N EBR ASK AN Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXV NO. 33. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1935 PRICE 5 CENTS E LET US BE GAY' AS I TTachel Crothers Author of Comedy Opening at Temple Nov. 11. MISS HOWELL DIRECTS Play Enjoyed Year Broadway Run; Hunter Praises Smart Plot. University players have cho sen for their next production, Kaehel Crothers' most brilliant comedy, "Let Us Be Gay." with Francine Larrimore in the star role. The play opens Monday, Nov. 11, and will run one week, closing Nov. 16 with a Saturday matinee. The play ran for a year on Broadway and was acclaimed by New York critics to be the high spot of an otherwise dun season. Frances McChesney, Jane Mc Laughlin and Armand Hunter, fav orite players for many past sea sons, will return for the first time this year in the leading roles, un Hpp th direction of Miss Alice Howell, chairman of the dramatic department. Others having sirong annnortin? roles are Mareraret Car penter, Donald Buell, and Era Lown, three prominent piayera. Th niiiv itself has a uniaue plot clever dialogue, and exceptionally human characters. "It's smart, saucy, witty, and happy as the name demands. 'Let Us Be Gay fulfills the best tradition of the modern comedy of manners. Coeds take notice this play reveals what every broken hearted girl would like to do. Don't miss it," declared Armand Hunter, business manager of University Players. Reservations should be made at Magee's, starting Monday, Nov. 4. "We are placing the tickets on sale a week early to give everyone an opportunity to assure themselves a good seat, as this is one of the musts ," statea wunier. The dramatic deoartment urges everyone to mark Nov. 11 to 16 on their calendars, as an epiu ween. iu the history of the players. FALL Fl L DRIVE REACHES Frances Scutter High Point Girl in Thursday Report. Y. W. C. A. Fall Fund Festival workers increased their collections from $60.65 to $200,000 on Thurs day, Oct. 31, the second day of the drive. "Such a wide margin of im provement will encourage us all to work harder toward the goal of $1,200," declared Gayle Caley, the chairman of the Fund Festival. Frances Scutter, Junior class ex ecutive, was high point girl on Thursday, collecting $18.75. The top team for the day was a group of Junior class workers heated by Marylu Petersen, in creasing tre fund by $14.00. Max ine Wertman, and her freshman group, were second with collec tions of $14.00, while third place was taken by a sophomore group led by Maxine Durand, who turned In $11.75. Senior class high group, beaded by Theodora Lohrman, col lected $4.00. Miss Green, Y. W. C. A. secre tary, spoke at 5 Thursday to a group of all girls taking part in the drive, encouraging them and Instructing them on technical points. Third of the group report meet ings was announced for Friday. Nov. 1, at 3 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. T Dr. Frolik to Speak at Open Meeting Following Dinner To Be Held Nov. 7. ' One of the several banquets to be sponsored by the Trl K club, Agronomy student organization, on Ag college campus this year will be held Nov. 7 at 0 p. m. in the Agronomy Laboratory building. Committee in charge of public ity for thj banquet consist of John Clymer, chairman, Adrian Lynn, and George Lambrecht. The ticket committee is composed of Darrel Bauder, chairman, Don Kil mer and Dale Smith. There will be an open meeting after the banquet at which Dr. A. L. Frolik will discuss the prob lems In connection with wild game management. Dr. Frolik is back in his position in the department of agronomy after spending the past nchool year and two summers In Wisconsin completing all require ment) for a doctor's degree. His Continued on Page 4) PLAYERS NEX PRODUCTION $200 MARK ON SECOND DAY BANQUET FOR AG MEN 4-H CLUB MEMBERS MAKE PARTY PLAISS Short Program Presented At Regular Meeting Tuesday Right, n Seventy-five persons attended the university 4-H club meeting Tuesday evening when plans were completed for a party to be held Nov. 7 in the activities building on the Ag campus, according to Gilbert Erickson, president or the club. The party will be an over all party. Plans were also made for a membership drive. Laverne Peterson gave an ex temporaneous speech as a part of the program and Evelyn Ditt man gave a reading. A skit was presented and Ruth Murray gave a solo. Erickson presided at the meeting. nya1cks Students May Call for Pay This Afternoon Says Boschult. Pay checks for the' period of Sept. 16, to Oct. 12 inclusive will be ready for distribution at 1 o'clock this afternoon among the Nebraska students in the local NYA offices, Edgar J. Boschult, assistant purchasing agent of the NX A announced Thuisday. Students assigned to depart' ments on the ag college campus should call for their pay checks at the dean's office or see Miss Schurr, in Agricultural hall. Stu dents assigned to departments on the city campus should call for their stipends at the west stadium office. The National Youth Administra tion has been the subject of much newspaper comment and of oral criticism. Tuesday, Dean T. J. Thompson retaliated for the NYA against rumors which were circu lating. NYA officials reported that the student checks were unavoid ably delayed because of a complex checking process. Thoro Checking. Lincoln administrators of NYA received quotations from the uni versity regarding the amount due each student, but these elongated reports took an exceedingly long time going thru the auditing de partment After thoro examination in the above division, the reports were sent to the treasury branch for additional checking and final payment. Much dissatisfaction was ex pressed by individual students working for the NYA who com plained that the belated stipends cause hardships which seriously in terfere with their university work and their peace of mind. There are 773 students employed under the NYA, of which amount 675 are undergraduates at work on the Lincoln campus, forty-three are graduate students, and fifty five are students of the medical and nursing schools in Omaha. The monthly payroll amounts to $10, 360. Staff to Hold Class For Reporters Today The regular Friday after noon news-writing class will meet today at 3 o'clock In the offices of the Daily Nsbraskan, under the direction of the managing editors. All students interested In Journalism are urged to come, and reporters on the Nebraskan ar required to attend. Due to recent neglect of beats by various reporters, the managing editors are con templating a shift In staff and reassignment of certain beats. For efficient coverage of all the news, the co-operation of every reporter is essential. AVAILABLE TODAY STATES AUTHORITY Student's Pictures Decorate Playing Girds of Prof. Grone By Barbara Rosewater. , it. .a l.lnvlr L-inir Klnplr fen-snnt on a red IHCa That's Holitaire as played by the Americans. Hut Prof. E. A. Orone, of the mechanical drawing k.i lnvflfirip1 n tifw wrinkle in the frame. Instead Ul JJUl 1 llll i , L. , lju.1 vvvf. ..... ---- fj of cards he uses pictures of the students in his classes, mounted on stiff paper, witn name. wr has indulged In this unusual pas time. Tha rAflann ? He wants tO kDOW his students personally, to be able instantly to connect the right name with every face In hla class room. v "You may mile," said Profes sor Grone, (and indeed we were), "but I find that knowing my stu dents by name has helped their grades. . "Many of my classes are lecture courses, or large laboratory groups in which in the ordinary course of events. I should have no opportu nity to get acquainted with indi vidual students. But when 1 take their pictures and memorize their names, they forget I am a lec turer and feel free to come to me with questions and problems, and their interest In the class grows proportionately." Professor Grone takes his pic tures with a small Minnie a $216 candid camera similar to the one WILLIAMS LAUDS WORKER'S SPIRIT AT CONVOCATION Lecturer States Belief in Right of Laborer to Advance. DR. HERTZLER PRESIDES Consultant Says More Jobs Needed Not More Leisure Time. Declaring his faith in the fu ture and applauding the spirit of the American laborer, Whit ing Williams, well known lec turer and industrial consultant, speaking at the Temple Thursday morning told his audience that the worker has a right to expect ad vancement in his field. "Too much stress today has been given to work security and not enough to the spiritual and soul satisfying aspect of the labor prob lem," he said. Following his intro duction by Dr J. O. Hertzler, chairman of the convocation com mittee, Williams reviewed some of his experiences as a laborer in the mines and manufacturing plants of this country and abroad. Need More Jobs. "What we need today is more jobs not leisure time," he pointed out. "Workers everywhere are praying, 'Give us this day our dally job," and "the speaker con tinued, "this cry is not merely for economic reasons, rather it is the expression of his soul. It is the on factor essential for his self respect. Every man tries to justify himself by his job. Even the hobo becomes indignant if you refer to him as a bum. "Our failure to realize this in our social philosophy today means that we are likely to assume that the unemployment problem will be solved by unemployment insur ance. Favors WPA. Williams said he is in favor of this type of social enactment, so long as it is not offered as a sub stitute for men's jobs. He also spoke in favor of the national re lief program m being carried on .(Continued on Page 4) 'MEETING WEDNESDAY Dean Oldfather Addresses Group on Oriental Institute. Members of the Classics club held their fiist meeting of the year in Morrill hall Wednesday night Following introductory talk by Lois Pierson, president of the club, and a short business meetln?. the nrorram be?an with music fur nished by Eunice Bingham, violin, and Margaret Baker, piano. Dean C. H. Oldfather spoke on rprtaln nhflitM of the work now be ing carried on by the Oriental In stitute of Chicago. This was roi lowed by group singing of a num twr of Latin sonsrs. Dean Oldfather described par ticularly the process Dy wnicn photographs of Egyptian inscrip tions are made and corrected. This process was shown to be very complicated, involving me enoris of a large staff of photographers, artists and eDisranhers. Many of the most Important archeological projects now under way are dc ing supported by Americans, Dean Oldfather nointed out. and before rtiAnv veara America will not need to depend on foreign countries to furnish leaders for tnese expedi tions. vast majority of card playing - rmhu.k. The films, which are lxll-2 Inches, cost a third of a cent apiece. Con sequently Professor Grone la able to make glass slides and photo graphs far below the cost of the old forty-five cent slides once used by his department. Besides his glass slides and his student pic tures, which he keeps In a private file, from semester to semester, Grone does some commercial pho tography work. Ever since he was fourteen, when he had a small box camera, be has been Interested in taking pictures. The professor's son, Donn Grone, now in bis third year in the chem ical engineering department of the university, takes after his camera minded father. Snapping pictures from the floor of the theater of movies being shown on the screen is the least of Donn's photograph ic achievements. Eight other professors and six departments in the university own candid cameras. Class Presidents ffrf in COMPETITION !) ft -rl FDR HOMECOMING M J i . Courtesy Lincoln Journal. James F. Marvin George H. Pipal James Murvin, Lincoln, and George Pipal, Humboldt, who re spectively will head the senior and Junior classes at the ' university. Marvin is unaffiliated, Pipal is a member of Chi Phi fraternity. TO SPEAK BEFORE ENGINEEI Nebraska-Kansas Section of Education Society Will Meet Here. Gov. R. L. Cochran and Prof. John D. Clark, professor of eco nomics, will be principal speakers at the 6 o'clock dinner this eve ning which opens the two-day con clave of the Kansas-Nebraska sec tion of the Society for the Pro motion of Engineering Education. Approximately 140 are expected at the dinner at the First-Plymouth Congregational church as guests of the engineering college instructors. Speaking to over eighty dele gates from Kansas State, Iowa State, and the universities of Kan sas, Iowa and Missouri, Governor Cochran will discuss "The Engi neer in Public Service." The speaker, an engineering graduate of the university, will stress the human relationships to be taken into consideration when an engi neer is dealing with the public. Dr. Clark will speak on "The Engineer in a Planned Economy." He will consider various phases of the profit motive in industry. Chan cellor E. A. Burnett of the univer sity will present the address of welcome to the visiting delegates, with registration of represent atives Friday afternoon in the me chanical engineering building. In the evening following the dinner the group will adjourn to various buildings on the campus where round table discussions will be held. General sessions will occupy Sat urday morning's program in the M. E. building. The following dis cussions will be given thruout the morning: "Practical Applica tions of the Stroboscope," with demonstrations by Prof. O. E. Edison and Prof. F. W. Norris of the E. E. department: "Honors Group Plans." by Prof. R. H. Fra zier of the Masachusetts Institute of Technology; "Social Interests of Government and Engineering Edu cation," by Pres. Rowland Haynes of Omaha Municipal university (Continued on Page 4). MISS NELSON HEADS F! Marie Vogt Will Serve as Vice-President of Society. Winifred Nelson was elected president of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman women's honorary, and Marie Vogt was elected vice presi dent at a special meeting called Thursday at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith by Betty Cherny, resigning president. The election resulted from the resignations of Betty Cherny, president, and Jane Bar bour, vice president. Both girls were forced to resign because they were over-pointed, according to the A. W. S. activity point sys tem. New officers of the freshman honorary announced the initiation of nine pledges Nov. 7 at 7 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. The nine gins, who gained their right to become members of the organization Dy maintaining a 90 average during the first semester or the first year they were in school, were pledged early this fall. They include Mar garet Cushlng, Enid June Gillett, Jean Eleanor Gordon, Rosalyn Lashinsky, Muriel Elaine Line, Mary Jane Mitchell, Alice ignore Nielson. Helen Margaret Reynolds, and VVUma Harriet Stutt Committees in charge of the In itiation and the reception which will be held afterwards, include Martha Morrow, Theora Nye, and Florence Steytevllle, refreshment committee. The program committee consists of Helen Roscer, Lili Katherine Kryger, and Mary Mar garet Evans. Betty Cherny and Jane Barbour will assist the new officers with the initiation cere mony. Betty Cherny is in charge of publicity. Deans Return From Long Geological Survey Trip Deans Condra and Reed return ed Wednasday morning from an extensive geological trip made In northeastern Kansas, northwestern Missouri, and southwestern Iowa. There were four directors of Geological Survey on this trip. , RAN CLARK R OOP IfifAM IMP NflV 7 Annual Decorations Contest Open to All Campus Fraternities. JACK PACE IN CHARGE Aptness, General Effect, Originality Basis of Judgments. 'Deadline for entries in the contest anions: all campus fra ternities for the best decora tions displayed for the Nov. 9 hoiiieeoinins.1' celebration has been set as Thursday, Nov. 7, by the Innocents' society, sponsoring the project, Jack Pace, member of the senior honorary organization in charge, announced yesterday. The trophy to be awarded to the winning group has just been received and will be placed on dis play in Long's College Book Store. Names and addresses of clubs who plan to compete for the award must be filed at the Daily Nebras kan office in U hall before Thurs day, Nov. 7. On the basis of originality, apt ness, and general effect, judging will be made on Nov. 8, the night before the homecoming football game with Kansas university. Judge will be announced at a later date. Inexpensive Plans Emphasized. "It is hoped that all fraternities will enter into this contest which has been a tradition with home coming festivities in the past," Pace declared. "Of course, every club can not win the trophy of fered, but with the majority of houses decorated a great amount of color will be added to the gen eral atmosphere of the occasion which should be a colorful one." The Interfraternity council has named $25 as the maximum amount that any group can spend in decorating, and all fraternities are eligible to participate. By the maximum ruling. Pace pointed out, emphasis will be placed on clever inexpensive decorations which was the purpose the society had in mind in announcing the contest. ICAL Survey Commission Seeks Water Deposits at Elmwood. Drilling crew of the State Geo logical Survey has been moved from Nebraska City to north of Elmwood. The purpose of the lat ter location Is to determine the character of water bearing forma tions that are thickly covered with glacial deposits. It is in an area where farmers and small towna have experienced considerable dif ficulty in obtaining water supplies. The State Conservation and Sur vey Division sent to the printer yesterday a bulletin prepared by Dr. J. E. Weaver and William Knoll. The subject of this bulletin is "The Relation of Runoff and Ground Water Storage to Prairie and Cultivated Crops." The Conservation and Survey Division gave Reven hundied bulle tins to rural, town and city teach ers during the process of the con vention held in Lincoln last week. Bulletins that wero most in de mand were those on the relation of drouth to rainfall, land-use prob lems in the state, the tree bulletin, and Dr. Anderson's bulletin on the best sugar industry. These will be placed in the high school and the grade school libiarics for perma nent use. E Interclub Council, A.W.S., Sponsor Carnival Event Friday. Jimmie Storey's orchestra has been hired to play for the Carnival Dance which is being sponsored by the Interclub Council and the Barb AWS league on Friday, Nov. 1, in the Armory. An error was made' in the previous announcement con cerning the admission price. Ad mission will be twenty-five cents per couple, or ten cents for girls and fifteen cents for boys. The party will begin at 8:30 and close at 11:45. "Such affairs as this dance af ford an excellent opportunity for Barb students at the university to get acquainted with one another," stated Dorothy Beers, chairman of the Barb AWS league, "and we are expecting a record crowd." Committees in charge of the dance are Jim Riisness and Eliz abeth Edison, concessions; Dorcas Crawford, special entertainment; Eleanor Oldfather. refreshments; Paul Rader. properties: Gretchen Budd, tickets: Rowena Swenson and Ruth Fulton, chaperons; and Doris Weaver and Wilbur Bcezley, publicity, Army Pilot Has Fun But Didn't Count on Air Bureau Charges The army airplane pilot who dived his plane low over Memorial stadium at the Oklahoma-Nebraska football game Saturday may face drastic action for breaking army flying regulations, according to Lieut. Harold Montee, aeronau tical inspector for the bureau of air commerce in Nebraska and Colorado, who was in Lincoln Thursday investigating the inci dent. Complete data on the army cadet pilot has been placed in the inspector's hands by City Inspec tor Eriksen, who filed the com plaint. Montee stated the evidence indicates the cadet, named C. V. Smith was flying both recklessly and too low. He explained that al tho the pilot was not flying under army orders he was subject to the same regulations under the depart ment of commerce as any other flyer. The offense was serious enough to bring drastic action, Montee said. The information gathered by the inspector will be sent to the bureau of air commerce in Wash ington where it will be turned over to the chief of the army air corps. The pilot was registered at the Municipal airport here as C. E. V. Smith, Selfridge Field, Mt. Clem ens, Mich. Selfridge Field is a training school for the U. S. army air corps. It was explained that if Smith were a commercial pilot the aeron autical department could either suspend or revoke his commercial license or levy a civil penalty of $500. Montee stated his depart ment had not jurisdiction over the army proper but could only trans mit information to it. El COMPLETES PLANS F( Mel Pester to Furnish Music For Ag Campus Affair Friday Night. One of the largest ag campus social events of the year will take place Friday evening in the Stu dents Activities building when the members of the American Society of Agricultural engineers hold thur annual dance. Mel Pester and his orchestra will furnish music for the affair which has been planned by Wayne Thurman, president of the society. "Students have dariced to Pester's orchestra at several parties this year and have enjoyed it very much," Thurman stated as one of the reasons for expecting a large crowd at the affair. Another reason is to be found in the novel lighting and decorating system which will be used. The lighting scheme, described by Thurman as "spherical luminos ity," will be carried out with col ored spotlights shining on revolv ing mirrors suspended above the center of the dance floor. Chaperons for the affair will be Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Brackett and Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Crowe. Lloyd Hurlbut is sKnsoring the organization and on the committee in charge of arrangements are Pete Burns, Fred Chambers and Russell Kychelhahn. Other officers of the society are Marvin Samuel son, vice president, and Vernon Keller, treasurer. REPORT MEET SHOWS Amount Exceeds Complete Totals of Previous Years' Drive. Results of the N stamp sale re port meeting held Tuesday from 4 to 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith show a total of 12,500 stamps sold during the drive. Having already exceed ed the total of previous drives. A. W. S. board members In charge of the sale anticipate a large in crease in the number of stamps sold before the final check-up next Friday. The sophomore team with the highest number of sales is the Kappa team composed of Jane Walcott and Jean Rowe. They have sold 1,800 stamps during the drive. Second is the Theta team, Betty Magee and Jane Loeke, who have sold 1,000 stamps. Virginia Fleet wood is high among the freshman saleswomen with 965 sales. Bar bara Selleck comes in second with 670. Betty Cherny, sales director, nas called the next report meeting Tunalav from 4 to 5 o'clock in El len Smith. It is essential that every worker report at tms roeeung, sne announced. Ul CLUB TO SPONSOR ALU MM PARTY MV. 2 Students who are former 4-H club members will be entertained at a nartv annnaored bv the Uni versity 4-H club in the Student Activities buildUig at o cioca. Saturday evening, Nov. 2 on the Holdrege campus. According to recent announce ment a variety of entertainment will be furnished during the eve ning, followed by refreshments. rhnnrons for the affair are to be Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Crowe and Mrs. A. L. Frolik. )R ANNUAL DANCE 12.500 N STAMPS SOLD I SALE OF TICKETS F o Innocents Set Price of Duc&U For Homecoming Affair -At $150 Each. TOM GENTRY TO PLAY Campus Opinion Shows Band Of Ambassadors Good Choice for Dance. ... Tickets for the annual home coming party will go on sale this week end by members of Corn Cobs who have been de. ignnted official salesmen, Dick Schmidt, president of the Inno cents society, sponsors of the af fair, announced. Innocents mem bers and a few other selected per sons will sell the ducats. Price has been set at $1.50. The event, which has been granted a closed night, is sched uled for Nov. 9 at the coliseum following the Kansas university football game. Tom Gentry and his Ambassadors, featured CBS and WGN orchestra, will play for the dance. Each salesman who sells 15 tic kets will be given one compliment ary ducat if all money is turned in at the student activities office in the coliseum by noon Saturday, Nov. 9. A public address system will be used in the coliseum making the music audible in all parts of the ballroom, according to Irwin Ryan, member of Innocents. Permanent decorations will be used. "Consensus of campus opinion indicates the popularity of Gentry and his Ambassadors," - Ryan stated. "The band is especially well known as a rythm band and for its imitations of other out standing orchestras of the country. Gentry's arrangements in imitation of the Casa Loma orchestra tech nique produces an effect identical with that of Glen Gray's famous band." ; Several popular recordings of Tom Gentry will be featured on a special program to be broadcast over KFOR in the near future, if present plans under discussion caa be carried thru, Ryan indicated. The purpose of the broadcast is to acquaint students with the Ambas sador style of arrangement an -J rhythm. OF IINT f IRST OF NEXT WEEK Feature Article on: Rural Electrification to Be Included. November issue of the Nebraska Blue Print, engineering magazine, will be distributed and placed on sale the first of next week. Ted Schroeder, editor, announced Thursday. The feature article is "Rural Electrification," an informative discussion of the rural program from the standpoint of the private power company. Next month, the editor states, a sequel to this ar ticle, describing the government's plans for rural electrification, will be written by W. F. Lewis, agricul tural research engineer, at the col lege of agriculture. Lowell Newmyer contributes "A Day at Camp Nebraska," an arti cle describing the civil engineers' summer surveying camp near Ash land. In the Dean's Corner, a regular Blue Print feature, Dean Fergu son writes on "Joining Your Engi neering Society." Other features include Englnews, Alumnews, and Sledge, Jr., humor page. lITElSflCTION . DISCUSSION AT MEET Faculty Members to Attend Nebraska Writers Guild Meet in Omaha. Dr. H. A. White, of the Engli l department, will lead a round tt -ble discussion on fiction at the ft I meeting of the Nebraska Writer.! guild to be held at the Hotel VcT.: tenelle in Omaha on Satuids -. Nov. 2. The discussion is the first part of the program of the day's meet and will be followed by a fellow ship luncheon at which Rev. A. W. Manuur will speak on "How to Im prove the Letters of the Alpha bet." At 2 o'clock Edward Steinmetz. director of the Omaha Community Playhouse, will talk on the Play house project. An article section will be lead in the afternoon by Martin J. Chicolne and poetry section by Claire Austin Dixon. At the evening banquet Dr. Rowland Hsyncs. president of the Omaha Municipal university will speak on "Writing as a Business and a Hobby." CORN COBS STAR OR PARTY NOV , i I . u :- fi it 't- . -V , I ' J