N EBRA AN; Read the "Be campus conscious" Nebraskan" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXIV NO. 27. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934. PRICE 5 CENTS. POLITIC UNDER DAILY SK JL JLJLJLi COED FIRE Political Clubs YOUNG DEMOCRATS MEET REPUBLICANS Question of Liberties of Present Administration Cornhusker AFFAIR SCHEDULED FOR 7:30 WEDNESDAY P. M. Russell Mattson and Lee Rankin Take G. O. P. Side Of Proposition While Irving Hill and James Cleason Provide the Opposition. Campus interest in state and national political affairs seems due for a boom this week as two debates on the questions now confronting voters of the state are presented during the course of the week. The first gun of the week's word battle will be fired Wednesday night when two teams from the Young Democratic ana Young Republican clubs get to gether Wednesday night in the Cornhusker ball room to argue the Question. "Resolved: That the American people are being de prived of their liberties under the new deal. The event is scneauiea at 7:30. Irving Hill of the university and James Gleason of Omaha are the members of the Young Democrats team and C. Russel Mattson and J. Lee Rankin are to take the af firmative side of the question for the Young Republican club. According to Lester Prokop and John Stover, heads of the two campus political clubs the Wednes day night debate should have a special appeal to the campus inas much as the sponsoring organiza tions are composed to a great ex tent of university or past univer sity students. "Such events offer definite op portunity to university students to become better acquainted with the present policies and platforms of our government and also of the political parties." they declared. T'.ie challenge for the debate originated at Grand Island by the Hall county Young Democrats club and was formally accepted Satur day by the Lancaster county Young Republican club. Merritt C. Pedersen, president of the Lincoln junior chamber of commerce, is to preside at the affair. The climax to the week's po litical activities will be furnished by the Simmons-Burke debate Fri day night, which has caused so much interest on the campus and thruout Lincoln that arrangements have been made to hold the affair in the university coliseum. Altho the coliseum had been reserved for the teachers' convention, arrenge menta have been made for the (Continued on Page 4.) PAR1Y SCHEDULED AS CLIMAX TO DAD'S DAY Permanent Decorations Will Be Used for Affair; Fathers Invited. Third varsity party of the season la scheduled as the climax to Dad's Day festivities on the campus Sat urday evening, October 27. Danc ing will begin In the Coliseum at 8:30. Negotiations are In progress with several nationally famous or chestras now touring this part of the country, but none had been signed as yet. Permanent decorations will be used in the Coliseum, according to Margaret Medlar, vice chairman of the Barb CouncH, who is in charge of this party. "Dads and mothers are especi ally invited to attend," stated Miss Medlar, "and we are relying upon students to personally extend this invitation to their parent." Varsity parties, of which nine re schedule! for the year, are sponsored by the Barb Council. Saturday is a closed night to other university social functions and the largest crowd of the sea son is expected. . Faculty Members Attend Dinner for Dr. Strayer Dr. F. E. Henzllk, Dr. W. H. S. Morton. Dr. A. R. Congdon, and Dr. J. M. Matzen of the University Teachera college, and C. K. Morse, of the University extension divi sion were In Omaha last week. They attended a luncheon in Lonor of Dr. George W. Strayer of Co lumbia university, professor of ed ucational administration and re search. When You Bay! Consult th advert moment in The Daily N'cbraskan. They make thi? paper pos-xible. American People Under Will Be Discussed in Ball Room. E PLANS FOR DAD'S DAY Johnson to Give Address of Welcome at Affair Saturday. Complete plans for the Dad's Day luncheon to be held Saturday noon at the chamber of commerce were outlined Monday by members of Innocents society, sponsors of the affair. Owen Johnson, president of the senior honorary society, will pre side at the affair and give the adr, dress of welcome. Response will be given by some dad, who as yet had not been named. Chancellor A. E. Burnett and Dean T. J. Thompson are both scheduled to speak, and the main address will be given by John Curtiss, district manager of the Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power company. Ticket sales for the affair got under way Monday afternoon with a goal of 300 set by the Innocents. Confidence of easily reaching that total was expressed by the group. Mothers as well as dads are wel come at the affair, it was declared by Burton Marvin, chairman of the Innocents committee on ar rangements for the event Following the luncheon at the chamber of commerce the guests will go to Memorial stadium for the Iowa State-Nebraska grid bat tle and the day will be climaxed by the Dad's Day party in the coliseum. Male Fly Lives At Slower Rate Than His Mate Unlike its human contemporary, the male fly lives at a slower rate than the female. That Is, it con sumes less oxygen, and conse- quently has a slower rate of meta bolism. And metabolism is a short way of describing the manner in which food becomes living matter in the body, and the living matter is broken down to be used for lire. Anyway, William G. Kucera working with Dr. D. D. Whitney, chairman of the department of zoology at the University of Ne braska, has made a study of the "Oxygen Consumption In the Male and Female ny. urosopnna mci anogaster." His findings were published in a recent issua of "Physiological Zoology." Using young flies for his experi ments, Mr. Kucera found that the female used more oxygen in given time than the male, showing that she lived at a higher rate. This Is not true In the human body, according to Dr. Whitney. He points out that the human male has five million red corpuscles to every cubic centimeter of blood; while the female has only 4 1-2 million to the cubic centimeter. SIGMA ETA CHI GIVES FINAL HUSH FUNCTION Sigma Eta Chi, women's Congre gational sorority, held its last rush party of the season Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Hoover Hark ness. 2808 T st. About twenty girls were present. Most of the evening was spent in playing Hallowe'en games. Pledging invitations, attached to miniature candle centerpieces to carry out Uie emblem of the so rority, were presenter to seven ruahees. Committee chairmen in charge of the party were: favors, Viola Kriz; entertainment Marie George, and refreshments. Enid Williams. John Brain Recovered. John Brain, sophomore at the university, recently operated upon for appendicitis, was released from to Debate New Deal ADMISSION FREE UNIVERSITY TO CHASE SPEECH Special Arrangements Being Made to Admit Faculty And Students. CHASE ANALYZES TRENDS Each Student Must Show His Identification Card at Coliseum Door. Students and faculty mem bers at the university are to be admitted to hear Stuart Chase Thursday evening at 8 o'clock when he speaks in the coliseum on "Men and Machines." Altho attendance at his lecture is limited to those having paid the member ship fee to the Nebraska State Teachers association, special ar rangements are made whereby university people will be admitted free of charge. Faculty members in the eco nomics department expressed their appreciation at the privilege of attendance extended them and pointed out the importance of the author and economist "Stuart Chase is a prominent author and reformer in the field of economics," Professor McNeill said, "and altho his views are somewhat more radical than many economists, his talk should be in teresting for he discusses current economic trends and an analysis of their import." In order to ' be admitted, each student must show his identifica tion card at the door of the coli seum. Faculty members may ob tain tickets for themselves and (Continued on Page 4.) KOSMET KLUB BEGINS SKIT JUDGING TODAY Final Selection of Acts to Be Made by Committee Monday, Oct. 29. First judging of skits filed for the Kosmet Klub revue will begin tonight and continue through Thursday, according to Tom Da vies, president of the organiza tion. Twenty-one entries will be re viewed by the judging committee composed of George Holyoke, Charles Flansburg, Frank Crabill, Tom Davies, Clayton Schwenk, and Owen Johnson. Final selection of the acts to be used in the show will be made at an elimination judging on Oct. 29, when the field will be narrowed down to possibly twelve or four teen skits. All skits Judged this week must be in their final form, according to Davies, as some elimi nations may be made at the first review. The judging schedule for Tues day evening includes Alpha Sigma Phi. 7:10; Chi Omega, 7:30; Kappa Alpha Theta-Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 7:50; Alpha Omlcron Pi. 8:10; Al pha Phi, 8:30; Phi Kappa Psi-Slg-ma Chi. 8:50; Carrie Belle Ray mond, 9:10. Skits to be reviewed Wednesday night are Kappa Kappa Gamma Alpha Tail Omega. 7:10; ATpha Chi Omega-Chl Phi, 7:30; Delta Zeta, 7:50; Acacia, 8:10; Pershing Rifles. 8:30; Sigma Alpha Iota, 8:50; Delta Gsmms-Delta Upsilon, 9:10. Thursday PI Beta Phi. 7:30; Beta Theta PI, 7:50; Delta Tau Delta, 8:10; Zeta Beta Tau-Phi Gamma Delta. 8:30; Gamma Phi Beta, 8:50, and Phi Omega PI, 9:10, are to be judged. The Magee Cup, which will be presented to the group whose act receives the greatest applause from the audience, is now on dis play at Long's bookstore. First presented In 1931, the coup was won last year by Gamma Phi Beta. MATH SOCIETY 317TII MEETING OA SOV. 30 For their 317th meeting dele gates to the American Mathemati cal Society will get together at the university on Friday and Sat urday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Sessions of this national society meeting are planned for Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Prof. G A. Bliss of the University of Chi cago, and Prof. A. J. Kempner of the University of Colorado will de liver addresses upon Invitation of the program committee. Professor Bliss will speak on "The Problem of Bolza in the CaJculua of Varia tions." Professor Kempner's ad dress will be "On Complex Roots of Afebrile EUHt!oG5iM MORTAR BOARD RESOLUTION We the undersigned do re solve to take the lead In abol ishing the present situation In women's politics on the campus of the University of Nebraska. To accomplish this we take the following stand: I. To abolish present alli ances and forbid the formation of any political agreements. II. To see that girls are elected on merit only, and not as a result of alliances. III. To forbid organized groups to draw up slates or force girls to support certain candidates. (a) No discussion of candi dates should be held unless the qualities of all are discussed Im partially. (b) Announcement of candi dates desiring the support of a group may be Impartially an nounced. (c) All candidates have the privilege to call and request such announcements, (d) No promise of a group support is allowed. IV. To request Interested alumnae not to interfere with campus activities and elections. V. To do all in our power to prevent men and women's alli ances insofar as it concerns women's elections. VI. To announce to the campus our stand on the question. VII. To see that all Infringe ments are immediately penal ized and exposed. I OF Alumni President Addresses Executive Committee And Directors. FALSE ECONOMY DECRIED Growing needs of the university and the importance of a fuller un derstanding of the importance of its functions were pointed out by John H. A gee, president of the Ne braska Alumni association, at a meeting of the members of the ex ecutive committee and board of di rectors held last week. "With a registration this year of 600 more students than last year the problem of providing proper and adequate equipment as well as qualified instructors will be a most serious one which I believe the next legislature will fully rec ognize," Agee declared. "While the strictest economy should be exercised ip these times in the operation of all public insti tutions and every effort made to see that public money is spent ef ficiently so that the tax burden is made as light as possible upon the taxpayer, nevertheless, thinking people will most certainly agree that facilities for advanced educa tion and training of future citizens of Nebraska should not be cur tailed to the place where false economy results," he concluded. The following directors were at the meeting: John H. Agee. Lincoln: Un. Er! Mill try. Alliance; Ray E. Ramuy. Lincoln; John Cutnght .Fremont; Floyd Wright, Scotlebluff; Gordon Berk, Lincoln: Guy Cooper, Humboldt: Ralph T. Weatram), Omaha; Horace Gomon, Norfolk; O. E. Bhriburn. Alma; William Heln. Alliance; Hn. William A. Robertson, Plattimouth; Hugh Wallace. Omaha; Loula Llxhtner. Co. lumbui: Charlea Mouael, Huong.: Robert O. Reddlih. Alliance. Juetine Mickey Dies In Denver Hospital Miss Justine Mickey, 21, for merly a junior in teacher's college died of pneumonia, at the Univer sity of Colorado- hospital in Den ver late Monday. Buried Weed Not Mystery, Only Part Botany Experiment, Authorities Find Warren Medrow Forgot Notify Mis Neighbors About Plans. to Discovery of a weed buried In a pipeful of sand in north Lincoln puzzled authorities of the state and county sheriff's office until the mystery was found to be nothing more than a student s experiment in botany, according to a story In the Evening state Journal. Warren Medrow. university graduate student, forgot for the first time, Saturday, to notify neighbors near where he was en gaged in cigging for botanical experiments. His equipment was unearthed Sunday by strangers, and evolved into a first class mys tery, which was finally cleared up by State Sheriff Benton. Sheriff Benton, who Uvea at the same ad dress as Medrow, waa much amused by the Interest evoked in the burying and resurrection of the week. Medrow, who wants to get some data on the freezing of plants be- Jow ground, had buried the weed in a pipeful of sand six feet under ground near, the Intersection of North Fiirlid avenus and 14th mm song CONTEST DRAWS OUTSIDE ENTRIES Outstate Interest Shown in Competition Rapidly Increasing. $20 AWARD TO WINNER May Broadcast Work Over A Nation-Wide Hookup BeforePitt Tilt. Outstate interest in the con test to find a new Nebraska fight song, which is being sponsored by the Innocents so ciety, is rapidly increasing, ac cording to the Innocent members in charge. Student interest has not been as great so far as it should be and those in charge plan to keep the contest open until a large number of entries are sub mitted, so they will be assured of finding a good song from them. The alumni of the organization are very much In favor of the con test plan, which will bring $20 to the writer of the winning selec tion. Competition is scheduled to close Nov. 1, and is open not only to University of Nebraska stu dents but also to all outsiders. "We are bound to get a good Nebraska fight song," stated Jack Fischer, Innocent in charge of the contest, "even if we have to ex tend the limit at which the con test closes. A lively spirited song is what we are trying to find, so it makes no difference to us whether it is written by a student or not." Special recognition is to bo given to the winner of the contest and the song will probably be broad (Continued on Page 2.) PROF. WERNER VESPER Sextette Will Offer Special Music; Education Topic Of Speech. "Education as a Preparation for Service," will 1 the topic upon which Prof. O. H. Werner of Teachers' college, will speak at the regular vespers service o ociock Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Ellen Smith ball. Marjorie Smith will lead de- votionals. A girls' sextette, under the di rection of Violet Vaughn, choir leader, will offer, "How Sweet and Silent is the Place," by McDougall. Marguerite Tramp, Margaret Phil lipe, Helen Mashck, Elizabeth Moomaw, Grace Lewis, and Ruth Cheney compose the ensemble. Due to the fact that the x. w. C. A.'a attitude toward education is a major interest for this year, Miss Bernlce Miller, general secre tary, urges all Y. W. girls and those who are interested to attend Tuesday' vespers. Arrangements for enough chairs have been made to accomodate all those who come. Approximately 250 have been pres ent at each service so far. Mrs. Harrie Chamberlain, na tional president of the Y. W. C. A., will be the principal speaker at the membership vespers, Tuesday, Oct. 30. street He was observed by Pa tricia, young daughter of Dr. W. H. Slattery, who lives in the neigh borhood. She reported a week ago Sunday that she had seen a man, accompanied by a Pekinese dog, digging In a grove near her home, after her attention had first been attracted! by the barking of her own dog, Whiskers. Patricia con cealed herself near by and watched Medrow perform his experiment, but she did not molest his work. However, when George Wertz, who works on the Slattery place, saw a man visit the spot again Satuiday, his curiosity became aroused. He and some visitors conducted a search and discovered the head of the pipe buried a few inches below ground. Authorities and deputies from the state and county sheriff's office were noti fied and dug up the weed in its pipe. Baffled bv the finding, they reported the incident to State Sher iff Benton, who promptly solved the mystery. Since ao freezing weather oc curred in the interval during which the plant was burled. Medrow will repeat his experiment but be will probably find some other place in which to conduct his operations. MORTAR BOARDS OUST ALLIANCES Members Senior Honorary To Program Designed to Present Situation on RESOLUTION IS APPROVED BY DEAN HEPPNER Organized House Presidents Give Unanimous Approval To the Movement Exterminating Undesirable Features of Women's Elections. By THE OBSERVER. Women's politics must be cleaned up. Such was the declaration of Mortar Board Monday ns each member of the senior honorary society pledged herself to a program designed to take the lead in abolishing the present situation in women's political activities on the campus. As the first step in the clean up of activities, presidents of all women's organized houses met with the Mortar Board members Monday afternoon, and after hearing an explanation of the resolution, unanimously joined with the senior group in the movement to exterminate undesirable features of women's elections which have become so noticeable during the past few years. O The resolution, which was re AT RELATIONS MEETING Fascism Topic of Speech to Be Given Thursday in Social Science. "Fascism as a Social Movement" will be the subject covered by Prof. David Feltman of the poli tical science department as he ap pears before the first meeting of the International Relations club Thursday, Oct 25, at 7:30 p. m. in Social Science 201. Professor Feltman, who is a for mer member of the university de bate squad has just returned from three years of work at Yale where he has studied the problem of fas cism quite Intensively, according to Vincent Broady, who is in charge of the meeting. The International Relations club, which was the sponsor of several meetings on the campus last year, is supported by the Carnegie en dowment for such organizations and has as its purpose the study of International affairs. A library is maintained on the campus by the group. "It is the plan of the club to hold approximately four meetings dur ing the year, taking up problems of international significance and so far as possible to have speakers well qualified on the subjects to be discussed," Broady declared. Law Derby Won For First Time By Joseph Eyen "Whereas, inasmuch as. besides which, and notwithstanding".... with such legal terms, the famous brown derby of the law school was conferred on Joseph Eyen Monday. The hat, given every week, to the freshman making the worst "break," was awarded for the first time this year at a meetine of the freshman class yesterday. The custom was started by the class of 1907 and had been con tinued in the law school until the first of this year, when it was dis covered that the brown derby waj missing. Rumors were rife as to Its whereabouts, but nothing defi nite could be learned until It wa found at one of the law fraternity bouses. According to the Brown Derby Committee, "In pursuance of our duty, we bsve been diligantly searching for eligible candidates for the past two weeks, but, and this is the most Important but, whereas we did not wish to confer such a high honor on one who waa not completely worthy, we have heretofore refrained from taking action, but Inasmuch as this 22nd day of October has given to the freshman law class such a sterling example of a Brown Derby candi date, we of the Brown Derby Com mittee feel it is inadvisable to wait longer." Kyen was given the brown derby as a reward for the remark that "devils do not wake people at night." "We of the Brown Derby Committee feel that this statement should entitle Mr. Eyen to the pri vilege of wearing the aforesaid derby; In conformance with this determination we hereby move that the freshman class proceed immediately to vote this question as hereby stated." Y. M. Members Attend Columbus Hi-Y Meeting Robert Mario, William Glenn, and Charles Hulac of the univer sity Y. M. will go to Columbus. Ne braska for a meeting of the Hi-Y Boy's Club on Monday evening. The program ill include talks by Mario and Hulac on boys' stand ards and Negro spirituals and other songs by Glenn. 1 Society Pledge Themselves Take Lead in Abolishing Nebraska Campus. leased without warning on the campus late Monday afternoon, was given the whole hearted back ing of Dean Amanda Heppner and other women's administrative of ficers as well as that of the nation al president of the senior honorary society. The complete resolution as adopted by Mortar Board may be found elsewhere in this issue of the Daily Nebraskan. Heading the list of activities to be carried on under the new pro gram as outlined at the Monday afternoon meeting is abolishment of all present alliances and the forbidding of any political agree ments. The new set up will at tempt to see that girls are elected on merit only and not as a result of alliances. Other points included in the reso lution are the prohibition of organ ized groups to draw up slates or to force girls to support certain candidates; to request Interested alumnae not to interfere with cam pus activities and elections, to do all possible to prevent men and women's alliances insofar as it con cerns women's elections; and to see that ail lnfringmcnts are im mediately penalized and exposed. The new program, as scon lv campus politicians, is the result of the various rumblings and grumb lings that have followed on the heels of most women's election dur ing the past several years, and an honest desire on the part of thn senior honorary to put an end to all protests about "deals'' and alli ances. Members of Mortar Board were most emphatic Monday in their backing of the resolution and de clared that they intend to see that the program is fully and uncondi tionally curried out. "Altho some thing of the sort has been projected on other campuses, it is new at Nebraska and we do not intend that it should fail," they asserted. Cornhusker Sections Are Far From Complete as Time For Deadline Nears. Picture sections for thn Corn husker year book are far from complete, particularly the Junior and senior departments, Frank Crabill, editor of the annual, an nounced Monday. These sections have been slow In making their appearances anil Crabill urged that nipmlxT in charge of getting the pictures taken in the various houses speei the process as much as posible. Fraternity and sorority sections also are behind the schedule set for them Crabill stated. "The dead line will be set earlier this year than in the past." Ciabill said, "and this necessitates speedier Ra tion on the part of those houses wishing to have pictures." Prices for the groups have been placed at $2.50 for junior and sen ior pictures and at $1.25 for fra ternity or sorority pictures. A combination price for the two of them has been established at $2.75. C. O. Swajzee Co-Author Of Publication Article Ar. article bv CI eon D. Swavzee. assistant professor of personnel management at tne university, ap pears in a midsummer issue oi "The Personnel journal." xur. Sumvzpc now on leave of absence for study, has been co-author of th niM-n with Frederick E. Crox- ton of Columbia university. It is titled "Unemployment in auiiaio and Lincoln. 1932-33." When You Buy! Consult the advertisements in The Daily Xebraskan. Thry make this paper possible.