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ANNOUNCE DATE OF
ID-YEAR FROLIC
Sigma Delta Chi, Journalistic Fraternity, to Sponsor
Latest Innovation in Campus Social Events;
Hold Party in Coliseum Jan. 26.
I TICKETS TO GO ON SALE EARLY PART OF WEEK
Secure Myron Lowther and
For Function to Be
Following First
Announcement of the first Mid-Year Frolic, to be held in
the university Coliseum Friday, Jan. 26, was made yesterday
by Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional journalistic fraternity
under whose sponsorship the party is being given.
Myron Lowther and his thirteen piece Casanova orchestra,
featured on the Columbia Broadcasting chain, has been secured
tn nlav for the affair, which its
sponsors indicated yesterday as "a
Dreamer aner nnai exmuumuuuo.
Latest Innovation.
"The party which Nebraska
Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi is
sponsoring is the first of its kind
on the campus," Dick Moran, presi
dent of the organization said yes
terday. "We feel that the time is
especially opportune for students
following the strain of the final
examination week."
Tickets for the affair will go on
sale in the early part of the week,
it was stated yesterday.
Play at Lowry Hotel.
Myron Lowther and his Casa
nova orchestra in addition to play
ing over the Columbia Broadcast
ing Chain, played a long engage
ment at ths Hotel Lowry in St.
Paul. Minnesota.
"There has been a need for such
an event at the end of each week,"
stated Laurence Hall, member of
the Sigma Delta Chi." Such an
event as is being sponsored by us
will not only give university stu
dents something to do at the end
of exams but will also furnish a
sort of intermission during the
formal .season."
Tickets for the event will be
placed on sale for one dollar a
couple plus tax, it was stated yes
terday by members of the organi
zation in charge of the event.
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'Steadfast Tin-Soldier' Title
Of Production Offered
Next Saturday.
The children's theater will pre
sent the "Steadfast Tin-soldier"
Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Temple
theater under the direction of Miss
Howell and Mi.ss Gellately.
The play, based on the story by
Hans Christian Anderson, con
cerns the adventures of the tin
soldier played by Art Bailey and
the paper doll lady portrayed by
Beth Langford. Of the other char
acters Lois Patterson and Betty
Ladd play the part of toddy bears,
Margaret Carpenter is the Jack-in-the-box
and Virgcne McBride plays
Raggedy Ann. Mark Edward
Doolin "who gave the saxophone
solo at the Military ball and who
is a student of Miss Gellately will
also be featured
Sponsored by members of the
Junior League, the play will be
presented at 9:30 in the morning
and at 2:30 in the afternoon. Tick
ets will be on sale at Walt's music
store and at the Temple theater the
day of the performance.
Saner and O'Brien
Arrive in Lincoln
Nebraska's two representatives,
George Saner and Gail O'Brien, in
the East-West football game held
at San Francisco New Year's day
arived in Lincoln this morning at
8:59 at the Burlington depot. Their
return trip was by the way of Kan
sas City. They left there shortly
before midnight Saturday.
Nebraska Professors Go to Meetings
Of Teachers During Vacation Period;
Gatherings Held in Numerous Cities
The pause in class work taking
place during the Christmas holi
days was utilized by numerous
college professors as a time dur
ing which they could attend con
ventions and professional meet
ings. Several instructors In the lan
guage department attended meet
ings of the Modern Language As
sociation at St. Louis. Dr. Louise
Pound, professor of English, was
elected head of the present-day
English section for next year. She
spoke at the Old Guard Dinner,
served on the Committee on Re
solutions and on the National ad
visory committee. Dr. T. M. Ray
sor, chairman of the English de
partment also attended.
German Meet at St. Louis.
Dr. W. K. Pfeiler and Dr. Mar
garet Hochdorfer also went to St.
Louis and attended meetings of the
American Association of Teachers
of German. Dean C. H. Oldfather,
dean of arts and science colleges
was present at the language con
vention as well as the American
Historical convention where he
read "The Genesis of the First
Triumvirate."
Washington. D. C and the
American Philological Assoriiition
pieetujg WfiB Uie destination of Dr.
Casanova Orchestra to Play
Held as A Breather
Semester Exams.'
Kopac Joins Teaching
Staff of University
M. J. Kopac, studying toward
his degree f doctor of philosophy
at the University of California, has
temporarily joined the University
of Nebraska faculty. He will fill
the place of Dr. H. W. Manter, as
sociate professor of zoology, who
has been granted leave of absence
to accompany a cruise of study.
Mr. Kopac is not a stranger in Ne
braska, having taken his B. Sc.
and master's degree here at the
university a few years ago.
F
Give Marksmanship Ribbons
To Members Winning
Practice Compete.
The gallery practice record rifle
score for R. O. T. C. freshman was
won by company I with an average i
score of 76.6 out of a possible 100.
Each freshman member of com
pany I will be awarded a marks
manship ribbon for winning the
competition.
George Eager of company A,
William R. Cunningham of com
pany G and Frank L. Dunning,
company L, will get the marks
manship ribbon with silver star
for their scores of 95 and above.
Eager was highest with a score of
97, Cunningham and Dunning fol
lowing with scores of 95 each.
All those having a score above
90 will have their names inscribed
on the Riflemarksmanship Honor
Roll and will also . be personally
commended by the commandant.
Cadet company commanders
should be sure to have their com
pany sponsors present the week of
Jan. 8th to 13th to assist in mak
ing the awards to the members of
their companies it was announced
yesterday.
Those winning the marksman
ship ribbon with bronze star for a
score of 90 to 95 are: Lawrence P.
Johnson, company K. 94; Harold
Tucker, company M, 94; Clayton
J. Ankeny, company A, 93: Harold
T. Larmore, company F, 93; Jess
M. Sanders, company K, 93;
Robert W. Upson, company K, 93;
Stanley M. Dolezol, company L,
93; Harry E. Erixon, company
G, 92.
Robert G. Jones, company H, 92;
Harry R. Swanson, company A, 91;
William H. Newcomer, company
C, 91 ; George H. Ball, company H,
91; Robert E. Martinsen, company
K, 91; Robert L. Haynes, company
L, 91; John Zaesch, company M,
91; Herbert L. Kaplan, company
F, 90; Raymond Pederson, com
pany I, 90; William R. Poole, com
pany K, 90; Sam H. Adams, com
pany L, 90: Clarence E. Meyer,
company L, 90; Andrew White,
company M, 90.
C. A. Forbes of the classics de
partment. He read a paper en
titled "A Late Roman Parady."
The association published last
month a book by Dr. Forbes called
"Neoi," dealing with the associa
tions of young men in Greece.
Hertzler at Philadelphia.
Dr. J. O. Hertzler, professor of
socialogy, went to Philadelphia
where he attended the annual
meeting of the American Socialog
Ical association. He served as
chairman of the division of social
Inst it nt ions.
At the National Geographical
society meeting at Evanston, 111.,
Professor E. E. Lackey and Dr.
Esther Anderson of the geography
department were present. Dr. An
derson is on the board of directors.
Professor Lackey is secretary of
the national orgniization and was
in charge of arrangements for the
banquets and business meetings.
Historians at Urbana.
Dr. J. E. Sellers and Ray E.
Cochran of the history department
went to the convention cf the
American Historical association at
I'rbana. 111. Dr. Sellers served on
the general prir.e committee, and
presented R paper to a joint ses
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DINOSAUER HUNT IS TOPIC
Moving Picture at Museum
Depicts the Digging of
Ancient Fossils.
Today's museum program in the
downstairs auditorium of Morrill
hall will be a three reel showing of
"Hunting Dinosaurs in the Bad
lands of Alberta," and the time is
3:30 p. m. Like the state of Ne
braska, Red Deer river valley in
Alberta has become famous as a
collecting ground for dinosaur re
mains. This film shows views of the bad
lands and one of the field parties
of the National Museum of Can
ada searching for dinosaurian fos
sils. The party is seen quarrying
a skeleton from the rock, and the
remains are followed from where
they are packed and shipped until
they reach the museum at Ottawa,
where they are shown being pre
pared for exhibit. Several scenes at
the end of the film, from "The
Lost World," depict dinosaurs as
they may have lived ages ago. .
FEATURE SPEECH
BY
AT
Sigma Tau Freshman Award
To Be Presented at
Engineer's Meet.
An illustrated talk on Boulder
Dam by R. A. Kirkpatrick and
presentation of the annual Sigma
Tau freshman award will be the
features of the engineer's convo
cation to be held Wednesday eve
ning at 7:30 in room 206, Mechan
ical Engineering building.
Mr. Kirkpatrick is connected
with the Union Pacific railroad
advertising department, and he will
use motion pictures ana snaes to
illustrate his lecture of the latest
developments on the Boulder Dam.
To Present Award.
The Sigma Tau, award, which
is the only awara given Dy mis
engineer's honorary fraternity, is
given to the sophomore engineer
ing student who maae me nignesi
average in scholastic standing in
his freshman year. The purpose
of the award is to recognize the
students ability, and to provide a
stimulus to the rest of the students
for better endeavor in their scho
lastic standing, and ability.
Held During Year.
These convocations which are
held at intervals during the school
year are used as a means to get
all the engineers together to hear
some interesting and important
iecturcr. and to hear any program
of special interest to all engineer
ing students. Last year, Kenneth
A. Young, of Humbolt, was given
the Sigma Tau freshman award.
All engineering students are in
vited and urged to attend this con
vocation as it is of special, and
important interest to all engineer
ing students.
to;
REGISTER BY JAN. 13:
Proarams Listing Second
Semester Classes Are
Now Available.
Resident students, planning to
take second semester courses, are
to see their advisers for registra
tion from Jan. 8 to Jan. 13. Pro
grams listing courses to be offered
for the second semester 1933-1934
are now available for students who
desire them in the registrar's of
fi. j in the administration building.
In order to fully complete regis
tration fees must be paid in Me
morial Hall during the following
days: Friday, Jan. 19, 9 a. m.-12
noon; Saturday, Jan. 20. 9 a. m.
12 noon; Monday. Jan. 22, tt a. m.
to 4 p. m.; Thursday, Jan. 25, 9
a. m.-4 p. m. A late fee will be
charged to students who do rot
see their advisers or whose appli
cations are not in the offices of
their respective deans by Jan. 13
at noon. Students failing to pay
their fees by Jan. 25 will also be
charged for late registration. Grad
uate students and Lincoln city
teachers who do not complete reg
istration by Feb. 10 will be charged
a late fee.
Interview Registrar.
Regulations noted for new stu
dents show that they are to meet
with the registrar in Social Sci
ence hall at the south door on Jan.
26. After this meeting thewill be
instructed to go to tl.eir advisers
and deans of the colleges in which
they intend to enter and then pay
fees in Memorial hall.
Radiogram Sent From
China llrings Message
To Engineering Dean
A radiogram from Hankow,
China, bringing "season's greet
ings" was received last week by
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the college
of engineering. Lian-Wu Yu who
was graduated in electrical engi
neering at the University of Ne
braska in 1925 sent the message
by radiogram. It was picked up in
Redondo Beach, Calif., at a station
operated by M. Gee. The greetings
were then relayed to Dean Fergu- i
son by mail. He returned by the!
same route best wishes from Ne-1
braska friends to Mr. Yu. i
KlRKPATRIGK
CONVOCATION
TO
BATTLE ON ICE
Winter Carnival Features
Game Between Factions;
Plan Exhibitions.
EVENTS START AT 7:30
Harold Petz, James Lewis
Express Optimism; Geddes
and Fontein in Charge.
A pseudo-hookey game be
tween the two political fac
tions, exhibition skating and
four comH'titive events com
plete the program for the all
university ice carnival being
sponsored by the W. A. A. and
men's intramural association,
which will be held Thursday,
Jan. 11 at Oak Creek park at
7 o'clock.
The feature of the carnival, the
hockey game, will climax the af
fair, to which all students and fac
ulty members are invited. Depart
ing from the usual manner of play,
the two teams, each composed of
eight players, will employ brooms
for weapons, and a volley ball will
serve as the puck.
Besides the two races, a hun
dred yard dash for men and a fifty
yard dash for women, there will be
two novelty events, the needle
threading contest and the chair
race.
In the former, two couples are
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REGENTS ELECT
Choose Dr. Stokes as Vice
-President; Name -Bible -Athletic
Director.
Fred A. Marsh of Archer, Nebr.,
was elected president of the board
of regents of the University of Ne
braska for the coming year at the
annual meeting of the board held
1
Saturday morning at the univer
sity. Dr. A. C. Stokes of Omaha
was elected vice-president of the
board. M. A. Shaw of David City
was president of the board in 1933
and Mr. Marsh was vice-president.
Among other items of business
conducted by the board at their
morning meeting was the appoint
ment of Coach D. X. Bible, direc
tor of intercollegiate athletics, as
director of athletics with status of
professor and head football coach
TO GIVE AT CAGE GAME
Will Present Act at Kansas
Husker Basketball Tilt
Next Tuesday Night.
Members of Tassels, girls pep
organization 4iave arranged a short
skit for presentation between
halves at the Kansas-Nebraska
basketball game next Tuesday
night, first home g lme of the sea
son, Rome DeBrown, who has
charge of the skit, announced yes
terday. Letters of the two big six schools
will be formed on the floor by
members of the organization. A
'K.U." and a "N.U." similar to
the formations taken by the R.O.
T.C. band on the football field dur
ing the football games, are to fea
ture Tuesday night's stunt she
said.
Due to a variation in exami
nation schedules, the regular
Sunday issue of the rotogravure
section was unavailable for this
issue. It will appear regularly
the rest of the year.
POLITICIANS
IN HOCKEY TILT
MARSH TO
A
BOARD PUR 1934
LITERARY SOCIETY MEETS
Program Includes Theme of
New Year's Resolutions;
Present Book Review.
The Delian-Union Literary so
ciety held its regular weekly Fri
day night social program Jan. 5,
in Delian-Union hall in the Tem
ple building.
All the numbers on the program
followed the theme of New Year's
resolutions, for the coming year,
made by the different participants
in the program. Miss Dorothy
Gerhard gave a review of the book
"Buck Privates on Parnassus,"
written by Ona Rounds. The pro
gram included skits, musical num
bers, readings, and impromptu
talks.
Miss Alice Doll, and Dorothy
Gerhard were in charge cf the pro
gram, and Miss Angelyn Kveten
sky had charge of the refresh
ments. E
Program Is Preliminary Step
In Promoting Better
Living Conditions.
Four undergraduate and two
graduate students of the univer
sity department of architecture are
now being employed by the federal
government to assist in a rural
housing survey in connection with
the C. W. A. program. The stu
dents employed include Keith C.
Woolen, Frank Simmons, Wayne
F. Owens, Robert W. Seng, Wayne
K. Harrison, and Bernard F. Big
ley. The survey is being made by the
government as a preliminary step
in an effort to promote better liv
ing conditions for farmers. Altho
no definite program has been
planned by the government to ac
complish that end, it plans to de
termine by the survey a more eco
nomic way of purchasing things
for the farmer.
Survey Nine Counties.
A representative group of coun
ties in each state is now being sub
ject to the nationwide survey. Nine
counties in .Nebraska hav .been
put under the supervision of archi
tects and home economics graduate
students, one architect and one
home economics graduate student
to each county.
A group of workers, under the
supervision of the architect and
home economics graduate will visit
everv house in the county and col
lect information concerning the
condition of the buildings, accord
ing to the survey plans for each
countv. The workers will then turn
in their information to the archi
tect and home economics student
who will study it carefully.
Select One Home.
At the conclusion of their study,
they will select one home out of
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EIGHT
APPOINTED 10
I
Education Service Announces
Choices Made by Towns
In Nebraska.
Eight teaching appointments of
former students have been re
ported to the University depart
ment of educational service in the
past two weeks. Alice Dawson of
Madison will teach music, Enghsii,
and history at Dunbar. Gandy,
Neb., has named Norris Enders of
Ponca to instruct Smith-Hughes
agriculture. Myrtle Gclwick, who
lives at Red Cloud, goes to Beaver
Crossing where she wid teach
normal training. Ruth' I. Hall of
Lincoln will be third and fourth
grade instructor at Palisade.
To "Cedar Rapids, Landis Nealy,
Lincoln, has been appointed as
teacher of commercial arts. Marian
Thayer of Elm Creek will instruct
the seventh and eighth grades and
teach music at Stapleton. Lila B.
Williams, Lincoln, has been named
to commercial arts at WalthilL
Greth Dunn of Lincoln has re
ceived a position with the United
States department of agriculture
as an emergency agriculture as
sistant, working thru the agricul
ture extension service in Nebraska.
BI2AD SORORITY INITIATES
Entertain at Dinner After
Ceremony; Eight Girls
Become Members.
Eight girls were initiated into
Phi Chi Thela, business adminis
tration sorority, Friday evening at
6 o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall.
The new members are, Edith
Adelyn Brown, Mary Louise Clark,
Ona Reaay, Carlene Pbillipi, Helen
Cole, Lorraine Hitchcock, Helen
Selwyn, and Elma Pospisil.
Following initiation a dinner
for twenty-four was held at the
University club. Guests at the af
fair were Mrs. O. R. Martin and
Mrs. J. E. LeRossignol.
A color scheme of yellow and
lavendar was carri'J out in the
table decorations which consisted
of a centi'rpk-ce of yellow rose
buds and livendar tapers.
ARCHITECTS
WORK UNDER CWA
HOUSING
SURVEY
VOTE WILL DECIDE
FATE OF TAX PLAN
Committee to Send l'ropoal to Board of Regents for
Consideration; Include Items Based on Record
Of Ballot Held During Last Year.
LIST THE STUDENT
Cornhu&ker Business Manager Explains Arrangements
For Financing Publication of Year Book;
Will Tabulate Results of Poll.
A final student vote on the propo&pd activity tax plan
before it will be presented to the board of regents for consid
eration early in the spring will be held during the time stu
dents pay their fees for the coming semester, Byron Goulding,
chairman of the student council joint committee backing th-'!
plan, announced yesterday afternoon.
Based on the results of the vote, last spring, the items re
Dr. Oldfatlier Receives
Translation of Diodorus
Dr. C. H. Oldfather, dean of the
college of arts and sciences and
professor of ancient history at the
University of Nebraska, has re
ceived a copy of the first volume
of his translation of Diodorus of
Sicily for the Loeb classical li
brary. The English translation fol
lows page for page with the
Greek. Dr. Oldfather has nine more
volumes to complete for his part of
the work.
ELECT NICKLAS HEAD
STAGE PLAY CONTEST
Manuscripts to Be Original;
Committee Will Select
Three to Produce.
Fred NickUs, junior in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences was
elected president of the University
of Nebraska Dramatic club, at a
meeting held Thursday night. He
succeeds Reginald Porter, retiring
president who has held the office
for the past year.
The annual play contest which
is sponsored yearly by the club,
and for w hich tentative plans have
been made for this year, will prob
ably not be held until the latter
part of the second semester, it was
learned. A deadline for entrance
of plays will be announced within
the next few weeks.
Students Eligible.
Any student registered in the
University of Nebraska is eligible
to enter the contest. Plays en
tered, however, must be original
one act productions and may be
cast and directed by the author.
Of the plays entered in the con
test a committee of the club will
select the three best for produc
tion. As has been done for the
past two years a vote of the audi
ence will be taken at the time of
the presentation to decide the win
ning play.
The contest is sponsored in an
effort to create local interest in
play writing. In last year's con
test, W. Zolley Lerner's "Kaddish"
was awarded first place among
the three that were staged in the
Temple theatre in the spring.
Former Nebraska Student
Dies Recently in Arkansas
Funeral services for Dr. Clement
L. Benson, history professor at the
University of Arkansas, who re
ceived his master of arts degree
from the University of Nebraska
in 1913, were held Friday. Dr.
Benson, who is survived by his
wife and their daughter, Roberta,
died at Fayetteville, Ark.
Rhodes Scholarship Applicants
Express Reasons for Desiring
To Continue Studies at Oxford
Both Harry L. West and Went-
worth D. Fling, Rhodes bcnoiar-
ship candidates, who will represent
Nebraska before the district com
mittee have made their plans as to
what they will
do if either
should be se
lected to go to
Oxford next
fall. Twelve
candidates, rep
re sen ting six
states will ap
pear before the
d i s t r 1 ct com
mittee in Des
Moines Mon
day. Four of
these twelve
will be selected
to go te Oxford
next fajl.
Fling w o u Id
B. A. in history
Hurry L.
Knit.
-Court iy
Lincoln Journal
take an Oxford
while West would get a B. A. in
law. Fling Is a graduate student
of the university and is now work
ing on the M. A. degree at the
University of Nebraska. West is
a freshman in law school.
Reason For Scholarship.
"Being interested in modern Eu
ropean history and because of the
opinion that the United Slalea md
UNION BUILDING FUND
ceiving the greatest number of
votes will be included on this year's
ballots. Every effort will be made
to get every student registered for
the second semester to record his
vote in order that the strongest
possible case may be presented to
the board of regents, Goulding
said.
Five Items Included.
The items which will be included
on this year's ballots, which are
now being printed, are these: ath
letic ticket, Daily Nebraskan, Corn
husker, Awgwan, and Student
Union building fund. Space will be
provided on the ballot for students
to write in other activities if they
desire.
The vote last spring, which re
sulted in aboiit a 2 to 1 decision in
favor of the activity tax, gave the
athletic ticket, Nebraskan, Corn
husker, and Awgwan majority
votes in favor, and the Student
Union building fund will be in
cluded this year because it almost
received a majority vote in its
favor.
The cost of the items on the bal
lot this year will be:
Student Athletic ticket $b.U0
Daily Nebraskan bu
Awgwan 60
Student Union bldg. fund.. .10
Cornhusker
Plan No. 1 4.20
Plan No. 2 3.25
Plan No. 3 2.b0
Plan No. 4 2.05
Thiel Explains Difterences.
The differences in the various
plans for financing the publication
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T CLASSES TO
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First Semester Students to
Sign Up Last Night of
Present Courses.
Registration for night classes
for the second semester at the Uni
versity of Nebraska will begin on
Monday evening. Jan. 29 and con
tinue thru Friday evening, Feb,
2, in room 111 S. S. from 7 to 8
p. m., according to an announce
ment in an issue of the University
Extension News, published the
la-st of the week. Classes will be
gin Monday evening Feb. 5.
First semester evening class .stu
dents will be required to register
for the second semester on the last
night of their present classes. New
students will register during the
week of Jan. 2 to Feb. 3. During
this week each instructor will be
available for conference on the
night of the week for which his
class is scheduled. Registration
fees for night classes are to be
paid at the evening class office
in S. S. Ill immediately after the
first meeting with the instructor.
A late registration fee of $1 will
be charged per c nurse unless regis
tration is completed by Feb. 3, in
struction in the announcement
pointed out.
England will play an ever increas
ing part in world affairs. I wish to
get an insight
into the British
attitude and the
British point of
view by living
in England and
studying in Ox
ford atmos
phcre," s t a ted
W ent worth
Fling. "I be
lieve thRt it was
Rhodes' idea in
creating t h ee
scholarships to
promote a let
ter understand
Iff
ing between
English speak-
Llnculn Journal.
ing peoples of the world and on
account of the situation of the
world today and the fact that It in
upon England and the United
States especially that the responsi
bility chiefly rests."
"The Rhodes scholarships have
an ever increasing significance,"
Fling stated. He is now 21 wan
old w hile West is 20. .
Desire Law Course.
"1 should study law at Oxford."
stated Harry West. "The almos
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