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"NT THRU" IN JDDIY DAILY ASKA "Be campus : conscious" "Read the Nebraskan" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska vol. xxxiv NO. 10H. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1935 PRICE 5 CENTS., Seniors Aim At Complete Organiz N ation T TO AG CAMPUS AT I Leroy Baughan's Ten Piece Orchestra Plays for Spring Dance. t i BLUE SINGER FEATURED ' Chairman Marion Jackson Names Chaperons Thursday. Dance-goers from both 1 lie ' city and ag campuses will hear " the music of Loroy Baughan's ' ton piece bnn1 at. the first, spring mixer, sponsored by the Tri-K club, honorary agronomy organization, in the large activities hall on the farm campua Saturday evening, March 16, starting at 8:30. Chaperons for the event will be State Representative Marion J. Cushlng and Mrs. Cushing, Pro fessor and Mrs. M. D. Weldon, and Professor and Mrs. Lawrence Newell. According to the Tri-K dance committee, comprised of Marion Jackson, Ray Person, and Roland Wiebel, an improved wax prepara tion has been applied to the floor for dancing. Jackson, chairman of the committee, stated that since Baughan's band, one of the largest and most popular ever to grace a mixer program, will have its music amplified by a public address sys tem installed for the occasion, it is expected that the party will be well attended. Along with Baughan's JO-piecc band in which is included several vocal and instrumental soloists is a. blues singer, LaVonno Ahl, who is one of the popular members of the troupe according to the reports of the orchestra received from other places where Baughan has played. His recent engagements include jobs at the "Froghop" floor in St. Joseph, Mo., at the university cam pus at Manhattan. Lawrence anu Ames and at the Paxton hotel in Omaha. Some students may also remember this orchestra from its engagements nt varsity function in the past, including the Farmer's Fair last May. "Because we have maintained the usual low price for this mixer, despite the fact that we have se cured a large orchestra and gune to considerable other expense to make the party a success." Chair man Jackson stated, "we are ex pecting a large crowd from both down town and ag." There should be at least one identification card per couple, he said. CORNHUSKER STAFF Drive Among Merchants to .Continue Until March 22. The Cornhusker business staff, consisting of Gene Pester, Don Shurtleff and Maynard Miller, will drive to Omaha Wednesday, March 20 to solicit advertising for the 1935 Cornhusker. The drive among Omaha merchants will last until Friday. Twenty advertisers were secured from Omaha last year ana Pester stated they hoped to secure even more this year. Section by section the new 1935 Cornhusker is gradually going to press. The opening section has already been sent and the administration or college section will follow the first of the week. A typical page for the administration section will include a picture of the dean of each col lege and a letter written by him to the students. At the outer edge of the page there will be the college layouts which include pictures of laboratories and classrooms. The Beauty Queen section will be sent to press in a few days with the Junior and Senior sections. This year there are 390 Senior pic tures taking up 15 pages. The Jun ior class will include 208 pictures or eight pages. The Military section will be lar ger this year than ever before, tak ing: up about 35 pages. FACULTY INVITED TO ATTEND SUNDAY TEA Home Ec Group Sponsors St. Patrick's Day Social Event. Home Economics association will entertain at a St Patrick's day tea in the home economics parlors on the Ag campus Sunday from 3 until 5 o'clock to give the faculty and students more opportunity of knowing each other, according to Ruth Henderson and Viola John son who are in charge of the af fair. Invitations have been issued to Horn Economics faculty and some faculty on the downtown campus Irbo tart Ag girls In their classes, i I K CLUB 0 MIXER SATURDAY Y.W. SOCIAL DANCING CLASS MEETS f RID AY Lev Thornherry to Tench Group Gathering at Armory. Sponsored by the Y. W. social staff, and tutored by Leo Thorn berry, Lincoln dancing instructor, the social dancing class will hold their usual weekly meeting Friday night, from 7:30 to 8:15 in the Armory. Admission will be 10 cents a person, and identification cards must be presented. Evelyn Diamond, chairman of the social staff, is in charge of the class. She is assisted by the members of the staff, who are: Lillian Seivold, Dorothy Beers, Ruth Longstreet, Hazel Baler, Mora DeCorey, Alice Perrill, Elea- nore Bell, Iris Knox, Dorcas Craw ford, and Mary White. Staff members have invited all university students to attend the class, which is the first one to be conducted by Mr. Thornberry. A large turnout Friday night may result in a series of lessons by the dancing instructor, it was stated. 'Les Miserables' Tickets on Sale by French Class Members. Sponsored by the university, the movie version of Victor Hugo's famed novel, " Les Miserables," which was produced by the Inter national House Film company will be shown at the Stuart theater on Saturday morning, March 16, be ginning at 10 o'clock. Tickets for the production are being sold by sorority representatives and mem bers of all French classes. - Dr. Harrv Kurz, chairman of the romance language department, declared that Nebraska is fortu nate in being one of the first west ern universities to show the film. Prof. J. R. Wadsworih of the French department states that of all the foreign films put out by the International House corpora tion in the last two years, part I of "Les Miserables" is considered the most popular. Story Is Familiar, Considered one of Hugo's great est works, the representative story of the French peasant, Jean Val jean. i3 familiar to all students who have taken French. Miss Bar bara Spoerry, French instructor, who has seen the production, re ports that it is an excellent show and a production worthy of the book by the same name. Many colleges and universi ties thruout the country are mak ing arrangements to show the pic ture. Having been shown at Chi cago U. on March 4 and 5, Part I is scheduled to appear during March at the State University of Iowa, Alabama college. University of Cincinnati, Oberlin college, and Harvard university. Large Crowd Assured. A large crowd is assured at the Saturday morning show, accord ing to advance sale of tickets, the student committee in charge of the sale reported. Many students and faculty members of the Lincoln high school have indicated that they will attend, and the sale of tickets on the campus has been satisfactory, the committee an nounced. Mr. M. S. Ginsburg. as sistant professor of the Classic languages, who is head of the "Al liance Francaise," has also invited the Omaha French club to attend the production. "Les Miserables" has been brought to Lincoln thru the efforts of Dr. Kurz and Dr. Wadsworth. Students who have helped with ar rangements are: Mary Yoder, Eve lyn Diamond, Selma Goldstein, Joy Hale, and Marjorie Smith. Razors Are Out! FILM VERSION OF HUGO'S DRAMA IS SHOWN SATURDAY Beard Contest Starts Today For the first time in the history of Nebraska university, there has been a dividend declared on whisk ers and no beating around the bush! Believe it or not Joe College can now sleep till five minutes after class starts- instead of just two, because from now till March 23rd stubbles are given free reign and shaving passes into the dis card. The shrubbery may be groomed in any style from the handlebar moustache of the gay 90'a U the flowing grace of a Santa Claus beard. All Nebraska university student have to do to win the $15 put up by the Stuart theater is to grow a beard! The contest, inspired by the funny faces in "Ruggles of Red Gap." Is open to every male stu dent in the college who can grow a beard! And on the face of it the stunt will no doubt alter many a campus map! The Beard Growing contest is OF PLAYERS COMEDY Fred Ballard's New Show In World Premier on Temple Stage. BAILEY SECOND LEAD Small Nebraska Town Setting for New Production. Is Hay Kamsay, secretary of the Alumni association, will play the leading role, that of Eggel ston Sterns, in t ho University Players' c o m l n g attraction, "My Lucky Stars," which will open on the stage of the Temple theater starting next Monday, con tinning until Saturday. The com edy, which is making its debut on the Nebraska stage, was written by a former Nebraskan, Fred Bal lard, now a popular New York playwright. Ramsay, in portraying Sterns, usually referred to as "Eggs," will picture a character who is a great believer in astrology and who thinks that because he was born In December, under the sign of Capricornus, the world is against blm. To this unlucky sign he also accredits his rheumatism, and gives up all attempts to earn a liv ing. Remembering the outstand ing success that Ramsay maae in "The Late Christopher Bean" which was presented by the play ers last year, his ability to portray this comedy role to the perfection is unquestioned. Bailey Takes Co-Lead. Playing the other leading part with Ramsay will be Art Bailey, who takes the part of a fifteen-year-old tramp kid, who has got- ( Continued on Page 3.) FIVE COLLEGES SEND DELEGATES 10 E Nebraska Society Granted First Conference of Student Groups. With delegates from five neigh boring colleges and universities here March 21 and 22, the first an nual district convention of the stu dent branch of the American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers will be held on the Nebraska campus with the local ASME chapter in charge. The Nebraska society was granted the first gunnel conier ence because of its activity in the national organization, it was point ed out by officers of the group. In former years before the ASME was reorganized the annual conference was held in Chicago, but with the increase in the num ber of student chapters it became necessary to divide the branches into smaller districts. The dele gates coming here next week rep resent schools in Nebraska's dis trict and are attending their first district meeting here. The program for the two day gathering consists of technical pa pers on engineering suDjecia as nresented bv the delegates. The reading of these papers along with the promotion of student felllow shiD is the primary purpose of the conference, officers of the society stated. Universitv of Missouri, Kansas State, North Dakota Agricultural and Mechanical College. Missouri School of Mines and University of Kansas are the schools , sending representatives. Nebraskan now on starting today and last ing till March 23rd, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hun dred and Thirty-Five. Any campus mug may enter! It's wide open to everyone who can grow a beard except bearded women! And, as a special inducement to enter the content early, the first two men from each fraternity and the first ten non-fraternity men who register as contestant at the office of the Daily Nebraskan to day will be invited as our guests to see the preview of "Ruggles of Red Gap," tonight at the Stuart thea ter. The awards for the best beard will be given according to the deci sions of a judge to be announced later. No entry fee is required to get in the contest all you have to do is let 'em grow! Start now toss away your razor for a couple of weeks and let that spring fever do what it will to you! At least no more shaving in the next two weeks. RAMSAY STAR OPENING MONDAY BAPTIST STUDENTS HOLD PARTY FRIDAY marguerite McGregor to Direct Games for Gathering. Young people ol the lout Lin coin Baptist churches will have a at. Patricks party Friday eve ning, March 15, at the Baptist Student House, 1440 Que Street Miss Marguerite McGregor will direct the games. The program will feature a vocal solo by Wil liam Miller, violin duet by Misses Lois Ogle and Delia Kramer, ac companied by Miss Twyla Ogle and a steroptican view of western Nebraska, shown by Mr. David Koch of the geography depart ment. The house will be decorated with shamrocks, and refreshments will carry out the same idea. All stu dents are welcomed. Stella Spurlock Guest Of Y.W. March 13, 11 Miss Stella Scurlock, secretary or tne riocky Mountain region of the Y, W. C. A., was a guest at the university Y.W. Wednesday and Thursday. Miss Scurlock came through on a tour of the Y. W. or ganizations in her region. She left Thursday afternoon. 1 FAIR PEP RALLY HELD THURSDAY Committee Assignment List Is Posted Following Demonstration. Students on Ag campus gath ered at Ag hall at 7 o'clock Thurs day for the first rally in prepara tion for Farmers' Fair, all day celebration to be held May 4. L. K. Crowe, professor of dairy husbandry, showed pictures of last year's fair in order to create interest and enthusiasm for the project. Prof. H. P. Davis, chair man 'of the department of dairy husbandry, told of the purpose of the fairs. Group singing was led by Don Joy, with Gladys Klopp accom panying at the piano. Louis Schick, fair board member, pre sided at the gathering, and Charles Rochford, fair manager, spoke to the group. The list of committees for work on the project were posted follow ing the rally. The list included the name of everyone on ag cam pus. The Farmers' Fair Mixer to be given March 22 is the next function planned by the executive group in preparation for the fair. Y.W.CA EXECUTIVE Y Helen Morton Emphasizes Worth of Voluntary Service. "A student Y. W. organization which is the servant of other groups and whose members use it as a stepping stone for personal prestige cannot be vital," stated Miss Helen Morton, executive sec retary of the National Student council of the national Y. W. C. A., in a talk at, a special meeting of all Y. W. members held in Ellen Smith hall Thursday afternoon at 5. Miss Morton declared that' one of the primary objectives neces sary to carry on a successful or ganization is that all work must be done vountarily. She does not favor the method employed by some col leges of having all women students automatically become members of the Y. W. C. A. With this method, she beieves, the organization can have no real religious significance for its members. Voluntary Service Best. "Voluntary service," Miss Mor ton continued, "is the only justifi cation for our continuance. We must work our years' plans out with brains and not merely rely on the traditions of an organiza tion." She gave a short sketch of the national organization describing the various regions and the make up of the national staff of the Y. W. C A., and of her experiences at a Canadian and other interna tional conferences. STUDENTS, FACULTY ATTEND TEA FRIDAY Shamrock Favors Planned For Weekly Social Science Meet. All graduate students and fac ulty of the Social Sciences are in vited to attend the weekly tea given in SS 217 on Friday, March 15. from 4-5:30. snamrocK lavors will be presented to the first twenty people who attend. I FARMERS BAKER GRAHAM A ROLE N Kill PLAY Characters of Princess and Captain Cook Assigned Each Respectively. ARRANGE SECOND DANCE Art Bailey, Duncan Sowles Take Leads in Klub Production. In the roles of Princess Jo anna of Spain and Captain Cook, her hero, for the Kosmet Klub's l'JIJj spring musical revue, to be presented April 1-b'. Howard Baker and Fred Graham have been cast, respectively, George Holyoke, the Klub's vice president, announced Wednesday. Pete Baker, sophomore from Grand Island in the college of business administration, and also a member of the HusVer basketball squad, portrays the Spanish prin cess who falls in love with Cap tain Cook. Baker has sung for various dance bands, and has an excellent singing voice for the part, according to Casting Director Joe Iverson. To further complicate matters in the play, Fred Graham as Cap tain Cook, the explorer, adds a surprise turn to the plot by dis covering Spain in the name of America, which situation results in many comical scenes. Graham is a student in the Arts and Sci ence college from Falls City. The second dance number has been completed by the male and pony chorus, and according to the directors, Dr. Ralph Ireland, the dances are looking exceptionally well after only a little more than two weeks of rehearsal. There will (Continued on Page 2.) PLANS TO ENTERTAIN El Program Includes Famous Skit, Piano Numbers, Mixer Games. St. Patrick's day will be cele brated with all its accompanying features by Presbyterian students and their guests at a party Friday night at 8 o clock in the University Manse, 333 No. 14, according to an announcement by Robert B. Henry head of the local university PreS' byterian group. "We expect between 100 and 150 Presbyterian students and mend3 having made accommodations for them, and we have a full evening of entertainment in store for them," Mr. Henry stated Wednes day. "Decorations will be in St. Patrick's day colors, including green shamrocks, Irish pigs, clay pipes, and other symbols of the ancient traditional uay." The feature entertainer ot the evening will be Harlan Eastoa, Lincoln, who will present his na tionally famous skit about the champion hog caller of the world. It is an original skit in which Mr. Easton impersonates various small town people welcoming the home town boy who made good by win ning the hog calling crown of the world, also mimicking the victor himself. A group of Irish songs will be presented by Dee Derkes, Lincoln radio singer, and Milan Lambert Westminster organist, will offer a few piano selections. The fireside quartet composed of Richard Kim- ( Continued on Page 4). Bauer Acts Parts of Convict, Mayor in French Photoplay Harry Bauer, one of the most dazzling stars of the Parisian cinema, made himself famous overnight by his acting in Victor Hugo's version of "Les Miserables," according to Miss Barbara Spoerry, instructor in French, who has seen the film. Miss Spoerry believes his portrayal characters, a convict, mayor, ando a poor old man, surpass the acting of all others taking part in the film, and that he is "perfection itself." Florelle, one of the two most famous of French actresses, takes the part of Fantine, a woman who is reduced to dire straits in order to maintain ber daughter, Cosette, played by Gaby TrTquet Accord ing to Miss Spoerry. both turn in remarkable performances. As "Les Miserables" is shown, one marvels to note how Javert, the relentless inspector, can be quite so severe, or how Mgr. My riel, the archbishop, can be so com pletely sublime, and at how the tiny Cosette. can be so cunning, but Miss Spoerry, believes it is portrayed exactly as Victor Hugo meant it to be. CLASS LEADERS PLAN TEA DANCE Affair to Be Held at Carrie Belle Raymond Hall March 22 According to Announcement Made at Meeting Thursday at 5 O'clock. FACULTY MEMBERS EXPRESS THEIR APPROVAL Function to Serve Purpose of Acquainting Classmates With Each Other Says Herman Rosenblatt, Speaking for Senior Committee. Seniors will start the ball rolling toward complete class organization at a tea dance lo lie held at Carrie Belle Kayniond hall Friday afternoon, March 22, from 4 until G. That, was the announcement made at a meeting of senior leaders of all campus organizations held in Social Science auditorium Thursday at 5 NICKLAS DEFENDS MILITARY DRILL IN M A R C H A L U M N U S Twenty-Five Charter Day Meetings Reported in New Issue. "Service to the people who as taxpayers, support the university," is a fundamental reason for com pulsory military training, writes Fred Nicklas, in the March alum nus, which was placed in the mails Thursday afternoon. "University compulsory military drill is a true unit of our national defense, and the army has no reason for 'con scientious objectors,' " Nicklas de clared. Separate writeups for twenty five separate charter day meetings are contained in a special article of the March edition, including the newly elected officers and their celebration programs. Opposite ap pears a full page of photographs of the university glee club and choral union, which are anticipating state wide tours during spring vacation. The dream of a young Filipino lad, whose ambition to be a doctor was realized at Nebraska, is de scribed in a feature by James Cox. The story of Dr. Rufino Macagbra was recalled by recent letters from him to Miss Kate Field of Lincoln, inquiring about Lincoln and his alma mater. Dr. Macagbra re ceived his bachelor of science de cree in 1926, and graduated from the school of medicine in 1927. In addition to the "Librarians Page," "With the Undergrads," "News of the Classes," and other regular features, a page chart of "How the University Dollar was Disbursed," during the last school year is printed. Dr. Francis Everett Townscnd, class of 1903. and author of the Townsend old age revolving pen sion plan, is the subject of a spe cial article that fully describes his economic proposition. A "Letter from Dr. Adolph," who was form erly connected with the university chemistry department and now at Yenching University in China', de scribes general and educational conditions in that country. Flashbacks from last month's ar ticle, "Down with Compulsory Drill," by former Nebraskan edi tor. Burton Marvin, are found in the "Mailbag" column. Two grad uates, one for and one against the drill system, voice their opinions in the March alumnus. WESLEY ACTORS SEE 'MIDNIGHT FANTASY1 Mrs. F. L. Blewfield presented a reading. "The Leper Scene," from Ben Hur" at a recent dinner meet ing of the Wesley Players. Other entertainment was fur nished by Florence Tow and Doro thy Hedtwalker who gave a short play, "A Midnight Fantasy." of three completely different The Pathe-N a t a n production headlines other French favorites such as Hemy Krauss, Charles Vanel, Charles Dullin, and Mar guerite Moreno. J. Kruger, the photographer of the picture, is one of the best known in Europe. Arthur Honeg ger, arranger of music, will prob ably be known to those who f oilow the symphony. Raymond Bernard, the director of the production, with the help of A. Lang, Kruger and others on the technical staff, has succeeded in realizing on the screen the real spirit of the novel. Miss Spoerry's verdict of the talking picture is that it is mar velously done for a French film, as they usually are considered in ferior to American productions. fo clock. In opening the meeting, Herman Rosenblatt, speaking for the com mittee that laid plans for the func tion, stated, "We need something to get the seniors together, to help them become acquainted with each other, and a tea dance seemed to us the most satisfactory means of accomplishing that end." Rosen blatt pointed out the success of the military tea dance held recently as a favorable precedence for the se nior affair. Senior Plan Praised by Many. Dean T. J. Thompson, Dean W. C. Harper, Dean Amanda Heppner, and Chancellor E. A. Burnett all gave their hearty approval for the move which the seniors are under taking, it was stated, and the Mortar Boards and Innocents, se nior honorarles, have pledged a do nation of sufficient funds to fi nance the dance. The only other necessary co-operation, the chair man declared, was that of the campus organizations, and the representatives present were urged to obtain a complete endorsement of the affair from their organiza tions. "We want everybody to attend next Friday," Rosenblatt charged, "both barbs and affilia' men and women. We are ashing that every senior support this initial at tempt at organization. If it is a success, our organization will lie accomplished, and we can go far in unifying the members of the 19.'13 class. I want the representatives to return to their groups and asH them to co-operate. This tea dan.e must go over if we are to have the continued support of the adminis tration and a successful organiza tion." Groups Promise Co-operation. Representatives who were pres ent all voiced their approval and guaranteed the support of their clubs. Bill Patterson, Sigma Chi, (Continued on Page 2.) DOLLAR LINE SHOWS I I Film, Shown Under Auspices Georgraphy Department, Depicts Seaports. Showings around movie film "A Trip Around the World," repre sentatives of the Dollar Steamship Line entertained students and fac ulty members in social science au ditorium Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The moving picture was shown under auspices cf the geography department. Scenes from the portable movie tone set-up pictured principle sea ports of the world. Living condi tions, and harbors of the principle stopping places in America, tropic, oriental, and Mediterranian sea ports were explained by men who were present when the picture whs actually filmed. Native languages spoken in the various countries "visited" were reproduced with the film. The film was shown on portable eqi'ipment designed to equal sta tionary machines in efficiency. During the coming week is repre sentative of the Dollar Lines will be at a Lincoln hotel to interview students interested in arrangii: travel tours. WYLAND 10 TALK ON 'IS A LIE STILL A LIE?' Minister Makes First Speech In Ten Commandment Series. "Is a Lie Stni a Lie?" will be the subject of Rev. Benjamin F. Wyiand when he give3 the first cf a series of talks on the ten com mandments of modern behavior Sunday morning at the First Ply mouth church. Dr. Wyland's speech was in spired by remarks by a Lincoln attorney who said "Lying is a na tional pastime." and a member of Law school faculty who spoke of the several witnesses at the Hauptman murder trial whom he behaved were perjured.