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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935.
Lectures Tonight
Dr. Robert
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Millikan
COMMITTEE ASKS
ORGANIZED HOUSE
Student Council Sends Out
Fifty Letters to
Organizations.
TO PUBLISH HONOR ROLL
Fischer Seeking Faculty
Cooperation for
Bookstore.
In an attempt to secure stu
dent cooperation in the student
council's drive for a university
co-op used book store, members
of the student council commit
tee sent out more than fifty let
ters to the heads of the student
organizations, including the 'fra
ternities and sororities, Monday
night, Dick Fischer, member of
the committee, announced.
The heads of the organizations
were asked, in the letters, to
pledge their support for the book
store drive initiated by the coun
cil. "We hope to have 100 percent
support from all student organiza
tions in our campaign for a used
book store which we believe will
prove to be a definite advantage
to all university students, both in
buying and selling their books,"
Mr. Ficsher said.
He also stated that the commit
tee expected to publish a list of
all the major campus groups who
pledge their aid in the drive. The
names of these groups will be is
sued within a few weeks, he an
nounced. Members of the faculty will also
be contacted in an effort to obtain
faculty support for the project.
Members of the council commit
tee intend to obtain the views of
deans of colleges, heads, of schools,
and chairmen of departments, in
their attempt to ascertain faculty
co-operation.
IS. L
TO
Groups Place Tickets on
. Sale for April 12
Function.
Tickets were placed on sale to- j
day for the first Aii-tsari oanquei,
new barb function to be held Fri
day evening, April 12 at 6 o'clock
in Ellen Smith hall. The affair is
sponsored by the Barb Interclub
council and A. VV. S. league, and
John Stover and Evelyn Diamond,
respective presidents, are in charge
of program arrangements.
Because of limited banquet
pace In Ellen Smith hall, only 100
ducats are to be Bold for the ban
quet. Stover stated. As all the
places are expected to be sold,
Stover advised unaffiliated stu
dents Intending to be present to
purchase their tickets as soon as
possible. Officers of the two organ
izations are in charge of the sale
and representatives are located in
Carrie Belle Raymond, Howard
and Wilson halls. Tickets, priced
at 33 cents, also may be had in
Ellen Smith hall Wednesday aft
ernoon from 4 to 5:30 nd on
Thursday afternoon from 3 2:30 to
5. The deadline for the purchase of
tickets Is at 5 o'clock Thursday,
Stover pointed out
On the evening's program are
talks by Prof. E. W. Lantz and
several students. Several musical
elections will be presented and a
kit will be given by the A. W. S.
league. Barb clubs who were
champions in touch football and
basketball were awarded their
medals.
Chaperons for the affair are
Dean and Mrs. T. J. Thompson.
Prof and Mr. E. W. Lantz and
Miss Berniece Miller, who have
been active In sponsoring barb
work.
"The efforts and the progress of
the various Barb groups during
the past year will be reviewed and
an attempt will be made to ac
quaint all unaffiliated students
with the activities into which they
may enter," Stover said. "The
Barb leaders hope to make the
banquet an annual affair."
The affair is not restricted -o
members of the two barb clubs
and all unaffiliated students are
Invited to attend, those in charge
pointed out.
Miss Marie Bartholomew
Fills Position in Fremont
Miss Marie Bartholomew, assis
tant in the Geography department,
tan been temporarily called to
Fremont to fill a position as geog
raphy Instructor in the Fremont
high school during the illness of
the regular Instructor.
She is expected beck by the close
of the week.
AID IN BOOK DRIVE
SPONSOR DINNER
Lectures Tonight
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Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
DR. ROBERT A. MILLIKAN.
T
SPONSORS PARTY
F
Ward Bouder Heads Groups
Planning Affair
Friday.
Ticket sales results for the
spring party sponsored by the Ag
Executive Board and to be held in
the Student Activities building
Friday evening, indicate that the
affair will be one of the most pop
ular given in many years, accord
ing to Ward Bouder, general chair
man of the event. One member of
each couple attending must be an
Ag student.
Burr Ross and -Elsie Goth or
ganized the ticket campaign which
has been carried on by ag stu
dents since Friday. A ticket booth
will be maintained at the door the
evening of the party for the con
venience of those students who
have not purchased ducats before
that time.
"Lyle DeMoss and his orchestra
will furnish music for the affair,"
stated Howard White, orchestra
chairman. "We feel that an or
chestra of this type is the right
size and will draw a crowd be
cause of its past favorable per
formances," he stated.
According to Phil Henderson,
decorations committee chairman,
the dance floor will be trans
formed into an outdoor garden,
the effect being produced by palm
trees and a moon. Henderson Is
being assisted by Genevieve Ben
nett, Elinor McFadden, Bonnie
Spanggaard, Elsie Buxman, John
Clymer, Boyd Shank, and Ogden
Riddle.
Elmer Heyne. Ruth Wolfe, Ray
mona Hilton, and Albert Pearl are
handling publicity and refresh
ments. Janice Campbell is assist
ing Howard White on the orches
tra and chaperons committee.
ISTERCLVB COVSCIL
TO COM'ESE TODAY
Plan for Hour Dance,
Soft Ball Meet
Considered.
The Barb Interclub council will
meet at 7:00 o'clock Tuesday eve
ning In room 8. University had,
to consider plans for future hour
dances and the soriDau tourna
ment, according to an announce
ment by John Stover, president.
rickets for the All-Barb banquet
Friday evening will be issued to
the officers.
IVE BOARD
OR AG STUDENTS
Campus Eyes Visualize Use
Of Proposed Union Building
With the announcement by the student council of the possi
bility of a student union building, Nebraska students (those
who'know what it i all about) turned their classroom dreaming
to the days when they might be lounging in a comfortable read
ing room, "cakimr" at the union building soda fountain,
browing in me ..prary. w -
tending a meeting In
a "genuine"
club room.
Letters to Charles Burslk, mem
ber of the student council commit
tee for the student union building
drive, reveal the enthusiasm and
appreciation felt by student of
other universities for their union
building projects. The letters and
bulletins show that in every in
stance the building has become the
center of the school's social life.
College dances, musicals, convo
cations, dinner parties, and ban
quets are held there. All publica
tion offices, student organization
rooms, athletic headquarters and
committee rooms are located in the
building.
The student union offers dining
rooms, grill rooms, cafeterias,
lounging rooms, reading rooms,
oda fountains, news stands, and
billiard rooms for the comfort and
..u.mi.nt nt the students. One
SUIWJMJv... - -
unit of the building is usually oc-1
HUNTER SCORES
HIT IN PLAYERS'
LASTfERING
Audience Acclaims First
Night Performance of
'The Dark Tower.'.
LAST SHOW FOR SENIORS
Elizabeth Betzer Feminine
Lead in Woollcott,
Kaufman Drama.
First nighters gave "The
Dark Tower," last yearly pre
sentation of the University
Players, an enthusiastic recep
tion in the Temple theater last
nierVit ThP nlav. which was written
by Alexander Woollcott, the dra
matic critic par excellence, ana
rnrcn s Kaufman, the famous
playwright, is a three-act mystery
drama ana win oe presemeu uigui.
ly through Saturday.
Armand Hunter, who is making
his last appearance as a student
member oi tne piayers, ponrayeu
in the role of Stanley Vance, a vil
lain with as sinister a personality
as that of old Simon Legree him
self. Turning in tne Desi periorm
ance of his career, Hunter is es
pecially qualified for the part, as
he offered "The Dark Tower" lor
his senior dramatic recital a few
weeks ago and because he has been
prominent on the Temple stage for
the last three years.
Sumption Cast as Wells.
Cast as an actor, Damon Wells,
in the story concerning a family
of actors in New York City and a
murder committed among them,
Harold Sumption, stage director of
the Players, displayed his usual
excellent ability.
Elizabeth Betzer played the lead
ing feminine role, that of Jessica
Wells, over whom Vance, her hus
band, has some strange hypnotlc
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Dr. Beck of Kansas Speaks
On Positive Electron
Thursday.
Dr. Guido Beck, visiting profes
sor of physics at the University of
Kansas, will address the staff and
advanced students of the depart
ment of physics at 4 p. m., Thurs
day, April 11, in Room 211, Brace
Laboratory of Physics, upon the
subject "The Theory of the Posi
tive Electron." Faculty members
and advanced students of other re
Kted departments are especially
4 ivited to attend, according to Dr.
H. H. Marvin, chairman of the
department.
Dr. Beck has chosen this subject
because it is especially timely and
of great interest to those who are
concerned with the structure of
the atom, while relatively little
mathematics Is required to pre
sent it.
Dr. Beck was formerly one of
the group of very active young
theoretical physicists gathered at
the University of Leipzig, under
the leadership of Professor Arnold
Sommerfeld. He has published
many, papers which deal with the
structure of the nuclei of atoms,
and with physical phenomena
which are connected with this
structure.
CUDled bv . theater. in many
places a sub-station postoriice, as
well as a barber shop and shoe-
shining stand, are available. The
lost and found department seems
to be one of the biggest drawing
cards of the union buildings.
In a bulletin sent to the student
council by the dean of the Uni
versity of California, it waa stated
that "graduate managers of sports
and student activities all agree
that Stephen's Union Building is
the most valuable and used build
ing by the students on the
campus."
Indiana university has com
pleted plans for a student union
building on the same basis as the
one Nebraska expects to put
through. Burslk stated. With work
to begin immediately, Indiana
to have the building completed by
Jan. 1. 1936. With the completion
of this building, Nebraska will be
the only major university without
a student building, Burslk said.
PHYSICS
STUDENTS
Seats on Reserve for
Dr. Millikan's Speech
Reserve your seats nowl
Two thousand tickets for Dr.
Robert A. Millikan's lecture
Tuesday night are available
without charge to students in
the registrar's office. The first
twenty rows have been reserved
to afford students the best pos
sible seats at the final sll-unl-verslty
convocation. The rest of
the entire coliseum Is open to
the public.
Program will begin promptly
at 8 o'clock, with a thirty min
ute concert by the university
orchestra, under the direction of
Carl Frederic Steckelberg. No
one will be seated In the re
served section after the address
begins.
K. U. PLEDGES AID
N REVIVAL OF BIG
Fl
Jayhawks Support Renewing
Student Government
Meetings.
University of Kansas is the first
of the Big Six schools to reply
and pledge its support of the Ne
braska student council's proposal
to revive the annual conference of
the Big Six student government
representatives this spring, Dick
Fischer, chairman of the council
committee on the conference, re
vealed Monday.
Co-oDeration of the Kansas
men's student council was pledged
to the project in a letter receivea
Monday from Gunnar Mykland,
ni-Mident of the Kansas organiza
tion. Mykland suggested a meet
ing of new ana retiring oiiicers
later this spring at which matters
such as student rovernment. class
organization, book exchanges, and
similar problems as suggestea Dy
thf Nebraska council, misrht be
discussed for the mutual benefit
of conference schools.
Mykland pointed out that the
national conference of the Nation
al Student Federation will be
brought to the University of Kan
sas next year, marking the first oc
casion when this meeting has been
held in the mtddlewest. Calling
attention to the apparent lack of
interest in student government, the
Kansas officer declared that a
meeting this year would give
schools of this region a chance to
hprome well organized in the field
of student government and estab
lish their prestige in tne national
field.
"We had hoped to receive replies
from the other Big Six schools by
this time," Fischer said, "ine let
ter from Mykland indicated that
Kansas State is probably in favor
of the idea altho we have had no
reply fiom there. If no further
answers are received by the end
of this week, we will again write
to Oklahoma. Iowa State, ana Mis
souri for I am sure they will see
the importance and the benefits
which would result from such a
meeting and pledge their co-operation
and aid."
JUDGES 10 REVEAL
IN POSTERCONTEST
Gordon, Robinson to Select
Best Honors Conclave
Posters Tuesday.
Winners of the poster contest
which is being staged by the Hon
ors Convocation arrangement
committee will be announced Tues
dav after a Judging is made of the
placards advertising the April 18
awards gatherings that are now on
display in the corridor of the third
floor of Morrm nan.
With a first prize of $10 and
flv nthpr awards of S2 each at
stake, the two Judges, Morris
Gordon of the fine arts depart
ment and Marvin KODinson oi tne
architectural department, will se
lect the posters which show the
most talent and at the same time
arouse interest in the approaching
Honors Convocation. Some twenty
cards are now on display.
Upon announcement of the win
ning posters, they will be placet,
by the committee in the various
buildings on the campus in order
to advertise the convocation. The
contest waa open to all fine arts,
students.
Dr. William C Brenke of the
mathematics department la the
head of the Convocation commit
1m. Ha U aatiatiJ bv Dr. Emma
N. Anderson, botany; Dr. Edgar
L. Hinman, pnuosopny ana psy
chology; Dr. Clarence E. McNeaL
mnnmici! Dr. William H. 8. Mor
ton, teachers college; Charles K.
Mom. university extension a: vi
sion; Dr. James L. Sellers, history;
Myron H. Swenk, entomology and
Dean T. J. Thompson of student
affairs.
SIX CON
ERENCES
OF WINNERS
THREE E
VENTS ON
CALE
VACATION STARTS
Robert Millikan Lectures
At Last Convocation
This Evening.
REPORTS DUE APRIL 27
Scholarship Awards Made
April 16 at Honors
Conclave.
Although April 18, first day
of spring vacation, overshad
ows more important and less
remote dates on the university
calendar, three major events
are scheduled to occur before stu
dents pile Into homing Fords for a
five day intermission.
Last night, the University Play
ers opened in their final production
of this school year, "The Dark
Tower." The play will continue
thru Saturday night. And a finale
will also be written for this year's
all-university convocations, when
the eminent Dr. Millikan win lec
ture Tuesday night to an expected
crowd of 6,000 at the coliseum.
Honors convocation, when public
recognition for outstanding schol
arship will be given to the upper
tenth of the university, with spe
cial awards and scholarships to be
granted, will be held in the coli
seum Tuesday morning at 11
o'clock.
On hand to greet students re
turning from their short sojourn
will be the prospect of six weeks
reports, which will be Issued by
the registrar's office on Saturday,
April 27.
Ivy Day, replete with tapping,
masking, crowning, and singing,
will usher in the merry month of
May. A red letter day on the cal
endar of every Nebraska student,
May 2 will see the naming of new
members for senior honoraries,
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T
'COOPERATIVES' HERE
I
Grand Island Man Discusses
Book Store Project
With Students.
Discussing a subject of timely
importance to Nebraska st-idents
interested in the drive for the uni
versity co-operative used book
store, Mr. E. C. Ford, of Grand Is
land, executive secretary of the
Grand Island Self Help, Inc., will
speak on "Co-operatives," in the
Y. M. rooms at the Temple, Thurs
day, April 11, at 3 o'clock. At the
end of his speech on co-operatives
in general, Mr. Ford intends to
turn the meeting into a discussion
of the university book store proj
ect in particular. At this time he
will answer questions pertaining
to the project, or problems arising
from it.
Mr. Ford was brought to Lin
coln through the Social Action
staff of the Y. W. C. A., wilder the
direction of Rowena Swenson,
staff chairman. His appearance be
fore a university audience was
recommended by members of the
Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. who
heard him talk on co-operatives
at the annual Nebraska Confer
ence of Student Christian Move
ments, in Kearney, March 8 to 10.
SPEAK HERE MAY 3, 4
Academy of Science Holds
Annual Meetings on
Campus.
Prof. Victor Levlne and Dr. J. B.
Klncer will be principal speakers
at the annual meetings of the Ne
braska Academy of Science, to be
held on the university campus
May 3 and 4. stated Dr. Bsr.slon,
president of the organization.
Tuesday.
Prof. Levlne, of the Crelghton
Medical college, has made ex
tensive studies among the Eski
mos. In his lecture, he will tell of
his experiencea and investigations
among them.
Dr. Kincer, in charge of the
climate and crop weather investi
gation of the United States depart
ment of agriculture and who is
recognized aa one of the foremost
cllmatologists of the time, will
speak on "The Weather and Cli
mate of the Great Plains."
Programs for section meetings
are now being arranged and will
be announced soon.
NOAR BEFORE
EVINE AND KINCER TO
6,000 EXPECTED AT
LAST CONVOCATION
Scientist Chooses 'In the Coming Century' Theme for
Address in Coliseum; Expected to Include
Discussion of Cosmic Rays.
ORCHESTRA CONCERT WILL PRECEDE ADDRESS
2,000 Front Row Seats Reserved for Students, Faculty
In Special Section; Public Address System
Installed to Insure Good Reception.
Over six thousand people will hear Dr. Robert A. Millikan,
internationally famous scientist, deliver an address on "In the
Coming Century" at the final all-university convocation of the
school year, which will be held in the coliseum tonight at 8
o'clock.
-7 o Recognized aa one of the most
MEN'S PEP CLUB
PLANS INITIATION
FOR WEDNESDAY
Corn Cobs Induct Pledges
Absent at Regular
Ceremonies.
Second initiation for Com Cob
pledges unable to attend the regu
larities will be held Wednesday
night at 8:30 at the Sigma Nu
house, according to Irving Hill,
president. Dick Decker is in
charge of the ceremonies.
Nine fraternities, including Al
pha Gamma Rho, Lambda Chi Al
pha, Delta Theta Phi, Pi Alpha
Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi
Kappa Psi, Sigma Phi Epsllon,
Theta Chi, and Theta Xi, must send
pledges candidates to this meeting
if they wish to participate in the
annual election or next year's ac
tivities, Hill declared.
Final plans for the spring din
ner dance, which will be held Sat
urday night in the Cornhusker
ballroom, will be discussed at the
meeting. Attendance for active
members is compulsory if they
wish to attend the dinner.
With representatives from every
major campus organization, the
spring party will be an all-campus
affair, according to Hill, who re
vealed that 150 bids have been dis
tributed to past and present of
ficers of Tassels, members of both
senior honoraries, executives of
publications, heads of all women's
activities groups, presidents of all
organized houses, and all former
Corn Cobs. Last year's Corn Cob
officers have been invited to at
tend the dinner, which will be held
at 6:30.
Election of oficers is scheduled
for the regular meeting on Wed
nesday, April 24.
BARB A.W.S. LEAGUE
L
Supervisors Check Points,
Explain New Plans at
Sessions This Week.
In making plans for the rest of
this semester and next year, the
Barb A. W. S. league changed its
schedule and appointed new lead
ers for group meetings. In the new
system, tho it has fewer groups,
the time has been so arranged that
more will be able to attend.
The r?w schedule and group
leaders are as follows: Monday at
5 o'clock under the leadership of
Dorcas Crawfford and Ardith
Graybiel; Wednesday at 12 with
Gretchen Budd and Maxlne Gross
man as leaders: Thursday at 5 un
der the supervision of Dorothy
Beers. All meetings will be in El
len Smith hall. Two other groups
will be on the Ag campus, but def
inite plana concerning them have
not yet been made.
In the group meetings for the
coming week new plans for atten
dence will be explained, activity
points checked in view of the
coming May breakfast, and recom
mendations made for membership
to the Big Sister group.
Tickets for the All-Barb ban
quet, this Friday, may be secured
from group leaders. Since only
100 tickets can be sold, it is ad
vised that those desiring buy their
tickets early.
Mr. Kirsch Addresses
Exeter School Board
F. Dwight Kirsch. chairman of
the department of fine arts, will
present an illustrated lecture at a
banquet of the Exeter rural scnooi
board Thursday. Mr. Kirsch ad
dressed members of the York wom
en's club and high school rtudfsts
of that town Monday.
famous physicists of the day ana
an outstanding figure in the an
nals of science, Dr. Millikan has
received the greatest attention in
the past few years for his work in
the field of cosmic rays. It is re
ported that he will include some
discussion of these in his lecture,
which will be a popular and non
technical address.
A thirty minute concert by the
university orchestra, under the di
rection of Carl Steckleberg, will
precede the speech. Chancellor
Avery, wartime acquaintance of
the doctor, will introduce him.
Two thousand front seats have
been reserved In a special student
section, tickets for which may be
obtained by students, facult', and
alumni at the office of the regis
trar. All other main floor and bal
cony seats are open to the public,
and a public address system has
been provided to Insure good re
ception of the talk thruout the
coliseum.
Dr. Millikan holds doctor's de
grees from twenty universities,
and many medals for his outstand
ing achievements. The awards in
clude the Nobel prize, the Corn
stock award for the National
academy, the Faraday medal, the
Edison medal, the Hughes medal
from the Royal Society of Great
Britain, and the Mattenccl medal
of Italy. He is a chevalier of the
French Legion of Honor.
(Continued on Page 3.1
GAMMA ALPHA CHI 10
Judges Use Four Different
Classifications in ..
Project.
Seven points will be the basis in
selection of the most outstanding
advertisements appearing in Ne
braska newspapers for April, Vir
ginia Selleck, president of Gam
ma Alpha Chi, national honorary
advertising sorority which is spon
soring the project, announced
Monday.
The qualifications upon which
the judging will depend are origi
nally In layout, headlines, buying
information, truth, timeliness,
typography, and strength of ap
peal. Using four different classifi
cations, the advertisements will be
separated Into the following types:
Merchandising ads, including
quality and price; institutional
ads; service as; and general ads.
Final choice of the winning ads
will be made by a group of Judgei
composed of F. C. Blood, profes
sor of advertising and sponsor of
Gamma Alpha Chi, Prof. Gayle C.
Walker, director of the school ot'
journalism, and one or two promi
nent Lincoln advertisers, to be an
nounced later.
Including all Lincoln and Omaha
papers, the selection will be made
from sheets appearing in com
munities of over 1.000. The Jour
nalism department under the di
rection off Prof. Walker Is collect
ing the newspapers.
At a meeting held last Thursday
evening in Ellen Smith hall, the so
ciety decided upon the project and
appointed working committees.
Patricia Veteer heads one grout
with Eleanor Pleak, DcMarlaa Hit
Hard, and Frances Moore as as
sistants. Catherine Stoddard Is
chairman of another committee
composed of Ruth Anderson. Ellen
Relsland, and Virginia Selleck.
Other chairmen are Rowena Miller
and Eunice Camp, who are aiiJe.l
by Dorothy Sandrock, Laura
Schmer, Esther Compton. Jose
phine Ferguson. Eula Mae Hastie,
and Mary Ellen Long.
Josephine Ferguson was ap
pointed social chairman fgr the or
ganization at last week's meeting
and pledging services were sche
duled for Thursday, April 11.
DR. A1SDERSOX TALKS
OX' MODERN EUROPE
Geography Teacher Gives
Speech at Filmore
County.
Dr. Esther S. Anderson of the
Geography department lectured
before the Fillmore county teach
ers association last Saturday on
"Glimpses of Modern Europe.'
