers club held
their regular business meeting
Wednesday afternoon at the chap
ter house. Plans were made by the
group for the benefit bridge which
will be held Jan. 20 at the chapter
house.
Sigma Chi Mothers club held
their meeting Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. C. M. Suther
land. Mrs. Fr?d Helmdoerfer and
Mrs. A. S. Dotgall assisted.
The Delta Zeta Mother's club
met at the lome of Mrs. George
Eberley Thunday evening at 7:30
o'clock. Mrs. Dora Stauss assisted.
THEODORE DIERS, RADIO
DIRECTOR, TELLS OF EX
CITING DAYS AS BROAD
WAY ACTOR.
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on another road trip with it. The
same comriny was held over the
next seasonfor another Joe Weber
show, whicl was called "Twiddle
Twaddle." Yearning or a role on the legiti
mate stage, Mr. Diers did not go
on the tour this time, but aban
doned the shw after Its New York
run. His firt job after leaving
Weber was vith Aubrey Bouci
cault. Other rles followed and he
toured New Eigland with a reper
toire compan.
"The cianman" was then one
of the outstnding stage produc
tions and it 'as in this show that
Mr. Diers Huceetled In securing a
place. He exlalned that a great
deal of DavUIWark Griffith's film,
"The Birth f The Nation," was
based on thi play. Just a the film
was a senntion, the play was
greatly talL-d about wherever it
played.
When U; play made its south
em tour, Mr. Diers revealed, r-n
advance nan spread its story
throughct the community. Im
mediate) Injunctions were filed by
local pople in an attempt to pre
vent it showing. Shortly after the
filing t the injunctions, an attor
ney wo represented the play
would appear in the community
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and have the decrees net aside or
see that tht'y were vol. recognized.
The publicity ace i i'unying such
legal proceed!., , a invariably
aroused public interest and when
the company arrived it found the
theaters sold out.
ut Wires.
Many of thoae opposed t the
production did not Htop with the
failure of their attempt at injunc
tln, but used other means in try
ing to stop IU nhowing. In one
town Mr. Diers recalled that the
electric wires in the theater were
cut and that it was necessary for
the stage manager to secure the
acetylene headlights, then used on
automobiles, to light the stage.
In another town a race riot was
involved, all of which caused a
great deal of anxiety among the
company.
While traveling with James K.
Hackett, the matinee idol of Amer.
ica at that time, a German stage
director, who was a coach of the
old German school of acting, mys
teriously dropped dead during a
performance in Atlanta, Ga. No
cauHe of the director's death wns
ever ascertained.
Only a few days later Carl
Ahrendt. an outstanding character
actor, became sick In Vieksburg
and died shortly. Itwns necessary
ror Mr. Diers to carry on the role
played by the dead actor.
"Among the actor of the day,"
Mr. Diers says," existed the su
perstition that, if a death occurrs
in a company, two more nre cer
tain to follow. The company la
bored under this supersition for
nearly two weeks from the time of
the first death, when, suddenly, the
train that they were traveling on
stopped late one night. Investiga
tion soon revealed that the engi
neer of the train, who had been
with he company all during the
tour, dropped dead. This brought
relief to the actors, as their su
persition was now allayed.".
On one .occasion the car contain
ing the scenery burned, making it
necessary for the production to use
some of the scenery of the theaters
that they played.
A rather humorous incident was
related by Mr. Diers, when he told
of the handicap a cast labored
under while playing in New Haven,
Conn. A cracked beam in the ceil
ing of the principal theater of the
city had caused it to be con
demned. As an alternative, a music
hall in the city was selected as the
scene of the production's showing.
The building had a level floor
with a platform at one end and
was not equipped with dressing
rooms. It was necessary for the
players to descend a ladder into
the floor below, which was occu
pied by a barroom and dining
room. The men were assigned the
barroom and the women were
given the dining room, but it was
necessary for the men to pass thru
the women's dressing room in re
turning to the ladder to ascend to
the stage.
As the men made their way to
the stage for the first act, they
were blindfolded while they passed
through the dining room. This
worked quite well at first, but the
show required many and rapid
changes of costume for both men
and women. In the furor of dash
ing up and down the ladder and ef
fecting a change in garb in the
makeshift dressing room, the blind
fold act proved impractical.
Finding the show delayed, the
stage manager told the men to
abandon the blindfold and "to let
their conscience be their guide.
The rest of the show went off
without much delay.
Leaves Stage. .
After having been on the siage
several years, Mr. Diers took a po
sition as stage manager with a
company. This is an arduous as
signment and after several hectic
road trips, Mr. Diers found his
health impaired an ddecided to
leave the stage.
He went to Wyoming to visit his
brother and while there became
connected with a bank as cashier.
This led to other positions and he
later drifted into politics! During
the war Mr. Diers held the posi
tion of federal food administrator
for Wyoming. He came to Lincoln
in 1924 and was engaged by the
Lincoln School of Opera as dra
matic coach. He later became con
nected with the University School
of Music and became chief an
nouncer and later director of the
University of Nebraska radio stu
dios. With such a career as this be
hind him, Mr. Diers can speak
with authority on the practical
side of drama and its production
on the American stage during the
last quarter century. On the walls
of his office are hung autographed
pictures of stage celebrities of an
other day. And he can also show
you a program on which he is
listed above Marie Dressier, wh.se
performance on the screen was
rated best during J.ii.
AUTHORS' CONTEST IS
ANNOUNCED BY GUILD
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award, the Nebraska Writers guil 1
reserves the right to publish any
one or all of the prize stories in
"The Prairie Schooner."
All manuscripts must be sub
mitted before March 15. J 932, and
mailed to
Poetry Contest.
In the poetry contest a prize of
fifty dollars will be awarded for
the best contribution, regardless of
whether the author is or Is not a
resident of Nebraska. Twenty-five
dollars will be awarded for the
best poem written by a Nebraska
author. In this contest It ia pos
sible that a Nebraska po-t win
both the prizes. Rules for the
potery contest follow:
All manuscripts to be written on
one side of the sheet only.
Name of the author must not
appear on the manuscript, but
should be inclosed with the title
of the poem In a separte envel
ope. Poems must be limited to sixty
lines.
If manuscript is to be returned
at the close of the contest, return
postage must be Included.
Contestants may submit not
mors than two poems.
All manuscript must b sub
mitted before March 15, 1932, and
mailed to
Included on the staff of direc
tors of the Nebraska Writer's
guild are J. E. DeRossignol. dean
of the college of business adminis
tration, and .Hazel Gertrude Kins
cella, connected with the school nf
music
Meet Miss Smith
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rpiwr row, left to rlplit. Laura, Tynip
Iinurr row. lelt to rlttit. Lean, Unco
Khonu, Lincoln; Arlpne, Lincoln.
Above are pictured a few rep
'name' groups on the campus. In
the campus whose last name is
tion are men, yet "Meet Miss Sm
COED". Dr.lARE
NEBRASKA MEN
LACK COURTESY
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five cases was the man carrying
the -coed's books.
In several cases women students
either had to resignedly force their
way or allow themselves to be
jostled by men in order to go thru
the doorway. In the checkup
made, forty-six cases were noted
where there wns an exchange of
greeting between coed and "eds."
In only fourteen case; did the man
tip his" hat. (Nine of the men were
hatless.)
The question, "Do you think Ne
braska men are more or less cour
teous to women students than men
in other schools?" was asked fif
teen upperclass coeds prominent
in campus activities. Eight replied
they are less courteous, five that
they are just as courteous, while
two. were non-committal. Practi
cally ail qualified their answers.
Not as Polished.
"I do not think Nebraska men
are as polished in manners as the
men in other schools, particularly
those of the east and southeast,"
decla-'-i Berneice Hoffman, presi
dent the Associated Women
Studwu;. and member of Mortar
Board. "Their courtesy is quite
typical of the middlewest, however
quite obvious at times and utter
ly lax at others," she continued.
"In the south we find a certain
characteristic dignity among the
men: in the east the courtesy is a
product of custom and environ
ment. Neither of these is found at
Nebraska."
Bettie Wilson. Betty Jane Blank.
Pi Beta Phi, and Dorothy Orr,
Kappa. Alpha Theta. added their
condemnation of men to Mi3s
Hoffman's.
"Manners are not very polished
there's room for improvement,"
commented Helen Drummond,
Kappa Alpha Theta. "Majority
are not and few are very outstand
ing. However. I don't think they
come up to other schools, altho I
am not really especially famiiar
with other schools." was the ver
dict of Jane Youngson, also of
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Said Gertrude Clark, Alpha Xi
Delta: "I don't think they are
overly courteous here. On the
whole, while they are not so oaa.
they could be better."
Dorothy Brewer, Chi Omega
transfer of Oklahoma City, held
that courtesy here is more lax
than at southern schools, saying:
"In matters ot common courtesy,"
she said. "I think Nebraska men
are probably as well mannered as
men elsewhere, but in little cour
tesies, that every girl appreciates,
and in the manner in which they
perform them I think southern fel
lows are fare superior."
Takine the other side of the ar
gument, five girls vouched for the
courtesy of the men.
Depends On Training.
I think they are courteous, but
you find tne supernciai ponsn
more characteristic of the east.
University life makes an improve
ment," said Roseline Pizer, Sigma
Delta Tau. "I think they are as
courteous as others of course, I
come from western Nebraska. I
think they are about the same
everywhere. I think it depends a
lot on the individual and on the
home training. I think a year
down here makes a great deal of
improvement," was the comment
of Dorothy Zollner. Delta Gamma.
Marv Alice Kelly, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, vigorously supported the
case of the men. Said she: "I think
they are as courteous as elsewhere,
but I haven't come in contact with
many outsiders. I snould say the
Nebraska men are 'O. K.'!"
"On the whole I think Nebraska
men are as courteous as they think
the girl in question demands," re
plied Eleanor Dixon, Chi Omega,
non-committally. "Many of them
entertain the idea of treating
chivalry as a relic not in keeping
with Joe College."
Said Margaret Buol, also of
Chi Omega, satirically: "So far in
my college career I haven't had to
open the door or carry my books
or put myself in a car when any
of Nebraska's young gallants were
hovering around."
"It's about fifty-fifty," said Jane
Axtell, Alpha Chi Omega. "I
think that it is a rule that worked
both ways. Courteous girls gener
ally exact courtesy from the fel
lows and viso versa."
About Average.
Jean Rathburn, Delta Gamma,
president of Motor board, took no
definite stand. "There is the good
and the bad everywhere you go. I
find that Nebraska men ,are an
average group. This is the extent
of my knowledge. Fellows either
know how to use good manners or
they do not." she evaded.
Dean Amanda Heppner non-committally
replied: "Altho I have
been on other campuses I have
never particularly made any com
parison between the men students.
I would say that bur Nebraska
men are quite courteous. I have
heard reports to the effect that at
Ann Arbor and Cornell women stu
dents are not welcome at ail.
Whether or not this is true there,
of course, I can't say, but I cer
City: Marjorl. Omaha; Hln, Juniata.
In; Marton, Lincoln: Vflma, Lincoln;
resentatives of one of the largest
all there are forty-two students on
Smith and altho half of the delega
tih," Is just as vagus as ever.
tainly hadn't noted any of it on
our campus." '
Said Dr. Ada Walker, adviser to
the Panhellrnic council: "I think
at heart Nebraska men are more
courteous than in many other
places, hut in actual expression
they often slip up on many of the
little details which outsiders note
and criticize. We may attribute
this in part. I think, to our whole
western social system. None of us
is quite as polished and careful of
our manners as our southern or
eastern friends."
A few sorority housemothers
questioned said they believed Ne
braska men were quite courteous,
or took no stand on the question.
ANNUAL STAFFWILL MEET
There will be a meeting of all
members of the 1932 Cornhusker
editorial staff in the Cornhusker
office Friday, Jan. 8. at 5 o'clock.
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Friday at 12:15 Cornhusker
Countryman.
Saturday at 2:00, Dramatic club.
Monday at 12:15 Kappa Phi.
Tuesday at 12:00 -1st. 2nd, 3rd
battalion staffs, retakes.
Thursday at 12:00 PI Lambda
Theta.
Friday at 12:00 A. S. M. E.
Lutheran (roii Arrange
Uoh Sled I'Volic Fridav
A bob sled party will feature the
first meeting of the Lutheran club
this year, Friday evening at the
Temple building, room 203 at 8:15.
A brief business meeting will take
place before the party, at which
time officers f6r the new semester
are to be elected.
Professor Phillip Hudson, the in
structor of music in the Martin
Luther Seminary of Lincoln, as
sisted by the Seminary Chorus,
will present an interesting musical
program. Lutheran pastors in Lin
coln are to sponsor the meeting.
Officers for the preceding se
mester who are presiding for the
last time are Stella Jespersen, of
Blair, president; Louise Peckham,
Hardy, secretary; and Marvin
Troutweln, Lincoln, Seminary
treasurer.
Dr. Patterson Talks In
Baptist College Class
Dr. C. H. Patterson of the phil
osophy department wili speak on
the "Hebrew Conception of Real
ity" at the meeting of the univer
sity class of the First Baptist
church Sunday from 12 until 12:50
at the church, 14 and K. Regular
devotionals will precede the talk
which Is one of a series. Joe Den-
nison will lead the meeting.
At 6 o'clock Sunday evening
there will be a voung people's so
cial hour. Reports of the student
volunteer convention in Buffalo,
N. Y.. during the holiday season
will be given by Vincent Broady
and Albert King at the young
people's meeting at 6:30 o'clock.
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Members Falladian Literary
Society to Hold
Annual Fete.
Pnlludian Literary society will
hold its annual boys' banquet in
the Lancaster room of Hotel Corn
husker this evening with Dalo
Weiss as toastmaster.
Other members of the society
who will appear on the program
include Harold Gilmcu, Ervin Wat
son, Burton Marvin, Cnlmur
Reedy. Kenneth Millet, Betsy Ben
edict and Verna Mae Kaston.
Mr. and Mrs. Chnuncey .Smith
will chaperon the affair which is
to be attended by about fifty cou
ples. CHRISTEN SEN 11 AND
OPENS DANCE SERIES
"Howie'' Christensen and hi.
nine piece orchestra under the di
rection of Neil Deaiinger will open
a series of dances which will be
held every Friday and Saturday
evening in the ballroom of the Lin
coln hotel.
The orchestra which is composed
of university students, consists of
F'.lbeit F'retirick, second trumpet;
Daune Wade, first trumpet; Howie
Christensen. banjo; Lyle Maust,
first saxophone: Mark Munley,
second saxophone; Dean Deaiin
ger, third saxophone; Clarence
Swartz, drummer, and F"reclilie
Golner, piano. Neil Dcrienger will
be the vocalist.
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