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"Be campus conscious" VVVx,r vn go LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1934 PRICE 5 CENTS. WJLt, AAAl T i . POLL OF STUDENT E Literary Digest, Association College Editors Plan Straw Vote. BALLOTING HELD IN JAN. Questions Include National Defense, International Cooperation. About 200,000 students in 150 American colleges and uni versities, including the Univer sity of Nebraska, will cast bal lots in the first Literary Digest Association of College Editors peace poll early in January, ac cording: to announcement recently made from headquarters of the lat ter organisation in New York City. Ballots bearing return postage will be mailed directly to students In each of these selected colleges on Jan. 6, 1935. Included in the peace poll ques tions will be inquiry as to student opinion pertaining to national de fense, invasion, army . and navy forces, government control of arm ament and munition industries, conscription of capital and men in time of war, and the League of Nations. College editors, both members and non-members of the Associa tion of College Kditors, have been co-operating this fall in an effort to stimulate interest of students in promoting international under standing and co-operation in the hope of ultimately achieving and ensuring international peace and security. In the campaign carried on this fall college editors have ap proached the problem of arousing student interest from two angles. First came the open letter to William Randolph Hearst, head of the Hearst chain of papers and the United States' most ardent na tionalist. In this open letter were listed several questions referring vrr hmihI's nolicv and beliefs on international affairs and rela tions. This letter was punnsnea in the Daily Nebraskan on Armistice Day, Sunday, Nov. 11. Mr. Hearst's answer, address to the Association, appeared in the Tuesday, Nov. 27, nf th Dftitv Nebraskan. Second comes the peace poll to be conducted this winter. Results of the poll wiU be mailed to the nf ch school participating in the voting, and will be published in those various puDiicauuns. . . A complete list of the questions to be asked in the poll will appear in the last issue of the Daily Ne braskan preceding Christmas vaca tion. I Unaffiliated Men and Women To Attend Function in Ellen Smith. GET ACQUINTED PARTY Inaugurating a new means of helping barbs to become acquaint ed with each other, open house will be held for all unaffiliated students Sunday afternoon from 3 until o o'clock at Ellen Smith hall. All barb men and women are invited to attend, according to Evelyn Dia mond, president of the barb A. W. S league. If the affair is success ful, similar functions will be ar ranged for next semester. Miss Diamond Indicated. A program of music has been planned for the afternoon, which will consist of an hour's radio broadcast of the symphony or chestra concert, piano selection by Lenore Teal, and violin numbers by Mrs. S. F. Bergen. In the receiving line will be Eve lyn Diamond. Dorothy Beers, Nora iSeCorey, June Waggener. Ardls Graybell, John Stover, Burton Mar vin, Wilbur Erickson, Joe Ruricka, Adolph Clmfel, and William New comer. . Special guests that have been in vited for the afternoon are Chan cellod and Mrs. Burnett, Dean Amanda Heppner, Miss Elsie Ford Piper Dean and Mrs. Thompson, Miss Bernlce Miller. Dr. Elizabeth Williamson, Miss sMarguerite Kllnker, Miss Katherine Faulkner, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Kurz. Dr. and Mrs. Ray Frantz and Dr. and Mrs. Bouwsma. Rowena Swenson will be in charge of refreshments during the first part of the afternoon, and Ruth bongstreet will serve during the second hour. Eleanor Bell, ov. rhiiilna Rrina Lee. Virginia Pitchford, Gayle Caley, Iris Knox. Lillotte Jacques ana vonu wuu will assist Professors Attend State Teacher Meet Teachers college professors from the university attended and took Trt in the delerUe assembly of the Nebraska State Teachers asso ciation, mhlch met in Lincom ai urday. Dr. G. W. Rosenlof is chalr- mmn nf th committee on public relations and Dr. F. E. Henilik is chairman of the research council. OPINION ON PEAC TO BE CONDUCTED OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED ODAY he Daily Miss Fedde Speaks On Life, Philosophy Of Ellen Richards "Know better and you will do better," was Ellen Richards' phil osophy, according to a talk given by Miss Marguerite Fedde at the annual Ellen Richards dinner, giv en by the Home Economics associ ation in the - Home Economics building. fimm Feririe cava a brief sketch of Ellen Richards' life. She was tho first woman to graduate from the school of Technology in Boston, and one of the founders of Home Economics associations, whoso membership now totals 10,000 girls. Th mvirm nl the dinner con sisted of special selections on the piano by Virginia fteim, an im promptu skit, and songs on home economics, parodies on old favor ites, led by Ruth Carsten. Ardeth Von Housen, president of the asso ciation, rave the address of wel come and introduced Miss Fedde. The theme of the dinner, the horn of plenty, was carried out by decorations of bowls of fruit. Fa vors were little houses typifying homemaking. ONLY FEW CLOTHES DRIVE Y. W. to Stage Active House to House Canvass to Bolster Campaign. With but few donation received thus far in the Daily Nebraskan Y. W. C. A. old clothes drive to aid needy Lincoln families, leaders of the drive Satursday revealed that an active campaign including house-to-house canvass of the fra ternities and sororities will be staged this week in an attempt to make the drive a success. Plans for the week made at a meeting of the committee in charge Saturday include the appointment of representatives in each sorority house to supervise collection of old clothes, and the preparation of posters which will be distributed among fraternity houses this week. An attempt will also be made to secure someone to take charge of collecting clothing in each fratern ity house, it was indicated. To date but three organized houses have submitted donations, according to Kathryn Wlnquist, who is chairman of the drive. Houses or individuals desiring to contribute articles to the drive may bring them to the Y.W.C.A. of fice in Ellen Smith hall, the Y. M. C. A. office in the Temple, or to the Daily Nebraskan office. Publication of the honor roll has been deferred until after the first day of the fraternity-sorority house drive. Girls supervlsine the drive in their respective houses are: Elea nor Kelly, Phi Mu; Mildred Hol land, Delta Delta Delta; Doris Brandes, Chi Omega: Alice Black, Alpha Chi Omega: Carol Umber- ger. Alpha Delta Theta; Marjorie Kryger. Alpha Omicron Pi; Regina Hunkins, Alpha XI Delta; Jane Barbour, Delta Gamma; Hazel Bradstreet, Gamma Phi Beta: Georgeanna Lehr, Kappa Delta; Dorothy Bartos, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Jane Holland, Pi Beta Phi- Doris Ehlers. Ravmond Hall; Betty McGrew. Chi Omega; Betty Hoyt, Kappa Aipna meta. Members or iresnman commis sion groups meeting this week have been asked to bring enough material to worK on auring me nutimr Twrinri. Two eirls from each group are in charge of mak ing personal contacts wnn ukuj families and distributing the clothing. According to a survey maue ay the chamber of commerce, spon sors of the drive, thers are a.tia mines with children in Lincoln who are living off rel):f rolls. E METHODS OF REFINING Students Report on Plants Visited During Summer - Thursday Evening. vtvir nf nneration. plant per sonnel, research, and development in- several or tne on rennenes ui the middle west were discussed by members of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at a meet ing, Thursday evening. Bperr on the program were four chemical engineering students who the past summer made inspection trips to various refineries. Eerl Hoffmeyer, who visited re fineries at Casper, Wyoming, brought out the difference Between the cooperation in laboratories of several plants due to personalities of the head chemists. Howard Cain who was at Cyril, Oklahoma, presented facta concerning asphalt. and riugn ixray who vwutu ger. Texas, discussed the carbon black plants of that state. James Urban, who visited plants at Eldorado. Arkansas City and Augusta, Kansas, gave a resume of the new process for recovering litharge from doctor's solution in the treatment of gasoline. At the business meeting follow ing the program, the group voted to Join the national society of the American Institute of Chemical engineers. CHECKUP REVEALS RECEIVED HERS DISCUSS Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska NEW HONORARY COLONEL mm mm m W cl lilllilliltt JliftllllSlBpllA ; : ' " ? 1 ' tSvi- '? ' mi e. ; -J 1 i .! f f UNI ; CAMPUS -5 - . . VIOLET Teachers to Confer With Moritz Dec. 11 All students interested In se curing teaching positions for the school year 1935-1936 are requested to meet with Mr. H. D. Moritz, director of the de partment of educational serv ice (The Teachers' Bureau) on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 4 o'clock In Social Science auditorium. Students having classes at this hour may secure excuses from Dean Thompson's office in or der to attend the meeting. R. D. MORITZ. ENGINEERS SCHEDULE TOUR OMAHA PLANTS Electrical Communications Subject of Program At Dinner. An innnection tour thru eeveral Omaha plants to be followed by a dinner and program on electrical communications is scheduled for the American Institute of Elec trical Engineers, Thursday, Dec. 13th. In the afternoon the Telephone Building, radio station WOW, the ro furnace of the Omaha Struc tural Steel company, and the Ne braska Power company are to oe visited by the engineers. At 6 n'civr-k th noclrtv will attend a dinner at the Omaha club which is to be followed by a program con sisting of motions pictures with sound. illustrating, some or vnc technical aspects of network broadcasting, ship-to-shore tele graphy, and other communications equipment. The tour of the Omaha plants will begin at 2 o'clock in the after noon and the engineering group will leave Lincoln at noon Thurs Hv ccordlna' to Prof. F. W. Nor- rls, sponsor of the society. Approx imately forty are expected to make the trip. FOUR FROM FACULTY TO 1RRIGATIOS MEET Burnett, Ferguson, Burr, Condra leare for North Platte. Among the university faculty members who will attend the con vention of the Nebraska State Irri gation association in North Platte Monday and Tuesday are: Chancel lor E. A. Burnett, Dean O. J. Fer guson of the college of engineering, Dr. G. E. Condra of the conserva tion and survey division, and Dean W. W. Burr of the college of agri cuture. Chancellor Burnett addresses the convention Monday. Dean Burr speaks on "Nebraska's Taxation System;" Dr. Condra discusses "The Relation of Drouth to Water Use in Ncbrasska," and Dean Fer guon is chairman of the committee on the history of the association. Nebr Courtesy Omahl Bee. CROSS. 'MESSIAH' WILL BE LINCOLN DEC. 16 Thirty -Ninth Consecutive Year Production Has Been Given Here. r t lie thirty-ninth consecu tive vcar "The Mcssifili" will be presented in Lincoln Sunday afternoon, Dec. 16, at .'o'clock, in the university coliseum. Again the Lincoln Symphony or chestra joins with the university choral union in presenting this an nual prelude to the Christmas hol idays. Howard Kirkpatrick, direc tor of the university school of mu sic, is to direct the production for the eighth time. Soloists to appear this year with "The Messiah" are able and well known perfoj-mers in the field of singing. Mary Ann Kaufman Brown of Chicago will carry the soprano; and Louise Harriaon Glade, also of Chicago, has been chosen for the contralto. Parvln Wltte, professor of voice at the university, will be the tenor solo ist, having carried the same parts with the production last year. Her mann Decker, associate professor of music theory here, will appear as bass soloist. Mary Ann Kaufman Brown, so prano, has a wide reputation as an oratorio Binger. She has appeared often as soloist with musical or ganizations, notably the Chicago (Continued on Page 4.) PRESENTED IN Manter Tells of Meeting Notorious Group on Charles Island During 1 rip To Galapagos January, February Long before a tuna-fishing ship discovered two bodies on Marehena island, some 3,000 miles from Los Angeles, Dr. II. W. Manter of the university zoology department visited the Gala pagos. Before American newspapers and magazines began run ning stories and pictures of the inhabitants of these isolated inlands. Dr. Manter lailtea to metf Baroness, the Wittmers and Dr. Ritter and visited their houses. As a student of parasitic animal life, Dr. Manter was asked to ac company C. Alan Hancock and a group of scientists on a trip to the Galapagos islands. They spent three weeks of last January and February studying the animal life on land and In the nearby ocean. "I have no reason to suspect foul play there." Dr. Manter said. "The nine people who lived on Charles Island may have been emo tionally unstable, but I do not be lieve they were the kind of people who would do murder." Many of the storie about the FACULTY SENATE VOTES APPROVAL Action Features Saturday Morning Meeting of University Men. PLAN GOES TO REGENTS Committee Recommends the Board Ask Legislature for New Structure. Armroval of the report of the . t library committee favoring a new library building at the TTniversitv of Nebraska with the recommendation that it be placed before the board of regents . , a, - L 1 ror Uieir consiaerauon leaiureu the meeting- of the University Sen ate this morning. The desired structure would probably cost about $1,000,000. As a result of its survey, tne library committee of the Univer sity Senate recommenaea in lis re port that the board of regents of th nniversitv be reauested to ask the legislature of 1935 for a library building, to auow ine universiLy Senate to name a committee or lis momhora which shall cooperate with the administration in select ing the site and approving tne plans of the proposed library, and tn recommend to the legislature that it enact legislation whereby the Nebraska fudiic wprary snau be incorporated in me university lihrarv nnrt its activities rilaced un der the jurisdiction of the board of regents, iney aiso rauumicuucu that all printed matter and docu monta which are ourchased with university funds shall be recorded in the catalogues or tne university librarv. xho TTniversitv Senate is a group composed of ranking faculty members or tne various cuuegea nnrt acta in matters that concern mnr-a than nno cnllpcp of the Uni versltv. The library committee ..-, nnnwH of Dean C. H. Old father, chairman; Prof. S. M. Corey; Prof. W. L. DeBaufr-; Prof. G. L. Peltier; and Dea F. W Upson. Hunting Cat Netvest Addition to Breede Museum Collection A cheetah, or hunting cat is tne most recent mount to be placed in Museum in Morrill hall. It was killed in Africa by Adam Breede, and is a part of the collection which he presented to Amnnir its distinctive ' features are claws that do not draw in and out as do those of ordinary cats; its long slender legs and long tail; black SDOtted fur. For years its ancestors were the cats of the royal households of In dia. WATER FLUCTUATIONS an LLITI Mr. Waste Seeks Condra's Aid in Study Irrigation Possibilities. Mr. H. A. Waste of the Conser vation and Survey Division and United States Geological Survey called on Dr. Condra during the past week in order to discuss some of the problems connected with his work of determining ground water fluctuations in xveDrasKa. Mr. Waste's work largely con sists of checking the water level in three hundred and twenty-five wells In the state every six weeks. This study is made to determine ground water fluctuations in re sponse to precipitation, irrigation, stream flow and In some cases pumpage. Although the study will reveal significant data on ground water levels in all parts of the state, it is watched with particular interest by people in irrigated districts or in sections where irrigation is con templated. acta nf RiiroiMi Elolse Bosauet de Wagner Wehrborn are not based on fact. Dr. Manter believes. He described her aa being a brilliant and eccentric woman, who spoke five languages fluently, and who had hoped to build a huge hotel there for vacationers. The Galapagos Islands, according to Dr. Manter's description, are 3,000 miles from Lo Angeles, and about 600 from Ecuador, which owns them. They are mountainous and composed mostly of volcanl; ash. No freah water is to be found on them except high in the moun- On one of them is a village Continued on Pagt 4.) LIBRARY REPORT ptati" onnirv nDno dlAlLOUMLl riuu ASKA Post'Vacation Usually Brings Cases Over-Eating Doctors and nurses in the stu dent health department at the uni versity found new cases last week of overeating and indigestion aner the Thanksgiving holidays. Dr. It. A. Ivmnn. director of the depart ment, finds that Btudent vacations of more than a few days brings an increased number of students with colds and sikness to the offices for treatment, however. The November report for the de partment showed 1,621 students taken care of by examination or treatment during; the month. This included 671 men, and 4 women; and 141 treatments at the college of floriculture camDUS. Insnections at the nursery school amounted to 240. Doctors made 24 nouse cans, and took 20 X-ray pictures. Various other student services were given in the regular routine or the department, witn o exami nations for swimming and intra miiralR. IS examinations for FERA students and workers, and 364 pre scriptions lined at tne dispensary. A rew cases or sore tnroat ana rnW caused K3 hosnital davs to be spent In the infirmary by students, tne doctors reported. LIO'N'SllEFBIG SIX MEETS AWARDED HUSKERS THIS YEAR Conference Championship , Tilts Will Be Staged In Lincoln. Conference championship meets in Bwimming, outdoor track, golf, and tennis were awarded Nebraska at the Big Six conference meeting in Kansas City Friday and Satur day. Other title meets awarded were wrestling: to Ames, and indoor track to Missouri. Championship meets are to be known in the fu ture as enterorises. it was decided. By this arrangement, the Hon s share of conference chamDionshiD meets was donated to the Huskers. The swimming, outdoor track, and tennis meets were held in Lincoln sust vcar Sitting in their annual . session overseers of the Big Six coher ence also officially recognized golf as a nart of the valley schools' athletic programs, reinstated base ball to that position, and restored the fourth official in football cames. Thev then turned their at tention to developing the 1936 and 1937 gridiron schedules. 1935 will bring a restoration of the field 1udee on the errid. a posi tion vacated for two years. The task of timina- still will be dele gated to the electric clocks, leav ing the field 1udee to act solely as an aide of the other officials and conferee in case of indecision. Another important change was made in basketball squads. The nine nlaver limit imposed on coaches was increased to 10 as a conseauence of the introduction of the quadruple round-robin, in which all conference schools ex cept Nebraska and Iowa State will participate in the season about to get under way. All members except Kansas, which has no team, agreed to take part in the race for the Big Six basebal championsmp, witn a mini mum of eight conrerence games each. No title was awarded in base ball last season, but will be in 1935. Nebraska's nine-eame football schedule for 1935, including, in ad dition to the five conference foes, games with Chicago, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and Oregon State, was the only one complete. ALUMNUS TO APPEAR ERNIST! Old University Hall Will Be Sketched in New Style Saturday Issue. Old University hail appears in modernistic dress on the cover ot the December issue of the Ne braska Alumnus, which will be re leased next Saturday, according to Violet Cross, editor of the publica tion. The cover design was drawn by Marvin Robinson, assistant in structor in the department of ar chitecture. Departing from the usual policy of the magazine, the December is sue will include a Christmas short story, "Yuletlde Ride," written by Hoyt Barnaby, a senior in the school of Journslism. Photographs of skits from the Kosmet Klub fall revue will oc cupy a page of the magazine, grouped around a picture of Ne braska's Sweetheart of 1934, Miss Sancha Kll bourn. An interview with Ingeborg Oesterlin, German exchange student in the chemistry department. Is written for this is sue by Lorraine Campbell, Junior In teacher's college. The Librarian's Page, written by Gilbert Doane, university li brarian, has been made a regular feature for the remainder of the year. On the campus. News of the Classes, and other regular de partments will be included in this issue. Norrls Gives Demonstration. Prof. F. W. Norrts of the elec trical engineering department pre sented an electrical demonstration at the Everett Junior high school last Wednesday. IC COVER N "Read the Nebraskan" VIOLET CROSS IS Nation's Largest Advanced Cadet Corps Pays Tribute ' to Honorary Colonel. 5,000 ATTEND AFFAIR Colorful Grand March Ends Impressive Ceremony Friday Night. With the larsrest advanced cadet corps in the nation stand ing at attention in her honor, Violet Cross, university senior from Fremont, was presented as iNeorasKaa new nonorary colonel at the university's twenty sixth annual Military ball Fridav night in the Coliseum. Miss Cross1, who is a member of Kappa Alpha ineta, is president or Mortar Board. nresiriMJt of Theta Rio-ma. Phi, journalism sorority, and edi tor or tne xveoraska Alumnus. Clad in full dress uniform of scarlet and cream. Miss Cross stepped from a huge disc occupy ing the center of the coliseum stage, and bearing the coat of arms of the U. S. armv. while some 5,000 dancers and spectator looKea on. a oove me awe. wnicn was on a raised platform, were the words "honorary colonel" while beneath it was Miss Cross' name. Flanked on either side by spon sors of the various units and mem bers of a crack Pershimr Rifles squad, Miss Cross was met by Cadet Colonel Chas. Galloway who presented her with a bouquet of white flowers and escorted her from the stage down the arch of sabers which senior orricers formed the length of coliseum. They were followed by Lt. Colonel Elmer Brackett and Miss Phyllis Jean Humphrey, regimental spon sor. Sponsors then joined their cadet officers and followed the colonel and honorary colonel as the nrst unit in tne coiorrui grana march for which the R. O. T. C. band, directed by Billy Quick, played. Sponsors wore cream overseas hats trimmed in scarieu Miss Cross Addressed Crowd. Following the grand march, Miss Cross addressed the crowd over the amplifying system. . At this time officers presented their dates with miniature silver sabers inscribed with "N, R. O. T. C. '34." Tbii practice will be made an annual tradition, lt was indicated after the ball. The ball, which ushered in the university formal season, was a gala event with the grand march at once a military review and col orful formal fashion parade. More (Continued on Page 3.) FALL NEBRASKA LAW ' BULLETIN OFF PRESS Article on Legislation by Merrill Features New Issue. TEWELL AUTHOR ESSAY The fall ouarterlv edition of the Nebraska Law Bulletin, official or- gan of the State Bar association, and edited by the law school, came of the press Friday ready for dis tribution. An article by Maurice H. Merrill, professor of law, entitled "Legis lation: Subject, Title, and Amend ment," features this issue. For the State Bar association section, J. Leonard Tewell, judge of the thir teenth ludlcial district. Sidney, baa written an essay on "Admission to the Bar and uisDarmem. two student notes, which are lengthy discussions of law cases, and twelve recent cases comprise the student section togetner witn a paee on the news of the law school. Facultv editor-in-chief of tha Bulletin is Prof. Lester B. Orfield, who is assisted by fourteen stu dent editors who edit the notes and recent cases. Each year these edi tors are chosen from the junior and senior law classes on the basis of scholarship. Serving as student editor-in-chief is W. Merrill Whitman, and as as sociate editor, Wilbur L. Johnson, nther student editors are Henry Hubbard Foster, jr., Meredith Nel son, Duane K. reterson, Kown n. Rathbun, Herman B. KOsenDiatt, Dnnnlrf J. Shlrlev. SevmOUT S. Sld- ner, Jr., David R. Werner, Homer G. Wiltse, Justin ft. woir, iavei A. Wright, and Harry West At the conclusion of the edition a letter from Scott i- Lonin, president of the American Bar as sociation, is printed expressing the purposes of the organisation. Also in he bar association section ap pears an announcement of the as sociation's thirty-fifth annual meeting, Dec. 27 and 28, in Om aha, at which Judge Oria U Phil lips. U. S. court of appeals Tenth, circuit and Honorable Charles S. Whitman, former governor of New York, will speak. The Nebraska Law BuHatia comes out every July, November, February and May, and is distrib uted to all members of the Stata Bar assocatioa and an atata Uw libraries. PRESENTATION OF CLIMAX OF BALL