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"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-
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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
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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-
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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,
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DOLLAR LINE SHOWS
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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.
