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Thf D N EBRASKAN AILY "Be campus conscious" "Read the Nebraskan" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXIV NO. 114. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1935 PRICE 5 CENTS, 18 ELIGIBLE FOR MAY QUEEN POST Mortar Hoards Announce Position; Llection Held Tuesday, Wednesday For Junior and Senior Women. GIRLS TO MAKE CHOICES SENIOR HONORARY Qualifications for Membership Rased on Scholarship, Leadership, Service; Thirty Juniors With Highest Number of Votes Nominated. Muiibri-s of Mortar Bonn! annomerd yesterday that eight een senior jrirls arc eligible to ru ,Iay gueen'at the polls, Tuesday and 'Wednesday, Marc), . nd' 27, when the May Queen will le elected by the juniuf ami senior -women, at whieh time the senior women will also surest Mortar Board eandi dates. o- Those girls announced as pros pects for May Queen at tne Jvy Dnv celebration include Elaine Fontein, Alice Beekman, Arlene Bors. Jean Brownlee, Dorothy Cathers, Calista Cooper, Marjorie Filley, Hallene Haxthausen. Louise Hossack, Margaret Medlar, Lor etta Murphy, Bash Perkins, Max ine Fackwood, Marjorie Smith, Marian Smith, Kthel Kuntzfield, Dorothy Lee Hartzler, and Adela Tom brink. The eighteen girls nominated are those who fill the requirements for nomination. They must be sen iors with an average of 80 or above, and no outstanding delin quencies. They must be credited with at least a "B" activity. It is necessary that they be carrying at least twelve hours this semester, with at least twenty-seven hours to their credit for the two preced ing semesters. The May Queen will be selected by the junior and senior women at the polls March 2fi and 27. The. polls will be open on the ag cam pus, in the Home Economics build ing:, Tuesday, March 26, and on the citv campus, in the Temple. Wednesday, March 27. At the same ( time senior women win noia pi e-1 lnninary elections 101 iviunar Eoard members. With each ballot designating be tween five and twenty candidates, the thirty juniors receiving the highest number cf votes will be nominated for Mortar Board mem bership by present Mortar Board members. Members of the senior women's honorary will be named on a standard of scholarship, lead ership, and service, it was stated. An average of SO is essential to membership, and extra-curricular activities are emphasized. ENGINEERING WEEK Group to Learn Duties 4 O'clock Meeting Monday. at Committee chairmen for the va rious engineers' week committees were appointed mis ween. j Walker Cordner. recently elected , engineers' week head. The depart- j mpntnl rhairman from each of the i six departments of the engineering college were also elected this week and will aid the committees in pre paring plans for the engineers' week taking place early in May. Cordner called the first meeting of the committee heads for 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. March 24. in E. E. 101. at which time the members will be acquainted with their duties. Heads for the committees are: Banquet. Howard Cain: activities, Harold Zamzow; field day. Frank lin Meier; program, Marvin Nuern bcrger; convocation, Fred Cham bers: publicity, Hugh Schmidt: window display. James Mickey; traffic. Earl Mantor; tickets. Wil liam Bacon; campus structure, Ed Bcachler. The departmental chairmen are. Agricultural engineers V Thurman; architectural. Milo Smith: mechanical. A. O. Taylor; electrical. George Simpson; chem ical. Greg LeMaster; civil, Marion Buchta. FARMERS' FN HOLDSJXER FRIDAY Me! Pester Plays for Large Crowd at Publicity Dance. The annual Farmers' Fair Board mixer was held at the Ag campus Friday evening with a large num ber of dancers present. The dance was the second of event, that will ultimately turn at tention of the ag student to the Farmer." Fair, an all celebration to be held on May 4. Mel Pester and his orchestra furnished anisic for the event. Chaperons were Miss Bess Steele Miss Martha Park, and Mr - and Mm. T J. Poeffell with Jan.ce Campbell in charge of arrange ments. The first event in preparation for the Farmers' Fair took place last Thursday in the form or ra!!v followed by the announce ment of all committees. COMMITlEE Candidates Who May Run for KOSMET SINGERS TO TOUR CAMPUS ON MUSIC SPREE Cast of Spring Production Croons Hit Songs From New Show Monday. Fraternity row will echo with melodies Monday night taken from, Kosmet Klub's 1935 musical comedy, "Kiss Columbo," when leading members of the cast sere nade the campus with the hit songs of the spring production, Every fraternity and sorority house on the downtown campus will be visited in the musical tour, which is scheduled for ten-thirty, The Musical Skippers orchestra, which will accompany the comedy cast, in the Monday night serenade, has been contracted the play for ,the spring show, according- to Henry Kosman, Klub business manager. A previous arrange ment with the Beck-Jungbluth or chestra was cancelled when the or chestra had to start another en gagement a week earlier than was planned. "The History of Our Love," a new song written by Portia Boyn' ton for "Kiss Columbo," will be sung by Fred Graham and Pete Baker, who play opposite each other in the show, and Duncan Sowles will present "Midsummers Night's Dream" on the tour pro- gram. Kosmet Klub members will visit organized houses during the dinner hour the same evening to make announcements. Scenery and properties for the new show have been completed, according to Robert Pierce, chair man of the committee, who reports that elaborate stage sets have been constructed for the court of the Spanish King. Ticket reservations may be made tomorrow. Bill Garlow, chairman of the ticket committee stated. All seats for the produc tion will be reserved, and ticket booths have been established in the Temple theatre and Latsch broth ers to accommodate theatre goers. The first nighter's curtain will rise at 7:30 on Tuesday, April 2, and the show will close Saturday night. REHEARSAL FOR STYLE All Girls Participating Contest Must Attend Practice. in All girls who are to participate in the A. W. S. style show, which is to be held in connection with the Coed Follies should attend the next rehearsal which will be held at 4 o'clock Tuesday in the Temple theater, according to Alaire Bar kes. in charge of models. "It is absolutely essential that all models who did not wear the outfits at the last rehersal which they arc going to model wear them at this practice," Miss Barkes Models were selected by the A W S. Board judges, who se lected them from the tryouts of the candidates submitted by each house. Each of the thirty models chosen will model one complete spring outfit from her personal wardrobe at the style show to be held March 29. Molly Carpenter will preside over the style show as "Dame Fashion." She will introduce the following models: Betty Row-land. Ruth Mary Jennings. Harriet By ran Muriel Krasne, Cathleen Long. June Butler. Mary Kay Johnson. Betty Chrurtenson, r ginia Hunt. Mildred Threlkeld, Marjorie Bannister. Frances Ire land. Marion Rolland, Doris East man! Siddv Smtih. Ruth Cain, Marearet Chase. Alice Mae Liv nlgsfon. Noia Alter.Mary DePut roa Mary Gerlach. Theresa Staya. Margaret Straub. Drusilla David MarB i Seiieck. Bobbie nor Farrell. Dorothy Larson. Eva Mae Thomas. Maiy M. Schmidt. and Former Hunkers Visit Geolocv Department ; Frank Denton. Boyd Rosen, and 1 Thomas Wright visited tbe geology llepartment at the university last week Thehy have been trans ferred to Tulsa, Okl, from E.k ( Basin, Wyo. SHOW HELD MARCH 26 HONOR SOCIETIES SPONSORCHICAGO DEAN'S ADDRESS Dean Boucher, University of Chicago, to Speak at Temple Theater. STARTED CHICAGO PLAN. Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi Announce New Members At Convocation. ''What Should Be Empha sized in a College Education? will be the subject of the ad dress to be given by Dean C. A. Boucher of the University of Chicago before a general univer sity convocation, open to the pub lic, to be held Tuesday, April 2 in the Temple theater under the joint sponsorship of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. At that time new members of both societies will be announced, according to the an nouncement made Saturday by Prof. Clifford M. Hicks, secretary of Phi Beta Kappa. The two societies will also hold their annual joint dinner at the University club on the evening of April 2, and Dean Boucher, as guest of honor, will make an ad dress on the subject of the "Ele ments of the Chicago Plan." Dean Boucher is head of the col lege of arts, literature and sciences at the University of Chicago, and is widely known as an independent thinker and interesting speaker according to Professor Hicks. Un til 1925 Dean Boucher served as professor of American history at the University of Chicago, and is the originator of the "Chicago (Continued on Page 3). 250 ATTENDlENlOR Easterday Announces Class Meeting in Social Science Thursday. Presenting the first university all-senior affair for campus ap proval, the class of 1935 staged a dance at Carrie Belle Raymond hall on Friday afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock, under the direc tion of the arrangements commit tee headed by Don Easterday, sen ior class president. Some 250 members of the class were pres ent. During the party President Easterday announced a class meet ing to be held in Social Science au ditorium Thursday evening at 7:30. At this time plans will be discuss ed for further senior functions. "The attendance at the dance was very pleasing," declared East erday in behalf of the senior com mittee of Jack Fischer, Violet Cross, Herman Rosenblatt, La- moine Bible, Marian bmitn, ana Wilbur Erickson, I want to thank the seniors for their splendid co operation in making this affair a success. I am sure tnat mis nine' tion marks the beginning of a bet ter class spirit, and that the result will be the creation of a bond oi unity among this graduating class which was the original and funda mental intention of senior organ ization." Fifty prominent women served as hostesses to tne seniors, re ceiving them at the door of the dormitory h&lL CLOSE 1935 PROGRAM Mrs. Schrag to Address the Legislative Club on Tuesday. Only six more meetings of the Y. W. C. A. discussion groups will be held before the May morning breakfast May 12, after which time the groups will disband for the year. Any girls wishing to join these groups for the remaining time, however, may do so. accord ing to Ann Pickett, in charge of interest groups. Mrs. A. D. Schrag, president cf the League of Women voters, will speak at the next meeting of the legislative discussion group meet ing Tuesday at 1 o'clock. Her sub ject will probably concern city elections, and lobbying. Tbe books and poetry group convening Thursday at 1 o'clock will also have a speaker at the next meeting. Former speakers Include Mrs. H. G. Deming. Mrs. Roy Green, and Mrs. Ada Mat cohm. Lois Rath burn is in charge of the group. Patricia Vetter conducts the per sonality development group which will continue the discussion of et tiquette at its next meeting. The home development group has been discontinued. J At the handcraft group which meets Thursday at 5 the gills are ! knitting, and nnv one wishing to learn is Invited. " Museum Receives Giant Fish Fossils Found at Franklin Fossil bones of giant prehistoric fish were brought last week to the university museum in Morrill hll. Still in chalk slabs the skeleton parts indicate that these fish were over ten feet in length. They were discovered while work was being done on the government and state highway project near Franklin. L. L. Goldsbury informed the university, and protected them until the arrival of tbe museum field men, Frank Walker Johnson and Keith Rathbun. Known as Por theus, the fish lived before the age of mammals when Nebraska was still covered with water. The men spent four days uncov ering and packing the fossil re mains. s ENGINEERS' MEET Nebraska Senior Places First in the $50 Prize Contest. Edward D. Beachler, senior of the mechanical engineering de partment, annexed the first-piace $50 cash award offered for tl. best technical engineering paper read at the sectional conference of American Society of Mechanical Engineers held here Thursday and Friday. His paper was on "Diesel Boilers." Harold Grasse of Kansas university produced the second best paper winning a $25 prize, H. C. Bates of Kansas State won $10 for third, and Howard Simonson of the university received a 6-inch slide rule for fourth. In "Diesel Boilers," Beachler, lo cal A. S. M. E. member from Lin coln, explained the principal fea tures in the matter of utilizing the heat in exhaust gases of diesel en gines to generate eteam in a boiler. He pointed out how efficiency might be obtained up to 80 or 90 percent. erase Writes. Grasse wrote on "Artistic Indus trial Design" and referred to beauty and gracefulness in the lines of colors of modern ma chinery. He stated the trend in construction of machinery is now more toward beauty than former ly. Bates with "A Study of Causes of Failures of Tubes in Refinery jracKing stills'' pointed out that deposits formed from oil in the in side of tubes were directly respon sible for tube failures of the disin tegration of the metal. Simonson, president of the local A. S. M. E. (Continued on Page 3.) E TO I Forensic Squad Encounters Teams Monday on Radio At Central High. For the thirty-sixth and thirty seventh competitive debates of the current season, the university de bating squad will engage in two battles Monday in Omaha. At 3:30, the team will meet the College of the Pacific from Stockton, Calif, before the debate class of Miss Sarah A. Ryan at Central high' school. The second discussion, with Creighton university, will be broadcast over WOW at 5:30 o'clock. Debating the proposition, Re solved: That the Nations of the World Should Agree to Prevent the International Shipments of Arms and Munitions. Charles Steadman and Leo McMahon will Uphold the affirmative side of tbe question against the Stockton team. Steadman and McMabon will argue the same question against Creighton Notification that the Debater's annual, published by H. W. Wilson & Co. of New York will include a (Continued on Page 3.) BEACHLER 11 paper award at War Cannot Be Arranged for Tliis April Despite Tradition Time Sees Peace Hopes Dim As World Powers Turn to Frenzied Armament Expansion; Germany Seeks To Tear Black Veils From Statues. By Ed. Murray. March, 3935, could be set down positively last week by his torians as the moment when the great powers frankly aban doned all the hopes and pretenses of the post-war peace period and openly squared awav to rearm is the statement with which Time magazine, March 25 issue, tbe official tirst lap in tsis quar-o ter of the twentieth century a arm ament classic. Although all major showdowns in last international races of this caliber hare begun in April, the reputable commentator on the subject believe that the finals in this contest cannot be ar ranged this spring. To summarize the standings in tbe event so far, Japan and Italy's expansions are least exciting, be cause the world knows what thee countries desire. Japan wants ; Mancnuria and Italy wants Anys- jsinia. Italy, however, has been MARINES OFFER COMMISSION TO HONORSTUDENT Chancellor to Name Senior In. Military Department For Annual Award. 0URY GIVES EXAMINATION Winner to Enter Training School at Philadelphia After Appointment. Selection of one senior in the local It. U. T. C". unit each year to enter the U. S. marine corps as a second lieutenant was an nounced Saturday by Chancel lor E. A. Burnett following a com munication received from Maj. Gen. John H. Russell, commandant of the marine corps. The chancellor will make the se lection with the co-operation of the military department, on the basis of military ability. The winning candidate will be sent immediately to the marine corps school at Philadelphia, after which he will be available for duty at some for eign station or on board a naval vessel. Nebraska was selected as one ot the schools maintaining an R. O. T. C. unit to receive the commis sion, according to Commandant Russell, who explained the move as an attempt to get a few of the se lect group of outstanding men in American colleges into the marine service. Commissions will be probation ary for two years, and pay and allowances vary from $143 to $183, with a $50 a month increase after promotion at the end of three (Continued on Page 3). IRflEPlT Engineers' Magazine Edited By the Architectural Department. With its architectural issue, the Nebraska Blue Print will come to engineering students this month containing a unique cover design, four articles on architecture and several illustrations of art and architectural designs. The student engineering publication will prob ably be issued Tuesday, it was re ported from the architectural de partment who are editing the March number. Featuring the issue are the architectural articles by: Prof. L. B. Smith, head of the department, with "Concerning Architecture;" Paul Rader, "Reims Cathedral;" Kenneth Clark, "Student Opinion;" and Professor Norman E. Hansen of the department on "A Center of Good Architecture." With his article, Professor Smith relates of the important phases of architecture and also stresses its history and develop ment. "Rheims Cathedral" by Ra der, architectural student, is a de tailed description of the features of the structure with its history also given. Rader develops his story with excerpts taken from his English term paper. Clark, archi tectural student, "Student Opin ions" offers viewpoints of students concerning modern housing and also the materials used to build them. Professor Hansen refers to the center of good architecture as be ing Lincoln, giving examples of art found here that tend to classify the city as a distinctive art center. Such a classification probably is cot generally given Lincoln, he states, but certain architectural ex hibits tend to place the citv rather high. Dean O. J. Ferguson of the en gineering college dedicates the "Dean's Corner" to architecture (Continued on Page 4. prefaced its article concernine edging troops up towards the Aus trian border. II Duce boasts a million available fighting men. Russia says that she can duplicate the figure. Austria plans to in troduce universal cotscription in the near future. England points to her white pa per as evidence that she is a con tender. France has upped her short time enlistment period from 12 to 18 and 24 months and has the largest peace time budget in her history, nearly 800 million vContinued on Fage 3 SFROUL SPEAKS AT SENIOR EXERCISES President of California University, Famous Educator, To Address Graduates at Commencement Ceremonies at Coliseum June 10. DR. HOLMES TO GIVE Writer, Lecturer, One Time Minister of First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln to Present Speech June 9 at 1 O'clock. Dr. .Robert 14. Sproul, president of the University oi Cali fornia, and Dr. John Andrew Holmes, formerly minister of the First Plymouth Congregational church of Lincoln, will speak at University of Nebraska graduation ceremonies this spring. Dr. Spronl will he commencement speaker at the exercises to obe held June 10 at 10 a. m. in T PLAYS FOR FINAL ALL-BARB AFFAIR Interclub Council, A. W. S. League Hold Party March 29. Selection of the orchestra for the third and final All-Barb party of the year scheduled for Friday eve ning, March 29, in the Armory, was announced Saturday by John Stover, president of the Barb In terclub council, speaking for the committee in charge. Ted Harris and his well known band will play. The affair will be under the joint sponsorship of the Barb In terclub council and the Barb A. W. S. league, with the place being procured through the courtesy of the regular Friday evening social dancing class. Members of the ar rangements committee are Evelyn Diamond, William Newcomer, and Stover. Assisting this group will be four from each of the spon soring societies. These are Row ena Swenson, Gretchen Budd, Aletha Forrell, and Selma Gold stein of the A. W. S. league, and Milton Wittman, Joe Ruzicka. Al vin Kleeb. and Gifford Swenson from the Barb council. "Although smaller bands have been selected in the past," stated Stover, "we have chosen a larger orchestra this time in order to make the party the highlight of the season. Despite this fact, the price will remain as previously announced. 25 cents per couple." Stover also stressed the fact that the party was not limited to only members of the league and council and that all unaffiliated students are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be made available to all. Chaperons to the affair will be announced soon. Fl TO MASSACHUSETTS TECH Year's Tuition to M. I. T. Offered by Southwest Association. Dean O. J. Ferguson of the engi neering college received announce ment recently of a $500 scholar ship award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered to an undergraduate engineering stu dent. The scholarship includes full tuition for one year and is sponsored for schools in the dis trict of the Southwestern Asso ciation of M. I. T. Anv voting man of American citizenship interested either m science, engineering or architec ture is eligible, the notice stated. The applicant must have shown aptitude along lines of the course he is planning, and he must also have made a good scholastic rec ord in his preparatory work. The recipient of the scholarship will enroll as an undergraduate at M. I. T. Candidates from high schools and preparatory schools will be admitted upon taking one examination. Those who have completed a year or more or col lege work can be admitted on a certificate in which case they will be given advanced standing in such subjects they have com pleted which cover the same ground as those required at the M. I. T. Additional information may be received at the office of Dean Fer guson. miss louse roun RES AM ED TO BO ARD Instructor to Serre As Advisor for Language Publication. Miss Louise Pound of tbe uni versity department of English has been "notified or her reappoint ment for 1935 on the advisory board of American Literature, the quarterly journal published toy the American literature section of the Modern Language association. Miw Pound still serves as a de partment editor of the periodical Amenean Spet-cb. published at Co- j lumbia university. A AND EPSON ANNOUNCES 500 BACCALALHEA I E SERMON the coliseum. On Sunday, June U, Dr. Holmes will give the baccalau reate address in the St. Paul Methodist church at 4 o'clock. As president of the university with the largest full time enroll ment in America, Dr. Sproul has made himself internationally known as an educator and leader. He became president of the Cali fornia school at the age of 39. after five years as vice president. He is a California graduate in the class of 1913 and has been on the staff there during the large part of his academic life. Dynamic, af fable and a brilliant speaker. Dr. Sproul also ranks as head of the southern branch of the university at Los Angeles, recently laid out with new campus and buildings. Large Enrollment. Ranking above Columbia bv 5,000 full time students, the Uni versity of California last fall had an enrollment of 18,892, more than three times the size of the University of Nebraska. It has a teaching staff of 1,700 men and women, the third largest staff in America, and is known for its high faculty salaries. The American Council on Education last year rated California as being equipped to give Ph.D. degrees in thirty-one out of thirty-five departments, while many well known schools ranked in only six or eight. A few years ago a $5,000,000 building program was launched there, with Rockefeller donating $1,750,000 and Giannini $1,500,000 for a building and endowment. Dr. Holmes, who presents the University -baccalaureate address on Sunday. June 9, was from 1923 to 1926 minister of tbe First Ply mouth church in Lincoln. After that he went to the University of (Continued on. Page 3.) 10 ATTEND RECEPTION A. W.'S. Group Plans Second Open House for April 14. All unaffiliated men and women on the campus are invited to at tend the barb open house to be held this afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall, accord ing to Evelyn Diamond, chairman of the A. W. S. barb group. A number of faculty members hav been invited to attend the affair and it is hoped that it will serve as a means or students and mem bers of the faculty to become bet ter acquainted. "Another purpose of the open house is to enable unaffiliated stu dents to become setter acquainted with each other " averred Miss Diamond. There will be another open house held in Ellen Smith hall on Sunday, Apri 14, to con tinue this same idea. Faculty Invited. Faculty members who have been invited to attend the affair are Chancellor Hnci Mis. E. A. Burnett, ' rjean and Mrs. C. H. Oldfatber, Dr. and Mrs. O. K. Rouwsma, Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Corry, Dr. and Mrs. Meyer G. Gaba. Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Penning. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hayes, and Miss Brniee Miller. A program, in charge of Alice Terrill. has been arranged for the afternoon and will include a violin solo by Betty Zatterstrom. Lenore Teal and Elsie Mansfield will con tribute several piano solos and Helen Hart, soprano, and James Fitch, baritone, will each sing solos. Hostesses Selected. Hostesses who have been select ed to preside during the afternoon are as follows: Irish Know, Lillian Seihold, Dorcas Crawford, Mary White and Eleanor McFadden. They will be assisted by the follow ing "hosts: John Stover. Grant Mc Clellan. Wilbur Erickson, Eill Newcomer. Joe Ruzicka, Tom Pickett. Victor Schxarting, Man uel Brown. Durwool Hedgeeock, Bob Marino. Jim Marvin, Beryl Shuck. Alvin Kleeb, and Edwin Getseher. Nora Decorey and Eleanor teii will be In charge of the door, Ruth Longstreet and Hazel Baler will pour, and Dorothy Beers will invite the guests into the dining room. Muum Director Speaks On Universe Background Dr. E. H. Barbour, director of the university museum spoke in Hastings. Monday. March 18, to the American Association of Uni- versity Women. His subject was "The Background of the Universe."