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VOL. XXXIV NO. 65.
KOSMET KLUB'S
TO
Deadline for Submitting of
Manuscripts Falls on
Jan. 18.
$50 PRIZE IS OFFERED
Work on Musical Comedy to
Begin After Selection
Winning Script.
Kosmet Klub's contest for
the annual spring musical com
edy has boon opened to the
general public as well as to
those connected with the uni
versity, according to a statement
made Tuesday by Tom Davies,
president of the organization.
"However," Davies stated, "pref
erence will be given to manuscripts
submitted by university students,
in case there is a tie." He urged all
those interested in submitting plays
for the contest to work on them
over vacation, that they may be
completed by the deadline which
has been set at Jan. 18.
A prize of $50, will be awarded
the writer of the winning script,
which will be selected by mem
bers of the Klub. The president
said that a number of shows are
in the process of being written,
but he stressed the fact that none
have been seen by the Klub and
that all will be carefully consid
ered. Songs for the show must also be
ubmitted by Jan. 18. A special ef
fort is being made to secure good
music for this year's comedy.
Work on the production, which
Rill again be preesnted by an all
male cast .will begin as soon as
the play is chosen. The cast and
choruses will be selected imme
diately after the play to begin
work as soon as possible.
As yet, no date has been an
nounced for the presentation of
the annual show, but members of
the Klub expect to decide the mat
ter after vacation as well as to an
nounce the various committees
which will participate in directing
the work.
I
Y.W. Group Entertains at
Dinner Following
Service.
FEATURE SPECIAL SONGS
The freshman Y. W. C. A. cabi
net presented the Christmas ves
pers, Tuesday, Dec. 18, after which
they entertained all members of
the freshman commission groups
at a dinner in Ellen Smith hall. A
play, "The Christmas Guest," as
well as special Christmas music,
was featured in the vesper service.
Characters in the play. were: The
beggar, Regina Hunkins; Harold,
Dorothy Larson; Frances, Betty
Cherry; Elinor, Eileen Honnold;
Rosamund, Lois Muilenberg, and
Dame Margaret, Evelynne Peter
son. The scene of the play was in
a home in old England on Christ
inas night. After hearing the
legendary tale of the visit of a
Christmas angel at some favored
house, the children in the play plan
the things they would give the
angel shouid he visit them. When
an old beggar knocks upon the
door, however, they forget about
the angel and give the gifts to him.
As the beggar disappears into the
night, they realize that was, in
deed, the Christmas Angel. The
play was directed by Marjorie Ban
nister, sponsor of the dramatic
hobby group.
Constance Baker, playing a flute
solo, "Romance," by Rider, opened
the program. The choir sang
Christmas hymns for the proces
sional and recessional, and Jane
Holland sang "The Slumber of the
Infant Jesus." by Francois Aguste
Gervaert in French.
A committee, chosen from the
freshman cabinet was in charge of
the vespers. Marie Kotouc was
chairman, and Betty Cherny. Bar
bara Jeary. Margaret nenuncua,
and Jane Pennington assisted her
in the arrangements.
Immediately following the ves
per service a Christmas dinner was
given by the cabinet for all fresh
man commission members and th
commission leaders. Get-acquainted
games were played, and Christmas
songs were sung by the group.
CIVIL EGLEERS TO
HEAR MAJ. COWGILL
Lincoln Man Will Discuss
Mathematics During
Meeting Tonight.
American Society of Civil Engi
neers will hear Major Allen P.
Cowgill of Lincoln speak on thj
subject of enrineerinK mathemat
ics at a meeting at 7:30 this eve
ning in room 102 M. A. hall.
Major Cowgill has obtained hi
masters degree from the university
and with a msjor in mathematics
snu a minor in civil engineering
find at present is working on hu
doctor's degree in mathematics. He
Is a graduate of West Point and
during the war served in the engi
neering corps.
SPRING CONTEST
OPEN
PUBLIC
Children's Theater
Stage Mark Twain's 'Tom Saicyer' as
First Production of Present Season
"Tom Sawyer," Ihe play from the original story by Mark
Twain that has thrilled and fascinated so many children
throughout the country, is to be brought to the Temple theater
stage as the first presentation of the Children's Theater of the
University l'lavers for this season. The plays are sponsored by
me ijincoin junior iJtaguc, me mot
being given Saturday mrning at
9:30 o'clock and Saturday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Junior League director, Miss
Pauline Gellatly is in charge with
Miss H. Alice Howell as assistant.
Tom, the leading character in
the play, will be played by Arthur
Bailey. Other members of the cast
are Miss Virginia Neville, Aunt
Polly; Paul Bogen, Huckleberry
Finn; Mark McAllister, Injun Joe;
Era Lown, Muff Potter; Delford
Brummer, Rev. Sprague; Miss Lor
raine Brown, Mrs. Sprague; Miss
Leila Irwin, Widow Douglas; Miss
DR. WEAVER RECEIVES
$100 RESEARCH FU!D
Rational Council Grants
Sum for Drouth
Field Work.
Dr. J. E. Weaver, professor of
plant ecology, has been notified of
a grant of $400 by the National
Research Council of Washington,
D. C, to be used for field expenses
and a helper in his study of the ef
fects of the great drought upon na
tural vegetation.
Professor Weaver has had ex
tensive experience in field work a3
Research Associate of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington over a
period of ten years.
T
GOES ON SALE FRIDAY
Dan Tutleben, First Editor
Of Publication, Writes
Feature Article.
INTRODUCE R.L COCHRAN
Going on sale Friday, Dec. 21,
the December issue of the Nebras
ka Blue Print, 6tudent engineer
ing publication, will have as its
main feature an article entitled
"Experiences of the Plan Engi
npfr" written bv its first editor.
Dan Tutleben, now engineer with
the Pennsylvania Sugar Company,
according to Marvin jNuernoerger,
editor of the publication.
Mr. Tutleben, chemistry engi
neering graduate thirty-two years
ago, in his article explains the
typical log in sugar refineries,
Nuernberger stated. His composi
tion will later this year appear in
the national Deriodical. Chemical
and Metallurgical Engineering.
Also writing in me uecemuer is
sue will be Dean O. J. Ferguson
vL-hn win discuss the characteris
tics of Sir Francis Bacon. The in
troduction of governor-elect Roy
Cochran, university graduate, will
ha mnrlp to pne-ineerine' students in
an article presented by the publi
cation s editorial siau.
This month's humorous page will
be dedicated to Prof. J. W. Haney,
head of the mechanical engineer
ing department, with a caricature
comically portraying his charac
teristics, the editor stated. Alumni
and departmental news will also be
presented.
The Blue Print's cover will por
tray the Christmas theme and will
display plans for a church de
signed by the architectural depart
ment, Nuernberger said.
IN CHRISTMAS PARTY
Annual Affair Will Be Given
In Morrill Hall This
Thursday.
A tradition in the German de
partment of the university is the
annual Christmas party which is
scheduled to be given in Morrill
hall from 4 until 6 o'clock Thurs
day. Dec. 21. All students who are
in the department now or previous
ly have been, are invited.
Swedish folk songs will be given
by a group of singers and the
guests will sing German songs.
Brief remarks in German will be
given by Dr. J. E. Alexis and
Eric Waldgren. Piano selections
will be played by Wilgua Eberly.
"The Templers," a quartet ot
university men, will entertain
with two selections. "Es isl ein
Reis entsprungen" and "Des Wan
drers Nachlrid." Two German
sonRS "Ihr Kindlein kommet" and
"Stilie Nacht" will be swig by
Varce Leininger. At the conclu
sion of the program refreshments
will be served. Miss Koerber is in
charge of arrangements. There
will be no admission charge.
Weekly Meeting Today of
Frosh A.W.S. Poftponed
Th uiMinl weekly meetine of the
j Freshman A. W. S. group will not
lc held this Wednesday, it was sn
I nounccd by Alaire Barkcs. grouo
' sjonsor. The group will hold their
' next meeting the Wednesday im
' mdiate)v following Christmas va
; cation, at which time a vocational
1 guidance speech is planned.
NEBRASKA BLUE PRIN
Brings to Temple
Elizabeth Betzer, Mrs. Harper;
Ivan Kraft, Walter Potter; Miss
Florence Smeerin, Mary Rogers;
Miss Pauline Lee, Mrs. Thatcher;
Waldemar Mueller, Sheriff Jones;
Patsy Oxley, Becky; Bobbie Ager,
Joe Harper; George Blackstone,
Sid; Mary Louise Simpson, Amy;
Ghita Hill, Gracie Ralph Battey,
Ben Charles Alexander, Dr. Robin
son and Norma Yule, Alfred. Ann
Kinder and Janet Moon will also
be in the play.
Characteristic of the books of
Mr. Clemens, better known as
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TEN
ALPHA KAPPA DELTA
AT SERVICEJUESDAY
Sociological Fraternity Gives
Dinner at City Y.W.C.A.
After Ceremony,
Ten new members chosen from
a list of 54 names submitted were
initiated into Alpha Kappa Delta,
national sociological fraternity,
Tuesday evening at ceremonies
held in the city Y. W. C. A. An
initiation dinner immediately fol
lowed the ceremonies.
Paul L. Cooper, affiliate of the
University of Wisconsin, Vincent
Broady, Hallene Haxthausen, Bash
Perkins, Jean Mudgett and Doro
thy Lee Hartzler are the new un
dergraduate members. Marion
Dunley and Robert Nuernberger
are graduate students who were
initiated. Rabbi Jacoby Ogle and
Ester Neota Larson, assistant in
structor in federal case work, con
stitute the remaining number of
new initiates.
Miss Esther Powell .instructor
in case work in the university,
spoke to the group on "My Exper
iences in the Dock Strike at Port
land, Oregon." Vincent Broady
then gave a short address in behalf
of the newly initiated members.
August B. Hollingshad. assistant
instructor in sociology, gave a talk
"Tim Pnmnse and Functions of
Alpha Kappa Delta." The evening
program closed with the election
of Mr. Hollingshad as national
representative to represent the Ne
braska chapter of Alpha Kappa
Delta at the national meeting to
he held in Chicago during the
Christmas holidays.
TO
Tenth Musical Will Be Given
Wednesday Afternoon
In Temple.
Advanced students in the School
of Music will present the tenth
musical convocation Wednesday
afternoon, in the Temple theater at
4 o'clock. Miss Helen Kunz, a stu
dent with Mrs. Lenore Burkett
Van Kirk, will open the program
by presenting "Hallelujah" by
Hummel and "The Flutes of
Spring" by Blahe.
Miss June Goethe, a student
with Herbert Schmidt, will play
"Rhapsody, b minor" by Brahms.
Paul Schlife, who studies with
Clemens Movius, will next present
"Dedication," "Ah, Sweet as Any
Flower" and "The Farewell" by
Schuman.
"Reflections on the Water" by
Debussy and "Etude in D flat" by
Liszt will be given by Miss Marian
Miller, student with Le Roy Harri
son. Miss Katherine Rodgers. stu
dent with Mrs. Maude F. Gutzmer,
will present "The Ballatella from
Pagliacci' " by Leoncavallo.
Miss Alma Wagner's pupil.
James Fitch, will present "Lotus
Flower" by Schumann. "A Swan"
by Grieg, and "Song of the Open"
by Stickles. A quartet, composed
of Eunice Bingham, first violin,
Marjorie Smith, second violin,
Margaret Baker, viola, and Mary
Louise Baker, 'cello, will play
"Quartet." Op. 74. No. 3. with the
"Allegro con Brio" movement by
Haydn. The quartet members are
all students with August Molzer.
ORCHESIS SCHEDULES
FISAL TRIALS TODAY
Fifteen Girls Are Expected
To Compete for
Membership.
Final Orchesis tryouts will be
Iheld Wednesday evening at seven
o'clock in the armory, instead or
the regular Junior and senior
group meetings, according to Miss
Claudia More. sponsor of the club.
About fifteen girls at expected to
try out for membership in the or
ganization. Recognition of various melodi?
phrases and knowledge of the
proper response in body movement
will be of great importance in the
tryouts, according to MiFS Moore.
Would be members will also be re
quired to compose a short comic
or pantomimic dance to perform
J before the Judging committee.
CONVOCATION
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934.
PEOPLE PUZZLED
Professor Addresses New
Social Problems Club
Tuesday Night.
AMERICAN YOUTH TOPIC
Club Members Discuss Final
Steps in Formation of
Constitution.
The -American people today
are eon fused with our existing
social order because of the fact
that they have had no oppor
tunities to discuss existing so
cial problems in either high schools
or our colleges. Such was the opin
ion expressed by Dr. O. H. Werner
in the discussion of his topic,
"Challenge to American Youth,"
before members of the newly or
ganized Social Problems club on
Tuesday evening.
In explaining this point, Dr.
Werner, professor of principles of
education, stated that students
have neither been permitted to
consider conflicting social mat
ters nor have they been permitted
to clarify their own thinking in or
der that they might intelligently
reach their own conclusions.
Our schooling system has dis
couraged instead of encouraged
thought on our many problems, he
said, and as a result we are un
able to understand them.
Confronted with Changes.
"Our social order, the speaker
said, "is confronted with signifi
cant impending changes, which are
extending a challenge to American
youth to participate intelligently
and enthusiastically in a program
effecting a solution. These changes
ran be outlined alone certain stra
tegic points concerning the ma
chine, unemployment, distnouuon
of income, honesty in business, ed
ucation and life, control of indus
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T
Regina Holcomb Students to
Present Performance at
Temple Theater.
RECITAL OPENS AT 8:15
Students of the class of Regina
Hnicnmh will Dresent a dramatic
art recital Thursday evening. Dec.
20. at 8:15 in the Temple theater.
The program is divided into two
narts. the first of which is as fol
lows: A pantomime, "Christmas
Eve, given By saunne wiraan
and Elsie Bowman Robinson;
"Why the Chimes Rang." Mary
Davis; "Ma's Monday Morning.
"Do Not Open Until Christmas,"
Virginia Davis; Jane, from the
play "Seventeen." A 1 d y t h e
Francke; "At the Movies," Elsie
Bowman Robinson; "Her First
Football Game." "Relijus." Jane
Wagrier; "Billy's Secret." "The
New Baby." "Green Apples." and
"Christmas Greetings." Saurine
Lotman; "The Crooked-mouth
Family." "The Fruit of the Tree,"
Elsie Bowman Robinson.
As second part of the program
Sylvia Lotman will present the
play "Daddy Long Legs" by Jean
Webster. The characters in order
in which they speak are as follows:
Gladiola, Sadie Kate, Miss Tippett
(the matron). Judy. Miss Pritch
ard, Mr. Wykoff, Jervis Pendleton,
Sally McEride, Julia Pendleton,
Mrs. Pendleton, maid. Jimmy Mc
Bride, and Mrs. Semple. A synop
sis of the four acts is as follows:
Act L John Grier Home; Act II.
Judy's College Room, one year
later; Act III, Lockwillow Farm,
three years later, and Act IV,
Jervis' Library, two months later.
Hazel Kinscella
Relates History
Of 'Silent Night'
Origin and facts concerning the
composition of the traditional
Christmas carol, "Silent Night,"
were related by Miss Hazel Ger
trude Kinscella of the university
school of music at the annual
Christmas tea given Tuesday, Dec.
18, by tne faculty of the Home Ec
onomics department for all Home
Economics students.
Miss Kinscella, who recently
visited in Austria, told of her visit
to the home of the grandson of
Franz Gruber. composer of the
carol "Stille Nacht." Several hun
dred years ago, when the organ of
hut church broke, a minister named
Mobr wrote the words to the carol
and asked Franz Gruber to com
pose an accompaniment for it so
that they might have something to
sing at the next service. The orig
inal music was written for the
guitar, and Miss Kinscella saw this
guitar when she was in Fratiz
G ruber's home.
A part of the program Tuesday
consisted of the singing of old
Christmas carols by those present,
led by the r.g college vesper choir.
Miss Bess SteHe presided for th
first half hour. ilrs. W. W. Burr
for the second, and Miss Edn.1
Noble for the last. They were as
sisted by graduate student.
BY SOCIAL
ORDER
WERNER ASSERTS
DRAMATIC ARTS CLASS
Yuletide Festivity Carries With It a
Wealth of Folklore, Tradition Which
Started 2000 Years Before Christ
By ED MURRAY.
Hustle, business and good cheer are in the air again and
Hip old all-uervadine sririt once more is afoot, which means
that the whole world is beginning to think about the approach
ing visit of .Santa Claus and presents or is it the celebration
of the nativity of Christ? Kcgardless, however, with this season
of the vear there is connected a
multituae of conventional "carry
ings-on" which have a wealth of
folk lore and tradition in their
wake. A ramble thru the highly
flexible historical background of
Christmas and its customs reveals
a number of interesting facts.
Despite the fact that the yule
tide hey day was celebrated by the
Aryan sun-worshipers 2.000 years
before the birth of Christ, this holi
day has come to hinge on the latter
event. The ancient subjects of the
sun believed that this period was
the turning-time when their god
AG COLLEGE TO HOLD
Student Activities Building
Scene of Annual Party;
Public Invited.
Ag college will hold its annual
Christmas service, Wednesday eve
ning at 7:30 o'clock in the student
activities building on Ag campus.
This program is given each year
for university faculty members and
ag students, altho any others who
wish to come are invited by those
in charge.
Miss Bess Gearheart Morrison,
well known reader, and the Salem
male chorus, directed by Albert
Ebers, will be featured on the pro
gram. Mr. Ebers is a former Ag
college student and a former mem
ber of the great Cathedral Choir.
Dean Burr of the college of ag
riculture will preside over and ex
plain the significance of the serv
ice. Decorations will include two
"living" Christmas trees.
Following is the program for the
service:
Christmas Carols, Audience.
Joy to the World, Handel.
Come. All Ye Faithful, Reading.
"Christmas Day in the Morn
ing," Reading; Grace Smith-Richmond;
Bess Gearhart Morrison.
Holy Nnight, Gruber-Salter.
Blessed is He That Readth, Col
burn. Gloria In Excelsis (12th Mass.),
Mozart, The Salem Male Chorus;
directed by Albert Ebers.
The Meaning of the Christmas
service.
Christmas Carol: Audience.
Silent Night, Gruber.
WEDNESDAY DATE FOR
Christmas Is Theme Music
Sorority Affair at
Lefler Home.
A Christmas party for members
of Mu Phi Epsilon, honorary
musical sorority, and their guests
will be held at the home of Mrs.
M. C. Lefler, 2101 Sewell, Wed
nesday night, Dec. 19. The pro
gram will consist, in part, of origi
nal compositions by members of
the national organization, accord
ing to an announcement by Marion
Miller, president.
Eunice Bingham will play a
violin selection by Margaret Lind
gren, and Ruth Haberly will sing
two of Miss Lindgren's recent com
positions. Altinas Tullis. Bess
Phelps, and Marjorie Miller will
sing a number composed by a past
national president of Mu Phi Epsi
lon. Margaret Kimmel will pre
sent a musical reading, and the
program will close with Christmas
selections by a trio composed of
Henrietta Sanderson, Irene Rem
mers, and Margaret Kimmel.
Games will follow the musicale,
after which refreshments will be
served. The arrangements for the
party are in charge of Irene Rem
mers. Violet Vaughn, and Marion
Miller.
A.S.M.E. TO DISCUSS
HIGH SPEED TRAISS
Engineering Group Meets
Tonight at 7:30 in
M. E. Hall.
High speed rail transportation
will be discussed by students be
fore the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers at a meeting ut
7:30 this evening in room 206 M.
E. hall.
In presenting the topic. P. J.
Jensen and James H. Erb will read
papers on the economics of high
speed trims and turbine drive on
locomotives. These papers will be
discussed by Char' Aldrich and
Walter Gloor.
Reporting on the national ASME
convention which he attended earl
ier in December. Prof. J. W. Ha
ney, head of the mechanical engi
neering department, will speak to
the group. All freshmen have beeu
Invited to attend the meeting by
officers of the society. Also at
tending the meeting with the stu
dent group will be the Lincoln sec
tion Of ASME
WEDNESDAY AT 7:30
PSILON PARTY
favored his people by lengthening
the days. And the customs as well
as the Christmas feast today are
merely slight variations of antique
pagan practices.
Celebration by Feasting.
In the earliest times the occasion
was always celebrated by merry
making and a bounteous feasting
as a post-harvest holiday. While
it was in vogue in one form or an
other in nearly every part of the
world, it also came at the proper
time for the Yule and Druid rites
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CLASSIC CLUB PLAMS
HOLD ROMAS FETE
'Saturnalia Similar to Our
Holidays Will Be
Given.
A Roman festival, "Saturnalia,"
corresponding to our Christmas
holidays, will be held by the Clas
sics club Wednesday evening at
7:30 o'clock in the chapter house
of Alpha Omicron Pi.
Refreshments will be served and
the evening will be spent playing
old Roman games and singing
Latin songs, it was announced.
All Classics students and- members
of the faculty are invited to attend
the program, it was stated.
FOREIGN STODENTS TO
Y. M., Y.W. to Give Xmas
Affair in Ellen Smith
Friday Evening.
ASKED TO BRING GIFTS
Foreign born students will be
honor guests at a Christmas party
the Y. M. C. A. in Ellen Smith hail
to be given by the Y. W. C. A. and
Friday evening from 8 until 11
o'clock, according to Evelyn Dia
mond and William Newcomer who
are general chairmen In charge of
arrangements for the affair.
Formal invitation has been ex
tended to all other university stu
dents who will be in Lincoln dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
Varied forms of amusement will
be provided fur the guests. The
first hour will be spent playing
table games. From 9 until 10 those
present will be entertained by the
presentation of skits of different
countries and during the last hour
the group will gather around the
fireplace, sing Christmas carols,
exchange small gifts and be served
refreshments.
Chaperons for the party will be:
Professor and Mrs. C. A. Forbes,
Professor and Mrs. Charles B. Nut
ting. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hayes
and Miss Bernice Miller, the secre
tary of the Y. W. C. A. Dorothy
Beers. Iris Knox. Edna Lee, and
Alice Tcrril compose the hostess
committee.
Students who attend are asked
to bring a ten cent Christmas
wrapped present, the exchanging
of which will add to the gaiety ot
the occasion.
Reservations for the party can
be made at either the Y. W. C. A.
or the Y. M. C. A. offices.
irtspe!rfor
Y.FI
Principal Teachers College
High School to Address
Meeting in Tempie.
Speaking on "The Place of the
Public School in a Changing So
ciety," Dr. W. H. Morton, who is
principal of Teachers college high
school and director of teacher
training, will express his views on
the subject as a basis for the Y.
M. C. A. open forum discussion
this evening in the Temple. Fol
lowing his talk Dr. Morton will
consider extemporaneous sugges
tions from the group as to some
of the needed changes in educa
tion. The problem will be dis
cussed on an informal basis.
In his talk Dr. Morton expects to
outline the need for a more edu
cated and liberal-minded populace
in an era of radical social and eco
nomic change and experiment. He
believes that if the essential
changes are to be successfully car
ried out they must be initiated in
the public school system. He fur
ther stated that the new soc'al de
sires and demands can be guided
only by an altered educational
program.
According to Charles Hulac. it
is expected that all of the regular
Y members attend this session
since this is the final meeting be
fore the holiday recess. The meet
ing is open, however, to anyone in
terested in the topic of the eve
ning. Prof. Marvin to Address
Physics Croup Wednesday
Prof. H. H. Marvin, chairman of
the department of physics and the
sponsor of the Physics club. ill
' address the Dhvsics colloqium on
4 Wednesday evening in Brace ball.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
MIS
S
Bizad Freshman Captures
Finals of Verbal
Tourney.
SEVEN MEN COMPETE
Leonard Kreuger Awarded
Honorable Mention
By Judges.
Winn the smoke of verbal
battle had thinned and the bar
rage of neatly turned phrases
had let up, Hubert "Wadharus,
Hizad freshman, Lincoln, found
himself the possessor of the covet
ed Long Trophy and the title' of
"champion freshman debater," at
the finals of the freshman debate
tourney, Tuesday, Dec. 18, in An
drews hall. Honorable mention was
given to Leonard U. Kreuger, aits
and science freshman from Wal
lace, Neb.
Speaking on the proposition, Re
solved, that the federal govern
ment should establish some plan
to provide for old age pensions, tha
seven men competing, chosen thru
the preliminaries held last Thnrs.
day. were iudeed on hnth thmi
constructive and refutative mate
rial ana presentation. The remain
ing five men speaking were: How
ard Linch. Robert Mart. KrtuHn
Carlson, Aaron J. Finkelstein,
Kooert Steifler. All speakers kept
the sides of the ouestinn wWh
they used in the preliminaries, or-
oer or speamng being decided by
lot before the contest.
Judges, all of whom are experi
enced debaters, were: Lloyd E.
Chapman, assistant city attorney;
Prof. Russell T. Prescott, college
of agriculture; and Judge John L.
Polk, of the Municipal Court.
Following the contest Professor
White, debate coach, made a short
speech of congratulation, and pre
sented the trophy to Wadhams
The new Long Cup, which is not
yet ready, will be exchanged for
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Engineers Fraternity Holds
Annual Banquet at
Lincoln Hotel.
GUNTHER MAIN SPEAKER
Thirteen pledges to Sigma Tau,
honorary engineering fraternity,
will be initiated into the society at
its annual initiation and banquet
Thursday evening, Dec. 20 at the
Lincoln hotel, according to Hugh
Gray, president of the organiza
tion. Fred J. Gunther, Lincoln, will
appear as principal speaker at the
banquet and will address the group
on the subject. "The Young Engi
neer." Mr. Gunther, a former mem
ber of Sigma Tau and an electrical
engineering graduate in '14. is now
assistant general manager of the
Iowa-Nebraska Power company in
Lincoln.
Toastma.ster for the evening is
to be Prof. V. L. Hollister of the
electrical engineering department.
Hugh Gray. Sigma Tail president,
will give the address of welcome
to the new members and Peter J.
Jen.sen will give the response. The
new members will be presented
i with membership keys by Vern
Hedge, 04, who is president of the
national society and was one of the
founders of the local chapter in
1904.
Extemporaneous remarks will be
made by society members and sev
eral of the faculty members pres
ent, and L. W. Chase, graduate en
gineer in '04 and a charter member
of Sigma Tau. will probably speak,
it was indicated by Howard Simon
son, in charge of program arrange
ments. Fourteen active members,
pledges and eight faculty members
are expected to attend the banquet,
Simonson said. The initiation is
scheduled to begin at 5:15 and the
banquet will follow at 6:30. he re
lated. New pledges to be initiated are
John C. Bishop, Frederick J. MaJ
lon, Harold T. Larmore, T jeodore
W. Schroeder. Ralph A. Doubt,
Paul E. Humphrey, Ernest G.
Guenzel, Ralph O. Conqulst, Carl
L. Erb, Peter J. Jensen. Kenneth
Waugh. Maurice R. Garrison and
A. Orville Taylor.
Sigma Tau pledges are chosen
from those ranking in the upper
one third of the Junior and senior
classes of the engineering college.
Gray stated.
PAUL SELL PRESENTS .
KECITAL DEC. 20 AT 4
A Junior recital by Paul Sell,
violinist, will be presented Thurs
day afternoon, Dec. 30. in the
Temple theater at 4 o'clock. Victor
Molzer will be at the piano.
The following program will b
given given: "Concerto. No. 4. D
Msjor." Including "Andanta car. la
bile" ar.d "Allegro" movement by
Mozart and "La Folia" by Corclli.
Sell is a student with August
Molzer.
WM
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DEBATE TROPHY
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TO BE HELD THURSDAY
