e Daily N EBRA JL Jt-L JL Mostly fair, Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska "oT: XXXHI-ISO. 148. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, SUNDAY. MAY 13. 193 PRICE 5 CENTS. H SK i ORDER REQUIRES M. A. FOR HEADS OF plan Extensive Program This Summer to cope wun Raise in Standard. OUTLINE 3 DAY CONCLAVE Moritz States Enrollment Expected to Show Increase. Superintendents and princi pals of all Nebraska schools must have a master s degree from an accredited university or college, according to an or for issued recently by the North Central association of col leges and secondary schools. Adoption of these new educa tional standards have made it necessary for Teachers College Board of Directors to evolve an extensive summer school program to cope with the expected increase in enrollment, it was made known by Prof. R. D. Morit. Saturday. Effective Next Fall. The code requires a minimum of a semester hours of education and at least two years of teaching or administrative experience for those wishing to qualify for posi tions and not possessing ; a master e degree. This decree, which affects this university, will be put into op peration next fall it was announced bv Professor Moritz. "'Enrollment in the summer ses sion is expected to shew an in crease In both graduate and under graduate work due largely to this raise in the requirements for teach in the state's secondary schools." Dr. Moritz stated. Set Up New Program. To prepare for the emergency the Board of Directors of Teachers College-has set up an elaborate crerram for the summer session 'hich includes a three day educa tional conference for school admin istrators and teachers which will be held June 27. 28 and 29. The conference is planned to brine before those interested .thnrf in both elementary and hieh school grades. The programs Tnr rn nav arc - (Continued on Page 2.) HEALTH OFFICE CASES I0IAU128JN APRIL FERA Work Continues; Students Report for Vaccinations. NUMBER UP TO AVERAGE Student health during April held to about an average for the lime of vear, the office of that depart ment reported yesterday. Men treated by university doctors num bered 531: while the women visit ing the health department num bered only 378. Examinations of FERA em ployee continued, with 177 record ed bv the office. Warm weather wh perhaps the cause of the 23 swimming examinations made, while 34 students who hoped to take part in intramural sports were given examinations. With the approach of summer, men student were reporting for vaccination which are required before they can enter Citizen- Mil itary Training Camps. University doctor gave early applicant 9 ty phoid bot, and 5 smallpox vac cinations. Patient treated on the college of agriculture campus numbered 39. bringing the total treatment of all kind for the health depart ment to 1,288. Students spent 28 days In the university hospital dur ing the month. TODAY'S NEWS Briefly Reviewed A rigid control for the nation' stock exchange was assured as the senate paped the stock market control bill. Notwithstanding powerful lobby against the bill it was passed by a vote of 62 to 13. The main effect of the bill would 1 to make all operations of stock exchange thruout the country subject to the control of a federal ajemcy. This agency would have Power to dictate most of the af fairs of the market. As one of the worst dust storms the nation ha seen passed out over the Atlantic ocean, it wa esti mated that the wheat crop was being destroyed at the rate of a at a million bushels a day. Au thorities were mapping plant to meet the situation as the estimated winter wheat crop dropped below 4 SO million bushel. Freedom of the press under the T"y deal was assured by President Rooivvo!t In a letter read before 'he annual meeting of the National F-'iltOnal Aunriatinn at I lumbia. Ho. Praise was given to the atU- HIGH SCHOOLS ..Continued on Page 4.1 Play Day, Closing Year of Activity For Three Girls Gym Classes, Has Successful End in Spite of Rain Closing a semester of varied activity, the three teacher's college ami agricultural college special gym classes met Satur day afternoon in a play day which ended successfully in spite of the rain. After dividing the 80 girls into about nine teams and giving the girls in each team colored ribbons as distinguishing marks, the groups started off by a folk dance to the tune of "Oh, Susanna." Bat Ball, in which one team plays against another, was the next event scheduled. An amusing game called bom bardment, played with bean bags, followed. This is played with a volley ball net and. after starting out with a certain number of bean bags on each side, each team throws bean bags to the other side and tries to have as few bean bags on its side when time is called. After a period of volleyball. I E NUMBER A YEAR AGO Incomplete Figures for Fall Term Reveal Enrollment Is Larger by 72. Early registration for the fall term was ahead of last year when the registration offices closed Sat urday noon, according to figures given out by Dr. A. R. Congdon, chairman of the assignment com mittee. W ith incomplete reports from some of the colleges, 2550 registration blanks have been fillled out bv resident students as compared with 2.478 a year ago. There is a slight increase in the engineering college, according to Dean O. J. Ferguson, with expec tations for additional students in the tall if the crop conditions im prove. Another small increase was no ticed by Dean F .E. Henzlik. head of the teachers college. "The re placements of teaching positions this year which are greater than any time during the last three years is a factor in creating a larger demand for teachers," stat ed Dean Henzlik. Figures collected recently by the placement bureau under Dr. R. D. Moritz show that 50 percent of teaching positions which had been dropped last year were replaced or substituted. Figures from law college are not definite, said Dean H. H. Foster because there are always quite a few late registrants in the college. However there was a noticeable increase this year over last. New students will register in the fall when the school year opens, a3 will the old students who are re turning for additional work and resident students who failed to en roll during the past week. Late registrants and further re ports from the departments and colleges are expected to swell the number enrolled this spring. j 12 STUDENTS RECEIVE Department Of Educational j Service Announces Placements. To twelve more Nebraska stu dents go teaching positions for next year, according to the depart ment of educational service. Helen Boentje. Hanover, Kas., will teach mathematics at Bridgeport. Wil lard Bronson, Neligh, goes to Ord as coach and manual training in structor. Syracuse has elected Lu cille Davis of Brock to teach music and dramatics. Eugene Ellsworth of Grand Island will become music instructor at Goodland. Kas. Al bert Friedle. Lincoln, will teach music, English, and history at Otoe. Now superintendent at Winne toon. E. D. Humann becomes su perintendent at Cedar Bluffs. Lew iston baa chnwn Tabor Kelly of Atkinson teacher of music and English. Anna Lewder. Ansley, will teach at Tryn. Hazel Meier, Lincoln, will beccm instructor cf music and commercial work at Pleasanton. Nadine Richmond. Os ceola, wiil leach the second grade at Tekamah. H. F. Weigel. now su perintendent at Stuart, baa been elected superintendent of schools at Tilden. Marguerite Welch of O'Neill will teach Spanish and Sci ence at Merriroan. TEACHERS COLLEGE GIVES PLAT DAT DEMONSTRATION A playday demonstration was held Saturday afternoon in Grant Memorial hall for the three Teach er College Special classes to show how after-school games should be organized and conducted. Each year all the girls' gym classes have a playday, but this waa the first Teacher's College demonstration. This special class is for girls who might take charge of after school sports when they teach. Consequently, most of the girts participating were either Teacher's College or Agriculture College j student. the teams met inside for games of marksmanship and strength. Bean bags were thrown into bas kets to test accuracy and then each girl tried to throw a baseball as far as she could. Games 'vere concluded by a vigorous rslay race. With cooling refreshments of iced lemonade and cookies, and the evaluation of the teams 'points, the first play day of this kind ended. If these special gym classes prove to be succcessful, they will be con tinued next year. Starting witn games of low or ganization, with or without equip ment, the classes have studied vol ley ball, basketball, bat ball and base ball in preparation for teach ing. The girls have received in structions in refereeing, playing, the rules of the various games and when the games should or should not be taught. Different types of elimination tournaments and ine purchase of athletic equipment were also discussed. Senior Phys .Ed Women Conduct GirlsJPlay Day Senior women majoring in phys ical education at the university conducted a Play Day for school girls of ten Otoe county communi ties at Syracuse last Friday. Those towns joining in the day were: Nebraska City. Douglas, Dunbar. Burr, Palmyra, Unadilla, Talmage, Otoe, Lorton and Syracuse. Su perintendents of the various schools had charge of the buys' program. Parents came for the evening basket supper and sing with the children and teachers. Miss Mabel Lee. professor of physical education at the univer sity wa3 in charge of the class of senior women, who were: Jean Alden. Kimball; Lois Foley. Cen tral City; Marion Holloway. Lin coln: Grace Morgan. Lincoln; Irene Nabity. David City and Ruth Schellberg. Omaha. The women sponsored the activities as a part of their course in organization and administration of physical educa tion. GRADUATE TO FIMSH FIELD WORK IS IOWA Shlesselman Leaves for Geography Surrey of Lake Calvin. er.. iv o. ..,. ,,, George w. Shlesselman. gradu-: at atnfe.it in th. n.Hm..t , geology left Friday. May 11. for southeastern Iowa, There he is to finish field work on the geography of Lake Calvin, on which he is writing his disserfion for his Ph. D. degree. Mr. Shlesselman is to leave the field early in June to teach in the summer session of Sam Houston Teachers college. Huntsville. Te:. He is one of the two instructors who will teach geography and takes the place of the chairman of the department. Before attending the university. Sh'-sselman received his A. B. de gree from Iowa State Teachers' college. Since that time, he has spent one year in Clark university of Worcester. Mann, and one year studying in Europe. REED INSPECTS KANSAS STATE EXTENSION WORK Dr. A. A. Reed, director of the university extension division, vis- i ited Kansas State colleee at Man- rattan during the week end. He was in&peiiiiig; ine cxicnrsiun uii- ion of that school with reference to membership in the National Uni versity Extension association. In Kansas City he fpent some time at the junior college and experi mental senior high school of the University of Kansas and visited unofficially at the latter place. Brighter, More Promising Future Faces Graduates As Chances for Placement Better Say Professors By Betty Segal and Margaret Eatterday. This year's college graduate will not be confronted with the dark picture last year's stu dent's faced. He has brighter, more promising things in store for him with a better cnance for advancement than he's had for some time. That is the opinion of several university professors who were interviewed Saturday by the Daily Nebraskan. Almost unanimously they agreed that chances for placement of col lege graduates in various fields of businers there is at present a than they were last. Business con ditions have improved to a marked degree and consequently the grad uate's chances have also improved. "Right now there is a better chance for advancement than there has oeen for the past ten years," said F. C. Blood, professor of ad vertising. Need for Executives. Not only in the field of advertis ing but in almost every line of business there is at the present a shortage of competent Junior ex ecutive. Prof. Blood stated. Of course there I also a shortage of I money ana greater competition to get the jobs, but condition have been improving and sooner or la ter the reed for these executive will become urgent U the opinion cf Mr. Blood. That condition have been improving i evidenced by the f.ict that more position have' j been filled Una spring and last fall Jby people who graduated lutj BOARD mm 100 BIG SISTERS AT RITES FRIDAY Leadership and Reliability Basis for Selection of Members. AID FRESHMAN WOMEN Group Assists New Girls in Fall Registration, Orientation. Big Sister Board licit initia tion services for 100 Big Sis ters Friday evening. May 11, at the Kappa Delta house. Mar jorie Smith was in charge of the initiation. Miss Elsie Piper, assistant dean of women, and Miss Letts Clark of Teachers college, sponsors, were guests. Girls who are to serve as Big Sisters for the coming year are: Erma Bauer North Platte: Betty Hammond, Lincoln; Theaople Wolf, Lincoln; Roberta Stevenson, Lincoln: Fern Steinbaugh. Oak land; Dorothea DeKay, Lincoln: Louise Scott. Ogallala; Virginia Smith. Valley: Marjorie Calder. Fremont; Grace Lewis, Lincoln; Bernice Albert. Clatonia; Erma Stastny, Wilber; Mauryne Thomp son. Tecumseh; Lilette Jacques, Stanton: Evelyn Osborn. Pawnee City; Alyce Mae Anderson. Hardy: Marjorie Sbostack. Lincoln; Ed w i n a McCondrie. Washington. Kas.; Eleanor Wortham, Louis ville; Virginia Moomaw, Lincoln : (Continued on Pae 4.) SNAPPY LEAD SELLS Editor Speaks Friday Night At Theta Sigma Phi Banquet. Advising young writers and would-be writers of magazine ar ticles to pick subjects of a factual rather than-M-essay type to writs . ,,, TZ'l. a-.. , . lui, laurel . tlt,Wu, cunui i Better Homes and Gardens. stressed the fact that a snappy lead is more likely than anything else to attract the attention of an editor and sell the article. Mr. Peterson addressed a group of young people interested in the profession of writing at a dinner sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi. na tional honorary and professional journalistic sorority, Friday eve ning at the city Y. W. C. A. "Most editors, without being un just, can tell after reading the first page of an article whether it is any good or not." he said. Speak ing on the matter of receiving re jection slips from magazines. Mr. Ptrron aid that whpn he was - receiving them he always felt that ne wouia nave nicea to nave Known just why bis article was rejected j Therefore, when he became editor j of Better Homes and Gardens he worked out a form of rejection slip that no other magazine uses. One contribJtor wrote and said that the reiection sliD she received from Better Homes and Gardens made i F. Dwight Kirsch. chairman of her feel as good as if the article ; the university department of fine had been accepted, he said. I arts- has had one of his photo- Mr. Peterson traced his career graphs plated in the first annual from the time when he started a national collegiate photographic small town newspaper immediately i salon. Along with 45 other prints, after his graduation from college j it will be on display in the gallery through several editorships and as- of the Memorial Union at the Uni sistant editorships on various Kan- versity of Wisconsin. "New Teeth" sas newspapers to his present po-1 is the name Mr. Kirsch has given sition which he has held for seven , his photograph, which is focused years. spring than were filled immediate ly after graduation last June. According t T. T. Bullock, as sociate professor of economics and busu-ies law and in charge of the placement of graduate from the school of business administration, thing look very encouraging. "I am receiving a steady stream of favorable replies to requests sect to business firms asking them to send representative here, and indication are that before the end of June a good many graduate j who wish placements will be i placed." he said. Receive Many Offer. The outlook is optimistic even lo the point that several men are re- Significant Points Seen in Intervieus Significant facta brought out in Saturday's interview are: 1. There ha been a definite upward trend in economic con dition during the past year with a resultant Increase in the number of job available. 2. There is more demand for the competent, college-trained man to fill executive positions. 3. Chance for advancement In the various fields of employ ment are greater now even than they wer in time of pro perity. 4. An increase In competition for position i evident. 9. Chance for placement of graduate of the professional school are slight. Mount Rushmore Inscription Contest Entries Must Be In by Noon, May 19; President Seeks Simplicity as Theme Entries in the Mount Kusli more inscription contest will he received at the school of jour nalism office until Saturday noon. May 1!, announced (Jayle C. Walker of the local 1 Judging committee. The other members of the committee will be announced the first of the week. The purpose of the contest is to secure inscriptions dealing with the progress of our country from the writing of the declaration of independence to the westward ex pansion to the Pacafic coast. These writings and the pictures of the men who played so important a part in the growth of our country are to be carved in lasting stone at the top of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Borglum's Dream. Gutzom Borglum, famous in ternational sculptor, who is to be carving artist for this gigantic en terprise has long dreamed of carv Frank Johnson Named Head of Geology Group Sigma Gamma Epsilon. honorary geology fraternity, held its regular meeting Thursday night at which officers for next year were elec ted. Frank W. Johnson was elec ted president, Grayson Etchel berger vice president, Robert Ben nett secretary and John Maher editor. Announcement was made of the winners of the fosssil hunting con test held at the annual field day picnic at Louisville quarries at oLuisville, Neb. Mr. Virgil Butler was the winner of the hammer of fered to the man collecting the largest number of species. Rus sell Burns was a close second in the contest. Sigma Gamma Epsilon also an nounces that Professor E. F. Schramm has presented the chap ter a plaque upon which mill be engraved annually the names of the junior and senior in the de partment of geology who has the highest scholarship average. SISFOSIA T OPRESEST CHARTER DA Y RECITAL Program Starts at 4 This Afternoon in Tew pie Theater. Annual charter day recital of Sinfonia, men's musical society. will be given Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock in the Temple theater building. Earnest Harrison and Wilgus Eberly will be accompa nists and the program is as fol lows: Mascagni, "Intermezzo" from "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Rollin son. "Silver String Polka," Earnest i eau. L-ecuona. aiaiaguena, Chopin. "Nocturne." Op. 27. No. 1." Paganini-Liszt, "La Campan ella." Gene Ellsworth: Brun. "Ro mance. Op. 41." Bove. "Melodie" from T-- pressions of Negro Life." Andersc n "Sherzino. Op. 55. No. 655. Caubert. "Soir sur la Plaine." LiUUIS iAXJ Louis Babst; Schubert. "Aufen- "Wohin," "Die Stadt." and "Des Wanderer," Parvin Witte; and Grieg. "Second Sonata. Op. 13." Carl Frederick Steckelberg. Collegiate Salon Show Photograph hy Rirch on the smile of a Negro boy. ceiving so many offers that they are having difficulty in deciding which one to accept. Professor Bullock also said that many of last June graduate have been placed during the fall and winter. In the opinion of Professor Gayle C. Walker, director of the school of journalism, there are two con flicting tendencies at work in the world of business at present. One is that the improvement in eco nomic conditions is tending to in- crease the probability of plovment for the graduate. The opposing factor is the drouth, a continuance of which wi result in los of money and consequent lessening of available job. In the field of Journalism, Professor Walker said, opportu nities are belter this year because many small newspapers have been running under-staffed awaiting just such an upturn as is now evi dent. ! Chance Much Better. I Prof. J. P. Senning, chairman of i the political science department, ! believe that in the field of busi ness chance for finding position are much better than they have been tor the past neveral year. He ! tAm hntt'pv.r liftl hnrt leir til graduate of the professional schools. "If public sentiment doe not change." he ald, 'there i a very good chance for the college grad uate to get a government posi tion." R D. Monta. director of the de- partmcn. f educational service, i ', i iCocUnued oaagc 4.) 1 ing on some stony mountain top far from coveting civilizations, the dates, a word or two of the great things we have accomplished as a nation. It is for this purpose that stu dents of high schools and colleges or any person in the United States and its territories are composing comprehensive yet brief inscrip tions. The writings cannot be longer than six hundred words to receive consideration. The vari ous historical events which must be covered are, the writing of the Declaration of Independence, the drafting of the American Consti tution, the Louisiana Purchase, the ceding of the Floridas to the United States, rise of the Republic of Texas and its entry into the Union. thi Mexican war and the acquisition of California, settle ment of the Oregon Boundary dis pute, the Alaska purchase, and the building of the Panama Canal. President Roosevelt, chosen as Continued on Page 4.) 1 ASSEMBLE FOR E Cti.rlantc C Clrc Ckmolnn JIUU(.II13 yJMM I II Ol w 1 1 v TV II lJ Of Farmers' Fair Pictures. By Carlyle Hodgkin. At their annual spring picnic and dance Friday night Ag col lege students: 1. Played baseball on the cam pus lawn and then ate potato salad, baked beans and buns. 2. Sat on the floor in the ac tivities building to watch the first showing of the moving pic tures taken at last week's Farm ers' fair. 3. Alternately danced, visited with each other or with the chaperones. Prof, and Mrs. H. P. Davis and Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Keim. Two hundred students assem bled on ag campus Friday evening for the picnic and dance sponsored annually by home economics and ag clubs. Since the ag club is now inactive, the Friday night party was managed entirely by the home economics girls. Baseball playing featured the earlier part of the evening. Ag college women were reported heavy hitters and especially good at sliding for bases. Miss Mar garet Fedde. Prof. H. J. Gramlich and the chaperones for the dance were present for the picnic lunch. In the activities building after the picnic dinner, ag students saw the first showing of several reels of moving pictures made by cam pus photographers during Farm ers" fair. C. C. Minteer. L. K. Crowe, and T. H. Goodding each took pictures at the student expo sition last week. J. G. Kretschmer. Omaha artist who exhibited photographic work at the fair last week, was present with machine used. Scenes in the (Continued on Page 4.) STATE WRITERS HAVE OF MAT Importance of Expressing Personality Stressed at Guild Meeting. Fertility of the midwest in ma terial for writers of novels, short stories, articles and poetry and j ... ih Ti!:L ", V: .r.-. .; .hi Writer's Guild luncheon Saturday j f meD;br ofJhe antne" noon. ic board, including Mr. C. A. Pen- J. E. Lawrence, editor of the i100- '" retary of the board. Lincoln Star, said that here in Nebraska the foundation of all literary effort must be built largely upon a knowledge of the spint of a people who built a great state out of the prairies. Writers here have a golden wealth of material in the stories of forti tude, patience, and ageless cour age which characterized the strug gle against the force of nature. That spirit live today and it will ever live the spirit of the faith ' of the pioneer. I Dr Lowry C. Wimberly. editor of the Prairie Schooner, declared that a writer shouldn't try to be anything else but what he is. "It i always hard work to write a story but if we lack inspiration it is an impossibility. I work best late at night and always start by sharpening twelve soft lead pen cil." said Dr. Stromberg, Swedish (Continued on Page 4.) ALPHA KAPPA PSI LISTS THIRTEEN NEW PLEDGES Alpha Kappa Psi. bizad profes sional fraternity, announce the pledging' of thirteen men today. New men ie Raymond Elliott, Omaha; Jame W. Peery, Omaha; John Hallett, Lincoln; F. W. Christensen, Hartington; John L. Ko. Lincoln; Delno Slagernon. Randolph; W. L. Sunderman, Lin coln; Henry Whitaker, St. Joeeph. Mo.: Frank Gallup, Alda; Rosa Martin, Lincoln: John Campbell, uncnm; rtown uy. umiiu, ana i Gerald Myer. Fremont. j OF '34 CORNHUSKER 10 SIM MAY 16 Group of Surprise Features Included; Dedication Kept Secret. NAME BEAUTY WINNERS Division Sheets Between Six Sections Illustrate College Life. PiM libation of 1034 Corn buskers will start Wednesday, May 16. at '. o'clock, according to iiob Thiol, business manager of the publication. Students mav procure their copies of t lie vea'rbook at the Cornhusker office in the south basement of Univer sity hall any time after Wednes day. The office will be open from 9 until 5 each day. A number of surprise 'features have been incorporated in the book this vear. according to Woodrow ! Magee, editor of the 1934 annual, i "No one will know to whom the book is dedicated until Wednes day morning, when the book is re- , leased," he said, 'this item having I Hp An k( been kept secret throughout tne year." Name Beauty Winners. Another annnouncement which the campus has awaited with great interest is that of the university's six most beautiful coeds as se lected by Bing Crosby, radio and motion picture star. Their pictures appear as a ape cial part of the queen section. Each organized house nominated one or more girls in the contest last fall and pictures of all contest ants were sent to Crosby for his selection. Pages portraying college queens are neatly designed and presented in different designs. Each girl has a quarter and full length portrait shown. Six Sections. The 1934 Cornhusker is com posed of six divisions including student activities, organizations, features, administration, classes and athletics. Distinctive makeup and an increased number of pages will characterize sections thruout the book, according to Mage. Di vision sheets illustrate various as- (Continued on Page 4.) 'Tl Dean of Women Is Hostess Saturday Afternoon at Three O'clock. PRESENT VOICE PROGRAM Honoring housemothers of so rorities, fraternities, dormitories and co-operative houses, and past and present presidents of girls bouses, a musical e tea was given Saturday afternoon at three in Ellen Smith Hall by Miss Amanda H. Heppner. dean of women, and staff. Staff members are Dr. Elizabeth Williamson. Miss Elsie Ford Piper, and Mrs. Ada S. West over. Mrs. E. A. Burnett, wife of the chancellor, and Mrs. W. A. Brown presided at the tea table. Mrs. Brown has served a the house mother for Acacia fraternity since 1913. Other guests included the wives of the deans of the various col- Miss Eernice Miller, secre- iUr or tne i W. C. A.. Mrs. Sam- uel Avery. Mrs. Elizabeth Thomp ! (Continued on Page .) Classes May All Be Carried in Morning R hen Seed Shown Dr. A. R. Congdon stated that any student who lay bis card on the table and give the real reason for wanting to take all his classes in the morning is usually granted this privilege. In the past, most of the student said that they had to work, but now that excuses are checked the real reasons must be given. In order for a student to be ex cused from afternoon classes th signature of Dr. Congdon, chair man of the assignment committee is required. Except with special permission, every student must register for at least two-fifths of his hours in the afternoon. Statement of fee due will be mailed to the student before Aug. 15 and are to be paid before Sept. 6. Graduate student and Lincoln teachers will be granted until OcC 6 to pay their fees. CHAS. B. BISWELL TO DLTONT LABORATORY Charles B. Biswell. who will re ceive hi degree of doctor of philos ophy in chemistry at th university in June, ha been notified of a po sition a research chemist with the Dupont compsny. He wiil work la their Jackson laboratories at Wil mington, Del war. DISTRIBUTION