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Tne Dailv N ebraskan Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXU NO. 50. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1932. PRICE 5 CENTS. SLATZ RANDALL WILL REPLACE TRUMBAUER FOR flH AFFAIR Group Announces Change When Orchestra Renews Texas Contract. That Slatz Randall and his Brunswick Recording orchestra, have been engaged to replace Frankie Trombauer and his or chestra, who was to play at the Military Ball December 2, was announced yesterday by the com mittee in charge of the orchestra. Colonel Oury stated today that some of the recordings made by Randall and orchestra will be sent here and be broadcasted In order that the students might know the calibre of the band. The orchestra, although it is well known in middleswestern states, has played at the Hotel Muhlbach in Kansas City. It was announced by Oury, yes terday, that due to a last minute renewal of a contract to stay in Galveston, Texas Frankie Trom bahr and his orchestra would have been unable to appear in Lincoln. The orchestra was also forced to break contracts to appear in sev eral other towns. BURNETT ANNOUNCES BIBLE AS DIRECTOR Football Coach to Have Charge of Athletics in Gish's Place. D. X. Bible, football coach of the University of Nebraska since 1929, has been appointed perma nent director of intercollegiate athletics in addition to his football duties, it was a n noun ced Saturday b y Chancellor E. A. Burn ett. The board of regents at a recent meet i n g ratified the appoint ment which takes effect I m mediately. The enlarged duties carry no additional salary. "D. X.," act ing as tempo- Courtey ' ary t athletic Th journal director, has handled the work, all fall and now will perform all the duties for merly done by Herbert D. Gish, resigned. UNI CLUB TO HONOR TEAM AND COACHES AT ANNUAL DINNER The Nebraska football team and its coaches will be the guests of honor at the annual football din ner given by the University club, Dec. 8. E. C. Quigley, veteran sports official, will be the principal speaker. Cornhusker N men of 1900 and of previous years have been invited, and the committee expects many of the old timers to attend. V-i & ? v-:-x -- :v : -: -t t L' s 1 V xi COACH OANA BlSlX Johnson of .Missouri -Dons Skirts Monday Losing a' bet to Lawrence Ely, Nebraska center, Bertram Johnson of the University of Missouri started wearing skirts to school Monday. To prove his confidence in Missouri team's ability to win over Nebraska, Johnson offered to bet any Nebraska student on the Thanksgiving game, with the loser to wear skirts to school for two days. Ely took him. up .on the bet, and Nebraska won. Now the stu dents at Mizzou are being treated to the spectacle of a male wearing skirts. KLUB PRESENTS PAT MILLER IN SHOW AS SCHOOL SWEETHEART Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi Minstrel Act Wins Cup. Pat Miller, Delta Gamma from Tabor, la., was presented as the newly elected Nebraska Sweet heart at the annual Thanksgiving Morning Revue, held at the Stuart theater on Thursday, Nov. 24. Ap proximately 1,100 people attended the revue, the first checkup re vealed. The winners of the Magee cup, presented annually to the skit judged by the audience to be the best entertainment on the pro gram, were Beta Theta Pi and Al pha Tau Omega. The two groups presented a minstrel show. Minstrels Win. The Dixie Minstrels, winning skit, consisting of twenty-five members of the two organizations, sang several popular southern songs. Bob" Harmon acted as inter locutor. The second best act, judg ing by the applause, was the Kap pa Kappa Gamma "Story Book,' which brought to life such char acters as Robin Hood, Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, and others. Joyce Ayres and his orchestra played for the Minstrels, while Ed die Jungbluth and his orchestra played for the Story Book skit. A musical fantasy of a dressing table, featuring a dance and the Tri-Delt trio, was presented by Delta Delta Delta and Phi Delta Theta. "Court Gore," a skit writ ten by Herb Yenne and containing much campus gossip, was present ed by Delta Gamma and Phi Kap pa Psl. A Phi Kappa Psi trio also sang. Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha, both honorary musical or ganizations, staged an act featur ing a blues singer, dancing, accor dion numbers, and a chorus by the entire cast. Members of the Dramatic Club enacted a humorous one-act play concerning the efforts of a frater- (Continued on Page 4.) Nebraska Sweetheart I rN ? A 'M MORRILL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES HOURS FOR PUBLIC VISITS In response to many inquiries, the Nebraska state museum in Morrill hall announces again the visiting hours for both week days and Sundays! The museum is open to the public each week day between the hours of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m., and on Sundays from 2 to 5:30 in the afternoon. Special tours may be arranged by appoint ment. Also, a free lecture pro gram is given every Sunday after noon a children's program at 2:30 o'clock and an adult lecture at 4:15. INITIATION OF ALPHA THETA CHI TO A R 121 Members Local Group Become Affiliated With National. fra the or-the Photo by Hauctu Courtesy of The Journal. PAT MILLER. Delta Gamma from Tabor, la., who was presented as Nebraska Sweetheart at the Kosmet Klub's annual Thanksgiving Morning Re vue at tne Stuart tneater last Thursday. She succeeds Miss Willa McHenry, Kappa Alpha Theta. who was Nebraska Sweet heart for last year. DEBATERS TO DISCUSS UTILITIES REGULATION Coach Announces Plans for Remaining Part of Semester. The completed plans for the de bate, work for the first semester have been announced by Prof. H A. White of the English depart ment, who is in charge of debate. Plans for the second semester are (Continued on Page 3.) Still With Us MEM DEADLINE HEARS Many Students Hare Annual Pictures Taken During Last 'Vacation. - ' ' During ' Thanksgiving ' vacation there was a heavy,, rush at Town sends' and Haucks' studios by students having pictures taken for the Cornhusker, according to Ralph Spencer, editc. "The yearly Christmas rush at the studios will begin in a short while and they will not be able to handle delinquents during that time. It is therefore necessary that all photographs for the junior, senior, fraternity, and so rority Mictions be taken by Satur day, Dec. 3? none will be. taken After that date," warned the editor. "V 'x ;-' .-w - ' ' - ' f 'r ::fhm.M,SVi - i And we have with us for an ther year the historic Missouri Nebraska bell shown above. After the Huskers' 21-6 win over the Tigers Thanksgiving day, the bell will regain en H'jsksr soil for at least a year. The plan of awarding it to the victor Courtesy of Th Journal. of the annual Nebraska-Mizzou football game originated in 1S28, and the bell has remained at Ne braska since then. Before that time it had been in the posses sion ef Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Theta fraternities for about twenty-five years. One hundred and twenty-one members of Alpha Theta Chi were initiated into Chi Phi ternity at the nistallation of Zeta Delta chapter of that ganization in ceremonies at Cornhusker hotel last Friday and Saturday. The installation of the chapter was concluded with a ban quet at the hotel Saturday night. Twenty-seven members of the active chapter of Alpha Theta Chi were initiated, and ninety-four members of the alumni of the or ganization were taken in. Six of the twelve charter members of Alpha Theta Chi were present for the ceremonies. The initiatory rites were con ducted by a group of eleven mem bers of the Pi chapter of Chi Phi at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, and by the national officers of the fraternity. The charter members of Alpha Theta Chi who returned for the installation are: George Towne, Dr. H. W. Orr, Charles Haskells Kelsey, John Van Zandt Cortelyou, Dr. Irving S. Cutter, and Edward Provost Brown. National officers of Chi Phi who attended the cere monies are: A. H. Hutchinson of Chicago; Rev. Dr. Milton W, Brown of Cincinnati; Phil Schiess- wohl of Chicago; Marcus D. Munn of Chicago, aud Daniel D. Craft of Chicago. The banquet at the hotel Sat urday night, which concluded the installation ceremonies, was at tended by all members of the ;'ra ternitv and about fiftv invi'.ed guests, representing the faculty of the university and fraternities on the campus. BOEING WILL AWARD FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS MEMBER BOARD OF TO BRITISH SPEAK AT ALL-UNI CONVOCATION Alfred W. Flux Will Talk On 'The Gold Standard, Its Breakdown Alfred W. Flux, late fellow of St. John's college, Cambridge, and now assistant secretary, statistical department, British Board of Trade, will be the speaker at the a 1 1 - university convocation at 11 a. m. Tues day in the Tem ple theater. He will speak on the subject "The Gold Standard and Its Break down." Mr. Flux who is known per sonally by Dr. J. E. LeRossig nol, dean of the College of Busi ness Adminis tration, comes highly recom- A. W. FIuv. Courtesy The Journal Air-Minded Students to Get Free Tuition for Best Essays. An announcement of aeronauti cal scholarships totalling $7,500 in tuition value being offered for the fourth consecutive year to aviation-inclined students of universi ties and colleges was made recent ly by W. E. Boeing, leader in tie aircraft industry. This year four college under graduates who submit the best es says on aeronautical subjects to the national committee o'l award and who are able to meet neces sary physical standards will be given flying and ground training at the Boeing school in Oakland, Calif., at no tuition cost. The scholarship competition will close on April 15, 1933, and essay subjects selected by candidates must be approved before March 15, 1933. The candidate who is selected for the first prize must be able to pass the Department of Commerce transport pilot license examination within ten days after awards are announced. In 1931 Charles Sharp of the University of Nebraska won one of these scholarships. Sharp selected the Master Mechanics course, which he has Just recently com pleted. Additional information may be obtained from the Boeing School of Aeronautics, Municipal Airport, Oakland, Calif, or from I the university registrar. I mended as an authoritv on inter national banking and international monetary problems. Mr. Flux and Dean LeRossignal became ac quainted at McCill university in Montreal, Canada. Later Mr. Flux returned to England as lecturer and after wards professor of political econ omy at the University of Man chester. He has served as one of the honorary secretaries of the Royal Statistical society, and re cently served as president of the society. He was awarded the Guy aieuai or tne society for his sta tistical work. Attended Geneva Convention. After sharing in the prenaratorv work leading up to the interna tional convention of Geneva (1928) relating to economic statistics, he was made a member of the com mittee of statistical experts con nected with the convention. He is now chairman of this committee. He presided over the meeting of statistical officers of the British empire that took place in London arter the war and has served on (Continued on Page 4.) NEGRO PLEADS GUILT TO PILFERING CHARGE Municipal Court Tries Men Caught During Pitt Game. George Farley and William Con rad, two negroes both of Lincoln, who were arrested for pilfering parked autos during the Pittsburgh-Nebraska football game, were tried recently in municipal court. Both men were charged with petty larceny, and the case against Farley was dismissed. Conrad plead guilty and was fined $50 and costs. Farley was caught by Officer Regler and handcuffed to the door of a car, but Conrad escaped after Regler had fired several shots at him. From information obtained from Farley, Conrad vas located and later arrested. Both men have former prison records. HONORARY INITIATES THREE Beta Gamma Sigma Admits New Members Tuesday In Cornhusker. Three seniors in the College of Business Administration were ini tiated into Beta Gamma Sigma, national honorary fraternity In commerce and business adminis tration, Tuesday evening at the Hotel Cornhusker. The new mem bers are Melvin Adams, Lemoyne; J. Edward Kilgore, Lincoln, and Willard H. Young, Lincoln. Earl S. Fullbrook, professor of business administration, was the speaker. Officers for the year are Frederick Warner, Lincoln, presi dent; Rudolph Nordgren, Newman Grovt, vice-president, and Jerome Petr, Clarkson, secretary-treas urer. t i