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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXI NO. 71.
LINCOLN, NEHKASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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T IS LET
TO
Peter Kiewitz Sons Awarded
$60,000 Construction
Job in Omaha.
PROGRAM PROGRESSING
Other Projects Continued
As Improvement Plan
Advances.
Contract for a $60,000 addition
to the nurses home at the medical
college In Omaha was let yester
day to Peter Kiewitz Sons Con
struction company, according to
L.. F. Seaton. operating superin
tendent of the university. Work
on the construction will begin Im
mediately. Minor contracts for the add'Mon
to the nurses home were let as fol
lows: Electrical contract, Geindorf
company; plumbing and heating,
Hannigen company.
The new buildings of the uni
versity now under actual construc
tion are the girls dormitory on
16th street, a $25,000 addition to
the Omaha heating plant, two cot
tages at North Platte costing
$15,000, and a new shop at Curtis
which will cost approximately
$20,000.
Construction of the new girls
dormitory by E. Rokahr and Sons
has been impeded by the recent
snowfall and very little work has
been done in the last three weeks.
Work will be continued soon if
weather permits, it was stated yes
terday. Work at North Patte.
The two cottages which are
being built at North Platte are to
be used as permanent homes for
foremen who are employed at the
university experiment station
there. $15,000 was appropriated
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m1Play
IE
Authors Must Turn in Work
by Saturday Noon, Says
Devereaux.
MUST FILL VACANCIES
With the deadline for Kosmet
Klub spring show manuscripts
set for Saturday noon, Dick De
v e r e aux, president, announced
yesterday that only two plays
have been turned in to him. He ex
pects at least five or six more
plays before deadline is reached,
however.
Judges for the contest include
Cyril Coombs, instructor in the
political science department and
author of previous Kosmet Klub
shows, Professor E. F. Schramm,
Klub advisor, and a committee
from Kosmet Klub. The winner of
the $50 first prize will be an
nounced In about two weeks. v
Two new members will be
elected to Kosmet Klub at its
meeting next Tuesday to fill
vacancies caused by the gradua
tion of LeRoy Jack. Tekamah. and
Wallace Frankfurt. West Point,
who will not be back in school the
second semester.
Edwin Faulkner, business man
ager of Kosmet Klub, reports that
he has been in correspondence
with twenty Nebraska towns in
regard to bookings for the Klub's
spring road trip. Four of this num
ber are considered likely prospects,
according to Faulkner.
RIFLE MEET TONIGHT
Prospects Bright for Good
Season With 40 Men
Reporting.
Sergeant C. F. McGimsey is
calling a meeting of all men who
have been out for the rifle team to
be held at 5 o'clock tonight. Over
fo-ty men have been coming out
consistently with prospect for
the best team since 1929 according
to Capt. H. Y. Lyon, team coach.
The meeting will be held on the
range with team Capt. Joe F. De
klotz in charge.
A match was held recently on
the range between four ten men
teams being won by a team cap
tained by Tom Huddleston, vet
eran letterman. High individual
score was fired by Ted Burgess
for first place medal. Second
place went to Howard Mixson and
third to Kenneth Majors. McAl
lister was awarded a medal for
his high standing score.
The following men have been se
lected as the rifle team squad
from which the two R. O. T. C.
teams and the varsity will be
chosen:
Dekotz, captain. Jewett, man
ager, Wertman. Dwyer, McAllis
ter, Himes, Schultz, Nicholson,
Firie, Majors, Smith, Kroger. J. B.
Douglas, WeJler, Turner, Dier,
Husted, Metzger, Marty Andeison,
B. A. AndrBon, Feishman, Isaac
son, Davison, Holies, Funk, Alt
A berg. Leffler. Lanqulst, It B.
Lwuglas, Taylor, Eberly, Burgess,
Dann, Barrett, Mueller, Letson,
Letton and Carns.
ON
RAG
FOR
ADDITION
NURSES BUILDING
ENGINEERS ELECT OFFICERS
A. I. E. E. Names Heads;
Belda, Ferguson Address
Meeting.
Officers were elected by the stu
dent branch American Institute of
Electrical Engineers at its dinner
mooting last night at the Annex
Cafe, and Dean O. J. terguson
and James Bclda, Omaha, ad
dressed the group.
New officers are: president,
Walter Ely, Axtell; vice-president,
John Hutchings, Falls City; secretary-treasurer,
Arnold L. Coffin,
Fairbury. Phil Ehrenhard, Ash
land, has been president of the or
ganization for the past year.
Prizes of two slide rules for the
men who arranged the best pro
gram next year were announced.
Dean Ferguson is a member of
President Hoover's engineers com
mittee to aid in economic recon
struction. Belda, senior in elec
trical engineering is a member of
of Sigma Phi Sigma fraternity and
past vice president of his class.
TO
LEAP YEAR FETE
Mortar Board Gets Student
Legislature's Consent to
Novel Party.
With the permission of Student
council granted last nighht in
favorably passing the petition of
Mortar Board for the Leap Year
party, the last stumbling block in
the way of securing complete
sanction for the affair was re
moved, and members of the honor
society continued enthusistic plan
ning to make for the success of
the innovation.
Permission had been previously
secured from the faculty commit
tee on student affairs subject to
the approval of Student council
which must pass on all parties
scheduled for the entire student
body. With the co-operation ev
inced by the Interfraternity coun
cil Tuesday night in granting the
petition that the night, Feb. 20. be
closed to house parties, it is evi
dent that the campus intends giv
ing the idea its undivided support.
A similar favorable resolution was
passed earlier by the Panhellenic
council.
The sales campaign under the
direct supervision of Tassels, girl's
pep club, and the chairmanship of
Julienne Deetken, president of
Tassels and member of Motar
Board, was begun yesterday. Tick
ets to the affair sell for one dol
lar. MIL URGES
Political Science Teacher
Speaks Wednesday at
World Forum.
TALK SECOND OF SERIES
"The advantages of the United
States' entrance into the World
Court far outweigh any disad
vantages which might acme,"
stated Prof. N. L. Hill at a gath
ering of twenty-five at the weekly
World Forum luncheon in the
Grand hotel Wednesday noon.
The chief beneficial effect to be
gained by entrance into the court
at this time is the added prestige
it will lend to the United States
delegates to the Geneva disarma
ment conference in February.
Hill discussed the indirect as
sociation which the United States
has had with the court ever since
its birth about ten years ago, such
as the provision of the building In
which the court holds its sessions,
given by the Carnegie foundation.
In an effort to encourage Ameri
can good will toward the court, a
citizen of the United States has al
ways been included in the council
of judges.
In explaining the excuses offered
by the United States senate,
Professor Hill showed how each of
these objections were met in the
formula drawn up by Elihu Root,
granting special priveleges to the
United States if she entered the
court.
This formula, known as the
Root Proctocols, provided, among
other exemptions, that the United
states should have the right to
prevent the court from making any
advisory decisions on any contro
versies in which she claimed an in
terest. Despite the obvious unfair
ness of these privileges, according
to Professor Hill, the World Court
feels that the entrance of the
United States into that body
wculd add enough power and
prestige to its standing that it can
even afford to grant such extrava
gant demands.
Entrance of the United States
into the court was expected in De
cember, when President Hoover,
early in that month, advised favor
able action in his message to con
gress. However, owing to the pres
sure of domestic affairs, such ac
tion was postponed, and may not
be taken up again for one or two
months.
Professor Hill's discu3lon closes
the present series concerning the
World Court, and the relation of
the United State to it. World
Forum meetings will be continued
nfUr the beginning of next sem
ester, at the usual time, Wednes
day noon, in the Grand hoteL
COUNCIL
GRANTS
PERMIT
HOLD
YEARBOOK GREEK
SECTION CLOSED
REPORTS EDITOR
Student Appointments Made
Before Wednesday to
Be Kept.
CLASS DIVISIONS OPEN
Cornhusker Junior - Senior
Positions Available
Until Saturday.
The dead-line for fraternity
sorority pictures in the 1932
Cornhusker definitely went into
effect Wednesday. Hauck's and
Townsend's studios understand
that ro further appointments will
be made. Those appointments,
however, that were made before
Wednesday will be kept if they
were for any day this week, Editor
Otis Detrick said yesterday.
Students who wish to use pictures
in the 1932 Cornhusker that were in
the fraternity-sorority section of
last year's annual may make ar
rangements to do so this week. Ac
cording to Detrick the fraternity
sorority section of the year-book
will be clsed to all pictures Satur
day. The Junior-Senior section will
remain open for the rest of the
week, contrary to the statement in
Wednesday's Daily Nebraskan. The
deadline for that section will de
pend on the number of pictures re
ceived by the Cornhusker staff.
As soon as the desired number is
received, no more pictures will be
accepted. The final date will not
be known until the day it goes into
effect.
Russell Mousel, business mana
ger, wishes to remaind students
that the third installments on the
annual are due the 15th. Many
students have not paid the second
installment. Including the pay
ment due Jan. 15, three dollars
should have been paid. Those who
have not paid this amount are re
quested to call at the Cornhusker
this week and settle their accounts.
INGLIS SPEAKS TONIGHT
Minister Will Talk to Ag
Students on Subject Sex
Relations.
All agricultural college men will
meet tonight at 7 o'clock, room
306. agricultural hall. Rev. Mr.
Ervine Inglis of the Vine Con
gregational church will speak on
the subject, "Relationship Be
tween Men and Women."
The meeting will be held under
the auspices of the University Y.
M. C. A. and will be the concluding
meeting of the year, according to
C. D. Hayes, secretary of the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A.
SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 8:90 a. m., five or
any one or two of these days.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at 8:00 a. m., Tues.,
these days.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 9:00 a. m., five or
any one or two of these days.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at 1:00 p. m., Tues.,
these days..
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. Classes meeting at 7:00 p. m. Mon., Wed. or Fri. . ,
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. All Freshman English classes.
10:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 7:00 p. m., Tues. or Wed.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at 4:00 p. m., Tues., Thurs., Sat, or any one or two of
these days.
MONDAY, JANUARY 25
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 10:00 a. m., five or
any one or two of these days.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at .2:00 p. m., Tues.,
these days.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 9:00 a. m., Tues.,
these days.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at 1:00 p. m., five or
any one or two of these days.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 11:00 a. m., five or
' any one or two of these days.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at .3:00 p. m., Tues.,
these days.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 10:00 a. m., Tjes.,
these days.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at 2:00 p. m., five or
any one or two of these days.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes meeting at 11:00 a. m., Tues.,
these days.
2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at 3:00 p. m., five or
any one or two of these days.
9:00 a. m. to 12:00 m. Classes
any one
1:00 p. m. to 3:00 p. m. Classes
days.
3:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Classes meeting at 5:00 p. m., Tues,
these days.
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MRS. WILLIAM NEWTON.
Who before her marriage yes
terday afternoon was Miss Eve
lyn Stotts, university student,
and president of Delta Delta
Delta. Mr. Newton is also a for
mer student and is a member of
Alpha Tau Omega. The wedding
ceremony took place at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr, and
Mrs. A. D. Stotts, 1212 So. 26th
at 4 o'clock.
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DATE FOR COMIC
January Awgwan, Fraternity
And Sorority Special,
Goes to Press.
RUSH PLAN SUGGESTED
Publication Would Replace
Complications With
New Method.
Awgwan's '"fraternity and so
rority special," featuring "How to
Pick' Your Fraternity," will be de
livered to its subscribers and go
on street sales Monday morning,
Marvin Robinson, editor, an
nounced yesterday.
Altho January's issue of the uni
versity's official humor magazine
was scheduled to be off the press
and delivered Jan. 15. staff mem
bers found it impossible to meet
this deadline because material was
delayed since Christmas vacation
cut in on this month's issue.
Changes made in the general plan
of this issue also necessitated ex
tra time.
New Plan Simple.
' How to Pick Your Fraternity,"
authors unannounced, is a potent,
instructive, and entertaining arti
cle which reduces to a minimum
and practically eliminates all the
perplexing rushing problems, evi
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FIRST SEMESTER, 1931-32
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
meeting at 4:0Ci p. m., five or
or two of these jays.
ROBINSON NAMES
MONDAY LEA
meeting at 5:00 p. m.. Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or two of the I
STUDENTS
MAY
SEEK ATHLETIC
Investigation Possibility Is
Approved by Council
Wednesday.
REPORT IS PRESENTED
Three Delegates to Toledo
Conference Submit
Document.
Recommendation for investlga
tion of the feasibility of securing
student representation on the ath
letic board of control was made in
the report of the delegates to the
National Student Federation asso
ciation convention, held in Toledo,
O., on Dec. 21-31 under the aus
pices of the University of Toledo,
to the Student Council last night.
Nebraska was represented at the
meeting by Edwin Faulkner, pres
ident of the council, Julia Simanek,
secretary, and Prof. E. W. Lantz,
faculty adviser to the council.
The seventh annual congress of
the N. S. F. A. was attended by
235 delegates from more than 165
colleges and universities in all
parts of the country. The meet'
ing was taken up with discussions
of problems and conditions com'
mon to all student government or
ganizations.
The recommendation to investi
gate the possibility to secure stu
dent representation on the ath
letic board was made by the dele
gates, who found that most of the
schools represented at the conven
tion had some form of representa
tion on the athletic boards of con
trol in their respective schools.
Conference Suggested.
Another recommendation in
eluded in the report suggested an
informal meeting of presidents of
student governing organizations of
schools near Nebraska to discuss
common problems and interests.
Immediately acting upon this sug
power the president to invite the
presidents of student governing
bodies of Big Six schools to come
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DR. BENGTSON PUBLISHES
Geographer Writes Article
For Current Issue of
Magazine.
Dr. Nels A. Bengston, chairman
of the department of geography,
has written an article for the geog
raphy edition of the magazine, Ed
ucation, appearing this month. The
title of the article is "College
Geography."
It presents the growth of geog
raphy as a college subject in Am
erican institutions of higher learn
ing and shows how geography is
developing its scientific aspects in
a thoro and comprehensive man
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BOARD
MEMBER
THETA NU TAPS MEMBERS
Pre-Med Group Gives Dinner
Wednesday Night; New
Officers Chosen.
The regular meeting and ban
quet of Theta Nu, pre-med organ
ization was held at the Grand ho
tel last night. Dr. J. Sanley Welch,
Lincoln physician, was the prin
cipal speaker of the evening. New
members to Theta Nu, honorary
pre-med society, were tapped at
the meeting and new officers of
the society were elected.
According to Dr. Mantor, of the
faculty, the new officers elected
last night are:
Edward Zeman, president; John
Milligan, vice-president: and
George Armitage, secretary-treasurer.
Five men were tapped by Theta
Nu. They are: Potter, Holmes,
Karrer and Mouldring.
Zeman and Milligan are juniors
in the college of arts and sciences,
both of Scribner. Armitage is a
sophomore of Murry, la.
20 FRATERNITIES
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Schramm Is Told 57 Men
Initiated Without
Approval.
In a letter to Prof. E. F.
Schramm, faculty adviser to the
Interfraternity council, assistant
dean of student affairs, W. C.
Harper, told of the initiation by
twenty fraternities on the campus
of fifty-seven men during the past
year and a half without the proper
permission.
Dean Harper said that it is not
known that these men were not
eligible for initiation at the time
they were initiated. His letter said
only that these men had not been
approved by the proper authori
ties before they were initiated by
the fraternities.
According to Man-in Von Seg-
gern, president of the Interfratcr
nity council, the scholarship com
mittee of the council will investi-
gate these fifty-seven cases and
later report to the council. Later
the judiciary committee will han
dle the cases.
Ralph Spencer, chairman of the
Interfraternity council scholarship
committee, made the following
statement yesterday regarding the
situation:
"In view of the fact that there
were some twenty fraternities
who violated the initiation rules
last year, it is only fair that
some elucidation he made upon
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all-rOTesTdance
announced for ball
Students Asked to Send In
Numbers to Chairman
Graham.
FIRST DAY SALE HEAVY
An all request dance program
for the Interfraternity ball in the
Cornhusker hotel Friday, Feb. 6,
was announced yesterday by Chal
mers Graham, in charge of music
for the event. A heavy first day
ticket sale was reported yesterday
by Charles Skade who opened nis
campaign in fraternity houses and
at both book stores Wednesday.
"Since two bands have been en
gaged for the ball," Graham said.
"the plan for an all request pro
gram will be practical. For the
benefit of those who have mis
understood the announced plans I
wish to make plain that the bands
will not be combined. One will be
placed at one end of the dance
floor and one at the other. They
will play alternately."
Requests lor numbers on tne
program should be sent to Gra
ham at the Cornhusker yearbook
office in University hall, he ex
plained. They will be used in the
order received until the program is
filled, he added.
Altho no definite check was
available, both book stores re
ported many tickets sold while
Interfraternity council members
said tickets were going rapidly in
their houses, Skade reported. He
expects a quick sell-out of the
available tickets and warned
against students delaying their
purchases, since sales will be lim
ited to the capacity of the ball
room. .
Filings Close Today
On Daily Nebraskan
Applications for appointment
to the following positions on
the Daily Nebraskan for next
semester will be received by
the Student Publication board
until 5 o'clock Thursday, Jan.
14.
Editorial: E J i t o r-ln-chief,
managing editors, news editor,
sports editor and women's
editor.
Business: Business manager,
assistant business managers.
Application blanks may be
obtained at the office of the
school of journalism, 104 Uni
versity hall. Material already
on file need not be duplicated.
J. K. SELLECK,
Secretary, Student Publication
Board.
HARPER
REPORTS
VIOLATORS
TWELVE JUNIORS
NAMED TO POSTS
FOR CLASS PROM
Six Men, Six Women Chosen
By Council to Plan
Final Formal.
WILL ELECT CHAIRMAN
Group Will Meet Soon to
Select Head and
Decide Date.
Twelve juniors, six men and six
women were elected to the Junior
Senior Prom committee at the
meeting of the Student council last
night. The council voted on twenty-seven
students to pick the com
mittee which will make arrange
ments for the closing event ot the
formal season.
The members of the prom com
mittee are: Jack Thompson, How
ard Allaway, Irving Walker, Wil
liam Devereaux. Arthur Pinkerton,
Charles Skade. Mary Alice Kclley,
Gertrude Clarke, Jnne Robertson,
Jane Axtell, Mary Sutton and
Eleanor Dixon. Phil Brownell, tha
president of the junior class, will
act as a member ex officio of the
committee.
The committee will meet soon to
make arrangements for the prom,
which will probably be held late
next month. Members of the com
mittee will elect a chairman from
one of those in the group and pro
ceed with the plans.
Jack Thompson, Lincoln, is a
junior in the college of arts and
science and a member of Phi Kap
pa Psi. Howard Allaway, Homer, a
junior in the school of journalism
and a member of Sigma Phi Sig
ma. Irving Walker, Waverly, s a
junior in engineering college and a
member of Alpha Gamma Rho.
William Devereaux, Omaha, is a
freshman in Law college and a
member of Alpha Tau Omega. Art
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JUNIOR STOCK TEAM
LEAVES FOR DENVER
Ag Men Have Two Legs on
Permanent Holding
Of Trophy.
THIRD VICTORY NEEDED
The University of Nebraska
junior livestock judging team left
Lincoln Wednesday evening for
Denver where they compete in tha
annual collegiate judging contest
held Saturday in connection with
the Western Livestock show. Prof.
M. A. Alexander of the animal
husbandry department the team
coach, accompanied the squad.
Members of the junior team
making the trip included Laverr.e
Ceng rich, Fairfield: Wayne
Bishop, Glen LeDoiyt, North
Platte; Vernon Miller, Albion:
Reuben Hecht, Curtis; and Floyd
Hedlund, Chappel.
Prof. Alexander expected to
have his team work out some
where in Colorado before compet
ing in the contest Saturday. If
the Nebraska team wins firsi thii
year, they will gain permanent
possession of the collegiate judg
ing trophy. Kansas, however, haj
won two legs on the cup as has
Nebraska and also needs but a
victory this year to get permanent
possession.
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SHOW AT EXHIBITION
Nebraska Art Association
Lists Displays for
Morrill Hall.
Many artists have announced
their intention of showing paint
ings at the annual exhibition of
paintings of the Nebraska Art as
sociation in Morrill hall, Feb. 11 to
Mirch 13, according to trustees of
the association.
The list of exhibitors, which in
cludes representatives of practic
ally every contemporary school
is the result of personal invita
tions sent to the artis's them
selves, and is not the usual type
of exhibit assembled by some art
center and sent out on a "grand
tour" without regard to the tastes '
and interests of the community to
which the group might be sent,
state the trustees.
An artist which is of special in
terest to art lovers of Nebraska is
Miss Hildreth Meire. She is the
creator of the cartoons for the tile
vaults and ceilings in the north
vestibule, the foyer, the rotunda
and the senate chamber of the new
state capitol, in addition to car
toons for the marble mosaic panels
in the main floor.
Magonigle Contributes.
Dr. H- Van Euren Magonigle,
another contributor, received the .
honorary degree of Doctor of
Architecture, the first ever given
in this country, at the last com
mencement of the University of
Nebraska. la addition to his
architectural work, represented in
this part of the country by the
Liberty Memoiial in Kansas City
and Hie Plymouth Ang relational
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