ASKAN ; Read the "Be campus conscious" Nebraskan" Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Daily Nebr HF VOL. XXXIV NO. 116. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 193.. riant, a iiia. 1 ' - . n- .. I 1 1 . ' i i - - I STUDENT PEACE CL EUROPE AFFAIRS Oraanization Talks About Japanese, American Naval Situation. GROUP TO MEET TONIGHT Various Committees Report At Wednesday Evening Meeting. Present European conditions Avill le the subject of discus sion at the meeting of the stu dent peace organization to be held in the Religious Welfare room of the Temple theater Wed nesday evening at 8:15. The Jap anese naval situation and its rela tion to the United States naval maneuvers which are to be held in the Pacific this summer will also be discussed. Results of the accomplishments of the various committees which were organized at the beginning of the semester will also be made at the meeting. The committees which met and report once a month to the group as a whole are as fol lows: Diplomatic committee, in charge of Grace Lewis: armament control, in charge of Ellis Champ lin; munitions investigation, in charge of Ed Murphy. These committees were chosen to carry out the objectives of the organization, namely to support all efforts to substitute arbitration and co-operation for military con flict, to oppose any increase in the building of fleets and equipping of armies, and to favor the reduction of armaments by agreement, to support and encourage in the fu ture investigation of the manufac ture of war materials, to support such future measures as "Arms Embargoes" and ths Non-Aggression pact, and to exert efforts to eliminate the compulsory feature of military training from our state educational institutions. Members of the group will write to the Nebraska congressmen pro testing against the naval maneu vers and the proposed increase in army and navy appropriations. The steering commlUee which has charge of-planhing th.? meetings is in charge of Elaine Fontaine. Jane Keefer. Lilette Jacques. Hugh C. Wyland, and Grant McClelland. BARBS 10 GIVE FINAL SPRING PARTY FRIDAY Professors Reinmuth, Corey And Wives to Be Chaperons. Completing the Barb Interclub and Barb A. W. S. social schedule for the current season, the All Barb spring party will be held Friday evening, March 29, in the Armory. Cthaperons for the dance, an nounced Tuesday by John Stover, Barb Interclub council president, will be Prof, and Mrs. O. VV. Rein muth. and Prof, and Mrs. S. M. Corey. Ted Harris and his orchestra will furnish the music, and re freshments will be available to everyone. The admission prices are ten and fifteen cents, and all unaffiliated students, whether they are members of the league and council or not, are invited by the party sponsors to attend. Members of the arrangements committee are Evelyn Diamond, William Newcomer, and John Stover, with four assistants from each of the sponsoring societies. They are Rowena Swenson, Gret chen Budd, Aletha Forrell, Selma Goldstein, Milton Wittman, Joe Ruzicka. Alvin Klebb, and Gifford Swenson. Group Returns From Sales Canvass of Nebraska Metropolis. Cornhusker representatives who have been soliciting advertising from Omaha firms for the 1935 yesr book report that there will be a sizeable increase in the amount of advertising from Omaha con cerns over last yesr. Negotiations with several Omaha companies have not yet been com pleted and prospective customers may boost the advertising percent age U11 higher before the week Is over. , The Junior and senior class sec tion, the feature section, and Ithe administration section of the book nave been recently sent to the printers, according to the manag ing editors. The staff Is now com pleting the military and activtt;' envisions oi tue book. UB DISCUSSES CORNHUSKER AD STAFF S OMAHA GAINS 'All Play and No Work' Won't Make Enough Jack for School By Louis Cass. When conditions start to look dark for the University of Nebraska boy or girl, you can be sure they will not sit idly by and charm themselves with opportunities that might turn up; they take advantage of them. One out of every two boys and one out of every three university girls are now working in order lu tcuuv-o tinue in quest of the cap and gown, according to statistics revealed by a student employment census re cently taken by university offi cials. Fathers may relate to sons and daughters the hardships experi enced in the college days of yes terday but an education to a large number of Nebraska students to day is no bed of roses. Fifty per cent of Nebraska men and thirty five percent of Nebraska women have manifested a true desire for an education by securing part time jobs that enable them to re main in school. HUNT GIVES LENTEN TALK AT VESPERS Y. W. C. A. Members Hold Candle Service Tuesday. Continuing a series of Lenten services, Rev. Ray E. Hunt ad dressed Y. W. members at the ves per service, Tuesday at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Rev. Hunt spoke on "Self Denial; the Essence of Lent." Jean Palmer, chairman of the program and office staff, led the devotionals, and Bernice Rundin, violinist, provided the meditation music at the beginning of the pro gram. The service took place in a special candelight setting with the robed choir singing the proces sional and the benediction. COED FOLLIES CAST T FOR FINAL PRACTICE Fashion Models to Rehearse In Costume at 6:30 In Temple. Set urornDtlv for 6:30. the final dress rehearsal for Coed Follies, annual show sponsored by the A. W. S. board, will be staged Wednesday evening in the Temple theater. All members of acts must be ready in costume at this time, and dressing rooms will be as signed at the rehearsal, stated Lois Rathburn, in charge of the show. Properties and lighting effects will be tested Wednesday night A special rehearsal for models in the style show will be held Tues day at 4 o'clock in the Temple building. Models must also be ready at 8 o'clock Wednesday night to take part in the final re hearsal. 'Somethine- New to Show," is the title of the song written espe cially for the presentation or me best dressed girl, whose identity uHli hp kent secret until the Follies are presented Friday night at 7 o clock in tne l empie meaier. ine song was written by Millicent Sta- ley in conjunction with wenona Smith. TTshers for the Drosram will have a rehearsal at 7 o'clock Wednesday night. The following girls will usher for the event: Jane Barbour, head usher, Jane Walcott, Mary Gavin, Georganna Rowe, Winifred Nelson and Arlene Orcutt. VRAZ TELLS CLUB OF CZECH ACHIEVEMENTS Thirty-Four Pledges Taken Into Comenius Club At Temple. Tho achievements of Czechs was the topic discussed by Victor Vraz, assistant professor or personnel mann-emmt at a recent meeting of the Comenius club at the Tem ple theater. Professor Vraz clteu the attainments of such Czech iarWr pa President Masaryk, statesman: Karel Capek, play wright ana aumor oi u. r.. u Dvorak, the famous composer to demonstrate the leadership of the country. A reading in ijzecn oy ma Anna irh rnmnlpted the enter tainment, which was followed by formal initiation or imrcy-iour members. The Initiation waa di h hv r. n Rrezina of Lincoln, and Mini Beth Schtnld. also of Lin coln, was program cbarman. A short business sessions opened the meeting that followed, at which Donald Jirovec was named guide for the club. Games concluded the evening's activities. C. Condra Mortified At Picture SnapfH'd During Dutt Storm u.r.'a th latest dust traeedv: r. n V fVindra. In attending a recent geologist'! convention, ar- .... . I . 1 -J . rived at Wicniia m uie iuiut vi h rrat Hunt storm. Upon arriv ing at the hotel, black as midnight from Kansas aum, ne wm unuKui ately snapped by newspaper pho-noa-,hera. The Dicture was circu lated at the convention much to the amusement of frtenos out to the mortification of Dr. Condra, V -, V, r.t The "rah rah" college boy yesterday has passed from the Ne braska campus. Each fall Lincoln is deluged with hundreds of job seeking students with one purpose ful motive in their minds to get an education. Hundreds succeed in finding part time employment. Many who fail to find a job are not discouraged but create their own positions. There are scores of cases where the university student has created his own employment and developed it into a thriving little business. Merle L. Geyer, 1739 G st, (Continued on Page 3.) KFOR Arranges Two One Hour Programs of Kosmet Tunes. Kadio broadcast of song hits from the Kosmet Klub spring show, "Kiss Col umbo," will be made Thursday over KFOR in two one-hour programs, from twelve to one, and from seven to eight o'clock, it was announced Tuesday by George Holyoke, Klub vice president Pete Baker, golden voiced bas ketball player, will solo in "I Want A Man," and collaborate with Fred Graham in "The History of Our Love." Duncan Sowles, who is cast as a snooping reporter in the spring production, will contribute "The Reporter's Song," and "Mid summer Night's Dream" to the program. "All units for the musical com edy are in fine shape," declared cast director Joe Iverson at prac tice Tuesday night, "and the re mainder of the week will see the co-ordinating and smoothing of the various numbers. The choruses have all of their routines com pleted and in good form, and cos tume rehearsal will be started any time now." Reservations continued Tuesday afternoon in the Temple building, and few seats remain for the week end nights of the production, ac cording to Henry Kosman, Klub business manager. "If you really want a good seat, the Tuesday reservations have hardly been scratched on the surface. Most (Continued on Page 2.t ERTISI Gamma Alpha Chi May Take Over Idea in Place of Ad Night. Discussion of a new project for the group will be the principal business at the meeting of Gamma Alpha Chi, professional and hon orary advertising sorority, which will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 in Ellen Smith hall. The pro ject has not yet been announced as no definite plans have been made for carrying K out. According to Virginia Selleck, president of the group, the Idea is expected to prove so interesting and fitting as an activity for the organizatlor that the members will favor taking it over in place of Ad-Nite, a traditional annual af fair, sponsored by Gamma Alpha Chi. Announcement of a date for pledging and forma! invitation to membership will be part of the business of the meeting. Commit tee reports and a financial state ment will be made. HUNTER READS 'DARK TOWER' FOR RECITAL Dramatic Student Presents Senior Program Tuesday Evening. Arm and Hunter, senior m the university dramatics department, presented his senior recital Tues day evening at 7:30 in the Temple theater. Hunter, who has starred many times in University Players productions. read "The Dark Tower," a complete play written by Alexander Woolcott and George Kaufman. Hunter played each of the twelve roles In the play. In one scene he portrayed eight different characters, all of whom were on the stage at the aame time. "The Dark Tower" has been se lected aa the next University Play ers production. Hunter will have a prominent role when the players produce the play early next -nonth. KLUB SCHEDULES BROADCASTS HI SONG HITS IVflMEN TO NAME NEW MAY QUEEN AT POLLSTODAY Senior Women Nominate 30 For Mortar Board Candidates. MUST HAVE 80 AVERAGE Eighteen Girls Are Eligible For Ivy Festivities Honorary Post. Voting on May queen and nominations for Mortar Board will be completed Wednesday when women on the city cam pus go to polls in Ellen Smith hall to name their choice for the ruler of the ivy day festivities and to suggest thirty juniors for mem bership in the senior honorary. Voting on ag campus was com pleted Tuesday. At the same time, senior women will nominate thirty juniors for membership in Mortar Board, sen ior women's honorary. Each sen ior is allowed to mention from five to twenty names, and the thirty girls receiving the highest number of votes will automatically be nominated for Mortar Board mem bership by the graduating mem bers. The eighteen candidates for May Queen consisted of those senior girls with an average above eighty, no deliquencies, and at least a "B" activity. The candidates included: Elaine Fontein, Alice Beekman, Arlene Bors, Jean Brownlee, Ca lista Cooper, Dorothy Cathers, Marjorie Filley, Hallene Haxthau sen, Loiuse Hossack, Margaret Medlar, Loretta Murphy, Bash Perkins, Maxine Packwood, Mar jorie Smith, Marian Smith, Ethel Kruitzfield, Dorothy Lee Hartzler, and Adela Tombrink. The polls were in charge of members of Mor tar Board. AG STUDENTS TO HOLD Dr. Gibbons Scheduled as Speaker for Second Pep Meeting. JUNIORS PRESENT SKIT Plans for the second rally on ag campus in preparation for Farm ers' Fair, one of the biggest activi ties in which ag students partici pate, reveal that Dr. Rebekah M. Gibbons, associate professor of home economics, will address stu dents who gather in ag hall Thurs day at 7:15 o'clock. Dr. Gibbons will discuss co-operation in the Farmers' Fair project. A list of names of the students and episodes of the pageant n which they are to take part will be posted after the rally. The junior fair 'ooard will pre sent an original skit and although board members refused to divulge the plot it was believed that the play will be a take off on senior fair board members. The board members also plan a surprise, the nature of which will be kept a se cret. The junior fair board is made up of Burr Ross, Al Pearl, Ray Mc Cardy, Janice Campbell, Katheryn Jones, and Barbara Barber. F CELEBRATION FRIDAY Group Invites Past Corn State Residents to Attend Banquet. PROMINENT MEN TO TALK Former lowans attending Ne braska are invited to attend an Iowa get together at the Grand hotel on Friday evening, March 29, for a dinner, program, and eve ning of visiting. Both students and faculty members who have lived In the corn state are Invited to attend the roundup. Dinner at 6:30 starts the activ ities for the evening. Those un able to attend the dinner are asked to come later and become ac quainted with fellow Iowans now at Nebraska. Dinner reservations should be made with Mr. Howard Schofleld at the Hardy Furniture Co., Mrs. E. M. 3air, Mrs. J. Pursley. or Mrs. Alice H. Hupp, on or before Thursday noon, March 28 Tickets will be sold for forty cent a plate. A number of prominent Lincoln people are expected to appear on the program, including Judge T. C. Munger, 8enator E. J. Burkett, F. A. Williams, and others. Today on the Campus May Queen, Mortar Board election, until 5. Student Council Meeting, 5. Corncob Initiation, 7:30. Peace Club Meeting, 1:15. DRMER I0WANS PLAN Debate Squad 'Goes to Town' As Student Interest Climbs By George Pipal. When the Kappa house was on south 14th street, and bicycles-built- for-two roamed the campus, debating was a colle giate activity that shared honors only with the glee and mando lin clubs. 15ut when the Jazz Age ushered in a new "Joe College," the forensic art faded from the view of a speed-crazed siuaent doqv. ' Th lust few venrs have Wit nessed an intellectual renaissance, undoubtedly due to the far reach ing influence of "Awgwan" and "Esquire," and with it has come the rebirth of the university de bating department, under the watchful efforts of Prof. H. Adel bert White, professor of English. Will the schedule card outnum bering the record year of ten pre vious seasons by ten debates, with more candidates out for the team than In any year of the past de cade, and individual honors won in several tourneys, the Husker argumentation squad has figura- 25 Pledges Inducted Into Corn Cobs at Delta Upsilon House. Twenty-five n e w members will be conducted into Corn Cobs, men's pep organization, Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house, stated Irving Hill, president. The final list of initiates will not be released until the meet ing when the checking of eligibility will be completed. Initiation fees, whicn are aue De fore 5 o'clock Wednesday .are pay able at the Student Activities of fice in the coliseum. They will be turned over to James Marvin, treasurer of the organization, at that time. Hill declared that all houses or Barb groups who have found their Ttion inpiitrihlp should make their substitutions immediately so that they can be represented. r.acn group must have one man ini tiated at this time in order to re tain active membership for the following year and also to be able to vote in the election which will be held soon. Final plans for the Corn Cobs annual spring dinner dance to bj held at the Cornhusker hotel, Sat urday, April 13, will be formuated at a meeting which will take place following the initiation. Heads of all camnus societies will be invited to this affair, Hill stated. All pledges are expectea to De present at the initiation in order that they may attend the party. Also all men must appear in Corn Cob sweaters. F, Graduate Student Discusses System of Telephone Company. Forbes magazine, one of the leading business magazines, for March 15. 1935. contains an article written by John Faris, graduate student. It is entitled A come Back Plan for the Small-Town M-rrhnnt" and tells how the Lin coln Telephone and Telegraph com pany has cievisea new sysvem ui stimulating bushiest) in small Ne braska towns. At stated times al! the patrons of the telephone company in the adjoining country listen in while the bargains of the local mer chants are broadcast ior me uay. At the present time, Mr. Faris tvi that the clan is being carried out in Milford, Sterling, Syracuse, Waco, Murdock, steinauer, mclooi Junction, and Ithaca at a very mall cost to the merchant, me article was one written in Profes sor K. P. Crawford's class last se mester. Y.W.C.A. BOOK REVIEW Work by Upton Close Subject of Meeting Thursday. Reviewlne- the book. "The Chal lenge Behind the Face of Japan," hw iTntYin Close fJoseDh Washing- tin Hall). Mrs. Ella Marshall will speak before the Y. W. book re view group, Thursday at 1 o'clock. LoU Kathburn, tn charge of the group, has invited all those who wish to Join the group, to attend the meeting. Members of the group nave beard book reviews by Mrs. Ada Malcolm, Mrs. Roy Green, Mrs. p-.fffe narev. and Mrs. H. G. Deal ing At the present time they are reading "Green Light," the latest of Lloyd C. Douglas' works. Mr. Douglas is autnor or "Magniiicem ObsesTn" and "Forgive Us Our Trespasses." MEN'S PEP CLUB HOLDS INITIATION RITUALS TONIGHT BUSINESS PUBLICATION ELLA MARSHALL GIVES Mvrlv "e-ona to town" this vear. Some factors in arousing student Interest in debating this year, ac cording to Professor White, are the innovations of audience reaction decisions, radio staged debates, and the debate assembly intro duced at the Denver speech tourna ment. At the Rocky Mountain Speech tournament, held last month at Denver university, the decisions were given to the team who could do most in changing the opinion that the audience held concerning the question before the debate, (Continued on Page 3). STUDENT COUNCIL TO CONSIDER CHARTERS Members to Hear Report From Junior-Senior Prom Committee. Student Council will meet Wed nesday afternoon at 5 o'clock in University hall, according to Jack Fischer, president. Tne main dusi ncsi of the dav will concern con sideration of constitutions of cer tain organizations on the campus which have applied for approval. A report from the junior-senior prom committee will be given by Irving Hill, co-chairman of the af fair, and reports'from various stu dent council committees will be hparrf There will be a discussion of the remaining work of the coun cil for this year. BIG SISTER BOARD TO NSTALL OFFICERS AT Women's Group Announces Picnic and Hike Saturday. New members and officers of the Big Sister Board will be in stalled Thursday at 5 o'clock, in Ellen Smith hall, it was announced at a board meeting Tuesday noon. At this time Elizabeth Moomaw will be installed president; Rowena Swenson, vice president, and Jean Marvin, secretary-treasurer. Other members of the Big Sister Board for the coming year, who will be installed at this time are: Ruth Matschullet, Elizabeth Du shee, Phyllis Jean Humphrey, Gladys Klopp, Theodora Lohrman, Erma Bauer, Marjorie Bannister, Doris Weaver and Betty Magee. The board membership is divided equally between sorority and non sorority groups, and each of the three upper classes Is represented on the board. At the meeting of the Big Sister Board Tuesday noon, Marjorie Smith and Maxine Packwood also announced a picnic and hike, at which they would be the hostesses to their groups of big sisters and their little sisters, as 4:30 Satur day afternoon, at Belmont park. This is one of the last of a series of parties given by members of the board in honor of the croups of big sisters and their freshman charges. Frances Kalin, Hazel Baier, and Beth Taylor, will assist Miss Smith and Miss Packwood in making arrangements. 11 GROUP ELECTS THREE NEW HERS Mu Phi Epsilon Crooses Ruth Sibley, Marian Jelineck. Marian Munn. Marian Munn, pianist; Ruth Sib ley, cellolist; and Marian Jeltneck, pianist, have been elected to mem bership in Mu Phi F.psilun, na tional honorary musical sorority, according to Marian Miller, retir ing president. They were the only three in the School of Music eligi ble for membership in the organ ization, as it is necessary that all members have at least a Junior standing, and a ninety average in fine arts subjects. The Initiation ceremony will take place April 27, several weeks after the new officers are Installed, April 4, at the regular monthly meeting. Those who will take of fice are: Irene Remmers, presi dent; Eunice Bingham, vice presi dent; and Betty Zatterstrom, treasurer. A birthday dinner in honor of Irene Remmers. and Marian Wil liamson, will be given at the home of Miss Mary H!L Thomas Sun day. March 31, at 5 o'clock. Miss Thomas and Miss Marjorie Klm mcl will act as hostesses, and ac tive members of the organlzatlor. will be guests. GIKL RESERVE CLASS CONVENES MARCH 26 The girl reserve leaders training class met Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the city Y. W. building under the direction of Miss A Loulser Trestor, Girl Reserve secretary SENIORS FURTHER ORGANIZATION AT CLASS CONCLAVE President Easterday Calls For Group Conference Thursday. COMMITTEE PLANS MEET Follow-Up Affair to Tea Dance Purpose of Gathering. The senior class will advance further in their efforts for class organization at a meeting of all seniors to be held Thursday evening at 7:30 in Social Sci ence auditorium, according to an announcement made Tuesday by Don Easterday, president of the class. Members of the committee will gather in the Student council of fice at 5 o'clock, immediately pre ceding the meeting, to formulate ideas for further steps in their move toward unification and will present the results to the entire class. It is hoped that the seniors will succeed in forming definite plans for presentation to the Stu dent council so as to insure organ ization each year from now on. In addition, they will discuss further functions for this year's class. The discussion will be led by the com mittee, which is composed of Don Easterday, Jack Fischer, Violet Cross, Lamoine Bible, Herman Rosenblatt, Marian Smith, and Wilbur Erickson. Speaking for the committee, Easterday stated, "We want every member of the senior class to be present at this meeting Thursday to give us their aid and to demon strate their support. We don't in tend to stop after the conclusion of our successful affair last Fri day, but we will go on until we achieve our ultimate goal of com plete senior class organization and unification." Violet Cross declared, "We just made a fine start with our party Friday. Now that the seniors real ize we are really in earnest in our attempts at organization, it is up to them to show us that they are behind our work completely. If this year's class makes a step in the direction of complete organ ization, our successors will be able to step into a unified group." OURY ORDERS FIRST DRILL NEXT FRIDAY Non-Commissioned Officers Will Assemble at Nebraska Hall. University R. O. T. C. cadeta will form Friday for the first spring parade, on the mall in front of Ne braska hall at five o'clock. The parade, announced in a recent memorandum by Capt. Walter T. Scott, by order of Col. W. It. Oury. will be a skeleton parade. Originally scheduled for March 22, the parade was postponed one week in co-operation with senior class officers who had planned an afternoon tea dance on that date. Only cadet officers, first sergeants, platoon sergeants, guides and guidon bearers will be required to report for the parade, which will be conducted in the usual form for regimental parades. Friday afternoon's ceremony Is the first of a series of practice pa rades, to train the leaders and es sential basic students in their du ties during parades. They are be. ing scheduled in preparation of the annual inspection by seventh coi-ps area officers, which will be held early in May. Cadeta who are un able to attend because they are working at the pcheduled hour must be excused by Col. Oury. Weather Prophets Promise Temperature Drop by Morning. Dust clouds rolled over Nebras ka again Tuesday afternoon. Bare ly had evening papers told the story of hazy skies In the western part of the state when the local atmosphere thickened, tempera tures dropped, and the un disap peared behind a combination of dirt and clouds. Raging in Kansas and western Nebraska, the dust blew Into Lin coln during the afternoon Tues day, over a south wind, which changed to a direct northern blower. Lincoln's temperature at one o'clock was 75. and weather fore casters promised a drop of 40 de grees by Wednesday morning. In dicating clearer skie and cooler air today. Visibility was not much reduced in Lincoln yesterday. Other parti (Continued on Psgt 2.) DUST DIMS NEBRASKA