t Know Nebraska Songs AILY 1NE Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXII NO. 16. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932. PRICE 5 CENTS. D THE BRA SIT" A 17 For MM a r NEBRASKA SPIRIT CENTERS FRIDAY Tassels, Corn Cobs, Band Head Demonstrations On Campus. PLAN MARCH TO STADIUM First Team' Players to Speak From Field; Pepsters Lead Singing. "Fight Nebraska Fight" will be the slogan of the student body for the football season. The real spirit behind this slogan will be ex pressed at the first rally which is being held In preparation for the Ames game. The rally will be staged in the stadium Friday eve ning, following a parade which will lead the students through fraternity row and the university campus. The parade will start in front of the Temple theater at 6:50 p. m. From there it will go east to 16th st, north to U st, west to 15th st, south to S st, and then west to the stadium. It will be headed by the cheer leaders who have been outfitted in new uniforms for the approaching season. They will be followed by the band, Corn Cobs and Tassels in full uniform. The students will fall in behind the pep clubs. At the stadium following several pep talks, the first team players will be introduced and the cheer leaders will lead the students in the Cornhusker yells and songs. The rally will close with a parade lo the opponents' hotel. "I have every reason to believe that this rally will be a greater success than any rally ever held t the university," says William S. Devereaux, chairman of the rally committee of the Innocents so ciety. "Every student should know all ot the university yells and songs by Friday and should be ready to get behind the rally and put it over. The 'Know Nebraska Song Week' has made a foundation on which school spirit can be devel oped. The students should be able lo play a more active part in the tallies, thereby making them a greater success." MEDIC COLLEGE MEM j TAKE SCIEMCE EXAMS Faculty Members Mamed To Supervisor Board For Tests. Twenty-seven medical students, of whom the majority are from ' The Nebraska School of Medicine 1 at Omaha, took their basic science board examinations at the state house on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Since 1927 these ex aminations have been required ot all medical students desiring to enter into active practice of their profession. The University of Nebraska had two faculty members on the ex amination board. Dean T. J. Thompson, In charge of the chem istry examinations, was chairman of the board. Dr. John Latta. pro fessor of anatomy in the School of Medicine and in charge of the anatomy examinations, was secre tary of "the board. Corn Cobs, Motice! All Corn Cobs are request ed to gather in front of So cial Science in uniform at 5 o'clock, Thursday afternoon, to prepare for a house to house rally. Rallies will be conducted at 5 p. m. Thurs day and 7 p. m. Friday this week. Orders for sweaters will be taken at the Cornhusker of fice from 1 to 2 o'clock Thursday by Harold Caster. All orders must be in by 2 o'clock. ROBERT PILLING, President. ON RALLY PARADE Curtis Advises Student to Support Republican Principles Thru Which United States Gained Prominence A ercetine to Unher.sity of Nebraska students Mas cxteii'lcd by Charles t.'urtis. vice presidential republican candidate for re flection, early Tuesday morning in a brief special interview with a Daily Xebraskan reporter. The vice president had the followinir advice for students in response to a question as to the appeal the republican party had to offer student v O "This whole country has leen built up under republican princi ples." be said, "and become the greatest country in tbe world. It j-eems to me that it will be best for young men and women to support and subscribe to such principles as have been known to bring success and prosperity, rather than to go off on some untried plan." Tbe vice president was ques tioned at some length &s to the re ception be had been receiving in his tour which baa thus far cov ered nine states, from Pennsyl vania Into the middle west where he has been concentrating on ap pealing to the fanners. He de clared that crowds this year had averaged 50 percent greater than in 1928 when be was touring the country fortbe same purpose as now. which be said indicated a much greater interest in tbe cam paign this year. "Th farmer i just like any other citizen," said Curtis, rather Chancellor Favors Support of Players ngdin inc university flay ers are to give a series of new and popular plays to tincoln audiences. "The Road to Rome," in which Hart Jenks wi'l play the leading role, is an indication of the quality of future plays. The University Play ers are widely known for their fine interpretation of the legitimate drama, and this year will he no excep tion. Every student interest ed in the cultural values of university life will wish to attend. Miss Howell and her staff in dramatic art are suf ficient guarantee that the plays to be given this winter will be enjoyed by all who attend. E. A. BURNETT. FRESHEN TO DEBATE CREDIT PURCHASING White Announces Subject for Long Trophy Contest December 3. FILE REFERENCE BOOKS Buying on credit will be the sub ject for the freshman debate con test to be held Dec. 3. The contest is conducted annually and the win ner's name is engraved on the Long trophy. No definite question will be an nounced until about a week before the contest, according to Prof. H. A. White who is in charge, but em phasis will be placed on install ment bill, ing. Books will be on re serve at the library by Friday and bibliographies can be secured from Professor White. Sides for the contest will be chosen about three days before the contest. Each contestant will have an individual speech to be ar ranged as to constructive or re buttal as he chooses. The speeches will be ten minutes long. This will be the fifth year of competition for the cup which is ! offered by E. H. Red'1 Long. It! has been won by Lloyd Pospishil, j Hugh Gray. Wo'odrow Magee and j Beverly A. Finkle. jr. The contest is open to all inter- j ested men of the freshman class, j Entrants should leave their names j with Professor White. TO STUDY SOIL FORMS Charter Buses to Take Class On Local Field Trips For Observation. Chartered busses fiuui the Lin coln Traction company have pro vided beginning geography stu dents with field trips and an op portunity to study at first hand the land forms in and near Lin coln, as well as the use to which the land is being put. Each class is accompanied by an instructor. During the past week fourteen sections used their three hour lab oratory periods studying soil forms southwest of Lincoln. Kor the last few days the students have been working on the campus. observing, the typography of the grounds and noting the general kind of building material used. These trips will be taken just as long as the weather permits. More extensive trips have been planned for the spring classes. They will probably start sometime in April, department authorities stated. Chemistry Students Write for Magazine The August issue of the Journal of the American Chemical society carries an article written by F.. Roger Washburn and Allen L. Olsen of the department of chem istry, on the subject "The Preci sion With Which the Concentra tions of Solutions of Hydrochloric Acid and Sodium Hydroxide May be Determined With the Immer sion Refractometer." irritably, after a number of ques tions bad been addressed to him in an effort to ;ind out if he consid ered the farmer bitter about his condition. "The attitude of the farmer is fair and unbiased, and he continues to be loyal and to support his government. The con dition of the farmer is certainly not what it should be. and not what it v.ill be as soon as indus trial rehabilitation provides the farmer with a market for bis prod uct, but I have found no evidences of bitterness in my contacts with these people in the middle west." The vice president showed evi dences of the hard schedule which be fills every day. He avVragea about three speeches a day. not counting special interviews and re ceptions. In Oklahoma Curtis was entertained by an 0age Indian tribe which gave a barbecue In his honor, pro-.idmg jxty beeves for the crowds who cme to hear the vice president. PLAYERS TICKET CAMPAIGN SHOWS STEADY INCREASE Tuesday Sales Reach 500 Mark; Approach 1931 Selling Record. DRIVE TO CLOSE FRIDAY Faculty Purchases Greater Than Usual; Business Houses Slower. Results in the Tassel's Univers ity Players' ticket drive which swung into the third lap of the four day campaign Wednesday showed favorable increase. That the Tassels, girls pep organization will take their grid trip to Min nesota seems fairly well assured of, if students and faculty mem bers continue to buy tickets -as they have in the first two days. At the end of the first two day's selling, their total is near to the 500 mark, almost equalling last year's mark. The mark set in 1930 has been overreached, and indica tions point towards a new record in ticket selling. The drive for tickets will continue Thursday and thru Friday morning. It will be closed at noon, Friday. Altho slow in starting, the Tas sel's drive this year is more com pletely organized than before. Last year's campaign started on Wed nesday, allowing for full workdur ing the remainder of the week. (Continued on Page 3.) SET DATE OF Y.W.C.A. EIEED GROUP MEETING National Student Secretary ... . . 10 Altena beSSIOnS Of Council. Eeginnine: Saturday morning at i 9 o'clock and closing Sunday noon at 12 the Nebraska members of the Rocky mountain region of the ! Student council of the Y. W. C. A. will hold a series of meetings at Ellen Smith hall. Miss Stella Scurlock, who is national student secretary of the Y. W. C. A., will attend the meetings. Helen Cassidy, who is chairman of the Rocky Mountain region of the council will have charge of these meetings. Other members of the council who will attend are: Catherine Williams, of the uni versity, Elizabeth S w a r t z of Doane, Estelle Loseke of Midland colleee. Maxine Nelson of V.esle- yan. uertruae ciarKe, wno is icr-i president of the National fctuaent council of the Y. W. C. A. will also attend. Presidents and advisors ot Y. W. C. A. groups at Nebraska colleges have also been invited. Concerning the discussions which will take place at these meetings. Miss Scurlock says, "Many students are finding the traditional interpretation of re ligious beliefs unacceptable. "Some of the questions which we will consider are -w nai are ine rej?ious beliefs of students in this region? and 'What are tne expres sions of these beliefs in campus life?' " It is planned to have one joint meeting with the members of the Y. M. C. A. who are holding a Rocky Mountain field council of student Y. M. C. A. this week end. LYMAN EXHIBITS MAPS Shows Spread of Medicinal Plants and Pharmacy Colleges. Three large wall maps illustrat ing interesting facts concerning the pharmacy profession are be ing exhibited in the main entrance of Pharmacy hall by Dean R. A. Lyman in observance of National Pharmacy week. Two of the maps are of the United States, one show ing pictures of 125 medicinal plants cultivated in this country, and one giving the location of the various state pharmacy colleges. The third is a map of the world with representations of medicinal planta which are grown in foreign countries. National Pharmacy week was organized by druggists in America an 1 Europe and each year is ob served in all the Anglo-Saxon countries of the world w-ith educa tional window displays. MUSEUM GETHINE RELICS Fremont Woman Donates Warbonnet and Shield To Collection. A recent gift to the Nebraska State museum comes from Mrs. Susan E. Reynolds of Fremont, in the form of a Sioux Indian war bonne, and ceremonial shield both of which are decorated with un usually fine eagle feathers. There are approximately fifty other In dian pieces which composed the collection of the late Mr. Reynolds. A gift from the George Wash ington Bi-Centeniel commission re ceived recently by the museum is a medal struck by the United States mint In Philadelphia to be used for award purposes in the na tional essay and oratorical con tents uponsored by the commission and for such other uses as will honor tbe memory of Washington. RHODES APPLICATIONS OPEN October 10 Set as Deadline For Oxford College Aspin -ts. Applications for Rhodes scholar- snips are not coming in very fast, according to an announcement from the office of Dean Oldfather, chairman of the university com mittee on selection. Those desiring to enter the competition are re minded that Monday, Oct. 10 has been set as the deadline for ap plications to be in. It was also announced that Oct. 13 has been set as the date for the committee to meet to select the men who will represent the uni versity in the state competition. Under the chairmanship of H. A. Gunderman of Fremont the state committee on selection will choose two men to enter district competi tion for the awards, four of which will be made in each of the eight districts in the United States. SETS DATES FOR FALL ELECTIONS Legislative Group Selects October 18 as Day For Voting. Tuesday, Oct. IS, was selected as the date for the election of the junior and senior class officers and the honorary colonel at the student council meetine Oct. 5. The deadline for filings was fixed at Wednesday, Oct. 12. Reports of the budget, migra ' tion committees were presented to I the council and accepted without j discussion. The report of the or j ganization committee was favor able to the constitution or 6igma Alpha Iota, the honorary musical sororitv. and the report was ac cepted unanimously. I The president read the rules of ' the council concerning elections land explained the program to be I cai i led out for the elections. Prof. E. W. Lantz. faculty sponsor, re quested the elections committee to make a noticeable difference in the color of the ballots to facili tate their counting. MIMMESOTALIMCOLM TRAIM IS SCHEDULED Officials Announce Round Trip Rate of S14.95; Coach $8.81. No special train will be run to Minneapolis for the Nebraska-Minnesota game. Northwestern offi cials announced Wednesday. A special train is scheduled to leave the Minneapolis station at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the day after the came, and will arrive in Lincoln at 1 o clock Monday morn- ing. A special round-trip rate of 114.95 is offered to Nebraskans. Day coach rates will be S8.81. The train will leave Lincoln at 7 o'clock Friday evening and will arrive in Minneapolis at 8:15 Saturday morning. TRIO SINGS JJSKER SONGS Minor, Devereaux, Fischer Give Pep Program Over KFAB Friday. A Nebraska trio composed of Jack Minor, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Ed Fisher. Alpha Tau Omegs, and Bill Devereaux, Alpha Tau Omega, will be featured over KFAB Fri day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The aim of the trio is to revive Corn husker spirit and acquaint the student body with their school songs. They will sing. 'Fight, Fight. Figtt.' 'Fight Husker Var sity,' and 'The Cornhusker.' An attempt is being made to continue this broadcast every Friday after noon at the same time. Brounell Sets Date For Honorary Filings Candidates for president of the junior and senior classes and for honorary colonel must file their names at the stu dent activities office not later than Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 5 o'clock. Filings must be made in person by the can didates. According to a rule passed by the council last year, presidents of the two classes will serve for a year instead of a semester. The president of the junior class will automatically be chair man of the Junior-Senior prom committee. The presi dent of the senior class will co-operate with the alumni secretary in plans for round up week, and wilt have charge of senior invitations. Candidates for junior class president must have not less than fifty-three nor more than eighty-eight credit hours on file in the office of the registrar. Can didates for senior class president and for honorary colonel must have no less than eighty-nine hours of university credit. All can didates must have completed twenty-seven hours in the past two semesters, at least twelve of which must have been completed the previous semester, and must be carry ing at least twelve hours dur ing the present semester. No candidate may have any Standing delinquencies. PHIL BROWN ELL, President Student Council. STUDEN IL ATHLETIC TICKET SALE TOTAL 2500, CHECKUP REVEALS Rush Occurs Wednesday When Reservations for Seats Starts. EXPECT SOME INCREASE Plan Rally Friday Evening To Stimulate Further Interest in Sale. Nearly 2,500 student athletic tickets have been sold since the sales drive was started, according to a check-up made Wednesday afternoon. The sales are expected to increase more rapidly during the next few days than at any time this fall, since the campaign will end Friday. The greatest ticket rush of the season was made Wednesday be cause drawings of reservations for the organized cheering section was held that afternoon but simi lar fervor in purchasing is ex pected Thursday and Friday. "A great deal of enthusiasm was shown among students in ob taining seats in the cheering sec tion," said Glenn LeDioyt, Inno cent. "The same pep is certain to be in evidence at the coming games, and it should reflect the true Neoraska spirit." John Gepson and Byron Gould ing appear to be setting the pace for high sales at present, but an (Continued on Page 2.) OF YIC.A. FIELD COUNCIL Representatives From State Schools to Assemble On Oct. 8. Plans are being formulated for a meeting of members of the Rocky Mountain Field Council of Y. M. C. A.'s from- Nebraska col leges. The meeting will open Sat urday morning, beginning about 9 o'clock and closing with a dinner meeting in the evening. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss plans and organization for outlying projects to be carried on throughout the state during the coming school year. Representa tives are expected from Doane col lege, Hastings college, Kearney State Teachers college. Midland college, the University of Omaha, Wavne college, York college. Ne braska Central college and Peru Nui mal. Local field represcntativer who will attend are: Meredith Nelson, representing the city Y. M. C. A.: Don Pilger, from the Ag. Y.: and other local field members will be Prof. C. H. Patterson, Rev. Irvine Ingles, and C. D. Hayes. Dick Smith of Nebraska Wes leyan university, who is vice presi dent of the Nebraska Field Coun cil, will be in charge of the meet ing. MORTOHAUtnO COUNCIL Superintendent of Teachers' College High School TVsr.usses Study. i Dr. W. H. S. Morton, principal of the Teachers college high school, addressed the Freshmen Council meeting in the Temple Wednesday evening, speaking on -How to Study." Dr. Morton, in his talk, stressed the need of a better reading ability for students, and a better organi zation of their time. He stated that tests had revealed that there is a close correlation between grades and reading speed. One group of students were tested and then given instructions in proving their reading speed. As the read ing speed improved, the grades im proved accordingly. At the close of bis talk, Dr. Mor ton discussed various questions asked by those attending the meet ing. PRE MEDS JIOLD BANQUET Shaw Toastmaster, Pcynter Speaker at Annual Medic Dinner. Over ninety Ftudents attended the Pre Med banquet which was held at the Grand hotel Tuesday evening. The toastmaster for the evening was Madison Shaw, newly elected president of the Ne braska honorary medical society. Theta Nu. Shaw introduced the main speaker of the evening. fan C. W. Puynter. of the Nebraska Medical school in Omaha. ALUMNI KETLKN TO ENGINEER COLLEGE Among the recent alumni visi tor at the college of engineering are Robert D. McArthur, Cleve land, O.; Joe K. Bennett, David City; E. Darrell Schneider. New York City; Lloyd F. Rader, former civil engineering instructor. Brook lyn, N. Y.; John A. Corlett, Los Angeles, Calif.. James XV. Hamil ton, Omaha; Charles E. Eroke nicky. Iowa City. Ia.; Lloyd V. Jewell. Detroit. Mich.; James P. Gillilan, East Pittsburgh. Pa.: Ar thur R. Jenny. Leigh; Eldred O. Mot ton. New York City; and Ar thur M. Clcndcnin, Detroit, Mich. Dean Thompson AsLs Support for I'luwrs Sending a letter of person al appeal for the support of the University Players, Dean T. J. Thompson Wednesday communicated with every faculty member. "I believe that the Univer sity Players are doing a fine thing in Nebraska, in bring ing the spoken drama to the campus. I am going to sup port them to the fullest ex tent, because I know what they are doing for Nebraska university is worthwhile," he stated. 10 CHOOSE OFFICERS Set Wednesday, October 12, For Elections Held in Temple Theater. ORGANIZE ALL BARBS At a meeting of the Interclub Council of the Barb organization, held Wednesday evening" tentative plans for the year were c!iscu.ssed and arrangements were made to elect officers. A committee of five was selected to choose candidates for president, vice president, and secretary. The elections will take place next Wednesday evening, when the organization will hold a meeting in the Temple. Vernon Filley, vice chairman of the Barb council, was named chairman of the committee. He will be assisted by Martin Lewin. Harry West, George Rogers, ami Milo Price. Willard Young, acting chairman of the organization, urged those in attendance to get the co-operation of other unaffiliated members in an attempt to create a centralized Barb force. Plans were discussed which were designed to widen the social contacts of the Barb mem bers. Preliminary plans for ath letic contests between teams com posed of Barb members have been made. Young announced, and will be carried out as soon as a suffi cient number of groups are aligned with the Barbs. Those in attendance and other interested persons were urged to organize ten or more other stu dents and to act as their represen tatives in the Interclub council. Athletic contests and social events will be largely between these in dividual groups. This system of student repre sentation is modeled after a plan which was inaugurated at the Uni versity of Iiowa, and which has proved successful. In such an or ganization it will be possible to have immediate representation with each small group, and to combine it to the best advantage with the entire faction. Y.W. EXECUTIVE ON CAMPUS Miss Stella Scurlock Attends Wednesday Cabinet l Meeting. j Meeting with the members of; tbe Y. W. C. A. cabinet Wednes-1 day evening at F'.len Smith hall was Miss Stella Scurlock. national student secretary of the Y. W. C. A., who is stopping in Lincoln this week to attend the conference of the Nebraska members of the Rocky Mountain region of the stu dent council of the Y. V. C. A. Miss Scurlock spoke on the place of the Y cabinet on tbe university campus. In addition to the tegu lar cabinet members the cemmis sion leaders attended the meeting. These are Doris Sleeves. Alice Brown and Helen Noctz. leaders of upper class commission: Klaine Woodruff. Maigaret Euol and Lor raine Brake, leaders of sophomore commission, and Evelyn Haas, Anne Bunting, Maiy Gilmore and Lucile Hitchcock, who lead the freshman group. PREPARE LARGEST FOSSIL ELEPHANT j FOR MORRILL HALL The largest fos.-il el.-phant m the world, found some time atro in Lincoln county, wil h" mounted and on display in Morrill hall within two or three weeks, ar cord ing to officials of the .N'ebra.-k t state museum. The elephant, archidiskodon maibemi by nume. stands sixteen fe-?t high to tlx- ex tremity of its shoulder, and when mounting is complete the fosil will rise to a height within four inches of the top of the largest case in elephant haJ. Graduate Student Prepares Pin Map Of Welfare Cases in State for Year A pin map which hhows the lo- I cation and number of social wel- fare cawes handled in 131 by : county commisisoners has been . made bv Willi.im McDenr.et. a graduate student, as a proj.ct for a sociology course tinder Vr. Hat tie Plum Williams. Relief given to the famil.es is in the form of blind pensions, which pay as much a3 $3CO a yar; am bulance and hospital service, and material relief, such as food and clothing. The number of cases found in Lincoln itself is very' large in proportion to the number scattered throughout the rest of the count v. Part of the neople cared for by private agencies the i social welfare group, me cuy mission, and the Salvation Army. Others, as the map shows, are taken care of by tbe public agnry. the county commissioners. Money for thee caaes is secured from taxation. CURTIS PRAISES RELIEF BILLS OF Declares Increase in Imports And Exports of Mutual Benefit. EXPLAINS TARIFF USE Opposes All Competitive Levies; Stands for Protection. Direct help for the American farmer, and indirect benefit to other American industries have resulted from measures taken un der the republican administration, according to Charles Curtis, vice president, in an address Wednes day evening in the university coli seum. "Two billions of dollars increase in imports, and a billion and a half increase in exports have resulted from the republican tariff hill of 1922." declared Curtis. The vice president is touring the western states on a schedule pre pared by the republican national headquarters. He has already vis ited and delivered addresses in nine states. Mr. Curtis goes to Fremont Thursday for a noon luncheon talk and to Omaha for an evening address. His tour then takes him to North Dakota. Mr. Curtis sees a recovery from the economic depression that the United States is now experiencing. He says that this is not the first depression the country has seen and that each time it has emerged a stronger nation until now it is the greatest in the world. "While the United States was the last to feel the effects of a worldwide de pression, we shall be the first to recover." he declared. Mr. Curtis expressed the view of the republican party on ques tions of the tariff, war debt and economic relief measures. Ke took a stand against the competitive tariff supported by the democratic party and stood for a tariff to pro tect " American industry. He op posed the cancellation bf the for eign war debt and insisted that the debt be paid, not in goods, but in cash. Curtis defended the relief measures adopted by the republic an party during the last few years, and especially the Recon struction Finance corporation. To the leadership of President Hoover be gives the credit for the check ing of the depression which he savs has been accomplished. Mr. Curtis wa3 introduced by R. Max Anderson. Lincoln attorney and former campaign manager for the vice president when he was runniner for the national legisla ture from Kansas. The republican candidates for state and county elective offices were introduced before the vice president's address. delianjMnsfun" picnic Members to Meet at Temple Friday at 7:30; Go to Pen Woods. A steak-fry has been planned by members of the Del'an-Union Lit erarv society for Friday night. Oct. 7 Members and guests will me?t at the Delian-Union hall in the Temple building at 7:30 and from there the party will go t3 Pen woods. The programs for the next two weeks will consist of political talks by prominent educators. These speeches and programs are open to all those who wish to attend. The names of the speakers will be announced later. ENROLLMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL TOTALS 180 With the total registrations reaching ISO. Teachers College high school will have virtually the same enrollment as last year. It is possible that with late registra tions the 1932 enrollment may ex ceed that of last year. Tassels to Meet for Thursday Pep Rally All Tassel are asked to meet at the Temple at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon for a short butiness meeting, to be followed by a house to house rally. For the Friday night pep rally all Tatsel members are assembling at the Temple at 6:50 p. m. JANE YOUNGSON, Tassel President. A great number of the cases are found around the Rocl. Island tracks, near the College of Agri culture, and in EclmonL There are hardly any to be found in the German and Russian sections. The map shows that one man was given a ticket to Pueblo. Dr. Williams stated that people were not sent into other communities until arrangements had been made with that city. "It is as bad to send indigents to other cities as it was in the eighteenth century for the English to send their criminals and poor people to Australia and Siberia." abe said. "Social agencies make what i called a transportAUon agreement' when people change communities." Mr. McDerroet ia now working on a map of Lincoln which will how the various neighborhoods with reference to their geography and social organization. ADMINISTRATION S