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VOL. XXXIV NO. 133.
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GIDEON
SAYS
ONLY SMALL POOL
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Finance Secretary Clears
Discussion Question of
Legislature.
MAINTENANCE ASSESSED
Coliseum Swimming Tank
Built Without Bonds
Or Interest.
Answering questions con
cerning the swimming pool fee
which appeared in 1he Student
Pulso column oE the Daily Ne
braskan and which caused a
bit of stir on the floor of the house
of representatives last week, L. E.
Gundcrson, university finance sec
retary, Issued figures Saturday to
show that no such surplus had ac
cumulated and that with the com
pletion of the present school term
money received and spent on the
pool would be within $500 of bal
ancing. Mr. Gundcrson stated cost for
the pool's construction and equip
ment was $35,677.37, maintenance
charges for the last four years are
at $8,817.93 or a total cost of $44,
495.30. Collections received from
students thru the extra one dollar
medical fee, he showed, amounted
to $45,416.25. The above figures in
clude estimates made on money to
be received and spent during the
remainder of the term.
Completed This Year.
It is very apparent, he pointed
out, that at the end of this year
thp pool will have been paid for
including the maintenance costs
during this perioil with only a
small surplus on hand. The trou
ble ha3 resulted from a misunder
standing, he said, and the other
figures that have been given out
are 'ncorrcct.
The university swimming pool
was built without the sale of bonds
and the costs for construction were
met by funds of the university. No
interest was charged for the use
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EXTENSION WORKERS
TO GATHER HERE FOR
THREE DAY MEETING
150 Delegates Expected to
Attend Convention
May 15-17.
The national convention of the
University Extension association
will be held in Lincoln May 15, 16.
and 17. More than 150 delegates
from over the United States are
expected to attend as guests of
the University of Nebraska exten
sion division, and Dr. A. A. Reed,
director. Speakers on the program
of the three day meet will be con
cerned with the chief aims and
purposes of university extension
work in relation to the national
program of adult education.
J. W. Ciabtree, secretary emeri
tus of the National Education as
sociation and a former Nebraskan.
will be a guest of honor at the
Thursday evening banquet, as will
Gov. R. L. Cochran, and Chancel
lor E. A. Burnett. Also to appear
on the convention program are F.
M. Debatin, dean of the university
college, Washington university:
and F. D. Farrell, president of
Kansas State College.
Bessie Goodykoontz. assistant
commissioner from the United
States office of Education, will
speak during the first session. On
the program from the University
of Wisconsin will be W. H. Lighty.
F. W. Shockley of the University
of Pittsburgh will preside over
several meetings, as head officer of
the national extension association.
A luncheon at noon Friday, May
17, will celebrate the twentieth an
niversary meeting of the organiza
tion. Sessions of the convention
will be held in the Lincoln hotel.
SURPLUS
XISI
Little Gods Galley
LAMOINE BIBLE, DAILY
By George Pipal.
Tables were turned on Ne
braskan Editor Lamoine Bible
yesterday. After four years on
the pushing end of a reporter's
pencil, he paused long enough
In his drive against "deadwood" in
campus organizations to bare an
eventful past to readers of his
publication.
Forty-first inhabitant of his na
tive metropolis, Verona, the "little
giant of University hall" travelled
to Monroe, his present home ad
dress for prep sci ooling. Shortly
after entering the university at
the tender age of sixteen, he was
pledged to Sigma Phi Sigma, Corn
Cobs and Sigma Delta Chi.
This lion of the press can be seen
In his den any spring afternoon.
He will be slumped in a chair, one
foot danglliig over the edge of a
typewriter desk. looking very
much like a newspaperman, ex-
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It LAZE BREAKS OUT
V TEMPLE THEATER
Eire Destroys Curtains in
Rascmvnt Saturday
Night.
Flro In the Temple theater,
breaking out shortly before mid
night Saturday, brought three
trucks to the home of the Univer
sity Players on a general alarm.
No serious damage was done ex
cept the destruction of some drap
eries stored in a wooden cupboard.
The blaze was discovered by a
Janitor, Fred Stein, as he was lock
ing up the building for the night.
He narrowly missed finding it,
smelling smoke as he was locking
backstage doors. The theater was
in use until that time by the Uni
versity Players, who were practic
ing for their post-season produc
tion, "Julius Ceasar," which opens
Wednesday night for a four day
run in spite of the fire.
COOPERATION
F
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Cochran to Present Main
Address, Scholarship
Awards Made.
Co-operation of fraternities
is beinc sousrht by officers of
the interfraternity council to
insure success ot the annual
interfraternity banquet next
Tuesday evening. The dinner is to
be held in the Cornhusker hotel.
Governor ft. L. Cochran, principal
sDeaker. will be introduced by
Toastmaster Ray Ramsay, who
will also introduce Claude S. Wil
son, prominent university alumnus.
Features of the annual banquet
are presentation of scholarship
and intramural amieuc awarus
and the address by the governor
of the state, according to Joe
Rhea, interfraternity council pres
ident. Tickets for the affair have
been on sale for the past week, and
will be available until time for the
banquet.
"Fraternities are urged to close
their tables Tuesday evening,"
stated Rhea, "So their members
will be free to attend the dinner."
He indicated that most of the
Greek chapters had agreed to close
their tables for the Tuesday eve
ning meal.
Rhea pointed out that the an
nual banquet is the only event dur
ing the year at which all campus
fraternity men meet in one group,
adding that topics to be discussed
there will be of particular interest
to everyone present.
The Cornhusker dining hall will
be decorated for the affair with
emblazoned replicas of fraternity
badges, members of the committee
said.
PROF. BELL TO ATTEND
Graduate Students Will Give
Paper Describing Sites
In Nebraska.
Prof. Earl Bell of the Anthro
pology department will leave this
week to attend the fourteenth an
nual meeting of the central section
of the American Anthropological
association to be held May 3 and 4.
This year's meeting is to be held
in the Wisconsin Memorial Union
building of Madison, Wis.
A series of three papers on Ne
braska Archeology will be present
ed by three University of Nebraska
graduate students. The title of tine
presentation is "The Description
and Classification of Three Sites in
Nebraska" and the papers will be
illustrated. The students are: Paul
Cooper, Marion Dunlevy, and John
Champe. Professor Bell is a mem
ber of the executive committee of
the association.
Features of the convention will
include a banquet each evening,
and a tour of various Interesting
buildings of the university, and
city.
NEBRASKAN EDITOR.
Courtesy Rlnthrt-Mrden.
NTER
RATERNITY
BANQUET SOUGH
ANTHROPOLOGY MEET
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PLAYERS CHANGE
OPENING DATE OF
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'Julius Caesar' Begins Four
Day Showing in Temple
Wednesday Evening.
JENKS DIRECTING CAST
Postponement Due to Spring
Vacation Interference
With Rehearsals.
"Julius Caesar," which was
to open in the Temple theater
Monday eveniiij?, April 2!), will
not open until Wednesday eve
ning, May 3, and will be pre
sented through Saturday evening,
with an extra performance Satur
day afternoon, due to the fact that
spring vacation interfered with
practices. The University Players
will be directed in the production
by Hart Jenks, famous Shake
spearean actor and former Ne
braskan, who will also play the
role of "Marcus Brutus."
"The unnamed crowds will have
as important a part in the pro
duction of 'Julius Caesar' as the
leading characters," according to
Mr. Jenks. "It is an extremely
large production and the task of
giving an illusion of tremendous
distances on a twenty-three foot
stage is exceedingly difficult."
"There are seven scenes which
will all be arranged very quickly,"
according to Don Freidly, in
charge of scenery. "The scenes will
be very simple so that they will
not detract from the actions which
are the outstanding part of the
play."
Use Simple Scenery.
Suggestion and simple, rather
than complicated and detailed, live
of the scenes will make use of two
large fluted pillars placed at cither
side of the stage, and two large
entrance ways on either side. The
scene In the orchard of Brutus'
house will be a night scene and an
indistinct garden wall will be the
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F
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Department to Send Copies
To All High Schools
In State.
Containing program arrange
ments for engineers week activi
ties, the Nebraska Blue Print was
sent this week to all high schools
in the state. The April issue of
the student enginering publica
tion was issued Friday with an ar
ticle, "Finding Oil With the Seis
mograph," by W. Bernard Robin
son, E. E. '30, as the principal fea
ture. Since high school students of
the state have in the past years
shown much interest in the en
gineers week programs, the Blue
Print is sent to them In order that
they may have a list of exhibitions
and activities on the program, it
was indicated by those in charge.
Robinson, an oil, prospector,
with his article explains how the
seismograph is used in locating
fields of oil. He relates how sound
ings are taken at half mile inter
vals over the area to be worked
and, from the results, determine
the dephth of the rock bed. Fol
lowing setting up of instruments,
holes are dug in the ground and
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RYCKMAN SPEAKS AT
Editor Declares College
Trained Journalist
Has Advantage.
Journalists with university train
ing have a distinct advantage over
non-college newspapermen in the
opinion of Mr. C. S. Ryckman, edi
tor of the Fremont Tribune, who
addressed members of Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalistic fra
ternity, at an initiation banquet of
the organization Friday evening at
the Lincoln Y. M. C. A. Mr. Ryck
man won the Pulitzer editorial
prize in 1932, and recently was
given second prize in the Mount
Rushmore essay contest.
In explaining his ideas concern
ing university 'training, the
speaker stated that men with col
lege educations are equipped with
tools not in the possession of men
net attending school.
"The college man has the inside
track on the non-trained man in
the newspaper field," declared
Ryckman. "The other man must
pick knowledge up from scattered
sources."
Preceding the banquet six
pledges of Sigma Delta Chi were
initiated into active membership.
They are: Irwin Ryan and Don
Shearon, Lincoln; Georg-3 Pipal,
Humboldt; Grant Parr, Minden;
Gifford Swenson, Bert rand; and
Lewis Cass, Ravenna,
AST PRODUCTION
VAKCE LEIMSGER TO
GIVE PIANO RECITAL
Herbert Schmidt Student
Presents Program
Sunday.
Next In the series of student re
citals, now being presented by the
school of music, is that of Vance
Lcininger, piano, student with
Herbert Schmidt. Mr. Lelninger
will give his recital in the Temple
theater at 3:30 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon. He will be assisted by Mr.
Schmidt, who will play orchestral
parts on the second piano.
Listed on Mr. Leinlngcr's pro
gram is "Partita, C minor," by
Bach, Including "Slnfonie," "Alle
mande," "Sarabande," "Rondeau,"
and "Caprice." "Poeme Erotlque,
Op. 18, No. 2," by Powell, "Caprice
for Left Hand Alone, Op. 26, No.
1," by Ganz, "Diversions," by Car
penter, and selections from Schu
mann's concerto, A minor," will
complete the program.
PEP CLUB NAMES
NEW OFFICERS AT
E
Elizabeth Shearer, Tassels
President, Organization
SecretaryTreasurer.
Elizabeth Shearer, president
of Tussels, was elected na
tional sec retary - treasurer of
Phi Sifrma Chi, girls' national
pep organization, at a conven
tion which was held in Lincoln Sat
urday. Other officers of the national
group elected Saturday for the
coming year are Ray Werner of
Kansas State College, president;
and Ruth Stockwell of Kansas
University, vice president. Addi
tional delegates Included Eliza
beth Kelly from the Kansas State
college, Betty Tholen from Kansas
university and Erma Bauer from
the Nebraska group.
Proceedings of the all day con
vention began with a 9 o'clock
meeting in Ellen Smith hall Sat
urday morning. Plans were made
to begin negotiations for a na
tional charter for Phi Sigma Chi
immediately, according to Louise
Hossack, retiring president of the
group. Delegates accepted the In
vitation extended by the Kansas
state representatives to hold the
third annual convention in Man
hattan in the spring of next year.
Delegates were the guests of the
Tassels at a picnic luncheon in
Pioneer Park following the morn
ing session. After the luncheon
an outdoor meeting was held at
which representatives of the vari
ous chapters discussed activities,
plans, ideals, and aims for the fu
ture of their respective groups.
The day's festivities ended with a
tour thru the Nebraska state
capitol.
Tassel members composing the
committee which made arrange
ments for the convention are
Elizabeth Shearer, Erma Bauer,
Luclle Berger, and Jean Palmer.
LI
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R.
P. Crawford Presides
Over Opening Guild
Sessions.
Gilbert H. Doane. university li
brarian sooke at the tenth anniver
sary program of the Nebraska
Writers' Guild, Saturday ai uie
Lincoln hotel, expressing the be
lief that present writers are draw
ing away from sordid realism and
that realists themselves are doing
less of that type of writing.
"Things can be a bit cheerful and
still be successful," he pointed out.
Robert P. Crawford, jaurnallsm
instructor was in charge of the
opening1 session of the convention
which included round table dis
cussion. Will M. Maupin presided
at the luncheon which followed,
and Dr. A. E. Sheldon and Mrs.
F. C. Radke were In charge of the
afternoon session at the Nebraska
Historical Society rooms in the
capitoL
Dr. J. E. Alexis, chairman of the
German department, was toast
master at the evening banquet,
which featured talks of past presi
dents, including Mr. Maupin, Mr.
Crawford, Mr.. Radke and How
ard Erickson, Omaha, former uni
versity student.
Messages were read from Mrs.
Bess Streeter Aldrich, who is in
California, and Keene Abbott, of
Omaha, first president of the
group. Sylvia Cole Dlers presented
special music for the affair.
CONV
NTION HERE
Sign for Senior Organization
I wish to enroll as a member of the senior class, and
express my willingness to co operate in organization of the
senior, class, and to participate in their activities.
Name
Address
This is a coupon, to be turned in rI one of the ballot boxes
located in the principal buildings n the campus.
SPONSORS REVEAL FINAL
PLANS FOR IVY DAY RITES
Davies, Jean Walt, Announce
Judges for Annual Sing
Competition.
WINNERS OBTAIN CUPS
Fourteen Sororities, Nine
Fraternities Enter
Contests.
Judges for the annual Ivy
Day inter-fraternity sing, which
will bo held nt 9 a. ni. Thurs
day, and the intcr-sorority sing,
which will open the festivities
at 1:30 In the afternoon, were an
nounced Saturday by Tom Davlcs,
president of the Kosmet Klub
which is sponsoring the men's
contest, and Jean Walt, A. W. S.
member, who is in charge of the
sorority contest. Saturday fourteen
sororities had entered the contest,
and nine fraternities, although
those fraternities still wishing to
enter may do so by getting in
touch with Davies as soon as pos
sible. Judging the fraternity sing will
be Lee H. Ager, 1952 So. 25th, well
known in Lincoln music circles and
interested in Lincoln choirs; Mrs.
E. N. Van Home, 2438 Lake, a rec
ognized church organist and Lin
coln musician of discrimination
who is a member of the music com
mittee of St. Paul's church, and
Lyle DeMoss, 1226 So. 15th, direc
tor of the choir of St. Marv's
Cathedral and a well known radio
artist.
Musicians to Judge.
Mrs. Maude Gutzmer, professor
of voice; Wilbur Chenoweth, pro
fessor of organ and piano and pro
fessor of composition, and Earnest
Harrison, professor of piano, will
choose the winner of the sorority
song contest.
Fraternities which have signified
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TO
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Stover, Miss Diamond in
Charge of Sunday
Outing.
TTnnf filiated students will hold
their second picnic this year at
Antelope park, Sunday. Ficnicaers
will leave in cars at 14th and R
sts., and Idlewilde at Holdrege, at
fi:30 o'clock Sundav morning-. They
intend to be back by 9 o'clock.
Evelyn Diamond . ana jonn
stnvpr in ehare-e of the arrange
ments have invited all unaffili
ated students to attend the outing,
whether they have Been active in
barb activities or not. The charge
per person was announced at 15
cents, to be paid at the picnic.
Faculty sponsors ror tne ariair
are: Prof, and Mrs. H. W. Manter,
Prof, and Mrs. S. M. Corey, and
Prnf. and Mrs. U. W. Reinmuth.
John Stover, president of the In-
terclub council, is in charge of tne
transportation and entertainment.
Elizabeth Edison is in charge of
the food.
GALLOW
Phi Chi Theta Pledges Four,
Elects Officers for
Coming Year.
At a meeting, April 25, of Phi
Chi Theta, honorary business
women's sorority, six new officers
were elected, and four girls were
formally pledged.
The girls elected to fill offices
are: Carol Galloway, president;
Alaire Barkes, vice president; Mir
iam Butler, recording secretary;
Ruth Pierce, corresponding secre
tary; Alice Crowley, treasurer; and
Barbara Burt, historian. Installa
tion will take place May 9.
The new pledges are: Lois Hiatt.
Lincoln; Caroline Davis. Lincoln;
Virginia De Tar, Lincoln, and
Aileen Marshall, Douglas. Initia
tion will take place the latter part
of May.
Special guests were: Alfreda
Johnson, first grand vice president,
and Gladys Brinton, president of
the alumnae chapter.
PELTIER TO PRESEST
LECTURE ON DISEASE
Pathologist Gives Final
Scholarship Speech
Tuesday.
George Peltier, professor of
plant pathology and chairman of
department of bacteriology and
pathology, will address a group of
faculty members Tuesday evening,
April 30, at the University club.
His lecture title is: "Some Aspects
of the Relations of Environment to
Disease." This is the third and
last of a scries of scholarship lec
tures. Open House, Convocation
Field Day, Banquet
On Calendar.
With the completion of pro
gram arrangements for the tra
ditional engineers' week on the
university campus Thursday
and Friday, May 2 and 3, out
standing events appear as the open
house at 7 p. m. Thursday, the
engineers convocation at 11 Fri
day, followed by field day t noon
and the engineers banquet at 6:30
In the evening.
Open house commences the of
ficial program Thursday evening
with many exhibits and demonstra
tions of the various engineering de
partments. Included are the liquid
air demonstration at the mechan
ical engineering building, the
model grade crossing eliminator at
the mechanical arts building, the
thermite welding process at Brace
laboratory, the Rube Goldberg in
ventions at the chemistry building,
demonstration on casting of metals
at the M. E. foundry, light, beam
and block light transmission dem
onstration at Brace laboratory,
model irrigation projects south of
the old power house, tests of
strengths of materials demonstra
tion at the materials testing labo
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Fi
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Pictures in Competition
Must Be of Nebraska
Subjects.
The Farmers' Fair Board today
announced that the Photographic
contest and exhibition, a feature
of former Farmers' Fairs, will be
held again this year. The contest
will be divided into two classes,
one for beginners and one for ad
vanced photographers. The pic
tures, according to the new contest
rules, must represent Nebraska
subjects of the following tvpes:
campus pictures, outdoor pictures.
figure studies, groups or portraits,
animals, unusual views or curiosi
ties.
First and second prizes are to be
awarded in each class. In the be
ginners' division the first award is
an $8 camera, second prize, a 7x10
Kodak album. In the advanced sec
tion the best exhibit will receive a
prize of a complete set of oil
paints, and the runnerup will be
awarded six rolls of film.
The board purposely made the
prizes for beginners very attrac
tive in the hope of getting a larger
number of amateur exhibitors. Any
resident of Nebraska, or any non
resident who is a student in a
school or college of Nebraska is
invited to enter the contest. The
number of pictures, each of which
is to be mounted on a light col
ored card 8x10 inches in size, is
limited to three per person.
ENGINEERS MAKE
FINAL PLANS FOR
EXHIBITION WEEK
Chicago Opera Here May 6
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Pictured above is a view of the triumphal scene In the opera. Aida
by Verdi, which will be prspntiHl in the university coliseum May 6
by members of the Festival Opera company of Chicago and the Uni
versity Choral Union under the direction of Howard Klrkpatrick,
Presentation of May Queen
Headlines Morning's
Activities.
IVY DAY CHORUS TO SING
Innocents, Mortar Board to
Announce Members in
Afternoon.
Student activities will reach
the climax of the year Thurs
day, May 2, when the annual
Ivy Day ceremonies will bo
held. Plans arc now complete
for the traditional festivities, ac
cording to an announcement made
Saturday by Brcta Peterson, Mor
tar Board member in charge of
publicity.
Presentation and crowning of
the May Queen will headline the
activities of the morning, while
masking of Mortar Boards and
tapping of the new Innocents will
be features of the afternoon.
Fraternity men will open the Ivy
day program at 9 o'clock with
their Interfraternity sing, spon
sored by Kosmet Klub. Each group
will sing two songs, and the win
ner will be announced immediate
ly afterward. Marvin Schmid, law
student of Columbus, who was
chosen by vote of the students, will
make the Ivy Day address.
Seniors Carry Ivy Chain.
Shortly after this, Mortar
Boards, members of the senior
women's honorary society, fol
lowed by two pages, will go to the
throne of the Queen to await her
coming. Senior women a. Droach
with the ivy chain, led by four out
standing members of their group.
Following them is the daisy chain,
carried by two freshmen, two soph
omores, and two juniors from each
sorority.
Following the entrance of the
daisy and ivy chain, the Ivy Day
chorus, under the direction of Her
mann Decker, professor of music
at the university, will sing the Ivy
Day Chant.
After this attendants walk down
the carpeted path, then the maid of
honor. Heralds announce her com
ing, and at last the May Queen
herself walks to the throne to be
crowned.
Ivy Day Poem Read.
The May Queen will then present
the Ivy Day poet with a leaf of
ivy, after which the latter will read
the poem chosen best in the com
petition. To conclude the morning's events
the May Queen will present the ivy
to Jack Pace and Don Easterday.
junior and senior class presidents,
who will then plant it in keeping
with Nebraska's long kept tradi
tion. At noon, the Mortar Board
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Copy Briefs
by
FRED NICKLAS.
FRANCE isn't going to be bluff
ed .even a little bit, so Hitler
better keep his birdmen away or
there's going to be trouble. Along
the German frontier France has
an assortment of fortifications. It
is one of Germany's business just
what they are. A saucy note to
Germany explained this, and let it
be known that Nazi planes caught
flying over the forbidden territory
would be forced down. And that
has earmarks of being something
more than Just a game.
Two pre-war allies are getting
to be pals again. Russia and
France have signed a mutual
agreement, which guarantees as
sistance from one to the other in
event either is attacked. Evi
dently both powers continue their
anxiety over their mutual neigh
bor's military ideas. Aggressive
action of either party will void
the agreement, the rules state.
Flashback to the old familiar
"con" schemes. Letters, chain let
ters, promising fabulous profits
have been circulating in middle
western cities. Send a dime to the
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