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VOL. XXXIV NO. 27.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934.
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POLITIC
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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