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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
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-yOTTXXXlI--NO. 136. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, AlRIL 12, 1933. PRICE SCENTS.
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DIRECTOR
ANNOUNCES
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MALE CHORINES
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Seven -Members This Year's
Group Played in Klub's
Last Production.
Names of the male chorines, the
members of the Pony and Male
choruses in "the Bar-Nothing
Ranch," Kosmet Klub's spring
show, was announced yesterday
afternoon by Herb Yenne, co-author
and co-director of the produc
tion. Of the eight men who will com
pose the Pony chorus, three are
students who were members of the
choruses in "Jingle Belles," last
year's Kosmet spring show. Four
of the members of the male chorus
also took part in last year's pro
duction. The choruses are being trained
hv rr. Ralnh Ireland, prominent
chorus director who has trained
Kosmet choruses for several years.
Rehearsals for the two units, en
tertainment features of all Kosmet
shows, are held regularly five days
a week.
Pony Chorus Announced.
Members of the pony chorus are
Woodrow Hull as Irene raui;
Puwrird! Holvoke as Betty Drake
Maynard Miller as Betty Milrose;
rw-ir rwker as Jane Youne: How
ard Wheeler as Gladys Burt, Dale
Tavirtr as Marian Wrieht: Robert
Glover as Sue Lockwood, and
Charles Flansburg as Mildred An
derson. Flansburg, Gioverana iay
lrw were in last vear's chorus.
The male chorus, also composed
of eight men, is divided into two
nnit Five members are takiner the
parts of archaelogical students
spending the summer on ine uar
Nothing ranch, while the remain'
in,? three are dudes on the ranch
Members of the chorus are: Ed
Smith as Steve Thomas; James
Begley as Jerry Barnes; Paul Aten
ai MeOrew: Howard Colton as
Dan Bolton; Don Easterday as
Lou Tanner; Joe snrame as jhck
Tvpan- Llovd Loomis as Harry
Jones, and "John Gepson as Ted
Randolph, snrameic, wuiera&y,
Colton and Aten were members of
last year's chorus.
STAFF MAKES PLANS
FOR Y.W.C.A. FEATURE
Special Speakers Will Be
On Campus for Week
Following Recess.
The International - Interracial
staff of the Y. W. C. A. will con
duct a Nebraska-in-China week
immediately after spring vacation
Meetings are being planned to en
tourage members of the Y. w. c
A. to learn more about the sister
organization in China.
On Tuesday, April 18 a Nebras
ka-in-China meeting will be fea
tured at the Ag campus vespers
Mr. Wane:, university student from
China, will speak. A play, "The
Color Lane" will be presented by
the International-Interracial staff
at the vespers at Ellen Smith Hall
at 5 o clock.
Tea Is Planned.
A tea for Y. W. members is being
planned for Thursday, April 20th
from 4 to 6 o'clock in Ellen Smith
AND
CHORUSES
OR SHOW
Hall. Persons who have spent
sometime in China have been in
vited to be present. Dr. and Mrs.
A. H. Webb and Mr. Wang will be
special guests. Chinese abjects d'
Art such as silks, embroideries,
stone rubbings, and stationery will
be exhibited. The stationery will
later be placed on sale.
The Nebraska university Y. W.
C. A. has for several years spon
sored an association organizer in
China. Miss Lelia Hinkley is now
beginning her third term in this
position. Miss Hinkley was on the
campus last year and spoke at a
meeting of the Nebraska-in-China
staff. She also attended the Estes
Park Conference at that time. At
the Tuesday vespers, a gift of
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GROUP ELECTS DELEGATES
Lucille Hitchcock and John
Gepson Will Represent
Student Council.
Lucille Hitchcock and John Gep-
mtit were elected bv the student
council to represent the Nebraska
student coverniner bodv at a regi
onal conference of midwestern col
leges and universities to be held
at Lawrence, Kas., April 19 and
20. The expenses of the delegates
will be paid by the council if the
money can be made avauaDie irum
Student Council funds now on
hand.
Vernon Filley, chairman of the
Junior-Senior prom committee sub
mitted a financial report to the
council showing a net profit of
$88.16. Mr. Filley indicated mat
some money owed the prom com
mittee is still outstanding, and
when paid will bring the total
profit to something above $100.
PAGEANT TO DEPICT
Each Student in Ag College
Will Have Some Part
In Production.
The march of events from the
hirth of Nebraska as a state unti
tvlav is the theme of the paeeant
"Prno-ress of the Prairies" to be
presented on Ag campus as the
outstanding teature oi iarmers
fair. Mondav. Mav 6. is the day set
for the fair. The pageant will be
presented this year on Friday eve
ning, May 5, and both afternoon
nnA evening on Saturdav. May 6.
Every student in Ag college has
some part in the pageant and
mo rfnnhle in several episodes.
In addition, a large number of Lin
coln children will De usea in uij
scenes requiring youngsters.
Depicts Train of Events.
Six episodes of the pageant this
year depict the train of events in
MhwLsla from its founding until
now. The last episode, according to
the director of the pageant, Mr.
vv v Thnmnson. of the English
department, is the most ambitious.
It will deal with the happenings of
hi ir four vears beeinnine with
the prosperity prior to 1929, then
showing tne mantei cra&u, v
business stagnation and loss of
.sinrionfA that toiiowea. me
-.
pagetnt will end on a note of con
fiAanr of belief in a bright fu
ture for Nebraska, and the begii
nf Knainpss recoverv.
Miss Lorraine Brake, pageant
chairman, reports excellent prog'
vac a vn the farmer's fair features
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The committees which support her
follow:
Punnl Committer.
Executive committee: terrain Brke,
ehnnan; Ray Murray, Beatnce Donald -
Thompnon. 2 Philip Henderson 11. O)
01 John Lowenmeln. HI.
1, M.ldred Meyers; (2 Rert os.
1, Helen H-nler: 1 2 ; Pan) H rvj
VI. (1) Loretta Borzych; (2) Wilford Mc
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PRAIRIE'S
PROGRESS
High School Correspondence Work
Attracting Nation Wide Attention
Experimental work in high
school correspondence work now
being carried on by the university
in co-operation with the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching is receiving nation
wide attention in scholastic cir
cles. Visitors are coming to Lin
coln to study the plan and univer
sity officials have been invited to
speak on the subject.
Recently H. G. Ingham director
of the extension division of the
University of Kansas at Lawrence,
and Dr. G. A. Gemmell. in charge
of the home study service of Kan
sas State College at Manhattan
visited the university and studied
this system. Representatives oi
the University of South Dakota re
cently entered into negotiations for
the work to be given in their state.
Prof. A. A. Reed, director of the
extension division, and Dr. K. O.
Broady, professor of school ad
ministration, under whose direction
the experimental work Is be'.ng
carried on, will appear before the
COLLEGE
RECOGNIZES
OVER FIFTY STUDENTS
Ag Groups Name Members
At Honor Convocation
Tuesday Morning.
More than fiftv students in the
Nebraska agricultural college were
honored Tuesday at me annual
honors convocation held in the stu
dent activities building. Honorary
organizations on the campus an
nounced their new members and
judging team members were
awarded medals.
Prof. H. C. Filley. chairman of
the rural economics denartment,
nresided over the convocation as
chairman, troi. h. tsraaroru in
the vocational education depart
ment addressed the students.
Alpha Zeta Elects.
sen min students in the col
lege were elected to membership
in Alpha zeta, nonorary agricul
tural fraternity. They included
Ross Greenawait, faxton; naipu
Canada, Bertrand; Raymond Wil
son, Lincoln; cariyie tioagKin,
T.iTrln- John Lowenstein, Kear-
nev: Orin Webster, Dalton, and El-
- - - - J I .J
ver Hodges, L.yncn. urauuaits u
mitted included Laurence Newell
and L. R. Snipes.
namma Sirma Delta also an
nounced the election of seven new
members. They are Ross Greena
wait, Paxton; Albert Ebers, Sew
ard; Ralph janaaa, ehmujiu,
Floyd Hedlund, Chappell; Tom
Snipes, Lincoln; Marion Mecham.
Grand Island; and Jesse Livings
ton, Weeping Water. The organi
zation is an honorary scholastic
one on the agricultural college
campus.
Women Are Honored.
High standing scholastic stu
dents in the home economics de
also named Tues
day. Omicron Nu, national home
economics nonor socieiy,
Mildred Craven, Osceola; Lynnette
Gatten, Ainsworth; Genevieve Jef
fries, Odell; Hazel Ingersoll, Ray
mond; Muriel Moffitt, Lincoln;
Mrs. AndiC Overman, Lincoln,
and Norma Peterson, Lincoln.
Five sophomores, one junior and
ma aenior were announced as new
selections to Phi Upsilon Omicron,
national home economics pruica
sional sorority. They included Al
thea Barada, Rosalie; Arlene
Bors Wilber; Florence Buxman,
Lincoln; Helen Lutz, Papillion;
Afith Vrm Housen. Lincoln; Hazel
Ingersoll, Raymond, and Lea
Lenger, Beatrice.
Creek Letter Houses
To Obtain Rush Cards
Fraternities may obtain their
rush cards Wednesday, April
12, after 9 a. m. in the Inter
fraternity council office, room
112 Morrill hall. None will be
released without payment.
Lynn Leonard, President.
American Council on Education at
their annual meeting in Washing
ton, D. C, on May a ana t. presi
dent C. R. Mann of the council had
extended an invitation to Chancel
lor E. A. Buinett to attend the
meeting and make a report on this
experiment and its significance.
The chancellor delegated Profes
sor Reed and Doctor Broady to at
tMirl in his nlace.
t TtMir!inff the invitation to
Chancellor Burnett President Mann
pointed out that 'the point in
which we are particularly inter
ested is the change in the relation
ship of a state university and
rural high schools that results
from shifting the emphasis from
accreditation on the basis of tra
ditional standards to helping sup
ply rural high schools with mater
ials of instruction that meets the
needs of pupils."
The experiment that is attract
ing this attention consists in sup
plying from the extension division
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ATANNUAL ASSEMBLY
TAX PLAN
LOWER
IVY DAY POEMS MUST
BE COMPLETED SOOS
Mortar Hoards Are in
Charge of Annual
Competition,
Poems for. the annual Ivy day
poem contest sponsored by Mortar
Board, senior women's honorary
society, should be completed soon
and submitted to the society,
Helen Baldwin, Mortar Board in
charge of the contest, stated.
Any undergraduate man or
woman in the university may en
ter the contest. No special require
ments as to length or subject mat
ter of poems have been made, but
the general theme should center
about Ivy day and its traditions.
A faculty committee, soon to be
announced, will judge entries and
select the winning poem. Its wri
ter will be designated as Ivy day
noet. and will deliver his composi
tion the morning of May 4, just
before the crownine of the May
queen. The poet's identity will not
be disclosed until mat ume.
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Robinson Tells of Numerous
Applications of Photo
Electrical Devices.
With "The Photo-tube" by W. B
Rohinaon. 1930 graduate of the en
gineering college, as the feature
article, the April issue of the Ne
braska Blue Print was released on
the campus Tuesday. Copies will
be on sale in the A. M. hall booth
through Wednesday.
Tn his article on the nhoto-tube
Robinson discusses the numerous
new applications of photo-eiec
tribal devices in modern industrv
The tube which transforms light
. m 1
energy into electrical energy is
tnw.A in such thines as tem
perature measurement and con
trol, burglar alarms, paper cuiung,
safety appliances, sorting and
counting, .and various automatic
rtntrnl devices.
J. C. Steele, M. E. '33, discusses
"Air Conditioning in the Home"
and Mario Smith, C. E. '34. writes
on the "Outlook for the uraauai-
inr Senior."
Concluding his series of three
articles on prominent xNeorabKa
engineering aiumnae, varies ljk
vore, E. E. '34. lists Oscar V. P.
Stout, '88; David P. Weeks, jr. 10
Trthn H Weller. Walter J. Wohlen
Hrr 'in and Ivan D. Wood. '12
and Bruce C. Yates, '92, as men
who have achieved prominence in
ATI o inAPH T r fields.
In The Dean's Corner, Dean
r t TTArp-nson discusses present
legislative attempts to force the
use of alcohol in gasoane.
HELE SMR1IA I&4DS
DOME EC ASSOCIATE
lilnrtmrrt Fedde (,iies
Talk at Meeting
Tuesday.
Helen Smrha was installed new
Tci.iAnr nf the Home Economics
association at a ceremony Tuesday
evening: Florence tsuxmau, vice
president; Norma reierson, secre
tary and Ardith Von Hausen treas
urer are the other officers for the
Miss Margaret Fedde, head of
the home ec department, gave a
talk on "My Greatest Desire." She
developed her discussion aooui mc
career of a girl majoring in home
economics.
j4o r-otherine Dunn of the
sociology department gave a re-
port on tne miiK iunu uu mc
v,o wan made of it. The associa
tion was instrumental in collecting
money for this fund at ijnnstmas
time.
The installation was held from 7
to 8 in Ellen Smith hall.
BLU
PRINT
FEATURES
ARTICLE
BY GRADUATE
WOULD
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Council Receives Figures
For Publications and
Athletic Tickets.
Nebraska students would get a
year's subscriptions to the three
major publications and a reason
athletic book now costing a total
of $13.50 for a lump of ?8 or less,
if the compulsory blanket tax plan
placed before the Student council
at a special meeting Tuesday aft
ernoon is approved by the student
body and the board of regents.
The plan, announced by Howard
Allaway, chairman of the council
committee which has been gather
ing information on the project
since before Christmas, would as
sess each student the following
sums which are shown in com
parison with the present individual
purchase cost:
tosi unaer
Present Proposed
Cost Tax Plan
Daily Neb. ... $2.00 $ .80
Cornhusker .. 4.50 2.67
Awgwan .... 1.00 .50
Ath. ticket , . . 6.00 4.uu
For Stu. Coun. .03
Total $13.50 $8.00
The tax would be paid at the
same time registration fees are
paid and would be divided into two
payments of $4 each, one at the
beginning of eacn semester.
Exemptions, under the commit
tee's recommendations, would oe
rigidly restricted and granted for
financial reasons only and only in
extreme cases. Exemptions would
be granted if approved by a fac
ulty committee appointed by the
Student council to administer ex
emption rules drawn up by the
council judiciary committee.
Figures are Approved.
The figures quoted in the com
mittee report for the three publica
tions have been approved by the
business managers of the three
publications affected and unof
ficially examined by one of the
faculty members of the publica
tions board.
The athletic ticket price has not
been officially accepted by the
Athletic board but was decided
upon by the committee after con
sultation with John K. Selleck.
business manager of athletics and
student activities. Jack Erickson.
student member of the Athletic
board, will introduce a resolution
to accept the figure at the next
meeting of that body.
Fees Not Permanent.
The athletic ticket fee, if ac
cepted by the board, would set the
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COMPANY fl' PLACES
FIRSTSECOND WEEK
Bulletin Issued Reveals
Score of 91.25 for
Winning Group.
Company "D" won the second
week of intercompany inspection
which was held last week with a
score of 91.25 percent according
to a bulletin issued Tuesday by the
military department.
Company "H" placed second with
a score of 88.50, while "I" took
third with 87.75. Company K"
which took first in the first week's
competition placed seventh last
week.
Scores and ranking of other
companies are "C", 87-50. fourth;
"E", 87.00, fifth; "G" 86.50, sixth;
"K" 85.75, seventh; "F" 85.50,
eighth: Headquarters 82.75. ninth;
"IT 82.50. tenth; "M" 81.00. elev
enth; "A" 80.00, twelfth; and ' B"
78.75, last
The past week's inspection cov
ered a twenty minutes' review of
company movements. Conduct and
bearing of officers, commands, ac
tion of pivot men, and general pre
cision of movements were points
on which companies were graded.
Results of the inspection were
considerably higher than those of
the first week.