D N EBRASK AN HF AILY "Read the Nebraskan" "Be campus conscious" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska wvw-wn i " LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1934. TRICE S CENTS. JLl. AAA1I i I i I AGCAWIPUS HOST FARM INTERESTS 4DAYS.JAN.7-10 i .". . State Associations Sponsor Annual Meetings First Week After Holidays, v FACULTY MEN TO SPEAK - Program Includes Lectures, Discussions; Fun Feed Wednesday Night. Ten . Nebraska agricultural associations will sponsor the annual Organized Agriculture week on the university campus January 7, 8, 9 and 10, accord in? to a recent announcement from the office of W. W. Burr, dean of the college of agriculture. Farmers and others interested In agriculture are expected to attend the four day meeting, which follows the holiday vacation. ' A highlight of the annual session frill be the fun feed, to be held Wednesday evening, which is a general get-together of all groups interested in the event Various so cieties will have special banquets during the week. Speakers of na tional prominence have been se cured to appear on the varied pro gram. Members of the agriculture college faculty are also scheduled to speak. Last year the sessions started n Jan. 1. Record crowds of Nebraa kans attended the sessions, and re ports indicated that a general feel ing of optimism on the agricultural outlook for the state was noted there. Organizations sponsoring Organ ized Agriculture week include: Ne braska State Crop Growers associ ation, Nebraska State Honey Pro ducers, Livestock Breeders and Feeders association. Farm Equip ment association; State Dairymen's association. State Horticulture so ciety, Nebraska Fsrm Bureau Fed eration, Poultry association. Hall of Agricultural Achievement asso ciation, and the Nebraska Home Economics association. ,S evetal faculty men are secretaries -of the various organizations. Farmers of the state will divide their time between the various in terests. The Farm Bureau Federa tion will be the first to meet Tues day, according to Ag college offi cials, will be the busiest day. Fl Carols, Stories to Feature Affair in Morrill Hall This Evening. A French Christmas program consisting of Christmas stories and carols will be presented by the French department to all interest ed students at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, Dec. 18, in Morrill hall auditorium. Heading the program will be group singing of Christmas carols, which will be directed by Russel Cummings. Following this Violet Vaughn will play Schumann's "Vi enna Carnival Scene," in which appears the theme of the French national anthem. Russel Cummings will sing a solo, "Cantique de Noel," and Dr. Harry Kurz, chair man of the romance language de partment will tell Christmas stor ies Vera Mae Peterson will read the story of the first Christmas from the French Bible. The committee in charge of ar rangements consists of Marjorie Smith, Evelyn Diamond. Joy Hale, Ruth Haggman, and Lucille Hun ter. 7,O0OlmT0VERS IESSIJ Presentation of University's Thirty-Ninth Oratorio Draws Crowd. i Nebraska music lovers number ing nearly 7,000 jammed the coli seum Sunday afternoon to hear me thirty-ninth presentation of me noted Christinas workers The Messiah." Officials of me univer sity stated that Sunday's crowd broke all previous attendance onarks. George Fredrick Handel's pro duction was so enthuastically re ceived by the audience that de spite the request made at the be ginning of me program that there be no applause because of the length of me production, me ef forts of me soloists, chorus and me orchestra, directed by Mr. Kirkpatrick. were all applauded. The university choral union, as sisted by me agricultural college chorus,' members from ' church choirs from all over the city and the Lincoln symphony orchestra presented the oratorio. Particularly outstanding this year, were me choral parts. Sing- ' (CVsitaed oq page 3.) INTERCLIB COVNCIL MEET1SG POSTPONED Barb basketball Tourney Delayed Until After - Vacation Interclub Barb council will meet the first Tuesday after vacation in place of Tuesday night as previ ously announced. The barb basket ball tournament has also been postponed until the week after va cation. It was scheduled to be held this week. There will be twenty one teams, which will probably be divided into four leagues. Second of the all-barb parties a hAon tontatlvclv set for Fri day, Jan. 18. It will be the same as the former party ana wui oe held in the Armory. Members of tvio interrinh council who are on the committee in charge are Bill Newcomer, chairman, Aaoipii vn f el, and Bob Harrison. IE: AT SOCIAL Interested Students invited To Attend Tuesday; Discussion. All interested students are in vited to attend the first meeting of the Social Problems club Tuesday nieht at 8 o'clock in Social Science 101, according to Gerald Agans, instructor or pniiosopny. ur. u. H. Werner, professor of principles of education, will speak to the stoud. after which there will oe a short discussion period. Through his topic, "Challenge to American Youth," Dr. Werner said he intended to raise questions for discussion on which young people of today ought to be thinking. "We need an intelligent investigation and discussion of problems so that we can arrive at intelligent deci sions, he stated. The business meeting will be concerned with the adoption of a constitution for the new club, as well as the election of officers. A constitutional committee composed . uir nminF Will&rd Het- seL and Dan Williams Jha been j working on the consUfSLari "JLAd will present the draft LU MU con sidered by those present at the first meeting. The evening's pro gram was clanned bv Vincent Rrnaittr Herman CendeL Eleanor Cook, Robert Burleigh, and Gerald Agans. The purpose of the new organ ization is to acquaint students on the campus with contemporary so cial problems, according to a state ment by Mr. Agans. "We wish to provide an open forum for stu dent opinion," he said. Speeches by men well versed on the social problems of the day, as well as debates and informal discussions are Included on the proposed pro gram , for the year it was an nounced. noi Ibll IGH SPEED T Members to Discuss Topics Presented at Meeting Wednesday. American Society of Mechanical Engineers will hear a discussion on high speed rail transportation at a meeting scheduled for 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, Dec. 19 in mran 2f5 M E. hall. Members of the society will lead in the discussion of the topic. P. J. Jensen will present a paper on the economics of high speed trains which will be discussed by Charles Aldrich, and James H. Erb will read a paper on turbine drive on locomotives which is to be dis cussed bv Walter Gloor. Prof. J. W. Haney, of me me chanical engineering department will give a brief talk on the na tional ASME convention he at tended in New York City earlier in December. Also meeting with the student rrouo will be me Lincoln section of the society. An invita tion to all freshman engineers to attend the meeung nas Depn ex tended by me officers of the society. WEI R SPEAKER PROBLEMS CLUB FIRST MEETING ENGINEERS HEAR TALK ON H RAINS Prof. 0. C. Collins, Conducting Search For Traces of Meteor, Still Hot on Its Trail, But Unable Locate Object Still hot on the trail of the meteor which blazed its way across the Nebraska sky at about 3:30 a. m. last Wednesday morning, Prof. O. C. Collins of the astronomy department, in charge of the university observatory, Monday was busily en- - ......... 1 . L.ri gaged in an attempt to ac-nmteiy locate ine oojeci, atitt a Dortion of it Newspaper and radio appeals for information concerning me meteor, plus a trip to the approxi mate territory where it finally ex ploded, much as a Fourth of July skyrocket and crashed to earth, have brought in a steady stream of letters describing the meteor, but as yet no portion of it has been found, according to Prof. Collins. Letters from widely separated points in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri, however, describing me gecersJ direction me meteor was trawling, have enabled us to determine that It definitely tell in CRABILL JO SEND YEAR BOOK PAN ELS ENGRAVERS SOON Junior and Senior Sections Will Be Given Printers After Vacation. PHOTOGRAPHS DUE NOW x in Late Photos Will Be Grouped In Back With No Attempt Alphabetizing. i . - i The nc?t hi? .step in the compiling'-of the Cornhusker, uni-Tcrsity-yearbook, will start im mediately after Chirstmas va cation ends. Editor Frank Crabill announced Monday, when pictures for the junior and senior class sections will be sent to the engraver. All pictures to oe nsiea aipna Kntiollir will h made " UD into panels the first week after school will is resumed, accoramg 10 yraran. oni nil tumor and senior pictures to be included in that section must be taken before that time. The junior and senior pictures nnt taVpn hpfnre then will also be Included in the yearbook, but they will be grouped at tne oacic 01 4Y.a( rAenortiv fiprtinns with no attempt at alphabetical classifica tion, according to craoui. As soon as work on those two sections is completed, the Corn husker staff will start the task of closing the fraternity and sorority niw-tinns and those nictures must be taken soon after classes are re sumed, said Crabill, although a definite'deactline has not yet leen set Group pictures are being sent to the engraver as soon as they are completed, and Crabill hopes in hav the maioritv of those pic tures taken before the holiday starts this weekend. Plans are also being made to prepare a feature section, crammed with picture representee- hn kaJeidoscone Of CamOUS ac tivities and personalities, far larger tbr-" Is UkaBTiaji c larger thr n the corresponding sec Muga ruitrhnrn. the candid cam-H Iha rvtr-tihncltpr staff, is taking the pictures for the feature section, W1 he nas aireauy uscu u enoueh film to fill an enure book, according to Crabill. TELL Talk on 'Silent Night' to Feature Home Ec Xmas Program Tuesday. Miss "iestrude Kinscella of the university school of music v-; 1 give a short informal talk on the jrigin of the popplar old Christmas carol Silent Night. Holy Night" at the annual Christmas tea given Tues day, Dec 18. by the faculty of me Home Economics department for all Home Economics students. The tea will be given in me Home Economics parlors from 3:15 to 5:15. A Christmas tree and greens, with an open fire will carry out the spirit of Christmas. A part of the progTam will be the singing of all the old Christ mas carols by those present. Miss Bess Steele will preside for th., first half hour. Mrs. W. W. Burr for me second, and Miss v-Ana Nnhlc for the last. Tbev will be assisted by graduate students. GI. Oury, Maj. Speer to Speak at Smoker I ueday CoL W. H. Oury and Maj. Chas. E. Speer of the university military department will be the speakers at a smoker, sponsored by Phalanx, advanced honorary military group, to be held Tuesday night at 7:30 in me N club rooms. About 40 junior officers are expected to at tend the affair. Merril Moeller is in charge of arrangements, assist ed by Sam Fleischman and Charles Steadman. Nebraska, somewhere near Julian and Dunbar, small towns to me south and west of Nebraska City," said Prof. Collins. Prof. Collins made a trip to that territory last Saturday, interview ing persons who saw the meteor, but he was unable to discover any one who had actually seen it crash to earth, and. wa unabje ATjaa anr trace of it ' - "However; we bad little nop of actually finding it," be said Mon day, "and merely sought to create interest in the search for parUc!$J MISS KINSCELLA WILL ORIGIN OF CAROL Frankforter to Receive Patent Christmas Day rvohAhiv ana of the " most ap preciated Christmas gifts to be re ceived mis year win oe in form of a patent from me unitea stfe natent office in Washing ton, D. C, the recipient of wliich iS tO CO PTOr. J. fTinwonrr the chemistry engineering depart ment Prof. Frankforter after several years of effort in inventing and then presenting to the patent de partment will on that date be given manufacturing rights for a special apparatus of his own dis covery, which is a new type of heating unit for the controlling of heat reactions in operations where such control is necessary. Word from his patent aiwrnry in Washington recently informed him that the patent would be granted on his device Christmas day. Pror. tTans.ion.er expimucu that he spent three years experi menting with the unit and baa for the past year Deen miming tempts to receive the patent The heatlne unit he describes, is aft intricate tubular sort of me chanism which by metnoas or wm rvora til TA mntrnl thru resistance principles regulates heat reactions. The apparatus can be constructed any size, ne staiea, nu u .lo'nr. nt Alteration in manufactur ing purposes has not been as yet Oetliuieiy ssceruu " - oratory, the unit has " worked un usually well, he said. 'THE IAS GUEST' TO BE GIVEN AT Commission Groups Attend Dinner Tuesday After '-."" Services. FROSH GROUP IN CHARGE ti, firutmas Guest" a play enacted by members of the dra matic hobby group, win oe pre sented at the Christmas vespers Tuesday, Dec, 18, at 5 o'clock, in Ellen Smith hall. Alter we vej.ri services, which is entirely in )i,nr. nf th freshman Y. W. C. A. attiiiiiti riinnnn nill ha given by the rnhlnet for Pn members of the freshman commission groups. Cast in me play, which takes place in an old English setting on Christmas night is Margaret Pet erson, as Dame Margaret; Dorothy Larson, as Harold; Betty Cherny as Frances; Eileen Honnold as Eleanor; Lois Muilenberg as Rosa munde: and Regina Hunkins as me Beggar. The play is directed by Marjorie Bannister, and Wini fred Nelson is property manager. Special music on the program will be provided by Jane Holland, who will sing a vocal solo. The vesper choir, under the direction of Violet Vaughn, will sing the pro cessional and the recessional. Dif ferent membeis of the cabinet will preside over different parts of the program. All members of freshman com mission eroups are invited to at tend me dinner which is being given by the cabinet immediately following the vespers. CUEM DEPARTMENT GRADS VISIT SCHOOL Ernest Dane, J am eg Allen Call on Former Instructor. imntip- alumni visitors return in? to their old haunts on the univer sity campus the past few days and also to call on meir xormer instruc tor. Prof. C. J. Frankforter of me chemistry department were Ern est Dane, chemistry engineer grad uate in '29, and James R. Allen, chemistry engineering in '32. Mr. Dane is a cnemisi now cm nim.ii Vw the Standard Oil com pany at the Sugar Creek Refinery near Kansas oiy. .mo. Mr Allen is working as a chem istry engineer for Lincoln on the Ashland water project, ne naa re cently been collecting data con-i-ornirnr th establishment and op eration of the city water plant at that place, Allen xs womiug ju plans for the Installation of ap paratus that pertains to me re moval of manganese and iron from the water, and which, if installed, will be me first of its sort put into operation in the United States. This apparatus was developed thru experimental work by Allen and Professor Frankforter. Making Christmas Cards Is Favorite Hobby of Harkness xfgV'rg' Christmas cards for himself and his friends is me fa vorite hobby of Prof. D. H. Hark ness of me engineering college at this season of me year. Producing cuts by carving out holiday de signs with small engraving tools on black print linoleum. Prof. Harkness has already completed one card and is at present working on a second. When he has com pleted a cut be uses an old styled letter press to print me cards. Prof. Harkness stated he us ually decorates the cards with vacs -"design "-appropriate to" the home or family ufe of himself cr his friends. He tw had very good luck with some of the cuts, he said, and enjoys making them. Usually two or thres hours are sufficient time for designing and engraring- VESPERS FINALS IN FROSH DEBATE TOURNEY SLATEDTUESOAY Contestants Again to Speak On Question of Old Age Pensions. SEVEN MEN COMPETE Tryouts for Third Varsity Meet Scheduled Jan. 10. Finals of the Long Cup fresh mnn ilcbnte tournev will be ran off Tuesday evening, Dec IS. in Andrews hall, the seven men ; conmetine ha ting' been selected thru me preliminary debate held last Thursday. Those who will speak are: Robert Martzv Leonard, U. Kreuger, Edwin Carlston, How ard Linch, Robert aanams, juvan J. Finklestein, and Robert Steifler. The contestants will speak on the Sides of the question which they had in the prelims, using the. same proposition: "Resolved, That the federal government should estab lish some plan to provide Tor old age pensions." The winner will receive a new cup this year, the old one being placed on "exhibition in the trophy case. Names of winners in past years engraved on the cup are Llovd Popisil, Charles Gray. Wood row Magee, Beverly A. Finkle. Irv ing Hill, and Arthur L. Smith, jr.. and Herbert Kaplan as joint win ners. Professor White stated that in no ca$e would the cup be awarded jointly to two men as it was last year, " mat me judges would be asked to select a single man. Entries for the ttura varsity ae bate subject trial, Jan. 10. have not hwn oftmin? in verv welL the de bate coach declared, and as an in centive he pointed out the not in considerable trip to Denver Feb. 6 and 7, where two teams will en gage several colleges on me propo sition, "Resolved, That me nations should arree to prevent the inter national- shipment of arms- and munitions, utner aeoaies win oe scheduled, too. making a full pro gram for the team working on me third proposition. ADVERTISING SORORITY IT Eleanor Pleak Gives Report On Change in Prairie Schooner Drive. Officers of Gamma Alpha Chi. women's honorary advertising so rority, held a short business meet ing Mondav afternoon at 4 o'clock at Ellen Smith halL Reports of committees were given, and plans for the coming year were made. Eleanor Pleak reported a change in the assignment of her commit tee on Prairie Schooner sales. which will be augmented at me meeting Tuesday afternoon, when me new issues of the magazine and subscription blanks will be distributed. Frances Moore rave a brief de scription of me results of a survey of possible advertising projects which she has been conducting. A discussion concerning the advis ability of adopting one or more of the plans followed me report, and suggestions to present at the meet ing Tuesday were drawn up. The entire organization will meet Tuesday afternoon at 4 :30 at Ellen Smith hall, when final ar rangements for the projects will be made. Reports will be given by all officers. Pi Mu Epilon Will Meet This Evening; Pi Mu Epsllon, honorary mathe matics fraternity, will hold a meet ing at 7:30 o'clock this evening at which Gordon Brubaker will talk on me subject "Motion of a Planet About the Sun." HOLDS SHOP MEETING Morrill Hall Exhibit of 'Prospector' Mountain Scenes Resembles Wall of China to Visitor Not Schooled in Art BY LORRAINE CAMPBELL. , .. ,. risitors who have never studied art usually ask if tlas is the Great Wall of China," laughed Professor Kirseh of the fine arts department. He was standing in front of a mountain scene in the "Prospector" collection of exhibits now being eViown in Morrill Hall. "These mountain interpretations do not emphasize color and typical scenery, but ratner iney au.empi vj depict physical characteristics a suggestion of form and me fitting together of me various geographic al irregularities." This group of paintings Is th work of five Boulder. Colo, artists who eaJl themselves ''PrcBpectors." There is only one man in me group of artists and the majority of them were born and educated in the east The pictures nave been accused of Ulna, tn rnirraiint the tvoical col ors in the Colorado, Ianfi?pe and U tvnaaer-ax uci, a majority MAJOR COWGILL TO ADDRESS ENGINEERS Mathematics Subject of Talk at Meeting Wednesday. XTainr A linn P Pou-pill ftf T.ln. coin will address the American So ciety of. Civil Engineers on the subject or engineering mathemat ics, at a meeting at T:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, Dec. 1 tn room 102 M. A. hall. Major Cowgill is now taking his doctors degree in mathematics, having obtained his master's with a major in mathematics and minor in civil engineering. He is a gradu ate of West Point and served in the engineering corps during the war. L 'Pulse of the Prairie People' Is Epigram Awarded Prize. "Puis nf th Prairie Pponle." the slogan submitted to the Prairie Schooner epigram contest ry Mrs. Blanche. Evans of Lincoln, was awarded the $7.50 cash prize by me juoging committee comprifeu of members of Siema Uosilon. lit erary fraternity that sponsors the puoncation. .Mrs. tvans, ine win ning contributor, is a writer of some note, having published a score of poems m the Omaha World Herald. Prairie Schooner, and other mid western publications. She is also the author of Molten Lava, a volume of miscellaneous poems, many of which are love verses. According to the report of the judging committee the above slo gan was considered the best one submitted to the contest because it is alive, simple, full of meaning, and reflects the desired interpreta tion of the Schooner as Nebraska's first class fiction magazine. Lr. L. C w imoeriy, wno is mc editor of the Schooner and was also a member of the judging group, stated that since the maga zine is me product of literary minded westerners, it is truly me pulse of the prairie people. Dr. Wimberly. who has been at me helm of the Schooner's editorial staff during the eight years of the magazine s existence, believes that the publication has always tried to carry out the pioneering theme. H." P. Behlen, Schooner business manager, plans to use the winning slogan immediately for advertising purposes. Two hundred facsimiles of the Schooner cover, bearing me new slogan and the name of its au thor, were distributed on the cam pus this morning. The motto will oicn h nvd on the masthead sheet of the next issue of the Schooner and on posters, letterheads and for all other general advertising. Behlen stated that me business (Continued on Page 3.) CITY ilLEl 10 Two Junior, Two Senior Girls To Receive Financial Aid. Application for the scholarships for second semester, valued at S25 each, to be awarded by city Pan- hellenic association to two jui-.ur on tn-n senior sororitv Eirls with high scholastic standing and who need financial aid, snoum w mau-; at the office of the dean of women before Dec. 22. Upon application, information blanks must be filled out and each rir a-iii have a Dersonal interview with Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of women. Application oianu credit books must be returned to the dean's office. Selection of the four girls will be made during Christmas vacation by a committee, composed of Dean Amanda Heppner, chairman. Mrs. J. A. McEachen. present chairman of the citv Panhellenic association, and Miss Beatrice Marshall, pres ent vice president and incoming chairman of me city Panhellenic association. Award will be made before registration, Jan. 14 to 19. o- them were nainted elsewhere in Mexico, others in England. They have been worked up as compositions rather man enticing railroad posters," cecrared Profes sor Kirsch. He went on to say that tbis.groupJUS prepared a cjr- itastion "durir.z ths last four years. Each tnont&J tbev are shown in different gal- lery." "There is a instinct 'Style which unifies th grouj a4 ye re UN WOMAN SUBMITS WINNING SCHOONERSLOGAN AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TWENTY HOUSES CONTRIBUTE TO WELFARE DRIVE Relief Campaign Reaches Official Conclusion y Monday. MEN'S CLOTHING SCARCE Pi Phis, Delta 2etas Last of Greek Members to Add ! Donations. 1 ."-"'" Twenty oraiuaeHiouse.s and e-ve-wMTiJtlvuluiil contributors were listed on the honor roll as the Y. W. C. A. clothing relief drive reached an official con clusion Monday afternoon. Dona tions since Saturday were received from Pi Beta Phi, Delta Zeta, and Com Cobs. HONOR ROLL. CHI OMEGA. PHI MU. DELTA UPSILON. SIGMA NU. CHI PHI. ALPHA XI DELTA. ALPHA PHI. DELTA GAMMA. KAPPA DELTA. KAPPA ALPHA THETA. KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA. ALPHA OMICRON PI. PI KAPPA ALPHA. ALPHA CHI OMEGA. BETA SIGMA PSI. ALPHA TAU OMEGA. WILSON HALL RAYMOND HALL. GAMMA PHI BETA. C. A. X. BARB CLUB. CORN COBS. PI BETA PHI. DELTA ZETA. "The drive was hiehlv success ful in consideration of both the amount of clothing turned in and the cooperation we received from campus organizations." Miss Ber- nice Aimer, secretary or me l . v. . C. A., announced at the close of the campaign. "We want to than c individual contributors as well as organized houses for their dona tions. We received some verv nice coats and sweaters from Mr. Boles me custodian here at Ellen Snu.:i hall, which had become to small (Continued on Page 4.) MORTON 10 ADDRESS Public School and Changing Society Topic for Talk. Dr. W. H. Morton, who is prin cipal of Teachers college hieh school and director of teacher training, will speak en "The Place of the Public School in a Chang ing Society" at the discussion meetine of the Y. M. C. A. in the Temple Wednesday evening. Dr. .Morton plans to Dfgin nis talk by outlining the need for an odnratpd rvnriilare in an era Of radical social change and experi ment. He Deueves mat n sucn rhnnp-ps aw to b successfully ac complished their forerunners must be initiated m tne punuc scnooi system. He further stated that an altered program of education must guide the new social desires and demands. Following his talk Dr. Morton will consider student sug gestions as to some of the needed changes in education. The prob lem will be discussed on an open forum basis by the group. It Ls expected that all of the regular Y members attend since mis is me final sessior before the bolidav recess. according to Charles Hulac. Y president The meeting is open, however, to any one interested in the t"'pic of the evening. DELIAN-UNION MEETS FOR SOCIAL SATURDAY Program of Literary Society Featured- by Xmas. Popular Music. Popular and Christmas miio.; featured tne program given at a social meeting of Delian-Union held Saturday evening. Gene Dalbv was in charge of me entertain ment Nan Mumford and Rum Kuehn presented vocal selections, while instrumental solos were given by Leonard Focht Verla Chapman, and Belle Graves. A four piece or chestra composed of Edwin Fisch er, clarinet: Alvin Kleeb. banjo; iMtnard Focht. ruitar. and Francis Johnson, piano, played a group of popular numbers A, Sinf ing t-f CrWrma carets Vat i ia hv witrr-a Bul&r and a stom 'Twenty nine Miles to Christmas.? I raj read br iwtllfi toga aoouj ltweaty-flv attended the the lat "iheduH-d or Dfiaa fi1 after :TaMnrL ' DISCUSSION GROUP