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Registration Shows Big Drop
TOTAL
1931
Available Figures Indicate?
33 Percent Decrease
In Students.
SEVEN COLLEGES REPORT
Registration Close Finds
3,626 Enrolled Against
5,421 Last Year.
Unprecedented drop in enroll
ment for the second semester was
indicated as campus pie-registration
closed Saturday noon. Com
parative figures show 3,620 stu
dents have registered to date this
year in seven colleges as against
5.421 enrolled in these colleges the
second semester last year.
Part of this difference will be
i educed when new students reg
ister, since last year's figures in
cluded the entire enrollment in the
colleges.
The comparative figures:
1931 1932
Bus. Administration . . 737 582
Arts and Sciences. .. .1,380 1,169
Teachers 1.265 955
Dentistry 133 105
Pharmacy 84 55
Law 150 163
Agriculture 566 ....
Engineering 672 597
Totals 5,987 3,626
Figures were not available yes
terday from the Agricultural col
lege, leaving the comparative fig
ures 5.421 to 3,626. This is a drop
of 1,795.
Present figures do not include
the graduate college or medical
college, students enrolling the sec
ond semester which were not in
school the first semester or late
registrations.
A meeting: of the student loan
committee has been called for
Tuesday (summary of the loan sit
uation appears elsewhere in to
day's Nebraskanl to investigate
means for increasing the present
available loans to permit some of
these students to remain in school.
AG
TRYOUTS SCHEDULED
Manager Burton Announces
17 Acts Submitted in
Prize Contest.
$50 AWARDJS OFFERED
Seventeen acts and stunts have
been submitted for Coll-Agri-Fun
according to Glenn Burton, mana
ger of the affair. A rehearsal
scheduled for Wednesday night,
Jan. 13, will determine the acts
eligible for the prize money.
"All acts must be presented on
Wednesday night," Burton insist
ed,' "though they need not be com
plete. If any material is needed for
the act the one in charge should
speak to Hollis Van Kleek, prop
erty man."
Ruben Hecht, Curtis, has been
selected master of ceremonies.
Hecht demonstrated his ability to
act in that capacity at the last
Coll-Agrl-Fun presentation when
be was the leading character of
one of the most entertaining skits
ever put on by college students. In
addition to being master of cere
monies, Hecht will take the lead in
one of the feature acts.
The announcement that prizes
totaling fifty dollars in cash are to
be awarded the best acts has also
aroused considerable enthusiasm
among the ag students. A great
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Physics Professor to Talk
On Acoustics Problems
In Architecture.
Ir. Theodore Townsend Smith,
nrofesffir of experimental physics,
will address the regular monthly
meeting of the University of Ne
braska chapter or Sigma ai, mou
day evening, Jan. 11, on the sub
1ect "Architectural Acoustics.'
The meeting will convene at 7:30
p, m. in Morrill hall.
Ia the illustrated lecture, Dr,
Smith will discuss the designing of
an auditorium acoustically suitable
for speaking: and music which in
volves one of the principal prob
lems in architectural acoustic?.
Dr. D. A. Worcbester, professor
of educational psychology, the
chapter's official delegate to the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science meeting held
recently in New Orleans, will make
a report to the chapter. The pub
lic Is invited to the meeting.
IS UNDER
ENROLLMENT
I Heads Hegcnts
STANLEY D. LONG.
Who was elected president
of the university board of reg
ents for the current year at a
meeting of that body yester
day. His home is Cowles, Nebr.
He replaces Frank J. Taylor,
St. Paul, whose term as regent
expires this year.
Fred A. Marsh, Archer, was
named vice president of the
board, replacing Mr. Long who
was moved up to the presi
dency. Mr. Long is beginning
his sixth year as regent, while
Mr. Marsh is entering the
fourth year of his six year
term.
FACULTY MEHJEC06NHED
Churches Honor Swezey and
White for Religious
Eadeavor.
Two University of Nebraska
professors have received recogni
tion at the annual meetings of two
Lincoln churches.
A resolution was adopted Friday
at the annual business session of
Vine Congregational church in ap
preciation of the work of Prof.
Goodwin DeLoss Swezey, chair
man of the department of astron
omy. Professor Swezey has served
as chairman of the board of trus
tees for the past thirty-eight years.
Prof. H. A. White, memc-er oi
the English department and de
bate coach, was elected general
superintendent of Ihe Bible school
at Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church Friday night. A total of
1,073 enrolled in the Bible scnooi
in lf31, according to the annual
report.
VOLD TREATS SALES
LAW IN LATE
New Treatise, Published by
St. Paul Firm, Gets
High Praise.
"Void on Sales" is a new trea
tise of six hundred pages on the
law of sales written by Prof.
Lawrence Void of the University
of Nebraska, college of law, which
has just come from the press of
West Publishing ocmpany, law
publishers, St. Paul, Minn.
The new treatise departs in sev
eral particulars from the treat
ment afforded in most of the older
available books on sales law. Re
cent developments in the field of
business, especially in connection
with financing of the automobile
trade, both at retail and at whole
sale, have accentuated the applica
tions of a series of legal devices
for security for the purchase price
of the gods. The most important
of the goods. Tha most important
leneth in the new treatise.
The new book also recognizes
divided property interests as se
curity for the purchase price in
many current relations between
sellers and buyers. It discards the
traditional assumption that a
seller's warranty necessarily de
pends on an Intention to be bound,
and recognizes instead that war
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Texas Guinan and
Seth Parker Vie
For Town's Favor
Recently In a certain town,
Texas Guinan and Seth Parker,
who will appear In Lincoln Jan. 19.
were billed on the same night
as entertainment features. The
townsmen expected the two so
different entertainers would "kill"
each other's showing, running in
competition.
The opposite really happened.
Many people patronize both, and
the night club hostess and hymn
sing iijff "rural philosopher,'" in
stead of being rivals congratulated
each other on a successful evening.
SEEK MORE FUNDS
TO LOAN STUDENTS
Committee Meets Tuesday
To Consider Means for
Increase.
Possibilities of increasing stu
dent loan funds to keep students in
school next semester will be con
sidered at a meeting of the loan
fund committee Tuesday, L. E.
Gunderson, university bursar and
member of the committee, an
nounced yesterday.
Other committee members are
Chairman Roy E. Cochran and
Prof. Clark E. Mickey.
Although hinting that a search
for possible means of increasing
the fund was being made Chair
AMERICAN SATIRE
NIGHT AT TEMPLE
University Players Present
'Beggar on Horseback'
For Week's Run.
YENNE HAS MALE LEAD
Ann Kavich Plays 'Gladys,'
Her First Star Role, in
Comic Fantasy.
"Beggar on Horseback," a satire
on Rotanan America in wrucn
a multi-milionaire endeavors to
buy his daughter a husband, is
opened by the University players
at the Temple theater for the week
starting tomorrow. The play is lit
erally a nightmare. A quadruple
"murder" is one of the features of
this rollicking three act comedy
which played in New York for two
years.
Herbert Yenne is Neil, the
strue-gling young composer, for
whom the rich Gladys Cady,
daughter of Mr. Cady, practical-
minded multimilionaire, is angling.
The part of Gladys is played by
Ann Kavich and the part of Mr.
Cady is played by Ray Ramsay.
Ar.n Kavich is playing her first
major role Monday night. Nora
Osborn plays the eccentric mother
of Gladys.
Neil is in love with Cynthia Ma
son, played by Clara Christensen,
but Gladys has the money. Mr.
Cady wishes Neil to give up his
art for art's sake and write some
popular music which will sell. Neil
is in a quandry. For three acts
Neil dreams that he is married to
Gladys. Only the first and last
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ADMIT
POLITE;
Only Six of Forty-Eight
Contend Charge Is
Unjust.
Editor' Not: Following an Inves
tlitatlon, Thursdv, which appeared to
Connor m n students a being KUllty
of maintaining a discourteous attitude
In relation to coeds, the Nebraskan,
Saturday. und"rtoo,t to discover what
explanation or Justification men tmpht
have to offer. The opinions gathered
mav be considered as wholly repre
sentative, although by 10 means ex
haustive or conclusive.
By JACK ERICKSON.
Nebraska men have admitted
their shortcomings in the matter
of courtesy.
That is the concensus of opinion
obtained in interviews with forty
elj,.t men students, Saturday.
With only six exceptions the entire
group conceded that their 'man
ners', particularly in relation to
coeds, have been at fault. Beyond
that the men unanimously gave
coeds a clear vote on their own
conduct.
Explanation for the occasional
discourtesies, and seemingly
thoughtless acts on the part of
campus men students was ex
plained, in the large, on the
grounds that they were afraid "to
be polite. The following opinions,
selected at random from the forty
eieht statements riven the Ne-
braskan are typical:
"In retrospection ovr actions cer
tainly do appear thoughtless," ad
mitted one of the men Interviewed.
"It is a reflection on us. in a way
The women, however, seem to want
standards of equality in everything
else and maybe that Is the reason
why we have neglected the matter
of courtesy.
"Though our record is certainly
OPENS TOMORROW
man Cochran outlined no definite
program.
He said, "It's true that we have
been scouting around, but where
we might find money to increase
the fund is indeed uncertain, and
of course nothing of that can be
made public."
Professor Mickey denied any
knowledge of efforts to add to the
fund.
Other business at the Tuesday
committee meeting will include
consideration of applicants for the
loans, Cochran indicated.
Present cash available for loans
to worthy students amounts to $5,
117. The fund is made up of indi
vidual donations, and money given
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LEAP YEAR FETE
NIGHT OF FEB. 20
Men. Women Will Reverse
Status for a Night;
Idea Is New.
FACULTY GIVES PERMIT
Final Arrangements Await
Approval of Student
Legislature.
Recognition of the newly begun
leap year and the privileges it af
fords coeds was advanced yester
day with the announcement of
Mortar Board, senior women's hon
orary, of plans for a Leap Year
party to be held February 20 at
the University coliseum.
Details of the party, which in
motif is an innovation upon the
campus, will be carried out en
tirely according to the prescribed
methods of observance of leap year
fetes. Coeds will not only call the
men of their choice for dates for
that evening and buy the tickets
for the party, but they will make
transportation arrangements and
call for their guests at fraternity
or rooming houses at an appointed
hour. Many coeds are planning in
formal dinner parties to precede
the party and in further observa
tion of the leap year tradition.
Permission has been granted for
the party by the faculty committee
on student affairs subject to the
approval of Student council which
must pass on all functions scnea
uled as all-university affairs. Ac
cording to Edwin Faulkner, presi
dent of the law making body, it is
probable that the body will con
sider the petition lavoraDjy.
In commenting on Student com
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HONORARY PLANS
ARE AFRAID TO BE
SAY COEDS
far from clear, Nebraska women
must be given a clean bill in the
matter of manners," said another.
"Men Gallant At Heart."
"At heart men are as chivalrous
and as gallant as ever, but they
fear to show this gallantry lest the
cry of Equality I Equality! drown
them out. The demand for 'equal
rights' has caused a suppression
of the courteous instinct. Campus
women, however, have surely treat
ed us square.
"It seems to me," declared an
other, "that there has been some
carelessness on the part of men in
the matter of appearance. A pre
vailing attitude of 'every man for
himself and may the women get
along as best they can' i3 ell too
prevalent. Girls, on the whole, how
ever, are more courteous than
men."
"I don't think that the courtesy
on the part of us men is as good
as it should be," was the nub of
another opinion expressed. "If it
were necessary to show it, though
and if the women acted as if tbey
expected it. I think matters would
be different. When women come
to the university they try to be
courteous and some of them even
try to put on a little "dog." Tbey
don't get a whole lot of support
fiom us, however."
Offering his Indictment of the
masculine sex along with what he
considered a valid excuse, one man
student commented thus:
"Women Expect Too Much."
The 'single standard' has long
been the criteria which women
demanded. When this equality is
put to test it Is found that women
expect more of men than they are
willing to give in return."
BLACK'S BASKETEERS
TWO TILTS OVER WEEK END:
DOPE BUCKET UPSET TWICE
Scarlet Downs Cyclones in
Conference Opener by
28 to 24 Count.
PLAY REPORTED RAGGED
Locals Rally for Victory
After Score Tied at
Half Time.
AMES, la. Nebraska broke a
six game string ot aeieais acu
opened the 1932 Big Six schedule
with a 28 to 24 victory over a
highlv rated Iowa State quintet
here Friday night. The riusKer
victory came as an upset to dope-
sters who had predicted another
defeat for the Nebraska five.
For the most part the game was
slow and featured by ragged piay
ine. Hawk. Cvclone iruard, was
high scorer for the evening fol
lowed by Henrion, Husker forward,
with a total ot six points.
Nebraska and Iowa State en
tered tha second half tied 14 to 14
but the Huskers soon jumped into
a lead which the Cyclones could
not overcome. The absence of
Roadcap, Iowa State forward and
high point man in the conference
last year, wa3 keenly felt by the
defeated five.
Cyclones Rally.
Iowa State used eight men in an
attempt to find a smoothly working
scoring combination, and with the
re-entrance of Hawks in the final
minutes of play, the Cyclones
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RUNGS CLOSE FOR
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32 Juniors Seek Posts; 12
To Be Chosen at Next
Meeting.
ELIGIBILITY RULES HOLD
Thirty-two juniors, twenty men
and twelve women, had filed for
Junior-Senior prom committee ap
pointments at the close of filings
Saturday noon, Edwin Faulkner,
president of the Student council,
reported.
The committee, six men and six
women, will be named at a meeting
of the Student council Wednesday.
The regular eligibility require
ments hold for members of the
committee, Faulkner said.
Date for the prom, closing af
fair of the campus forma! season,
will be named soon after the selec
tion of the committee. Arrange
ments will be in the hands of the
twelve selected juniors, working
under the Student council. Presi
dent of the junior class for the sec
ond semester acts as chairman of
the committee.
ALL 0. K.
The following series of quota
tions show the feeling the major
ity of the men interviewed held as
concerns the courtesy which wom
en show men:
"Women are as courteous as
they have a chance to be but they
do not sponsor chivalry."
"I have met few discourteous
Nebraska girls. I think that they
are a fine group.
"I think that Nebraska women
are very courteous, even more so
than in other places."
A score for the coed of the mid
dlewest was chalked up when a
senior student, a transfer from
Dartmouth, made this comment:
Nebraskans Up to Standard.
"Girls at Nebraska are not only
as beautiful as can be found any
where, but they are also as court
eous." In six cases, as mentioned pre
viously, certain men were hesitant
to admit that their manners were
not as they should be. They ap
peaeu to feel that they gave the
coeds decidedly much more con
sideration than they got in return
and that there was little use in
trying to be "polite" any longer.
Of these six, the following con
demnation expresned by one of
them was the most sweeping:
"I think that girls at Nebraska
are not, in far too many cases, as
courteous as they might be. If a
door is held open for them they
seldom proffer an expression of
gratitude for the act. Perhaps the
male population of the cairpus ia
not as courteous as. say, Emily
Post would have us be, but many
of the girls are also in dire need
of brushing up on their etiquette."
Upsets Feature in
Conference Games
As Flag Race Opens
Dope was spilt In three direc
tions as Big Six basketball
teams swung into conference
competition this week-end.
Outstanding was the Husk
er "s victory over Ames, 28 to 24,
Friday night The unexpected
followed again Saturday night
as the other four conference
teams saw their first action in
the pennant race. Missouri
went into their game against
Kansas university rated the un
der dog, but came out on the
upper end of a 32 to 29 count.
Oklahoma repeated the process
against Kansas State, winning
31 to 26.
The standings:
w. I pet.
Nebraska I l'HXI
Mivonurt 1 10)10
Oklahoma 1 O HIOO
Iowa State A 1 .(Hid
Kantian university O I .OOO
Kansas Mate O 1 -OOO
BOTANY TEACHER
READS PAPER AT
NATIONAL MEET
At the Botanical society meet
ing held recently in New Orleans,
Dr. Leva B. Walker, associate
professor of botany, read a paper
before the mychological section.
As national president of Sigma
Delta Epsilon, graduate women's
scientific fraternity, she presided
at the convention meetings of the
organization. Following the for
mal scientific meeting, she devoted
several days to field trips
HILL SPEAKSWEDNESDAY
Faculty Man Will Discuss
U. S., World Court
at Forum.
Dr. Norman L. Hill of the de
partment of political science will
address this week's meeting of the
World Forum noon luncheon group
on the subject, "United States and
the World Court," at the Grand
hotel Wednesday. He will continue
the discussion begun on the gen
eral subject of the World Court by
Prof. James A. Cuneo of the de
partment cf economics last Wed
nesday. Professor Cuneo spoke on
"The Significance of the World
Court." Dr. Hill will consider the
advisability of the United States
entering the court.
FUND TOMS $166
Money Contributed Turned
Over to City Welfare
Society.
A total of $166.35 was contrib
uted to the university charity
fund, sponsored by the lnterfra-
ternity council, according to a
statement issued yesterday by Dob
Lau, chairman of the committee in
charge. The money, with the ex
ception of one amount, was spent
through the Lincoln wen are so
ciety. The organizations who contrib
uted to the Christmas Charity fund
are: the Innocents society, the In
terfraternity council, the military
department, Phi Delta Theta, Delta
Theta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Beta Theta Pi. Delta bigma
Lambda, Gamma Lambda, Alpha
Omicron Pi, and Alpha Chi Sigma.
The money was expended in
such a way as to meet the indivi
dual needs of the families to whom
it was given. $21.10 of the money
contributed to the fund was turned
over to the county relief fund upon
the request of the contributors.
Lau To Report.
A detailed report of the expendi
ture of the money turned over
to the welfare society was sent
to Chairman Bob Lau by Miss
Ada M. Baker general secretary
of the society. The report will be
made by Lau at the next meeting
of the Interfraternity council.
$42.61 was spent for various
items of clothing for needy fam
ilies and individuals. $6.94 went for
articles for Christmas dinners for
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
Sunday.
Lincoln Symphony orchestra, at
Stuart theater. 3 o'clock.
A. W. S. Freshman group meet
ing at Ellen Smith Hall, 5 o'clock.
Monday, Jan. 11.
Panhellenic meeting, Ellen Smith
hall at 5 o'clock.
Student group of Council of Re-
M,''r-J3 -RXlfaXe SiecUlig vt 12
o'clock at the Temple cafeteria.
A. W. S. freshman group meet
ing at 4 o'clock in Ellen Smith
halL
TAKE
Rampaging Nebraskans Take
Measure of Drake by
33 to 19 Score.
HARTLEY IN STAR ROLE
Koster at Guard Breaks Up
Bulldog Offense While
Mates Find Hoop. -
Led by Herbert Hartley, sopho
more center. Coach Charley Black'3
Nebraska basketballers put on a
power show in the second half of
their game at Des Moines last
night to win over Drake's Bull
dogs in their second consecutive
upset in two nights, 33 to 19.
Dutch Koster, veteran guard,
was outstanding in defensive play
stopping every effort of the Bull
dogs to score, while Nebraska
tossed enough baskets to keep
themselves out of danger in the
closing moments.
The game was marred by ragged
play in general and a disorganized
Drake offensive. Fourteen personal
fouls were called on Nebraska and
twelve on Drake.
The scoring race was close until
near the middle of the second half
when the count stood 18 to 17 for
the Huskers. From then on the
Bulldogs were hopelessly tied up,
getting only two more points,
while Nebraska put on a burst of
speed which netted fifteen mark
ers. King, diminutive Bulldog for
ward, tied with Hartley for tha
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FETE ATTENDED BY BOO
Coliseum Party Last Night
Features Winter Motif
and Snowstorm.
'ICICLES' LEND CHILL'
Approximately 600 students at
tended the all-university party
held at the coliseum last nigfit
under the sponsorship of the Barb
Council. Decorations in keeping
with the winter season were used
in addition to red and blue stream
ers, which formed a false ceiling.
Simon Harold's orchestra fur
nished the music for the dance.
Neal Freyburg's orchestra was
originally scheduled to play for
the party, but the group was un
able to reach Lincoln from South
Dakota because of the condition
of the roads in the northern part
of the state.
A feature of the party was the
artificial snow storm created by
one and a half tons of artificial
snow dropped from the ceiling.
Icicles hung from the streamers
festooned above the floor. One
thousand artificial snowballs were
thrown from the balcony during
the party.
Chaperones for the affair were
MIsm Lucille Mills, Mr. and Mrs.
M. S. Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. N. L.
Hill, and Miss L. M. Langevin. The
committee in charge of the party
consisted of: Publicity, George
Thomas: signboard, Clarence
Himes; decorations, Norman Fink,
Clayton Jone3 and Ervin Watson;
punch stand, Magdelene Lebsack;
orchestra, Ruthalee Holloway;
lights, F. Preston.
ENGINEERS LAW DERBY
Unsigned Letter Sent With
Packages to Frolicking ;
Engineers.
The engineering college carried
away more than a memory of Its
first annual ball from the Corn
husker last night. With the engi
neers went the law college brown
derby.
The derby, passed weekly to the
law freshman who is adjudged to
have made the best "wisecrack,"
was presented to the engineers by
anonymous senders, who explained
their special delivery gift with a
letter.
About 300 engineer couples saw
the package opened.
In the past there have been
numerous tilts between belligerent
lawyers and engineers, and with,
the pilfering of the laws' derby and
its donation to their traditional
rivals, a reopening of the old feud
is seen.
The letter which accompanied
the package follows:
To the Students and Faculty
of the College of Engineering,
University of Nebraska:
Greetings and exuberant satu
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