ie Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXII NO. 138.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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TALK AT BANQUET
Herb Yenne to Preside at
Yearly Interfraternity
Event May 2.
Col. C. J. Frankforter will de
liver the main address at the inter
fraternity banquet to be held in
the Corahusker hotel, Tuesday,
May 2, Elton Ross, in charge of
the program, announced Wednes
day. Colonel Frankforter will
speak on "Fraternity Men of Ne
braska." Herb Yenne will preside as
toastmaster at the affair. Other
speakers of the evening will be
Chancellor E. A. Burnett, Dean
T. J. Thompson, and Dean William
C. Harper.
To Announce Award's.
Announcement of scholarship
rankings and awarding of plaques
to the fifteen fraternities with the
highest scholastic ratings will be
made by Prof. E. F. Schramm.
Tickets for the banquet will be
distributed to members or me in
terfraternity council Thursday for
oai, in their resDective houses,
Carlyle Sorenson, in charge of
tickets, stated. Priced at o cents,
this year's banquet is offered at a
considerable reduction over prices
of former years.
Closing of tables at fraternity
houses was favored, oy me inter
fraternity council. Lloyd Loomis,
Vi airman nf the banauet commit
tee urged that all fraternities fol
low the recommendation of the
council and co-operate in making
the traditional affair a success.
Harvard Law Head Former
Student and Instructor
In This School.
Dean Roscoe Pound of the Har
vard law school, former student
and instructor at Nebraska, was
initiated into the Chi Phi frater
nity at the chapter house yester
day afternoon. Dean Pound was
one of the charter members or Al
pha Theta Chi, founded here in
1895.
Pound matriculated at Nebras
ka in 1886 and received his A. B.
degree in 1888. He received his
Ph. D. degree from Nebraska in
1897 and was an instructor and
dean of the Nebraska law college
for several years afterward.
Member of Honoraries.
While in school, Dean Pound
was a member of Phi Beta Kappa,
Sigma Xi. Innocents society, Phi
Delta Phi, the Union Literary so
ciety, and captain of company A
in the cadet battalion.
He was appointed dean of the
Harvard law school in 1916 and
has remained at that positfon since
that time. He has also served on
a number of national legal and
law enforcement agencies, the
most recent being the Wickersham
commission.
He is the author of a number of
books and treatises on various
phases of the study and philos
ophy of law as well as several
documents and surveys in the field
of botany, especially several
studies of botany in Nebraska.
Fine Arts Instructors
Officiate at Contests
Among those members of the
school of fine arts faculty who
judged the various oratorical con
tests being held over the state at
the present time, include Miss
Pauline Gellatley,' Zolley Lerner,
Robert Reed, and Miss H. Alice
Howell. The contest staged at
Waverly yesterday was judged by
Miss Howell and Robert Reed.
Zolley Lerner judged the contest
at Malcolm yesterday, and Miss
Cellatley the one at Denton.
FRANKFURTER
DELIVER
PRINCIPAL
FRATERNITY
INDUCTS
DEAN
ROSCOE
POUND
Visits Nebraska
Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
DEAN ROSCOE POUND.
Who is visiting: friends.and rela
tlves in Lincoln. Mr. Pound, who
is dean of the Harvard Law School
matriculated at Nebraska in 1886
Community Play House Will
Sponsor Presentation
Of Tragedy.
Final preparations for the pre
sentation of "Romeo and Juliet" to
Omaha theater-goers at the Joslyn
Memorial Saturday, are being com
pleted, according to an announce
ment released yesterday by Miss
Alice Howell, director of the uni
versity dramatic organization.
Following the annual tradition,
the Players will present the popu
lar Shakespearian romantic trag
edy, under the auspices of the
Oommunitv Plav House of Omaha
Two performances have been
scheduled ror tne production, mose
being in the afternoon and eve
ning.
Play is Popular.
The play, which was the last of
the series of six to be presented Dy
the Players this year at the Tem
nle theater, was regarded bv many
as the best effort of the year, as
well as proving to be one of the
biggest box office attractions of
the year.
The original cast which pre
sented tne tamous piay to univer
sity theater g:oers will be used in
the Omaha performances, includ
ing Zolley Lerner and Miriam
Kissinger as Komeo and junei.
Graumann Makes Plans.
Arrangements for the Omaha
appearance were made mru errons
of Paul Graumann, director of the
Joslyn Memorial, former chairman
of the school of fine arts at the
university. Plans for transporting
the stage settings as well as mem
bers of the cast have been com
ritp.l and the Plavers are sched
uled to leave early Saturday morn-
The play, which was presented
in Lincoln at Dooular request, is
being given the polishing touches
at regular rehearsals, the last one
to D3 held tonight at the studio
theater.
The custom of the University
Players and the Community Play
House exchane'iner plays during the
regular season was instigated sev
eral years ago, and nas Deen con
tinued until this vear. when the
Omaha organization was unable to
present their production in Lin
coln.
Fraternities May Get
Rush Cards for 1933
Fraternities which have
not yet obtained their rush
cards may get them at the '
Interfraternity council office,
room 112 MorriM hall. Cards
will not be released without
payment.
LYNN LEONARD,
President.
PLAYERS ARRANGE FOR
PRODUCTION IN
OMAHA
AD-NITE PROGRAM
IS COMPLETED BY
GAMMA ALPHA CHI
Head of Alumnae Chapter to
Preside at Meeting
Thursday.
Including-five prominent speak
ers and a motion picture film, the
program for the second annual
Ad-Nite has been completed by
Gamma Alpha Chi, advertising
sorority. Miss Betty Cook, presi
dent of the alumnae chapter will
preside at the meeting which is to
be held Thursday evening at 7:30
in Social Science auditorium.
Mr. J. H, Pfeiffer, advertising
manager of the Brandeis store in
Omaha, will be the principal
speaker and will have as his sub
ject "Type Faces." According to
the group in charge, Mr. Pfeiffer's
talk will offer much practical in
formation to seasoned advertisers,
as well as students.
Has Wide Experience.
The speaker has had wide ex
perience in the retail line of adver
tising and went into that profes
sion from the printing trade. Since
then he has been with a number of
large firms throughout the United
States and came to the Brandeis
store in 1930.
C. W. Motter, publicity director
of the Lincoln Teiepnone and leie
e-ranh company, will discups pub
licity under the topic of "When
They Stop writing adoui iou
You're Dead!" Mr. Motter was re
ppntlv anDointed for the fifth con
secutive year publicity director for
the state American Legion and is
past president of the Lincoln Ad
vprtisins' Club.
"Art In Advertising" is the topic
to be reviewed by Valiquette Run
del of Miller and Paine's. She
brings to her subject knowledge
gained in study under jonn Nor
ton at the Chicago Art Institute
nnH from travel and study abroad
in Sicily, Austria, Germany and
France.
White to Speak.
Walter W. White, advertising
manager of the Lincoln Star will
also speak at tne meeting, wnue,
uhrt is a. graduate of the university
Law College is at present in charge
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COUNCIL REFUSES TO
Body Adopts Social Calendar
Which Is Subject to
Faculty Approval.
Declaring the purposes of or
ganization as set ronn in us cuu
cfitntinn too vaue and inade
quate, the student council, in its
regular meeting neia neuuuaj
afternoon, voted against reiugui
firm nr the Kernels, freshmen
men's organization, as a worthy
student enterprise, a motion ui
tho Kprnois be allowed to revise
their constitution and resubmit it
to the council was dereated.
Adoption of the proposed 1933
34 social calendar, subject to ap
proval by John K. Selleck and the
faculty committee, was voted by
The following closed
W JV. wuwv.ii w
nights were approved and submit-
ted lor iacuuy tmu auumuonauv
onnmval: All-universitv church
night, second Friday of the school
year; Barb party, uct. is;
rsnta Homecoming- nartv. Nov. 11:
Military ball, Dec. 8; Interfrater
nity ball, Feb. 10, and junior-scu-ior
prom, March 9.
May 9 Election Date.
Tupsrfav. Mav 9. was chosen by
the council as the date for the an
nual student spring election.
Plans to submit tne siunnm ac
tivity tax proposal to the students
at the jeregistration period rather
than at the spring election were
announced by the tax committee.
Definite action on this matter is to
be taken at the next meeting.
A proposal to include a small
sum for all-university convoca
tions in the tax was defeated. '
GRANT
MEN
CHARTER
SENATE FAVORS
BRYAN BUDGET
WEDNESDAY IS DEADLINE
Poems for Ivy Day Contest
Must Be Submitted by
April 20.
Deadline for acceptance of
poems for the annual Ivy Day
poem contest sponsored by Mortar
Board, senior women's honorary
organization, has been set for
Wednesday, April 26, according to
an announcement made by Helen
Baldwin, member in charge of the
contest.
Entries will be judged by a fa
culty committee to be announced
early next week, the author of the
winning poem to be officially des
ignated as Ivy Day poet. He will
deliver his composition on the
morning of Ivy Day, just prior to
the crowning of the May Queen.
Poems may be left at Janet Win
ter's desk in Ellen Smith hall or
may be turned in to Helen Bald
win at the Alpha Phi house.
Reservations for Kosmet
Spring Production Now
On Sale.
. Names of five of the principals
in "The Bar-Nothing Ranch," Kos
met Klub's spring show scheduled
for production in the Temple the
ater every night next week except
Monday, were released yesterday
by Herb Yenne, author and co-director
of the show.
Charles Schwager, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon from Omaha, will take the
part of Burt McAllister, brother of
the owner of the ranch.
Two more female impersona
tions will be taken by Charles
Owen, Pi Kappa Phi from Lincoln,
who will take the part of Amelia
Ford, and Bernard McFarland,
Delta Tau Delta from Red Cloud,
who will play the role of NCarolyn
Smythe.
Charles Steadman, Alpha Sigma
Phi from Lincoln will take the part
of Dr. Danial Witherspoon, elderly
archaeologist who is doing some
research work near the ranch
while carrying on a love affair
with one of the ladies on the
ranch. Jack Minor, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon from Lincoln, will play the
part of Tonito, one of the cowboys
on the ranch.
Reservations for seats for the
show continued at an unusually
rapid rate yesterday at the box of
fice in the Temple, members of the
Klub stated last night at the re
hearsal. Many good seats for every
performance still remain however,
they stated.
Playclay for Nebraska
Colleges Is Planned
A playday for all Nebraska col
leges, sponsored by the W. A. A.,
will be- staged April 29 on Ag col
lege campus. The Physical Edu
cation club is in charge of the af
fair. Announcement as to those
who mav enter from the univer
sity and about sports to be of
fered will be made soon, according
to W. A. A. officials.
Inlerfrat Council to
Meet Thursday Might
There will be a special meet
ing of the Inter-fraternity coun
cil in room 9 Morrill hall Thurs
day, April 20 at 7 o'clock. Tick
ets for the Interfraternity ban
quet will be placed on sale at
the meeting.
Lynn Leonard, President
R
ANNOUNCES
FIVE SHOW PRINCIPALS
Measure Passed as Raised
Over Figure Set by
Lower House.
Following previous predictions
the senate finance committee voted
yesterday to advocate the gover
nor's budget appropriations for the
university by a vote of 5 to 4.
While seven votes were needed it
was said that two other votes in
favor of the governor's recommen
dations were available, and the
measure was passed aa raised over
the figure set by the lower house.
Beliefs expressed yesterday in
dicated that the test vote taken on
the general maintenance item of
the university, would hold for the
remaining itema of the university
appropriations. The general main
tenance item as recommended by
Governor Bryan of $2,990,000,
upon which the test vote was
made, increased the house recom
mendation of $2,568,200.
Minority Report.
Following the committee's brief
executive session Chairman Callan
stated that unless an agreement
could be reached, he would bring
in a minority report on the uni
versity. Those on the committee
who voted against the proposed
raise besides Callan were Neubau
er, Brunt and Dworak. Those fa
voring the governor's budget are
Hawxby, Stewart, Halpine, Peter
son, Banning, Srb and Warner.
The senate adjourned yesterday
afternoon in order that the finance
committee would be able to take
up the appropriations bill, and re
port it on the floor of the senate
sometime today.
Regent Cline sent a communica
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TO
GATHER FOR SMOKER
Oz Black and Munro Kezer
Will Speak Informally
At Annual Event.
Men journalists will gather at
7:30 tonight in the N club room
at the Coliseum for a smoker spon
sored by Sigma Delta Chi, profes
sional journalism fraternity.
Oz Black, alumnus of the or
ganization and cartoonist for the
Lincoln.Star will speak informally,
and in addition Munro Kezcr, con
nected with the Lincoln bureau of
the Associated Pi ess, has been se
cured to speak, it was announced
Wednesday.
The smoker, an annual affair, is
designed to "knit the men of the
school of journalism into a closer
unity," according to its sponsors,
and will be entirely informal in na
ture, they declared.
"Building on a foundation of mu
tual interest in the profession of
journalism, we feel tiiat affairs
like this within the school will do
much to create and strengthen a
unity among men students of jour
nalism," said Laurence Hall, Sig
ma Delta Chi president, "and we
hope all men in the school will
take advantage of this opportunity
to mingle with their colleagues
and at the same time enjoy listen
ing to the two former student
journalists, now actively engaged
in newspaper work, whom we have
secured as speakers."
Program arrangements have
been in charge of Joe Miller.
Blair Predicts Rain
And Cooler Weather
Rain for Wednesday night and
Thursday accompanied by much
cooler weather was the weather
forecast givtn by Thomas A. Blair,
university meteorologist. Not un
til Friday is the mercury sched
uled to resume its upward climb.
April 18 marked the average date
for the last killing frost of the
spring.
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