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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV NO. 50.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1935.
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Pacific Coast Team Downed in 1916, 1924, 1933 With
54-0 Margin oh Loss Side of Balance Sheet;
Held to 0-0 Tie by Montana.
SHORT SCRIMMAGE ON N. U. MENU MONDAY
Stiner Saving Forces for Go With Huskers Thursday;
Joe Gray, Triple-Threat Halfback, May Threaten
Scarlet Goalposts.
As the day appointed for Oregon State's entrance into Me
morial stadium with all sails furled draws closer and closer,
Dana Bible's ("ornhuskers advance nearer and nearer to that
state of football excellence capable of sending the Pacific coast
eleven back out of Memorial stadium with the Avind completely
emptied from their victory aspira-O-
Hons.
After a light dummy scrimmage
Monday evening in which the
sweat-suited Husker squad stress
ed both offensive and defesnive
duties, everything is in readiness
for the appearance on the scene
of th other party to the duel. Tues
day and Wednesday afternoons
wiil probably be confined to light
limbering up exercises, the heavy
duty having been completed last
week, when Ed Weir s frosh found
that the Ethiopian dispute had
been miraculously transferred to
Memorial stadium, and the vars'
ity team had developed into Mus
solini s army .
No Stranger.
The team which Dana Bible's
midwest champs are counting on
licking to put a savory finishing
touch on the 1935 schedule is not
a stranger to Nebraska football.
Three times before Husker and
Beaver teams have met in 1916,
3924, and 1933. The victory record
stands at three wins for the
Huskers, successive shutouts giv
ing them a 54 to 0 point margin.
Altho the Staters were held to
a scoreless tic with Montana at
Missoula Saturday afternoon on
their way west to Nebraska, Lon
Stiner, former Cornhusker foot
baller, has been pointing for the
Husker battle thruout the entire
last half of the season, and was
conceivably saving his forces for
the Thanksgiving day lete.
This year the team with which
Stiner, has been doing big things
on the Pacific coast features a
195 pound line, one of the heaviest
Nebraska has met this season. The
Beavers have a ten pound weight
advantage in this department, and
the backfield, headed by Joe Gray,
triple-theat high scoring back of
the northwest, is slightly heavier
than Nebraska's ball carrying 6ys-
Touchdown Hunter.
Turkey day fans may expect a
real treat wnen Stiner's versatile
halfback gets into action. Coach
Bible stated Monday that. "The
game should be an interesting one
for the spectators with Nebras
ka's kicking and running attack
pitted against Oregon State's
aerial game and its triple threat
back, Joe Gray." He kicks, he runs,
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ELLEN SMITH DINNER
TICKETS GO ON SALE
WW. Office, Social Staff
Sell for 'Hanging of
Green A ffair.
Tickets go on sale today for the
"Hanging of the Green" dinner to
be held at Ellen Smith hall Thurs
day evening, Dec. 5 at 5:45
o'colck. All girls who wish to at
tend should buy tickets at the
Y. W. C. A. ofifce or from mem
bers of the Social Staff of which
Dorothy Beers is chairman.
All reservations must be made
by noon of Dec. 2.
BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS
READY FOR VARSITY
Biblemen Set for Oregon State Fray
THREE SHUTOUTS
ON BEAVER BOOKS
Oregonians Arrive
This Morning; Drill
In Stadium at 3:00
Coach Lon Stiner's Oregon State
football squad arrived in Lincoln
Tuesday morning at 4:30 a. m.,
proceeding to the Hotel Corn
husker, where they will reside dur
ing their stay in Lincoln.
The Beavers will divide Memor
ial stadium between them Tues
day afternoon, Coach Stiner de
siring to give his squad an ex
tensive workout after the strenu
ous overland trip. The Stiners will
drill behind closed gates, starting
at 3 o'clock.
Oregon State players making
the trip are: Woody Joslin, John
Casserly, Maynard Schultz, Dale
Lillebo, Howard Weaver, Jim Mil
ler, Don Fisher, Tub Brown, Ernie
Bears, Stan McLurg, Ed Strack
Kilo Watts Ed Creider, Frank
Ramsey, Ken Deming, Bill Dun
can, Jack Woerner, Joe Gray, Bob
Patrick, Tommy Swanson, John
Eilers, Ray Scott, Elmer Kolberg,
Dick Sutherland, Jack Brande, and
Glen Moody.
HULAC PRESIDES
OVER
Y.M
CONCLAV
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SOON
Four or Six Men Team Will
Be Chosen in Contest
Dec. 12..
HOLOJiER DEC. 3
Werner, Patterson, Slated
For Addresses at
Affair.
Bibliography lists are ready in
Prof. H. A. White's office for de
baters who will compete in the
varsity tryouts on Dec. 12 on the
question: Resolved, that congress
should have power by two-thirds
vote to over-ride decisions of the
supreme coutt declaring laws un
constitutional. Four or six men
men will be chosen for the team
at that time, Prof. H. A. White,
varsity debate coach, announced
Monday.
Debate Coach White urged all
participants to get their biblio
graphy lists immediately at his
office. Eligibility requirements for
the team are the same as for ath
letes, he stated. j
Eight men to compose four var- '
siiy debate teams were chosen
from fourteen competitors after a
verbal battle staged in University
hall, Thursday, Nov. 21. The men
chosen were: Robert Stiefler, Bob
Wadhams, Francis Johnson, Elmer
Schecle, Byrle Shuck, Arthur
Smith, Leonard Kreuger, and Ed
win Getscher.
Regional Cabinet to Meet
"Dec. 1; Provides for
Speakers.
Charles Hulac, recently elected
president of the Student Christian
Movement of the Rocky Mountain
Region, will preside at a meeting
of regional cabinet members at
Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.
The cabinet will provide for well
known-speakers, such as-Kirby
Page, a recent speaker in Lincoln,
and Kagawa, world famous Japan
ese socialistic and religious worker,
who will be here in February.
Other speakers who will be con
sidered are Dr. Regina Wescott
Wieman, prominent psychologist;
Dr. Henry Wieman, professor at
the university of Chicago, and
great philosopher of religion in
America.
This regional council is com
posed of the chairman and faculty
advisors of these committees: re
ligious, peace action, personal and
family relationships, economic re
construction, creative leisure and
race relations.
All committees will report on
their work and co-ordinate plans
for the rest of the year.
Others beside Hulac who will
represent Nebraska at the con
vention are: Rowena Swenson, co
chairman of the 1936 Estes con
ference; Gladys Klopp, D r. C. H.
Patterson, Mr. C. D. Hayes, Y. M.
secretary; Miss Mildred Green, Y.
W. secretary; and Dan Williams.
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HUMORMAGAZINE
ON STANDS TODAY
Awgwan Features Formal
Fashions; Includes
Many Pictures.
BLACK AND WHITE COVER
Vacation Starts
When Bell Rings
Wednesday Noon
Regular Columns, Articles
Continued in New
Edition.
A vg wan's November issue,
featuring formal fashions with
camera studies and with draw
ings, went on sale this morning
on stands in Social Science and
Andrews hall. Block subscriptions
will ; be delivered this afternoon.
according to Howard Dobson, edi
Sancha Kilbourn's article, enti
tled "Fashions for Women," de
scribes gowns chosen by various
sociallites of the campus for the
Military ball, including photo
graphs of four of them. Nebraska's
Sweetheart, Cynthia Pedley, is
pictured in full regal gown and
cape. Men receive attention under
Town and Campus," where it is
pointed out that color is a promi
nent part of men's formal dress
for this season. The cover page is
done in black with white outlines
showing dancers at the ball in
formats and tuxedos.
Regular columns and articles
are continued in this issue. "On
and Off the Campus" gives univer
sity and campus events for De
cember. Superstitions is the sub
ject of "Campus Tempo," while
pOorw-teila. whatr.TOTSanent stu
dents have been doing. One of the
better performances by the sta
dium card section was snapped for
the "Candid Camera" column.
Constance Clinchard, Richard
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NO TRACE FOUND OF
CAR PURLOINED BY
With the ringing of the 11:50
o'clock bell Wednesday noon, a
majority of Nebraskans will start
journeys homeward or wayward to
spend the four and one-half day
Thanksgiving vacation. Classes
will be resumed at 8 o'clock Mon
day morning, Dec. 1.
The vacation begins at noon
Wednesday in order to give stu
dents a chance to get home before
Thursday, and to prevent a great
amount of traffic on the highways
Wednesday night and thus cause
greater danger of accidents, ac
cording to a statement made Mon
day by Dean T. J. Thompson.
Those who plan to remain in
Lincoln during the holiday will not
be entirely at a loss for events to
liven the vacation. The Oreeon
State-Nebraska game Thursday
afternoon is a factor which is
causing many a loyal cornhusker
to spend Thanksgiving in the uni
versity city.
LEAP YEAR DATE
TICKETS ON SALE
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Tassels Handle Campaign;
Formal Dress Is
Optional.
IRISH POET READS AT
2ND CONVOCATION
Novelist, Critic Makes One of Rare Public Appearances
When He Assumes Role of Feature Lecturer at
1 1 O'clock Gathering in Temple.
ERIN WRITER NOW AT TOP IN HALL OF FAME
Critics Rate Author Among Greatest in Literary Field
Although He Lives Relatively Unheard of as
Personality, Social Character.
James Stephens, Irish poet, novelist, and critic, will niako
one of his rare public appearances as he assumes the role of the
feature speaker in the second university convocation of the year
in the. Temple theater at 11 this morning. The native Erin writer
who has wended his way to the top among the guests of the Hall
Oof Fame and at the same time re-
SI AIL, liUAKU CO
PHARMACISTS TESTS
TUESDAY
DEC
License Hoard to Conduct
Exams First Part of
Week.
Tickets for the annual Mortar
Board party, leap year date affair
for students, will go on sale Tues
day, Dec. 3 under the supervision
of Tassels. The drive will begin
Tuesday night at the Tassel meet
ing, when tickets will be checked
out by Phyllis Jean Humphrey
a"A 'rr T
State examinations for licenses
in pharmacy are to be held Mon
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday of
this week in Pharmacy Hall by
the State Board of Pharmacy, ac
cording to Dr. R. A. Lyman, Dean
of the College of Pharmacy.
The examining board consists of
Charles Sprague, Omaha, chair
man, Jack Porter, Lincoln and
Don Brook, Hastings. There have
been only seven applications to
take these examinations, which,
accoramg to Dr. Lyman, is an
unusually small number.
stellaMIock to
speak on 'vogues in
II
members m charge 01 sa.
Duration of the campaign, which
will last two days, all Tassels will
be in uniform, according to presi
dent Elizabeth Shearer. Members
of Mortar Board will also handle
tickets for the party, which will
be held Friday, Dec. 13, in the
coliseum.
Fourth Consecutive Year.
jyilliliul llJZSr Secretary
Scheduled for Talk at
VesDers.
"Vogues in Adventure" will be
the topic of the featured talk to
be given Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Ves
per services by Miss Stella Scur
lock, national Y. W. C. A. secre-
Formal dress will be optional j ta y working in the Rocky moun-
Council of Religious Welfare of
the university will sponsor a din
ner and program for university of
ficials, representatives of local
church boards, and student work
ers from all denominations rep
resented In the council. The din
ner will be held on Tuesday, Dec.
3, from 6 to 8 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church, 17th and F
streets, according to Luvicy M.
Hill, chairman of the dinner com
mittee. University Council of Religious
Welfare is made up of a group of
faculty members appointed by the
chancellor, university pastors of
the several denominations repre
sented on the campus, and student
representatives of each e'enomin
ation. Speakers will include Dr. O. H.
Werner who will speak on "The
Work and the Purposes of the
Council" and Dr. C. H. Patterson
who will speak on "The Place of
Religion in the Life of the Under
graduate." Music is in charge of
Miss Elizabeth Tierney. A string
quartet, composed of Misses Eunice
Bingham, Marjorie Smith, Mar
garet and Mary Louise Baker, will
play.
Miss Grace Spacht, chairman of
the council, is in charge of the
program and will introduce the
speakers. Miss Theaople Wolfe is
in charge of ticket distribution.
Miss Nora Bunt is chairman of
uir vuniiiiiLLcr on iuic uwiauun, ;
nd Miss Caroline Kile in chairman
of the reception committee.
Applications Open for
Auguan Editor's Post
Applications for the position
of editor of Awgwan for the
rest of the current semester
will be received In the office
of the school of Journalism,
University hall 104, until Wea
nesday rtoon, Nov. 27. Applica
tion blanks are obtainable
there.
GAYLE C. WALKER,
Chairman, Student Publication
Board.
Selleck Expects Large
Crotvd for Beaver Tilt
"We're anticipating a larger
attendance for the Oregon
State game than we had for
the Oklahoma and Kansas
games," stated John K. Selleck,
business manager for the Corn
huskers. There has been a
sharp increase in advance tick
et sales.
Starting at 12:30 Thursday
afternoon the Faulkner mid
gets will play an exhibition
game with Father Flanagan's
team of Omaha. Members of
the Faulkner team are youth
ful football enthusiasts in- Lin
coln and Father Flanagan's
team is composed of boys who
live in the Father Flanagan
home for boys near Omaha.
The game will be held in the
tteHium prior to the Beavers
Cornhusker grid classic.
David Sowles' Auto Stolen
Saturday Still Is
Missing.
No trace had been found Mon
day night of David S. Sowles' car
which was stolen shortly after 9
p. m. Saturday night. As Sowles
stopped for the traffic light at
the intersection at 17th and O, a
lone gunman opened the door of
his car, stuck a gun in his side,
and after riding half a block.
robbed his of S2.50 and drove off
iwth the car.
As a parting request, Sowles
asked the bandit not to wreck his
car. He then ran to the Hompes
Tire company at 17th and N and
pnoned ponce headquarters. De
scriptions of the car and bandit
were phoned to Omaha, Nebraska
City and York officers. The gun
man was described at about 22
years old. 5 feet 11 inches tall, 160
pounds in weight and wearing -a
dark overcoat and dark hat. The
stolen car is black and carries Ne
braska llncense 2-12621.
at the party this year, which is
the fourth consecutive year that
women have served as escorts, ac
cording to sponsors of the affair
Admission has been set at $1.25
per couple.
Committees which will be in
charge of arrangements are tick
ets, Phyllis Jean Humphrey and
Gladys Klopp; chaperons, Lois
Rathburn and Elizabeth Shearer;
publicity, Elizabeth Bushee and
Mary Edith Hendricks; coliseum
arrangements, Lorraine Hitchcock,
Anne Pickett, and Elizabeth Moo
maw; orchestra, Virginia Selleck,
Faith Arnold, and Alaire Barkes.
Italy's Search for Power,
Land Antedates Mussolini
By LAURA B. PFEIFFER.
Continuing the aeries of faculty article! on current affairs, the Nebraskan
presenta thu discourse on the Ethiopian situation by Miea Williams. The
article Is not intended to be partiaan, but is simply a brief account of ths
historical and diplomatic background that underlies Italy's attack on Ethiopia.
Late in the nineteenth century, 1871, Italy attained unity
and took her place in the family of nations after a struggle of
fifty years against the oppression of Austria and the Papacy.
In this period, known as the liisorgimento, she had had the
leadership of distinguished men whose 'patriotism and high
idealism cannot be surpassed. O
Aiazzim, uaribaidi, Manln, Cavour,
are names that the world honors
and that Italians love. They lifted
Italy out of the "geographical ex
pression" to which the Metternich
had reduced her to a plane of Im
portance among the nations. She
began to dream of her former
glories, ancient Rome, the mediae
val Papacy, the Renaissance.
Weak Geographically.
No nonnpr harl national unit.
been achieved Loan she discovered
the weakness of her geographical
position. In this period the great
powers were in a scramble for
markets and colonial domain. Al
ready the greater part of Africa
had been taken and the few re
maining "uncivilized" district had
been earmarked for their own use
STYLES OF HAIRDRESS
CHARM SCHOOL TOPIC
Miss Schmidt Will Present
Illustrated Discussion
on Tuesday.
Styles of hairdress will be the
topic of the illustrated discusssion
to be given by Miss Agnes Schmidt
of the Cornhusker Beauty Shop
for the members of the Charm
school hobby group, sponsored by
the Coed Counselors, when they
hold their regular meeting at 7
o'clock on Tuesday evening at El
len Smith halL
The main part of Miss Schmidt's
discussion will be on the subject
of formal hairdress and will show
the manner in which a formal hair
fashion can be combed out to be
suitable for school year.
Four girls, including Virginia
Fleetwood, Jean Doty, and two
whose names have had been an
nounced, will model for the show.
All girls interested in attending
BIBLE TO SPEAK AT
FOOTBALL BANQUET
Coach Stops in Kansas on
Way From Seeing Texas
S. M. U. Game.
Dana Bible, Cornhus?"cr grid
iron dictator, will speak at the
annual Lions-Rotary club football
banquet at Coffeyville, Kas., Mon
day,. Dec. 2.
Coach Bible will stop at the
Kansas affair on his return trip
from scouting the Texas Christian
Southern Methodist football battle
for the southwest conference
championship. The Husker mentor
is selecting players on the West
to meet the East eleven at San
Francisco on New Year's day
squad from the Southwest and
Missouri valley sections, and will
watch the Saturday battle at Fort
Worth to make his choices from
that section.
tain and Pacific northwest regions,
Miss Scurlock has been in Lin
coln helping organize a commission
on the university campus for the
re-interpretation of religion in
terms and experiences of modern
college students so that they may
find an intelligent and adequate
basis for their own living.
"We expect our record breaking
crowd of the year at Vespers to
day, as Stella Scurlock is one of
our yearly speakers everyone an
ticipates hearing," stated Lorraine
Hitchcock, president of the Y. W.
Vespers will be in charge of the
Y. W. staff on the agricultural
college campus, headed by Mar
garet Deeds. Special music will be
"My Task" sung by girls from the
agricultural college chorus, under
the direction of Mrs. Altinas
Tunis. The Thanksgiving theme
will be carried out in the devo
tionals and hymns.
ENGINEERING GROUP
TO HEAR If AN WOOD
Soil Erosion Expert to
Speak on Work
Tuesday.
Ivan Wood, state extension ag
ricultural engineer, will address
lean Society of Agricultural En
gineers Tuesday evening at 7:30
in the Ag engineering building.
Mr. Wood, a veteran of fifteen
years in soil erosion work, will
speak on "Some Phases of Soil
Erosion." All agriculture and en
gineering students, according to
Reporter Richard Coleman, are in
vited to the meeting.
man" of literature will reflect the
true Irish blood to the audience
of university students who wit
ness his recital of the works of
his own pen.
Lives in Dublin.
Mr. Stephens was born and
grew to manhood in Dublin, which
the famed writer proudly portrays
as "the seat of the finest con
versation in the world." It was
that same Irish capital in which
Russell, Lady Gregory, Synge,
Yeats, Colum, DeValera, Pearce.
Connolly, Skeffington, MacDonogh
and other loved as a home. These
notables whose works have re
sounded around the world were
Stephens' friends and neighbors,
and it was undoubtedly their suc
cessful climb to fame which in
spire the- visiting author to such
heights as he has achieved in his
literary work.
Altho critics have rated Steph
ens among the greatest of the lit
erary specialists over the world.
he has lived relatively unheard of
as a personality and as a social
character. It was only after
months of begging and antagon
izing that the pride of Irish lit
erature was finally convinced that
the outside world might be in
terested in meeting and knowing
the composer of the delightful
Irish poems and novels. And still
after a series of a series of ap
pearances both in Europe and tha
United States, the Irish author
accepts the hearty welcome ot-
fered him only with sense of ap
pealing diffidence and hesitation.
His recent appearances before the
student bodies of the universities
of Wisconsin and California were
given the most outstanding re- .
ceptions in a year, university au
thorities "stated.
Author Many Poems.
Among the leading works of
the visiting author are: "Insurrec
tions," "The Crock of Gold," "Col
lected Poems," "The Hill of Vi
sion," "A Poetry Recital," "The
Demi Gods," "The Chairwoman's
Daughter," "Here are Ladies,"
"Songs from the Clay" and oth
ers. Several of the later works
have been written in the United
States since Mr. Stephens has been
residing here. The author spends
a part of each year as a guest of
Mr. W. T. H. Howe at the lat
ter's summer home on the Ohio
river, and it is these environs that
have inspired him to some of tne
greatest works of his career. "The
Crock of Gold" was published in
1912 and brought the author the
Polignac Prize, as the best book
of the year.
In his intensive preparatory
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by Entland and France. England
in 1875 acquired control of the tni. Zl
'"f1, I?UrChV!nd Ellen Smith hall promptly at 7
bottled up the states bodering on o co)ck bv Jewl oty, program
(.Continued on Page 3.) I chairman."
Weaver Portrays Plant's Struggle
During Drouth in 'Ecology9 Article
(KfWi and Feature Service;.
A graphic tale of the dogged struggle of Nebraska iilants
to overcome the death destroying elements that made the drouth
during the growing season of 1M4 the greatest ever recorded in
the prairie region, is portrayed by Dr. J. K. "Weaver, professor
of plant ecology at the University, in an article printed in ''Ec
ology- entiuea "Kesponse or tneo
Prairie to the Great Drought of
1934." In the publication of this
research feature, he was assisted
by two of his students. L. A. Stod
dart and William Noll.
The vividness of this one-sided
battle in which all the ugly forces
of nature were aligned against
man and plants is described with
accuracy and detail by Dr. Weaver
and his assistants who noted the
effects of the drouth on plants
each day during the 1934 summer
as they examined many fields of
burned vegetation that crunched
like snow underfoot. Much of the
field work was done on and about
the Belmont prairie north of Lin
coln. "
The grimness and futility of the
struggle became more pronounced
as spiing ended and summer be
gan. Only twice during a previ
ous twelve year period was the
water content in the first six
inches of soil reduced to a point
where no moisture was available.
By July 30, 1934 there was no
water for growth to a depth of
four feet and as the heat and
burning winds continued to beat
down fast withering plants only
those with the longest roots of
from sixteen to twenty feet were
able to remain alive.
Dr. Weaver found that death
was not due alone to high tern
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Workers Expect Sign Up
375 New Readers in
Campaign.
Next Monday the Y. W. C. A. s
drive for Prairis Schooner sub
scriptions is to open on the cam
pus. Each worker is expected to
sign up five subscribers so that a
goal of 375 new readers may be
reached. During the Thanksgiving
vacation the girls are to canvass
their home towns, according to
Jane Keefer, whose staff is in
charge of the drive.
At t e 5 o'clock meeting f
workers yesterday in Ellen Smith
hall Martin S. Petersen, publicity
manager, pointed out the selling
features of he magazine. Funds
from the campaign are to be
shared Jointly by the Parairie
Schooner and the Y. W.
Captains of the drive are Max
ine Durand, Barbara Ray, Jane
Hayes, Betty Naughtin, Betty
Gronquist, Delores Roll, June Day.
Eleanor Greuiel, Gretchen Meyer.
Betsy Allen. Those in charge of a
checking are AJyce Wilke, Geral
dine Hunt, Betty Gronquist, anj
Winifred Nelson. Over the suppnes
is Betsy Allen. The calling com
mittee is Helen EricKson, Mar
guerite Vickroy. and Maxine Dur
and. Maxine Durand, Eleanor Rog
ers and Lorene Adelseck were n
charge of the program for the
first meeting.
workers are to meet a earn Mon
day at 5 o'clock in the Y. M.
rooms in the Temple.
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