The Daily Nebraskan 'Read the "Be campus conscious" Nebraskan" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1935 PRICE 5 CENTS. YOU XXXIV NO. 77. Sign Ralph Bennett for Mid-Year Frolic FAMED ORCHESTRA PLAYS FOR PARTY Sigma Delta Chi Secures Nationally Known Orchestra 'The Seven Aces, All Eleven of 'Em' for Annual Mid-Year 'Breather'. INFORMALITY IS KEYNOTE OF THE AFFAIR Bennett Has Record of Many Successful Engagements To His Credit; Tickets for Event to Be Held Feb. 2 Will Go on Sale Monday. Signing f Kalph Bennett and his band, nationally famous recording and broadcasting orchestra, to play for the Mid-Year Frolic in the coliseum on Saturday, Feb. 2, was announced .Sat urday by Sigma Delta Chi, men's professional journalism fra ternity, "which is sponsoring the event. Bennett, with his eleven niore 'orchestra known as theO : i . .. , . . "Seven Aces, ah 11 01 cm. cunus to Lincoln direct from Kansas City where he has played at the Muehlebach hotel. "We are proud to announce a band as outstanding as Bennett to play for the Frolic," Bruce Nicoll, Si?ma Delta Chi president, stated. "With the signing of this band, practically all arrangements are complete to make the Mid-Year Frolic one of the best parties of the year. Those students who do not own a tuxedo and therefore have not attended the other major functions of the winter season have in this informal event a chance to enjoy a major social function of the school year." Impressive Engagement Record. Bennett comes to Lincoln with an impressive record of engage ments at leading hotels and ball rooms and over the CBS and NBC networks to his credit, it was pointed out. Starting his career at a time when large bands were few. Bennett organized a seven piece orchestra and became one of the first bands to achieve popular ity over the air. Realizing the trend in orchestra fields, Bennett augmented his band to the magical numeral eleven. The phrase "Seven Aces" identified Bennett for a number of years, and when his or chestra had finally increased to eleven, the slogan "Seven Aces, All 11 of 'Em" was adopted, and soon became the symbol for one of the most popular bands in the country. Eennett and hh Aces walked away with a popularity contest conducted by the Radio Digest, outstanding radio guide and pro ( Continued on Page 4.1 E Annual Affair Sponsored by Fine Arts School to Be On Feb. 26. The theme of a story book ball will be 'arried out this year at the annual Beaux Aits ball, which is to re h;ld Tuesday. Feb. 26. in Mor rill hall. Costumes to be worn will be those representing the charac ters in favorite books. There will be dancing .'it the ball, although an orchestra has not yet decided upon by members of the t ommlttee in charge. The date ior the ball was formerly set for Feb. 25. and was changed to Feb. 25 in older not to inteifeie with the symphony concert. Plans have also been made to have living pictures of scenes from various books. These representa tions will be chosen because they have a value as art as well m lit erature. Those on the committee in charge are as follows: Mrs. Walter W. White, chairman: Miss Char lotte Kizer. public school art su pervisor; Miss Margaret Ames. Mrs. Mary Ksthcrine Throop Mc Donald. Mr. Ernst Hermlnghaus. Mrs Willard Folsom, and Mrs. Harry Grainger. Children's Theater Will Enact One Of Most Delightful Books in Library When It Presents 'Secret Garden9 Among till the books at the disposal of Liueoln children at the citv librarv. there is on- whose popularity surpasses that of all others, the'delightful story of "The Scen t Garden n decd, the librarian declares that so great is the d maiid for this book among the voung readers that it is impossible t keep a copy of It In the imrary ior ujy length of time it is because of this widespread Interest In the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett that It has been dramatized by Claire Tree Major and will be brought to the Temple theater stage on Feb. 26. for a morning performance at 9 and an afternoon performance at 2:30. The children's theater, which Is sponsored by the Lincoln Junior League and is made up of students In the dramatic department and In the children's dramatic, classes, will present the progr-. Polly Cellatly Directs Play. Miss Polly Gellatly. Instructor Id speech, is the Junior League mem ber who is directing the play. Mary, one of the leading roles rn "The Secret Garden." will be played by Carol Ladwig. with the Z.t ! w garden. The story Is based by George Blackstone. Margaret (on the secret garden and the un Ktraub will play the part of! earthing of Its key! Martha. Other roles wlU be played who are living in the old estate. BUREAU SECRETARIES ELECT NEW OFFICERS Teachers placement bureau sec retaries from Nebraska colleges and universities held their third annual meeting in Lincoln Tues day. R. D. Moritz of the Univer sity of Nebraska was elected pres ident; and Dr. Hans Olsen of Kear ney State Normal was chosen secretary-treasurer. Guest speakers invited to advise the bureaus how to improve their services were: W. J. Braham, North Platte; H. A. Burke, Kearney; F. E. Holmes, Central City; L. E. Hunkins, Ex eter; and J. A. Jimerson, Auburn. 1 TEMPLE TUESDAY AT 8 Prof. Arndt Heads Cast for Faculty Women's Club Production. "The Enchanted April," the faculty play, will be presented at 8 o'clock at the Temple theater Tuesday. Jan. 22, and Wednesday, Jan. 23. The Faculty Women's club and the American Associa tion of University Women are sponsoring the production. Harold "Pete" Sumption will direct the play, and proceeds will go to the University Y. W. C. A. and to the A. A. U. W. scholarship fund. Tickets may be obtained at Latach Brothers and at the Tem ple box office. All seats are re served. Seats on the main floor and the first two rows of the bal cony arc 75 cents: the remaining bplronv seats are 50 cents. Karl M. Arndt. associate pro fessor of economics, will play the Heading role of f-e dreamy young artist. Thomos w . Hriggs. in me Kn"lish romedv. Mrs. Rose Ar buthnot. the netlected and lonely wife of a writer of very popular historical romances will be por trayed bv Miss France' Mc CVsny. who was outstanding n Hniversitv Players work while in the university rnd is now dra matic coach at Lincoln hieh school The role of Ladv Cernlne Dea ler wi'l be plaved by Mrs. '.ester Orfield. who studied dramatics in New York City with Mrs. Francis Duff, teacher of Miriam Hopkins and Helen Haves. Mr. S W. Alford. superinten dent of the serum plant, will take the part off Mellereh Wilklns. Other actors in the drama Include Mrs. Samuel Avery, who will nor trav the ro!e of Mrs. William Fish er: Mis Barbara Sverrv. who will take the nan of Francesca: Mrs Norman I 'PI. the dutiful wife of Mellersh Wilklns. Mrs. I-ottie Wil kins: Mrs. Harry Kurtz. Domenico: Mrs. Oustave Fuchs. Ferdinand Amr'e- and Mrs. Kanute Broady, the clerk. by the following: Nurse. Irene Rarrv: Suan. Portia Boynton; Medlock. Lorraine Brown: Doctor. Delford G rummer: Ben. Mark Mc Allister; Craven. Charles Alexand er; Station Master, Paul Bogen; Dickaon. Bob Agee; and Jane. Anne Kinder. Major Retains Color of Story. All who have read "The Secret Garden" canjot fail to temember the fantastic fairy tale and the charming way in which it la devel oped. In dramatizing the original txok Major has l"t none of the sweetness and color, but has re tained in the plsy all of the beauty and fantasy that U loved by all young play-goers. The first scene wil take place on a train and the others In the old vine-covered home and the pecrci SORORITY SPOSSORS MUSICAL TEA TODAY Mu Phi Epsilon Entertains Guests at Alpha Xi Delta House. Mu Phi Epsilon, national honor ary musical sorority, will entertain patronesses and guests at a tea and musical Sunday afternoon, Jan. 20, from 3 to 5 o'clock at the Alpha XI Delta house, 1619 R st. Irene Remmers, pianist, Betty Zatterstrom, violinist, and Mrs. M. C. Lefler, soprano, will take part in the program. The appointments at the tea table, over which Elizabeth Tier ney will preside, will be in orange and yellow. Mrs. M. C. Lcflcr, Marjorie Shanafelt, and Marlon Miller will be in the receiving line. Guests who have been invited include Miss Melinda Stuart. Mrs. Frank Woods, Mrs. C. B. Towle, Mrs. O. B. Clark, Mrs. McClain, Mrs. Fling, Mrs. Thomas Woods, and Mrs. R. L. Cochran. POSSIBLE GAIN IN IIY ROLL Nearly All First Semester Students Will Remain for Second Term. FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE First registration reports given out by the various colleges in the university indicate that nearly all students of the first semester will remain in school the coming term, it was learned Saturday morning with the completion of a week's registering for the second semes ter. The estimates from the deans' offices were to the effect that only a small number had dropped school and that with the entering of new students the first of February the total attendance figures would probably equal If not exceed those of the first semester. Increase Over Last Year. Second semester registrations this year in several of the colleges Lshowed an increase over those for the second semester of last year, it was reported. Additionally most of the students did the Unusual by avoiding the last minute rush, and the registrations were somewhat evenly distributed throughout the week. The College of Business Admin istration undoubtedly showed the largest increase over last year with a growth of nearly 40 percent be ing announced by Dean J. E. Le Rossignol. Last January 015 regis tered while by late Saturday morn ing around 700 had entered the col lege, indicating that the increase might amount to 200 students. The Arts and Sciences college also had an increase in enrollment over tha' of last year, according to reports from Dean C H. Oldfather's office. Few Changes in Bizad. Dean LeKossrsnol related that nearly all of the first semester Htu dents would remain in the college, very few dropping out or changing to olher colleges. A'so in Arts and Sciences indications are that most of the students had re-registered. In the Engineering College. Dean O. J. Ferguson xaid . registration was very satisfactory with per centages in the various depart ments of the college remaining about the same. Dean R. A. Lyman (Continued on Page 2 t THREE SKITS WIN AT COLL-AGRI-FUN PARTY 'Century of Progress', Rope Act, Medicine Show Take Prizes. The outstanding skits of the twelve presented at the Coll-Agrl-Fun celebration Friday night to a crowd that packed the Student Ac tivities building, were awarded prizes, according to Catherine Ag new. chairman of the production committee. The winning skits were "A Cent ury of Progress." a hill-billy take off on the Chicago World's Fair by the Ag College Boarding club; an old fashioned medicine show which Included a cheese-cloth dance, by members of the Farm Operators club: and a trick rope-spinning act by Glenn Bierman. Five dollar award were presented to each group by Catherine Agnew after the show. The winning acts were not ranked in order of selection. Following the show, which ended at ten o'clock, a dance was held for the remainder of the evening. Recorded music over a public ad dress system was used. Other skits lnciuueu a aou aci called "Raggedy Ann." presented by members of the freshman com mittee, and "Old Mother Hubbard." a revival of the children's story. Four of the skits were curtain presentation, consisting of sing ing and dancing numbers. All of the participants were ag student, and a special Judging committee made the selections. Donald Joy. Ruth Carten. Bon nie Spangaard. Phillip Henderson, and Elmer Heyne assisted Miss Agnew on the production committee REPORTS SIGNIFY L T. SUNDERLAND DONATES $5,000 FUND FOR LOANS Former Omahan Gives Money For Junior, Senior Men Students. v SIX ELIGIBILITY RULES Students Working Way Thru University to Be Given Preference. Kstablishment of a perpetual $5,000 student loan fund which is immediately available for junior and senior men students at the University of Nebraska, was announced Saturday by Chan cellor E. A. Burnett The dona tion was made by Lester T. Sun derland of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Sunderland is president of the Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement company and well known in Ne braska. He formerly resided In Omaha where he still has business interests. No loan may exceed $125 a semester for juniors and $175 for seniors. "Prompted by his interest in the proper education and training of American youth, and as a token of his profound admiration and deep affection for Mr. John R. Webster, founder of the student loan fund of the University of Ne braska," reads the trustee cove nant, Mr. Sunderland made this donation in memory of Georgianna Boulter Sunderland. According to the terms of the trustee agreement, the loans will be made by the university student loan committee in accordance with their practice. To be eligible, stu dents must be: "(1) American born males; (2) residents of Ne braska; 3i of the Christian faith; but consistent herewith no other distinction shall be made on ac count of race, color or creed; (4) (Continued on Page 4.) .0 At Least Eleven Instructors To Teach at Summer School Session. CONFERENCE JUNE 25-27 At least eleven visiting instruc tors and special lecturers from schools over the country will offer courses at the University of Ne braska for tne summer school ses sion of 1935, a preliminary bulle tin from the extension division an nounces. Among the schools they represent are Chicago, Ohio State, Columbia, and Colorado. Dr. Horace B. English, a former University of Nebraska student and Rhodes scholar from this state, will visit from Ohio State university where he is professor of educational psychology. Dr. Nor ma V. Scheidemann is well known for her studies in the psychology of exceptional children. She has lectured at King's' college. London, and has recently taught in the University of Southern California. Her textbook is widely used. Anderson Comes from Chicago. Dr. E. N. Anderson of the de partment of modern European his tory of the University of Chicago will join the summer school fac ulty. Outstanding In the field of primary reading and social studies, Elizabeth Hebel of the Teachers college of St. Cloud, Minn., will come to Nebraska. From the University of Colorado where she is chairman of the de partment of fine arts will be Muriel V. Sibell. Flora M. Thurs ton, associate professor at Oregon State college will offer courses In family life at the university here. Dr. Louis A. Wolfanger is instruc tor in economic geography in the (Continued on Page 2.) SEMOR, JUMOR (URLS GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS Panhellenic Awards $25 to Sorority Women With High Average. Two senior and two junior girls were named as recipients of scholarships awarded annually by the Lincoln Pan-Hellenic Associa tion Saturday, according to an an nouncement made by Amanda Heppner, dean of women and chairman of the awards commit tee. Seniors to receive the scholar ships are Jane Edwards. Lincoln, and Betty Temple, Lincoln. Annie Laurie McCall, Omaha, and Bar bara Barber, Lincoln, won the Jun ior awards. The scholarships, con sisting of a $25 cash award, are given annually to two sorority girls of junior and senior standing having the highest scholastic av erage. The Lincoln Pan-Hcllenlc asso ciation, donor of the scholarship, is composed of Lincoln sorority alumni. Mrs. James McEachen Is president of the group, and Miss Beatrice Marshall vice president GIVE COURSES ATM ELSIE GOTH ELECTED HOME EC PRESIDEN T Ruth Carsten Chosen Vice President at Election Thursday. Elsie Goth was elected president of the home economics board at the election held in the Home Eco nomics building Thursday, Jan. 17. Ruth Carsten was elected vice president; Genevieve Bennett, sec retary; and Elinor xucfaaaen, treasurer. New officers will be installed at 7 o'clock, Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Home Economics building. Anine Stoltenberg ia in charge of the program. The board governs the various activities of the home economics department. It assists in planning the objectives for the year and works in co-operation with the Ag club. The Ag mixers and the bi weekly teas held on Thursdays are part of the board's program. Offi cers of the group are also officers of the Home Economics club. AWGWAN GOES ON y Block Subscriptions Will Be Delivered to Houses Sunday Night. 'ACCEPTED' 'FIND STORY' January Awgwan will greet the campus Monday morning with lit tle "Esky," featured on Esquire covers, peering out from the front cover in knitted "N" sweater, ac cording to Editor Alice Beekman. Block subscriptions will be deliv ered to fraternity and sororities Sunday night, and sale will begin at eight o'clock In Social Science hall. Each department and feature corresponds to some similar fea ture in Esquire, popular men's magazine, and the makeup of the publication is an exact takeoff. Miss Beekman announced. An article by Weldon Kees, ti tled "Notes or. Lofe, by "Himeng whay," is the leading feature of the issue, and "Accepted," a short story by Maurice Johnson, is termed the "find story for the month." Story on Sorority Life. "Coeds Only Chance," by Robert Bulger, is a descriptive article concerning the Mortar Board party, and "A Sorority Girl's Search for Eight." by "XYZ" fol lows the much discussed article on fraternity life that appeared in the December number. "Backstage With Awsquire" fea tures the writers appearing in the issue, and is accompanied by photo graphs, and in continuing with the Esquire parody, Harley Case, the cover artist, has drawn a page of "Streamlines in Nebraska." "Stage door Ditty, Jr.," a theatrical fea ture by Dwight Perkina reviews the recent campus dramatic ef forts. "The Sound and the Fury." a regular department containing letters supposedly received in the editor's mailbag, is written for the issue by John Gallant. Parker Draws Sketches. The new member of the Awg wan art staff. Alan Parker, has contributed a page of "Sketches from a Student's Notebook," which (Continued on Page 2.) 125 COUPLES ATTEND SECOND BARB PARTY A.W.S. .League and Interclub Council Sponsor Dance at Armory Friday. Dancing to the music of the Melody Makers, approximately 125 couples attended the second all barb party at the Armory Friday evening, according to John Stover, president of the Barb Interclub council which cooperated with the Barb A. W. S. league In sponsoring the affair. The party was scheduled in place of an all-university dance which was to have taken place the same weekend. Stover stated. Cir cumstances necessitated the can celling of the Varsity dance, he ruled, and Friday evening's party was given In order not to disap point those looking forward to such an event. "Considering the weather and that other parties were held that evening, a very good crowd of un affiliated students was present at the affair," Stover reported. Chaperons ior me aance wei-. Prof, and Mrs. M. G. Gaba. Prof, and Mrs. W. C. Brenke and Prof, and Mrs. S. M. Corey Committees for the evening were: orchestra ar rangement. Bob Harrison, and Rowena Swenson; refreshments. Jim Riisness and Wilma Bute; tlrket committee. AdolDh Clnfel and Selma Goldstein; and general arrangements, oenevieve iwwunk an 1 Joe Ruzicka. Following the dance, refreshments were served. One or two more barb parties will be presented next semester, Rtover stated, and the next one (will probably b In March. ESQUIRE EDITION STANDS MONDA MISSOURIAMS CLIP NEBRASKA 32 TO 31 Bengal Hoopsters Jar Huskers From Conference Top After Heated Encounter First Tiger Win SCARLET LOSS PLACES OKLAHOMA IN BIG 6 LEAD Edward Cagester's Superiority From Free Throw Line Establishes bum Margin ot Victory; l'arsons. Baker Nearly Connect in Rally. TIip Knivcrsiiv if Missouri basketball team, not once vic tors in eight starts this season, jarred Nebraska out of the Big Six leadership at Columbia Saturday night with a 32 to 31 victory. Missouri's victory was wholly unexpected. Ihe .Bengals, vrnl, . c.- . nrcruinrn NEBRASKA DESCRIBED IN COLBERT AKTICLE Nebraska as it may been In pre historic times is described in an article "Nebraska Fifteen Million Years Afo" bv Edwin H. Colbert published in the Journal of the American Museum of Natural His tory. M,r. Colbert is assistant cur ator of fossil vertebrates in tne Amcricun Museum, and 13 a brother of .1. P. Colbert, instructor in applied mechanics at the uni versity. Animals wnicn once rovea t' plains but are now extinct have been brought to life in the article through the study and Im agination of the author, and the illustrations by Mrs. Colbert. ENGLI SELECTS SCHOONER Work of Weldon Kees, K. C. Shelby Have Place on '34 Honor Role. Weldun Kees of Beatrice, senior in the school of journalism at the University of Nebraska, and K. C. Shelby of Tulsa, Oklahoma are authors of stories selected by Ed ward J. O'Brien for his honor list of the "one hundred best short stories of 1934." Dr. L. C. Wim herlv of the university depart ment of English and editor of the Prairie Schooner magazine in which the stories appeared has announced the selection by the noted British anthologist. Kees is the autnor or -fcaiuraay Rain" and Shelby wrote "Water Tower on the Prairie." Biographi cal notes on the writers will also appear in the new volume by O'Brien, who yearly publishes a book on the "best short stories." Besides being one of the nine magazines to publish four or more three star stories in 1933, the Prairie Schooner shares only with Forum the honor of a hundred percent rating by O'Brien, famous short story writer and literary critic of Oxford, England. Also from the Schooner two poems have recently been re printed in "Anthology of Ameri can Verse." Mabel Langdon of the university department of fine arts was the writer of "Cloak for the Night." Barton Hill of Indian Run, Pennsylvania has written "Song out of Barrenness." which was se lected for the anthology. Doctor Wimberly expressed his pleasure over this latest recogni tion of the Prairie Schooner. He recalled its many signal honors in the past and further stated that it is recognized over the world for its high literary standards. The high literary criterion of the magazine, according to its editor, is maintained thru efforts of the university English department, and the Lincoln or Wordsworth chapter of Sigma Upsilon, na tional literary fraternity. SH CRITIC Nebraska Born Satirist Condemns Schools of Journalism and Praises Newspaper Work All in One Breath From her uui'jue position of a Nebraska born satirist on fascism, and with all the authority of a writer of a successful first novel, Virginia Faulkner, whose typewriter saluted Friends and Unmans, in one and the same breath oondeinns , i m l .1 '. .. .. ...-.. r... ifr.t-lr ae a 4rfim schools or journalism ,mu iuirr in-.-'ni-i u.t u Ing grounds for "literary buuw offs.' Miss Faulkner emphatically de cries academic journalistic train ing. "A plain cub," she states, can sturt from scratch; the journalistic grad has a lot to unlearn, and is also hampered by the impression that he knows something." Contrary to popular professorial opinion, moreover, she believes newspaper experience is helpful in writing fiction. "Any job which gives one contact with people and knowledge of their lives is valuable for literary endeavor. A newspa per office is excellent for this. On the technical side, you learn to go easy on the fancy English, to economize on words, and to let the story, not the writer, take the spotlight. In short, a newspaper office is a grand training school for literary show-offs." In the same practical vein, the twenty-one year old writer dis counts the cultural background as essential for a woman journalist. Having herself attended no less at Columbia Saturday; in Eight Starts. -nosera rive iiuics m wiucnuw competition, naa Deen raiea oui an outside chance by the experts to the powerful Iowa State quintet a week ago. The Cyclones had pre viously defeated Missouri. As a result, the percentage col umn of the conference was thrown again into a tangled mathematical mess Nebraska, because Kansas and Oklahoma had eliminated eacn other from the undefeated list, re sided at the top of the conference for the snace of one half week. Their Saturday night loss dropped them to rourtn place, ana snovea Oklahoma into first, with Kansas and Iowa State second and third respectively. Unlooked for by the experts, the situation was analogous to the one a year ago, when the Huskers knnrked off Kansas, the defending champion, and then hit losses to Missouri and Kansas siate on me road. Nebraska stepped right out in the lead and made it appear to tha Columbia fans that their peta wero in for another trimming. The early 10 to 6 lead piled up by the Husk ers. however, melted rapidly and then was outclassed by a one-man rally on the part of Jorgensen, high-scoring Missouri guard. His three field goals and a free throw unleashed a Tiger counter attack midway of the first period. When lunch time finally rolled around, after a very busy scoring "putsch" by Missouri and a demoralized and inadequate defense by Nebraska, the home team was hanging onto an 18 to 15 advantage. Thompson found the net for the Tigers at the opening of the sec ond period and widened the margin (Continued on Page 2.) SELECTED EXAM WEEK Women Asked to Apply Now For Second Semester $75 Scholarship. With the selecting of the winner sometime during exam week, all applicants for the semester's Wom en's Athletic association scholar ship award are asked to file now for the $75 prize at the women's physical education office in Grant Memorial hall, according to an an nouncement by Jean Brown?, president of the organization. Although the final deadline for filing has not as yet been set. Miss Brownlee hopes that the applica tions will be presented as soon as possible. This award, which is given each semester, can be won by any girl who has attended the university for one semester. In choosing the winner, the scholastic standing and the inter est shown in sports and W. A. A. activities are taken into considera tion, the president stated. A secret committee will consider the appli cations and the awarding of tha scholarship will probably be made early in the second semester, she added. v. . , . i i i n i man inrce cuiiurm inouiuui'm m this country and on the Continent, Miss Faulkner rates simple native abilities higher than an elaborate schooling. Says she, "Words like culture and vocation throw me slightly. I understand lome of the assets of a girl-reporter would be ability to spell, to concentrate so matter what amount of acket if going on around, to typewrite rap Idly even If not neatly with from two to ten fingers. Most Important, however, are common sense, good health, enthusiasm, curiosity, and a capacity for listening accurately and svmpatbetically. Then, if by s miracle she baa a brain and an im agination and some personal charm, sne will be an A-l lady of the press; If she qualifies in all respects except the last threa she will still make a reporter but there'll be no by-lines in her llfe. Her first novel, the much dis cussed Friends and Romans, was begun "in an effort to amuse my ( Continued on Page 2.) ' V, n : . (; r. ft ; i. cv