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VOL. XXXIV NO. 142.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1933.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
NO FACTION SPLIT
RUMORED BEFORE
SPRING ELECTION
Observers See Barb
Deciding Factor
Annual Battle.
Vote
in
RECORD VOTE PREDICTED
Togas Plan Comeback After
Last Year's Council
Shutout.
BY POUTICUS V.
Echoes of Ivy Day revcibe
rated about the campus early
this week as political factions
prepared to nominate candi
dates for 25 student council
posts and three publication board
positions. It was understood that
some dissatisfaction reigned in the
fields of both men's and women's
activities as the traditional honor
celebration faded away into his
tory, and every indication points to
a finish battle at the polls next
Tuesday.
Among the men, both factions
were believed to be standing pat
as far as membreship was con
cerned. Rumor of a threatened
breach between barbs and frater
nity men in the Progressive fac
tion, a semi-annual occurance.
again proved to oe unfounded as
the Greeks and Barbs sailed
smoothly along their way toward
final nominations.
Progressives were optimistic over
their chances to cop the spring
race following their success in the
Ivy day orator election April 16.
They took further heart in the fact
that Corn Cob offices again seem
headed their way.
Green Toga members were also
rejoicing over the harmony which
pervaded their ranks on the eve of
final selection of nominees. Shut
almost completely out of this year's
council, faction leaders were plan
ning a concerted campaign to dis
place the Progressives next year
and it was believed that some of
the newly-tapped Innocents would
be called upon to carry the Green
Toga banner next Tuesday. Green
Toga leaders also seemed confident
of impending victory pointing to
their sweep of the class officer
elections last fall as a change in
campus sentiment.
Those "in the know" in both fac
tions agreed in predicting that this
year's battle at the polls promises
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AT
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Names of New Initiates
To Be Disclosed
Sunday.
Plans for the initiation of 125
Big Sisters by the Big Sister Board
were begun at a board meeting
held in Ellen Smith hall. Tuesday
noon. Arrangements will be com
pleted at a special meeting of the
Board members Wednesday noon,
and name of the Big Sisters to
be Initiated will be announces .
Sunday. . j
The initiation ceremony m
held Tuesday. May 14. at 6:ia. at
the Alpha Xi Delta house. Ar
rangements are in charge of
Gladys Klopp. Doris Weaver,
Theodora Lohrmann. Marjorie
Bannister. Betty Magee, Elizabeth
Bushee. Jean Marvin, and Eliza
beth Moomaw. The Big Sisters
initiated will hold a mass meeting
in Ellen Smith ball at 5 o'clock
Thursday. May 16-
Plana for next fall's activities
were also made at the meeting
Tuesday noon. Following the meet
ing It was announced that the Big
and Little Sister dinner will be held
Nor. 14. The annual Penny Car
nival ha ben set for Feb. 22, and
the party for new freshman girls
wiU be the evening Sept 18.
NOT 125 MEMBERS
Little Gods Galley
JACK NICHOLAS, AWGWAN
By Regina Hunkins.
Jack Nicholas, pipe in hand,
took time off from guiding the
financial affairs of the Aw
ffwan to announce with pride
JLhat he bet he'd been kicked
out of more stores than anybody ;
else in Lincoln. Tou see. the climb .
from circulation "manager to busi
ness manager of the little humor
magazine Un't an easy one. espec
ially when it consist of getting ads
and more ad despite a depression.
But Jack made the grade. In
September be will launch into hi
senior year. He U a member of
the University Players, and a mem
ber of Scabbard and Blade. He
wa a track man in hi high school
Jay and also during the year he
attended iunior colleee st St. Joe.
Mo. But he hasn't had time to go
on U sporti slr.ee he csrse to the
iniventity. J
One doesn't wonder at that after j
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Call for Poems on
Bovines Slums That
Press Is Powerful
By Ed Murray.
It took the utility bovine, man's
best friend, according to Nels A.
Bengston, head of the geography
department, to butt home the pow
er of the press to the unbelieving,
and in this case the medium of the
press pressed into prestige was the
Daily Nebraskan. In short the
"rag" recently ran a bit of a fea
ture calling for prospective ode
writers to turn their efforts toward
a eulogy on the goat Dr. Bengston
wishes to use said stately rhyme
at the opening of a new book he is
writing.
The feature was picked up by the
Lincoln dailies and bv the Asso
ciated press. This motivating seed
of creation thus found its way into
every town of the state, and Dr.
Bengston has already received ap
proximately so odes on his favorite
animal.
FALL SEMESTER
I
Registrar Office Announces
Departmental Expansion
In Facilities.
Numerous new courses are
being offered in the fall semes
ter for the benefit of the stu
dents iii the various depart
ments along with expansion in
facilities, according to the Regis
trar s office.
In order to satisfv requirements
for the new technician's course
which is being offered in the phar
macy college program, physio-
chemical technique is open to sen
iors or by permission. Correspond
ing to the freshman lecture and en
gineering orientation subjects
which have been taught in past
years, the ag college has added an
orientation course as a require
ment for freshman ag students.
The zoology and botany depart
ments have combined to offer an
innovation with a course in gen
eral biology. They are also sched
uling an introduction to biology
open to ag students only. Also a
new introductory economics course
is bcirg made available o ali stu
dents. Formerly named the applied me
chanics and machine design de
partment the same subjects are
being offered under the title of en
gineering mechanics. Two or three
semesters of high school alegebra
are the only requirements listed
for the new mathematics course,
elements of college math.
For those who have conscientious
objections to formal military sci
ence, a new two year course is be
ing opened up in calisthenics, sani
tation, and map reading. Formerly
these students were sent to the
physicial education department
The sociology department has
expanded its course in social case
work to now include four semesters
: of work in place of one previously.
In speech and dramatic art stage
craft is the new subject for those
interested in the mechanic of
stage work.
REV. R. fE.VKV GIVES
SERIES OF PARTIES
Presbyterian Minister
Entertain Students
At Manse.
to
A ceries of four spring parties
will be given at the Presbyterian
manse by Kev. anj Mrs. k. b.
Henry for Presbyterian student
and student groups of the four
Presbyterian churches in the next
month. Tne first airair is scneauiea
to take place Friday. May 10, at 8
o'clock when student members of
the second Presbyterian church are
Invited to attend .
On Friday. May 17. students
from the Fitst Presbyterian church
will be entertained: Westminster
members are invited to attend an
affair Friday, May 24. and Wed
nesday. May 29. member of the
fourth Fresbyterian church will at
tend. Student committee are in charge
of arrangement for each of these
parties. The manse i located at
333 No. 14th st.
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STUDENTCOUNCIL
TO FIX CALENDAR
F0R'3536T0DAY
Governing Body Meets Under
Present Organization
Last Time.
ELIGIBILITY REPORTED
Meeting Scheduled for May
15 to Select New
Officers.
Meeting: for the last time
this year under the present or
granization, the student council
will fix the calendar for stu
dent activities in lJMo-.'Mi and
complete plans for the council elec
tion on May 14, this afternoon at 5
o'clock in the council rooms.
The council will this afternoon
consider the report of an eligibility
committee that has been working
since the first of the year under the
leadership of Marion Smith. This
committee has been investigating
the possibility of changing the
scholarship requirement for par
ticipation in activities.
The committee will report its ac
tivities to the council and sugges
tions will be made toward a change
in the scholastic deficiencies with
respect to extra-curricular work
Fixing the calendar for next
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STUDY AT PRINCETON
DURING YEAR 1935-36
Assistant in Architecture
Department Is Granted
Absence Leave.
Marvin Robinson, assistant in
structor in the department of ar
chitecture, has been granted a one
year leave of,, absence from .Ne-1
braska to attend PrinceTon unTver
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MAHVIN ROBINSON.
sity next year as a result of his
recent appointment as the Lowell
M. Palmer fellow for 1935-36.
The award is an architectural
fellowship that is given on a merit
basis to one outstanding graduate
architect in the United States. The
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W.A.ATTOMICNIC
Tennis Club Will Hold First
Conclave Saturday
Grant Memorial.
in
Plans for the W. A. A. spring
picnic will be discussed when the
new council -meets for the first
time, Thursday noon, in the V. A.
A. lounge.
New and old council members.
the sport board, and intermural
representative are invited to the
picnic to be new in tne w. a. a
cabin, which wul be completed this
week, according to Elizabeth
Bushee, president of the organiza
tion. Beth Taylor, chairman of the
cabin committee, will leaJ a dis
cussion on rule for use of the
cabin.
Miss Bushee also announced that
the tennis club will hold it first
meeting Saturday. May 11, in
Grant Memorial hall. Dorothy Bol
lard will be in charge, and the
ladder and round robin tourna
ment to be coutinued for the bal
ance of the year, will be arranged.
GRUENIG WINS FOSSIL
HUNT AT LOUISVILLE
Charles Gruenig wa awarded
the Sigma Gamma Epsiloo geology
hammer Monday a winner of thi
geology fossil hunt at Louisville.
Friday. The hunt wa in connec
tion with the geology field tour
attended by thirty-five student
and conducted by Prof. E. F.
cramm. Sigma Gimwi Fpilnn
is the national professional geology
fraternity.
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Jack Fischer.
Student council president, who is
chairman of the student union exe
cutive committee.
President Easterday Calls
Committee Meeting for
May 14.
Although disappointed at the
student inertia, the committee
on senior class organization is
going ahead with its plans and
has scheduled a meeting of the
committee for Tuesday. May 14,
Don Easterday, class president, an
nounced Tuesday.
At this time plans for senior ac
tivities during commencement
week will be formulated to be sub
mitted later to members of the
class for their approval. Despite
the fact few seniors have shown
any enthusiasm to create a greater
bond of unity in the class, the
committee feels that the organiza
tion is a worthwhile enterprise and
that the intention of the commit
tee when it was first formed should
be carried out
"Ve think that when the details
of the class activities are publi
cized, -the--etudeots will awaken to
the fact that there is a senior class
that is doing something," Easter
day declared. "We hope to set a
precedent in senior class functions
which will be followed by classes
in the future."
Members of the committee
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PEP GROUP TO HOLD
Tf
Tassels Make Plans for
Affair at Meeting
Tuesday.
Arrangements for a Tassels rush
tea to be held Saturday from 2
until 4:30 Sunday afternoon at the
Kappa Kappa Gamma house, were
discussed at a meeting of the
women s pep group Tuesday at t
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. The
tea will be followed by a meeting
of the organization, announced
Elizabeth Shearer, president
Miss Shearer appointed Klsie
Buxman as chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements and asked
Virginia Pitchford. Ruth Nelson,
and June Wager to assist ber.
Names of prospective Tassels
were submitted at the meeting
Tuesday and read to the active
members for consideration. These
women, who have been recom
mended by the various sorority
houses, will be invited to the tea
Saturday and a certain number of
them will be asked to become
members of the organization.
Mis Shearer presided over the
meeting and urged all member of
Tassel to attend the tea and give
their full cooperation to the com
mittee arranging for the affair.
Invitation were discussed but no
definite plans were made in re
gard to them.
Copy Briefs
by
FRED NICKLAS.
TWENTY-FIVE years a mon
I arch. Such is the record of
King George V of England. When
thousand of loyal British gath
ered to pay homage to their king
they saw bun kneel reverently
while the archbishop of Canter
bury pronounced a blessing in pic
turesque old St Paul's Cathedral.
Everywhere there wa thanksgiv
ing and merrymaking in celebra
tion of a beloved ruler.
AH wa not solemn, however,
for everywhere in ancient Eng
land reverie marked the jubilee
long after nightfall. Blazing
fires symbolized spirited throngs
from shore to shore, each pay
ing respect to one who for a
quarter century has ruled a
mighty empire.
Near tragedy to marked the
day. Thousands, crowding stands.
streets and sidewalks already over
crowded recvt4
medical Care j
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SENIOR GROUP TO
MAKE PLANS FOR
CLASS ACTIVITIES
BOOK STORE PLAN
GIVEN TO COUNCIL
SPONSORS TODAY
Tentative Outline of Shop
Management Submitted
To Committee.
NATURE NOT DIVULGED
Faculty Support Indicated;
Students Urged Sign
Petitions.
Tentative management plans
for the proposed second hand
bookstore will be submitted to
the Student Council committee
leading the drive for the pro
ject, at a meeting of the body at
3:30 today in the council rooms.
"The executive group will con
sider the scheme and make any
corrections or improvement ne
cessary before laying it before the
Board of Regents along with the
petitions now being circulated in
an effort to obtain unanimous
campus support of the exchange,"
stated Virginia Selleck, chairman
of the committee.
The plan is being drafted by
Miss Selleck and Don Shurtleff
and altho the authors refused to di
vulge the exact nature of the
scheme they indicated that it would
embody the best points of the plans
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ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Maneuverings of Politicians
Indicate Partisan
Nominations.
President Irving Hill's wish that
political affiliations be disregarded
in the corn cod Dauoung lorugut
for the good of the organization
appeared to be blasted on the eve
of the annua! election wnen iac
tion representatives indicated that
nominations were apt to be made
with partisan regards.
Hill had commented he hoped
members of Corn Cob would dis
regard all political affiliations in
their voting and choose candidates
on merit alone because the posi
tion of the organization under in
competent leadership would be pre
carious. Results of recent meetings of the
two political faction however in
dicate that the president's wish
may not be followed. Both parties
refused to divulge the names of
their candidates.
Only those members inducted
into the organization this year
will be allowed to vote for the can
didates. Members initiated last
vear will not vote in this election.
Karl M. Amdt. faculty advisor for
the group will be in charge of the
balloting. The meeting is to be
held at 7:30 tonight in the base
ment of University HalL
Four officers will be chosen in
the election. The officers include
president, vice president treasurer,
and secretary. Officers for the
past year have been Irving Hill
president: Carlisle Myers, vice
president: Jim Marvin, treasurer;
and Irwin Ryan, secretary. Twen
ty-eight fraternitiea will have one
vote apiece in tne election.
YICXliLSTAFf
Grand March, 13 Piece Band
Features of Dance
Saturday.
Arrangement for the dance to
be held in the Armory Saturday
evening under the sponsorship of
tne i. w. is. a. social siaii. are
nearing completion, according to
Evelvn Diamond, leader 01 we
fiTOUD.
Sidney Rosen thau. violinist, will
be featured with Bob Minnick and
hi thirteen piece orcbetra which
ha been booked to play for the
dance that is open to everyone
Those attendine the dance will
participate in a grand march tak
ing place at 9 o'clock.
"We believe this feature will add
a general democratic atmosphere
to the affair." stated Dorcas Craw
ford, who with Mary White mads
arrangement for the march.
Nora DeCory, Hazel Baler, Lette
Jacques, Ruth Longstreet, Lillian
Seiboit, Alice Terriii, IrU Know,
and Dorothy Beers are arranging
for the dance which is the last of a
series sponsored by the Y. W. staff.
Commercial Club Makes
Plans for Trip to Omaha
Planh for a trip to Omaha will
be made at the regular businesa
meeting of the Men's Commercial
club Wednesday evening in the
club's meeting room tt Social Sci
ence. The meeting will be beld
at 7:30.
In view of the coming journey
to Orr.nhn Ralnh NollkamDer.
rv,mmi - - ll rliih "nrir1pnt nrru
ail members to attead, i
PLANS ARMORY PARTY
ARCHITECTS DRAFT
FIRST UNION PLANS
Student Council Prepares Preliminary Sketches for
Possible Special Meeting of University Board
Of Regents This Weekend. '
FISCHER URGES MAJORITY TO SIGN PETITIONS
Executive Committee to Prepare PWA Application at
Special Meeting This Afternoon to Submit
For Council's Approval.
While committee members of the student union project
searched for more petition signers, architects busied themselves
yesterday drafting preliminary sketches and perspectives of
the proposed building, rounding out the drive in the event the
board of regents calls a special meeting to consider the proposi-
tion this week end.
PHI BETA KAPPA
INITIATES 41 AT
Virtue, Barbour Introduced
As Honorary Members
Of Organization.
Phi Beta Kappa, national
honorary scholastic fraternity,
inducted forty-one new mem
bers into the organization at
iniation ceremonies held Tues
day evening at the University club.
The annual banquet of the organi
zation followed the initiation serv
ices. During the banquet Prof. George
O. Virtue and Prof. Erwin H. Bar
bour were introduced to the group
aa honorary members of the fra
ternity. Prof. Guilford, president of
the Nebraska chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, delivered the welcome to
the new members and Harry Let
ton, jr., gave the response, Letton
was the holder of the highest aver
age made by the initiates.
Rev. Walter Aitken, pastor of St
Paul's Methodist Episcopal church,
delivered the main address of the
evening. The topic of Rev. Ait
ken's address was "The Lure of
Books." Mrs. A. W. Williams gave
a short history of Phi Beta Kappa,
and Prof. J. R. Wadsworth greeted
the new members. Prof. R. J. Cool
bestowed the keys to the initiates
and Prof. C. M. Hicks adminis
tered the Phi Beta Kappa pledge.
41 Receive Keys.
New members initiated last night
are: Viola Anderson, Lincoln;
Frieda Baeder. Lincoln: Elsie Bes
chorner, Lincoln; Earl Bloom, Lin
coln; Marian Borkenhagen, Om
aha: Earl Eragg. El wood; Dave
Burleigh, Lincoln: Darrell Butter
baugh, Lincoln; Frank Crabill. Red
Cloud; May Helen Davis, Lincoln;
Charlotte Deakin, Hastings.
Emily Floyd, Beatrice: Selma
Goldstein, Lincoln; Mary Ruth
Haggman, Scandia. Kas.; Mrs.
Julia Harrison, Lincoln; Irene
Hentzen, Seward: Gertrude HilL
Lincoln: Dcmaries Hilliard. Lin
coln: Margaret Hufnagle, Utica;
Armand Hunter, Humboldt: Doro
thy King. Lincoln: Viola Kris,
Howells: Helen Kropf. Arapahoe;
Harry P. Letton, jr.. Lincoln;
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WW. FRESH MES PL AS
MAY MORMG AFFAIR
Cabinet Members Make
Arrangements for
Breakfast.
Members of the fieshman V. W.
C. A. cabinet are in charge of the
Mav morning breakfast, honoring
Y. W. members and their mothers.
The breakfast will be held on the
Chi Omega lawn, Sunday morning.
May 12, and reservations can be
made at the Y. W. office in Ellen
Smith hall.
A program of toasts and uusical
numbers will comprise the morn
ing's entertainment, and cabinet
members and staffs will be intro
duced. The breakfast is an annual
affair, tho this is the first time it
has been held out-of-doors.
TUESDAY DINNER
Prof. VanRoyan Takes Dream
Traveler on Holland Cruise
By Ed Murray.
Editor's note: Thi in th firrt of a short wri of trevelofru feature
dealing with trip that prospective. tourist mieht Uke during the coming Hum
mer or mm time In the luture. The articl mlil be deaigned to intri;
dream traveler aa well aa thoae 1n the monled claw that can do more than
dream about aeelng the world in some other light than that of movie lantern.
Prof. "Willera VanRoyan reminiscing and talking of one of
the globe's most unique countries, the land where he was born,
raised, and educated, Holland: "The one word that describe
Holland better than any other is 'picturesque.' It is a coun'ry
of dikes, windmills, flowers, cheese, art, tradition, and a lot of
other thinsrs that everybody baso
beard about in some connection or
other.
"Now the easiest way to get
there is to take one of the big
steamers out of New York. The
Holland American" line runs a
number of large boats. The "Sta
tendam" is one of the biggest and
fastest boat, but some of the less
swankier ones are cheaper and
every bit as comfortable. The cook
ing on these boats is characteris
tically Dutch, excellent and lot of
It
"The first step for most English
I Student council members con
ducting the petition drive asked
students to remember the petitions
that have been posted on the bulle
tin boards in all buildings and im
plored students who have not
signed to do so today. "An im
pressive list of petition signers is
necessary," Jack Fischer, president
of the executive committee of the
student council, stated, "to add
impetus to the drive."
Remove Petitions Friday.
Petitions are to oe removed from
the bulletin boards Friday in prep
aration for the Regents meeting.
At the present time it is not defi
nitely known whether or not the
board will convene especially for
the union project but committee
members expressed the opinion
there was a possibility.
A special meeting of the student
council has been announcd for this
afternoon at 5 o'clock in the stu
dent council rooms. The special
executive committee will also meet
at 4 o'clock to prpare the docu
ment, which will be submitted to
the council for approval at 5.
To Disclose Loan Procedure.
Latest developments at the state
PWA offices in the manner in
which the loans will be handled
will be disclosed at this meeting,
it was announced by Charles Bur
sik. secretary of the union com
mittee. Letters have been written
to state authorities requesting full
information on the new PWA set
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COUNCIL SETS THREE
MEN NEXT SEMESTER
Group Adopts Rule Stating
That Rushees Are to Pay
Dollar Fee.
A three day rush week will re
place last year's five day period, it
was decided in a meeting of the in
terfraternity council Tuesday eve-
ring. The new schedule will statt
Saturday, Sept. 14, and will con
tinue thru Monday. Sept. 16. Re
duction of the rushing period and
imposing a 1 fee to be paid by
each rushee were the only changes
in last year's rules.
Aext fall s rushing schedule cans
for twelve rush dates, five on Sat
urday, five on Sunday, and two on
Monday, the last day. Rushing is to
be confined to bona fide dates, dur
ing the entire period. Pledge but
tons mav not be displayed until
midnight on Monday, Sept 16. The
dates will not interfere with regis
tration, it was pointed out, since
r.ew ftudents will not register until
Tuesday, Sept 17.
The new rule, adopted at the
meeting is: A fee of one dollar
must be paid by each rushee at the
time when his dates are filed. Pay
ment shall be made at the inter
fraternitv council office, room 119
Morrill hall, before the time of
rushee s first date. Failure to pay
this fee prohibits rushee from
pledging until thirty days after
rush week.
Rush cards will go to the print
ers themiddle of this week. Joe
Rhea, council president stated last
night According to a motion pass
ed at the meeting the cards will b
dixtributed to fraternity represent
atives the morning of Saturday,
May 18. No cards will be available
until that time.
people is usually Englmd. Finish
ed with England, travelers cross
the channel from London to Rot
terdam. People belonging to tho
"four hundred" take an airplans
as a rule, and those confined to the
water by the size of their bank
role should eat little and drink tm
coffee before starting on the trip.
The reason for this caution is that
the channel and the sa of Dover
on this Jaurt from the English cap
ital to Rotterdam is one of the
roughest Is existence. Under the ef
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