AILYs NEBRA Till: WEATMF.R Snou ; i u 1 C'olcji r Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXIlf NO. 97. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. SUNDAY. r'KHRlf.ARY 2.. 1931- .'KICK : CL.NTS. SKAN MALE QUARTET IS FEATURE OF GLEE CLUB'S CONCERT University Organization to Appear in Coliseum on Sunday Afternoon. PARVIN WITTE DIRECTOR Alumni Association Officers Will Honor Men at Reception. The university pice club, feit turiuir a male quartet, under the direction of Parvin "Witte, will present the. concert Sun tlnv nt 3 o'clock in the Coli seum v h i c h wns post poiu-d from the original date of Feb. 18. Over thirty members will take part In the program which will consist of numbers ranging from semi popular songs to classical numbers the historical significance cover ing a period from the sixteenth century until the present day. Hold Reception. After the concert the officers of the Alumni association of the uni versity will honor the members of the glee club at a reception. Mem bers of the Mortar Board will act as hostesses. All members of the university faculty and administra tive staff and their guests are in vited to call without further invi tation. Ray Ramsay, executive secre tary of the Alumni association, said that the reception is being given to the glee club to show them that the association is glad that they are back to stay, and be cause they think the club is worthy of the support given to it. The entire club will open the program of eighteen numbers with "Song of the Vikings" by Eaton Faning. Following the first four numbers sung by the club the Uni versity quartet will sing three numbers opening with "Down In Yon Summer Vale" by Wood. Aft er three more numbers by the club Parvin Witte, director and well known singer, will sing two solos. The entire club will conclude the program with six numbers ending with "The Chorus of the Return ing Pigrinisy8n?r MERGER JOINS LOCAL CHAPTERS DELIA CHI, E Alumni Announce Completion Of Arrangements for Immediate Union. Alumni members of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta Chi, Greek let ter fraternities on the Nebraska corpus, announce the immediate merger of the two fraternities. As a result of the merger Delta Chi, whirh was organized on the Ne braska campus in 1909, ceases to exist. Negotiations have been under way for several months and have been carried on by a joint commit tee consisting of T. B. Strain, D. L. Erickson, R. L. Theisen, Dr. A. H. Schmidt. William M. Holt, J. B. Chambers. Fred C. Colby. Capt. W. T. Scott. Prof. N. A. Bcngston, of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Robert W. Devoe, John Curtiss, C. Petrus Peterson, Judge E. B. Chnppell, Lester L. Dunn, William Wright, (Continued on Page 4.) TODAY'S NEWS Briefly Reviewed The kidnaping profession had a etback Saturday when Gangster Roger Touhy and two of his men entered the Illinois penitentiary at Joliet to start serving their 99 year terms for kidnaping John "Jake the Barber" Factor last July. Sentence was pronounced in a Chicago court by Judge Michael Reinberg and was the most severe penalty possible ex cept for death in the electric chair. i Someplace in the blizzard swept country between Salt Lake City and Cheyenne a United Air Lines transport was lost with eight peo ple aboard. Search for the plane centered in the country just east of Salt Lake. It was last seen at Frawley's canyon Friday a'ter noon. The craft carried five pas sengers, two pilots and a stew ardess. v Off Rockaway Point the body of the fifth army flier to die in con nection with the army's air mail tasks was being sought in icy At lantic waters. Lieut. George F. McDercott was the lost pilot, whose plane was forced into the sea while fiving from New York to Langley Field. Va. Two com panions, picked up by a navy de stroyer were weak from exposure, but uninjured. Declaring this should be the last oan of its kind President Roose velt signed a 40 million dollar crop (Continued on rage i ) Lorado Taft, Convocation Speaker, Recalled By High School Teacher As One Of Most Charming Of Men liiinido Tuft, who iiiicai's In-fore ji university convocation next Tuesday morning is recalled h.s om- of the most chnrniiny. of men. Tlmt is the ideii of him as expressed by Miss (Jladys Dunn, instructor in design nt the Lincoln high school, who was one of a party that toured in Kuropc in 1!I2H with Mr. Tnft, hp is so human, Miss Danao said, "that one constantly feels his bigness. As a speaker he is very interesting, partly because his talks have a certain simplicity, and ; ' : because his experiences make up such a large part of what he says. Those experiences which he re lates." continued Miss Dana, "make his addresses charming, for they are the same experiences thru which we all have gone." Tours Nine Countries. With a party of 300 persons, Miss Dana spent three months touring nine European countries during the summer of 1928, under the leadership of Mr. Taft. The large group was divided into par ties of 25 for more convenience in traveling. Mr. Taft took care to show the parties famous sculp tures in the countries which they visited, lecturing and instructing when they stopped. "This famous man," said Miss Dana, "holds a love for the older type of art. He stands for the idea of beauty in art, and does not look with favor on the modern work. "But," she added, "he is never cruel about it; in fact, he has a fine sense sense of humor, and I E ANNOUNCEMENTS SOON TOY Notices Will Be Available In Three Styles and at Former Price. Senior class announcements for 1934 will be on sale in about a week, according to Lee Young, senior class president and chair man of the senior announcement committee. Choice of the design for the notices was made recently by the committee. The announcements can be se cured in three styles this year, a leather book announcement, a cardboard book type 'anr"'aplarh engraved card. There will be no imitation leather announcements on sale this year. The design selected for the fold ers has the university seal out lined in gold in the center of the cover with a facsimile of the Coli seum below it. The name, Nebras ka, will be in large letters at the bottom of the front cover and the year will be placed along the left border surmounted by the corn cob symbol. The leather covers are of a deep maroon shade and the card board is pure white with a red leather tie. All the letters and figures in the design are raised. Balfour Has Contract. The L. G. Balfour company, of Attleboro, Mass., received the con tract for the work this year. (Continued on Pag- 4.) Denver University Forensic Team Unable to Come Here Feb. 28. The immediate schedule of the varsity debate squad was changed Saturday by the notification Prof. H. A. White, debate coach received from Denver university that they would be unable to fulfill their en gagement with the Nebraska ar guers on Feb. 28 because of a con flict in their arrangements. A Nebraska affirmative team of Dwight Perkins and Eugene Pes ter will be substituted for the Den ver speakers in the discussion to be held before the Community club of Ithaca, Nebraska. The original speakers on the negative were Jack Pace and Charles Steadman. They will discuss the topic Re solved: That the United States government should substantially increase the power of the presi dent as a settled policy. For the time being the activity at home of the debate squad was closed with the argument against Grinnell college Friday afternoon before the Forum of Lincoln high school arguing the question of the enlargement of the president's powers. The speakers for Nebras ka were Charles Steadman and John Stover. JOURNAL PRIffTS ARTICLES Professors and Graduates Write for Chemistry Publication. Two research articles bv uni versity professors and graduate students nave oeen primea in me February number of the "Journal of ih American Chemical So ciety." "The Potentials of the Lead Oxide Electrodes, in Alka line Solution" has been written by rr D. J. Brown, professor of chemistry, and Dr. L. V. Andrews. With a more complex uue. "Methanol in Cyclohexane and Water System.-!." is the work of Dr. E. R. Washburn, assistant professor of chemistry, and H. C. Spencer. have never seen him agitated." Writes to Taft. Miss Dana related that ft friend of hers nHd warned her that the tnlna f .... w- ... . . ... tnno . trips for the summer of 1928 were more than filled with persons wish ing to (fo. Because she knew Mr. Taft would accompany the tour Miss Dana was very anxious to get a reservation for the trip. So she wrote a letter to Mr. Taft explain ing the situation. "I do not know how it hap pened," she explained, "but some how I was able to go as one of the party. I shall always believe that it was through the personal inter est of Mr. Taft." Mr. Taft was not alone in re ceiving praise from the Lincoln teacher, who explained that Mrs. Taft was a most interesting and helpful ady, and said that mem bers of the tour thought the two made a very charming couple. Tuesday morning at 11 Mr. Taft will speak to a university convo cation on the subject "My Dream Museum," which he illustrates with stereopticon pictures. This will be held in the Temple theatre Known as "the great American (Continued on Page 4.) Prediction by Mr. Groundhog Seems to lie True After ill Mr. Groundhog was right after all! It seemed f r a while that he had 'made a mistake not so long ago when he predicted six weeks more of cold weather, but now he is no doubt chuckling to himself and saying "I told you so!" In spite of the groundhog's pre diction a few venturesome souls opened up the picnic season during the nice weather, but with this weekend's blizzard they are back to bridge and dancing. The best thing for would-be pic nickers to do is just stand by until Thursday to see if "March comes in like a lion," for if the stormy weather continues, according to the superstition, March will go out like a lamb, and then the picnic season can officially be opened. TED SHIN DANCERS TO HERE ON MARCH 28 Performance, Sponsored by W.A.A. and Orchesis, Is in Coliseum. Presenting a program of dances executed entirely by men, Ted Shawn, assisted by six dancers and Jess Meeker, pianist-composer, will appear ir the univer sity coliseum on March 28, it was announced Saturday by Alice Geddes, president of W. A. A. The presentation is .sponsored jointly by W. A. A. and Orchesis. Shawn, who has directed a troup of dancers for several years, was instructor in a course in dancing at Springfield college, one of the foremost schools of physical edu cation in the country. For many years, he has formed plans for a tour of the sort being made at the present, with a troup made up en tirely of men. According to members of the committee in charge, tickets for the performance are on sale at Latsch's, Walt's music store, Ben Simon's, the student activity office and the physical education office. Du Pont Representative Here to -Survey Type Of Students. Is A representative from the Du Pont company, Mr. F. S. Johnson from the personnel department, caroe to Chemistry hall recently to interview candidates for doc tors degrees in chemistry and also seniors in chemical engineering. Representatives from this com pany interview students in differ ent "universities so that when posi tions are open, there will be a wide range of men available for re search chemists and plant chem ists. No positions were given out at this time as the purpose of Mr. Johnson's visit was only to see the type of students Nebraska has to offer. This is the first time since the spring of 1930 that ft Du Pont representative has come to Ne braska. College of Engineering Reports Alumni Vis-itors Out of town alumni callers at the university college of engineer ing recently have been Chauncey S. Orton. who was graduated in 1902, now living in Fullerton, Calif, and James F. Chapman, graduate in electnal engineering, who lives at Ashland.. CWA WORKERS TO GET PAY CHECKS EARLY THIS WEEK Envelopes in Mail Saturday For 140 Student Employees. MANY MORE TO GET JOBS Delay in Office of Relief Administrator Slows First Payment. One hundred hihI forty stu dents working under federal emergency student relief pro gram at the university did not receive their first pny enve lopes ns they expected Satur day. Through a slight delay at the office of Federal Relief Adminis trator Rowland Haynes, the checks to the Nebraska schools were not mailed out until Saturday. All those who started work last week will receive their pay checks early this week. Those students here and in Om aha who started work were mainly new students. These were chosen for the first jobs so that they could enroll and start classes immediate ly. By Saturday the total number employed was raised to 168 and officials and selecting committees were making rapid steps toward completion of the project with 454 applicants passed on. A large number of old students are expected to have work cards (Continued on Page 4.) PLAYERS OFFER WEEK'S RUN OF 'Counsellor-at-Law' Opens In Temple Monday Evening. Tin- University Players will open Monday nijrht in the Tem ple theater for the presentation of their fifth drama of the year. Klmer Rices "Counsellor-at-Law.'' The play will close Saturday night with a special matinee scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Harold "Pete" Sumption is cast in the lead role of George Simon, prominent New York lawyer whose rise from the Ghetto, as related in the play, is one of the most thrill ing stories of all time. Sumption, now an instructor in the dramatics departr-nt, formerly played in numerous productions on Broad way and in the east. Incidentally, he directed a showing of "Counsellor-at-Law" in Providence, R. I., which was the first time that the plaj was shown outside of New York City. Has Feminine Lead. Jane McLaughlin, who will be remembered for ner brilliant per formance in "Dangerous Coiner," and' "Dinner at Eight," is cast op posite Sumntion in the feminine lead role of Regina Gordon, pri vate secretary to George Simon. Miss McLaughlin has an excellent role in the show and should do very well with it, judging from her past performances. The role of Harry Becker, the (Continued on Page 4.) BROADWAY BELIEVES IN YOUTH. Veteran Senator Declares Rising Generation, Representing Progressive Element In Politics, Is Competent. BY BILL LAWRENCE. Belief that "If youth will but study the proposal for uni-cameral legislation they will find that it coincides perfectly with the pro gressive ideas that have always been youth's." was expressed by Senator George W. Norris in an in terview granted The Daily Nebras kan Friday morning. The senator was In town to fire the opening shots in the campaign for his uni cameral legislature amendment. "Youth has always represented the progressive element of politics" the white hailed progressive de clared, "and I am sure that they will continue to do so. The future of America is a bright one, for it rests in the hands of our compe tent youth." Askt Inheritance Tax. He pleaded with youth to give heed to his idea for the increasing of inheritance taxes upon the ex cessive bequests made by wealthy capitalists. "This move will satisfy every one." the republican Insurgent de clared, "for it gives a man the em ployment of his money while he is alive, but gives the state, whose laws originally made it possible for him to accumulate this money, a just and rightful share. It will do away with excessive taxation of the poorer classes and will, to all intent and purposes, place the Fake Shooting in Law College Is Too Realistic for Freshmen; Three Police Cars Make Run to 'Crime' Knaet iiij.' a shooting u real that three police cruiser ears, a doctor and m aiMhulaiice were called to the scene in Law Col lege l-'riday morning, members of the faculty of the Law Collet" and 1 1n- Psychology department, started soiuetliiny; that had l-'reshinaii Laws scared stiff. The plot, perpetrated to createO- a criminal case lor me practice court, called for an unexpected killing In the common law plead ing class of Professor Coffman. At 10:45 Hugh Wyland rsced into the room, broke a glass door that barred his entrance and made a dash for the other side. Roy Hack man, graduate psychology student, gun In hand, followed accusing, "I'll tench you to steal my wife." A shot had been fired In the hall. Foster Is "Shot." At this point Harry Foster, stu dent in Prof, Coffman's class, sought to intercede and was "shot" in the struggle. Lawrence Ely, A 11-American football star, also In the plot, was supposed to wrest the gun from Hackman, made a flying tackle, knocking him to the floor, when another shot was fired. Mary Quigley, lone woman Freshman Law", screamed and fainted. Before anyone had time to real ize what had happened Hackman made a get-away and Robert Reese, as excited as any of them, ran all the way to Pharmacy Gas Journal Report Describes Oil Well On Graduate's Land Full of romance is the paragraph from the February "Oil and Gas Journal," which was headed "Os age County, Oklahoma." It read: "Mead Oil Co. and Beck's No. 1 section 10-25-6, Burbank extension, continues to flow around 850 bbls. of oil a day from Burbank sand at 2,807-42 feet." Elfred Beck was graduated from the geology de partment of the university in 1920. Some time ago he leased a piece of land. They drilled for oil and struck it. In the "Journal" for Feb. 15 Is the following item: "Mead Oil Co. and Elfred Beck's No. 1. . .the well that prompted operators to pay fancy prices for acreage near it in the last sale of Osage leases, was shot with ten quarts in sand at 2,820-30 feet and flowed 860 bbls. in 24 hours, 905 bbls. the second day. . ." IN HANDSOF PRINTER Magee States Copy for Rest Of Book Is Rapidly Being Finished. Printing of the opening section of the 1934 Cornhusker has been started. The section, now in the hands of the printers, includes the title and subtitle pages, contents pages, and the division pages. The remainder of the copy for the book is fast being completed and all contributors are asked to co-operate by submitting the re maining copy as soon as possible, that the issuance of the edition mflv not be delayed. According to Wo'odrow Magee. editor, the book is expected to make its appear ance soon after May 1. About 425 Pages. There will be about 425 pages in the edition, making it the larg est Cornhusker since 1931. The staff this year is making an ef fort to have entirely new current (Continued on Page 4). hurden of taxation upon those who are more able to bear it." "Everyone knows and admits," he continued, "that an inheritance tax is the easiest tax to collect, and this, in itself, is an argument for such a move." Praises Recovery Efforts. He praised the recovery efforts of President Roosevelt and asked the people to bear with the presi dent and give him their unquali fied support, since "the president is faced with a greater problem than any human being ever before, in the history of the world, was faced with." "We must bear in mind that some of these things which the president is doing will be criticized as being unconstitutional," Sena tor Norris said, "but we must re member that the constitution must be interpreted in the light of pres ent day conditions and not as con ditions were when it was written. If our constitution cannot stand up under such construing, let us de stroy it and write a new one. I, for one. am heartily in favor of our present constitution and wish to keep it. but I do think it most necessary for a modern interpre tation of its provisions." He closed with a plea for youth to remain ever progressive and to look forward to "a more advanced civilization than the one in which we live now." . building, and back drain, to round up Dr. Earl Deppt- to care for the wounded Foster, mid placed a call for an ambulance. A call also went out to the police department, who called in cruiser cars by radio. Police Come Quickly. "It was hardly two minutes be fore the building was full of po lice," stated Coffman. Jack Thompson and Jack Minor scrambled from their scats to dodge Imaginary bullets hikI some one got his head jammed between two seats In an effort to seek safety. "I was scared stiff." confessed Harry West and Joe Sehramek de clared that he believed a murder had really been committed. Leon ard Dull sensed something was wrong because, he said, "There were no bullets hitting anywhere." Mary Quigley, who missed out on part of the fray, remarked, "They certainly fooled me. I don't remember a thing until a few min utes later when I came to." Freshmai Laws who witnessed (Continued on Page 4.) PROPOSED BILL FOR REGISTRATION OF ALL Dean R. A. Seaton Points Out That Engineering Is Now Profession. The Drooosed engineer's reeis- trntinn hill nrcunied most of the day's business at the annual En gineer's Roundup at the UornnusK er hotel Saturday. The proposed mpBsnre which was formulated bv Roy M. Green, was pretty gener ally lavorea oy tne convention. About fifty students attended the conclave. The bill provides that no one may practice engineering unless he is registered. In. order to be a registered engineer to whom a license has been granted, he must have either four years of college credit at an approved school and four years active practice, or eight years of active practice and in addition must pass an examination th hill nrovides. ""he hill sets up a governing board of five members to be appointed by me governor with power to revoke license for deceit in obtaining it. fraud, gross negligence or incompetency. Is Profession. That engineering is now one of the learned professions was pointed out by Dean R. A. Seaton. Kansas State college. Manhattan, Kas., one of the speakers on the at'ter (Continued on Page 4. ) GOODYEAR TIRE MEN E Prof. Haney and Bullock to Arrange Appointments For Students. Graduate engineers and non engineers who are interested in the tire industry will have a chance Monday and Tuesday to interview two representatives of the Good year Tire and Rubber company, Mr. K. W. Prior and Mr. A. L. Rhoades. Professor Haney's office will arrange appointments Monday for the engineers, and non-engineers should register in Professor Bul lock's office. Both of these offices are in Social Science hall. Students have been selected for positions with the company on previous visits of Mr. Rhoades. operating superintendent of the Chicago of fice of the Goodyear Rubber com pany, and Mr. Prior from the per sonnel department of the Akron office. AS Group Selects New Officers For Organization in Last Meeting. Edgar Huddleston of St. Joseph, Mo., and student in the Business Administration was elected the new president of the Business Ad ministration council at its last meeting. Albeit Ross was chosen vice president, Mary Catherine Al bin, secretary, and Max Nus baum, treasurer. The meeting consisted of a sur vey of past activities of the coun cil and an outline of future pro grams by Norman Prucka. retiring president. The council is composed of representatives from several different organizations in Biz Ad college, namely: Alpha Kappa Psi. Delta Sigma Pi. Phi Chi Theta. Women's Commercial club, and the lien's Ci)Buat.rcial i, HUSKER CAGERS m CYCLONES BY 26-21 SGORE Nebraska Puts Game on Ice After Eight Minutes of Wild Play. TILT MARRED BY FOULS Iowa State Scores First Goal; Whitakcr High For Scarlet. After eiylit minutes of wild shoot int.' Jinil li;ipi;i;irl luill lt.-iii'lliiin' in tin- dyinu liniments of tin- fniy w itli the c o u n t st ;mli nu' only ;':2 to 'Jl in fa"i of the Huskcr' ragestr-rs, Bud Par sons contributed ;i long archer from back of the foul circle to clinch what turned out to be a 2'i to 21 victory over the Iowa State Cyclones on the Coliseum maples Saturday. The battle was maiked by numerous personals and poor passing. Iowa Scores First. With the Iowa State squad open ing the tilt with a rush by scoring first a free throw and following shortly with a field goal from thu side, the Brownemen's stock fell. However two free throws by Sor enson and another by Lunney only to be followed by a field goal and a couple more free throws by Sor enscn placed the home outfit well in front. Widman filled the bucket lor the Scarlet once more before the in vaders took a hand, running up six markers. This time it was Whitaker and Parsons who kept the Nebraska basket flippers in the race. A field goal by each placed the count 12 to 10 with the homo maplemen on the long end of the score. Ahead at Half. Whitaker's two field goals at this time, alternating with one by Holmes and another by Wegner of Iowa State, managed to toss the Huskers out in front as the pistol sounded announcing the end of the half. The score stood 15 to 13 for (Continued on Page 3. i OR. MARVIN PRESENTS ADDRESS TO MEMBERS Professor of Physics Will Discuss Nucleus of Atom in Talk. Regular monthly meeting of the. university chapter of Sigma Xi will be hold in the auditorium of Morrill hall. Monday. February 2. at 7:30 p. m. Henry Howard Marvin, P'i D.. professor of theoretical pnysks, will give an address on "The Nu cleus of the Atom." Dr. Marvin will review what is more or less well known concern ing how the atomic nucleus is built up from smaller particles. He will illustrate this by using what is known concerning isotypes of chemical elements. This will be followed by a semi-popular discus sion of the methods now being used to study the composition of atomic nuclei: namely, bombard ment of cosmic rays, alpha rns, and other kinds of particles. This meeting is open to the public. TRI-KCTfSPONSORS Ag Organization Sponsors Pcrty in Activities Building Friday. The Tri K club's mixer at the student activities building Friday night was one of the outstanding parties on the campus this semes ter, members of the club said yes terday. The orchestra scheduled has played several previous en gagements on ag campus tins sea son, they said, and lias won the approval of students who attended th" mixers. Tri K club, an or.'iiii.ation of students interested chiefly in c ronomy, sponsored one other mixer earlier in the season. Orrin Web ster, Lorenz Bredeniier mid Boyd Shank were on the committee pe paring for Friday's party. Elmer Heyne. ag junior, is president of the club. Faculty sponsors for the Tri K club's niixer were Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Keim, Mi. and Mrs. E. R Engle, and Anto.: Frc'ik, faculty sponsor of the club. Forty Couples AltenJ V. W. Party in Armory About forty couples attended the Washington party, given bv the social staff of the Y. W. C. A. Friday, Feb. 23. Dancing provided the evening's entertainment. Chaperons for the party were: Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lindgren. Mr. and Mrs. O- W. Reinmuth and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daaielson