The Daily Nebraskan Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXV NO. 62. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1933. PRICE 5 CENTS CAGE OPEN TONIGHT SEASOK NATIONAL I E BEFORE STUDENT VOTE THIS WEEK Nebraskan Conducts Poll on National Issues in . Classrooms. PRINT RESULTS FRIDAY Balloting on Dec. 18, 19; Department Heads Approve Move. Yhat is the opinion of the Nebraska student electorate on ti:itinnl nnlitical isSUCS? 1)0 ihov favor immediate payment of the bonus, the AAA, and the public works spending program: In black and white figures, the Nebraskan will record the results of an all-university poll of specific new deal policies, to be conducted in class rooms of nearly every uni versity department Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 18 and 19. Plan Approved. Conducted In conjunction with the Student Council political forum program for increasing in terest in the fundamental issues of political and governmental activ ity, the poll was sanctioned by de partmental heads of every princi pal department. Extension of the balloting among faculty members, tentatively planned, received simi lar approval. Complete list of questions on the ballot will be printed in Wed nesday's issue of the Nebraskan, and results of the poll in Friday" edition. Included will be such is sues as the bonus question. TV A, public works spending, agricul tural adjustment act. public utility legislation, and similar topics. The aim, according to Editor Jack Fischer, is to emphasize specific principles rather than mere party preference. Extends Two Days. Each student will cast only one vote in the poll, observance of the rule being dependent upon the stu dent's personal honor. The pur pose of continuing the voting two days, according to me sponsors, Is to insure every student the op portunity to voice his opinion in the poll. Altho the straw vote has been used at Nebraska and other schools in previous years, the pending poll will be the first con ducted in American universities this year in regard to the coming election. Articles and information con cerning bolh sides of recent and proposed legislation will be printed in a series of coming feature ar ticles, planned as an additional adjunct to the Nebraskan-Student Council interest campaign. 'ELIJAH' University Choral Union Presents Fortieth Oratorio. Fortieth annual presentation of the Christmas oratorio by the uni versity choral union attracted more than ,000 persons to the coliseum Sunday afternoon. The audience listened to the vi brant strains of Felix Mendel ssohn's "Elijah for the first time since the Inauguration of the an nual Christmas oratorio concert For the 38 previous con certs Handel's "Messiah" had been presented. Music Appreciated. The apt attention with which the audience listened to trie pro gram indicated the great apprecia tion of the music. -V a sound was beard from the audience until ; the contlunion of both halves of the presentation, and then thun derous applause filled the huge' building. Two Chicago artists, Mildred HuJt. soprano, and Frederic J "Ticks, baritone of the Chicago Opera company, were guest solo ists on the program. Lincoln art imj participating were Kathryn Dean, contralto, Mary Ehockey. contralto, an J Parvtti Witt, tenor. Prof, Howard Kirkpatrtck of the school of music conducted the ora torio sung by more tnan 300 voices. Symphony Accompanies. Accompanying the singers was the Lincoln Symphony orchestra with Fteda Ziegenbeln at the piano and Wilbur Chenoweta playing the electrical organ. Many Lincoln vocalists Including the college of agriculture chorus directed by Altinas TuIIls. assisted in the pre sentation. The oratorio, which attracted erne of the largest crowds ever to witness the presentation, irew many rirtors from outside the city Cornhusker Editor Sets Class Section Deadline at Dec. 21 With all fraternity and sorority sections for the 1936 Cornhusker having been closed, a week re mains during which pictures may be taken for the junior and senior sections, it was pointed out by Faith Arnold, yearbook editor. The deadline has been set for this Sat' urday, Dec. 21. No more fraternity and sorority pictures may be taken, the editor stated, altho those who failed to get in their own sections may still appear in the junior and senior sections. Last year s pictures may be used, but the students must this week fill out the cards at the studio. An increase of over 300 pictures in the fraternity and sorority sec tions was made this year over last. Miss Arnold said. Another growth is expected in the size of the Junior and senior groups. STUDlTSNlED AS DELEGATES TO MISSiONMEEflNG Religious Societies Select Representatives for Convention., Delegates, representing the uni versity Y. W. C. A.. Y. M. a A. and various church denominations thruout the city of Lincoln are be ing chosen to represent Nebraska at the twelfth quadrennial con vention of the student volunteer movement at Indianapolis. Ind. from Dec. 2? to Jan. 1. The con vention, held for the purpose of promoting world missions, will bring together approximately 2,000 students from Canadian and American colleges. v ?rsities, and professional schools. Two representatives are Deing sent to the conference from the T.W. C. A. and Y. M. a A. on the Nebraska campus. Delegates selected by the Y. W. are to be Margaret Deeds and Francis Scud- der. Those who will represent thej men's organization have not been named as yet and will be an ucunced at a later date. Presbyterian Delegates. Representatives who have been elected as delegates from the Presbvterian church will Include: Rev. R. B. Henry, student pastor, Margaret Werner. Harold Ander son, Mary Lou Kirk and Nathan Scott From the Baptist church, Herbert Jackson and Jennie Neil will be delegate. Four Methodist representatives including Mary Caroline Hollman. Margaret Sea crest Howard Kaltenborn and Paul Maves. William Noyce and Robert Sinclair, representing the Congregational and Evangelical churches respectively, will also be present at the assembly. Program Planned. An outstanding program, com bining intellectual, recreational, and religio-is emphasis is being planned for the conference. Men and women of international note will" address the entire convention. Such well-known persons as Wil liam Temple, Archbishop of York: Toyohiko Kxgawa, Japanese Chris tian leader: t. Z. Koo, leader of Chinese students: Mrs. Induk Pair, Christian leader of Korea; Richard Roberta, moderator of the United Church of Canada and Gonzalo Baez Camargo, of Latin America are scheduled to give addresses before the conference gathering. Seminars Planned. Approximately twenty-five seminars built around topics of in- i Continued on Page 3.1 If CLUB TO INITIATE MEN ON WEDNESDAY Fred Chambers Announces New Lettermen to Be Present. Fifteen new lettermen will b formally initiated Into "N" club tomorrow night in the club room at the coliseum, according to Fred Chambers, president Those who will be initiated are Elmer Dobrmann, Jack Ellis. John Howell Kenneth McGlnnis. Bob Mehrtng. John Richardson, Fred Shirey, Paul Amen, Jack Dodd, Theodore Doyle. Lowell English, and Cus Peters, football lettermen; Jack Mohr, student manager: and Wilson Andrews and Fred Matte son, who received letters in cross country running. A banquet will be served at 4 o'clock and an open meeting la to follow the Liitiation. Christmas Yepcr on Ag Campus Devoted to Mui Spccial Cbrtotmas vespers on the college of agriculture campus will he in the form of a musical program, to be given in the Home Economic parlor, Tuesday, at TWIAS ISSUE ABN GOES ON Drawings, Pictures, Jokes Are Plentiful in Current Humor Magazine. EDITOR PRAISES COVER Policy of Sophistication and Economy Carried Out in Publication. Awgwan's Christmas issue, featuring drawings and photo graphs, will go on sale tomor row morning on campus stanas. Mnv more, illustrations and 1okea than usual are included in this issue, according to Acting Editor Howard Dobson. Displaying a coed standing under mistletoe, the cover page drawing is the best the magazine has exhibited, in the opinion of Editor Dobson. It carries out the combination policy of sophistica tion and economy in black ana white. As another "high' tne Awirwan staff presents what !t considers the best photograph that was taken of Virginia Selleck in her Honorary Colonel cape and uniform. Camera Shots Included. An entire Daee is devoted to candid camera shots taken at the Military ball. Situations on the campus that could never happen, entitled "Impossible Situations," are the topic of a page of cartoons by Lewis Cass, while Jean Rid nour models in clay a couple danc ing. Don Douglas, Bill Farrens and Ed Steeves are three new car toon contributors in the issue. A composition that takes a tragic turn is the short story choice. It Is called "The Eyes or Tony Garetto," and written by Smith Davis. Lewis Cass, giving-) an Interview of a successful fra ternity man as his theme, writes a satire on "College Jargon. " Formal Wear Discussed. What is correct in formal wear Is the topic of the men's fashion article, written in collaboration by Damon Sanden and Smith Davis. Sancha Kilbourne suggests suit able Christmas gifts for both men and women in her monthly contri bution. A calendar of coming events, a review of the month's popular books, and Core complete the issue. A.S.M.E. 10 OF NATl Haney Slated for Speech on Norris Dam at Group Gathering. Members of the American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers will hear a report of the national A. S. M, E. convention and will see pictures and a description of the TV A dam at their rr feting 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, Dec 18 in the M. E. building. Three reels of motion pictures will illustrate features of the TV A project alao known as the Norris dam. A discussion on the dam will be given by Prof. J. W. Haney. chairman of the mechani cal engineering department and Prof. N. H. Barnard. M. E. In structor. Professor Barnard, who is acquainted with the Tennessee region will give a description of the area. Professor Haney will give an ac count of the national A. S. M. E. convention be recently attended In New York City. All mechanical engineering students and others interested are invited to attend the meeting. George Heiser, program chairman stated. Those who are planning membership In the so ciety are asked to be present M. E. students Intending to make application for membership la the student branch of the A, S. M. E. must do so as soon as possible, Heiser said, since a re port must be sent soon to national headquarters. XI PSl PHI WISSER OF OLD COLD PRIZE V. Shellenberg Awarded $10 in Individual Contest. Final tabulation In the Old Gold popularity contest reveals XI Psi Phi, professional denial fraternity, as winner. With US votes. 22 more than the tnmnerup. Phi f ma Kappa, the fraternity won $V) 00 In cash. Victor Shellenberg Irads the individual student field with 47 votes and there oy wins the I.IP OO student nrizc , CHRIS SALE TOMORROW Coliseum Takes on Hoop Season Air As Opening Tilt Near Nebraska's coliseum is sporting Its "company" clothes in prepara tion for the arrival of Brigham Young, university's basketball team, some three or four thousand "first nighters," and the opening game of the 1935-36 Cornhusker cage season, Tuesday evening. Workmen were busy Monday erect ing the bleachers seats around the court, and the scoreboard at the south end of the field house Is waiting for statistics to be re corded under the headings, "Brig ham Young, ; Nebraska ." The Scarlet team polished off their preparations for the B. Y. U. team Monday afternoon with a light workout. Coach Browne granted the varsity a vacation Tuesday afternoon, but scheduled an intrasquad freshman tussle among Morrie Fisher's green shirt ed hoopsters. Probable start ing lineups for tha first string frosh, are Mlchaelson and Werner at forwards, Baxter at center, and Woolery and Richards at guards. John K. Selleck, Cornhusker business manager, refused to make an estimate "Monday for the size of the opening crowd, stating that there was little basis for predic tion in a first game of the season. E Kansas Instructor Places Blame for Failures on University. LAWRENCE. Kas. "We recog nize that children vary in the age at which they begin to talk, to walk, and to do other things which all children finally learn to do more or less satisfactorily, yet we ignore these differences when we plan our schools," said Bert A. Nash, professor of education at the University of Kansas in a talk today on the university's radio. "Under our present educational system, we try to get all the be ginning pupils to learn the same things, and at the same rate of speed. With such a program it is inevitable that around 25 percent of the children will find the work too difficult and will have to taste defeat at the very outset of their school experience. It is far more important that young children be trained in other lines of successful adjustment than that they learn just so many words and so many numbers during the first few years In school." Seed Corn Expert In Argentina Finds Insects Menacing Fighting grasshoppers seems to be the only troublesome experience of Murray Brawner. who was sent to Argentina this fall by the Hi Bred Seed Corn Company of Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Brawner is employed by the Hi-Bred Seed Corn Company as a p:ant breeder and made the trip to South America to take care of some ex perimental work with hybrid seed corn. Mr. Brawner graduated from the Nebraska College of Agri culture in 1933 with a bachelor's degree In agronomy, ana received his master's degree in 1935, in agronomy. In a recent letter to friends at the college of agriculture, Mr. Brawner comments on the condi tions and environment of the country In which he is temporar ily located. He remarks that the land is very level and extremely fertile, thus necessitating very lit tle cultivation to produce a crop. The main crops in Argentina are corn, wheat flax, and airalfa. Hybrid corn is gradually in creasing in popularity among the grain raisers of this country be cause of Its larger yield per acre than ordinary varieties of corn. Purpose of Mr. Brawner s work In Argentina is to gather some ex perimental data In regard to th production of hybrid com. MISS NEMCOVA TALKS ERS Exchange Student Speaks At Comeni'js Club Meeting. Czechoslovak composers were discussed by Miss Albina Nemcova of Uhersky Osthoh,' Czechoslova kia, when she spoke at a meeting of Comenlus club Saturday eve ning at the Temple theater. Mis Nemcova, who in an ex change student at the university from the University of Brno, point ed out the contrasting character istics in the works of Smetana and Dvoiak. She played and sang elections by both composer. At the business meeting, the president. Miss Rosalie Breoer. ap pointed Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Brezina and William Kutkka as a com mittee In charge of initiation of new member. UNIORS SEEKING PROM POSITIONS MUST FILE NOW Hill Urges Students Apply For Membership on . Committee. ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY Executive Body Composed of Twelve Students; Six From Council. rnniss for membership in the junior-senior prom commit tee close at 5 o'clock today and students yet intending to make applications are urged to do so immediately, Irving Hill, student council president, declared Mon day. "Anyone who has a genuine in terest in planning and executing one of the university's foremost social affairs should make their application," Hill stated. "Women as well as men are expected to file for membership." 12 on Committee. The committee is composed of twelve members, three junior women and three junior men are selected from the student council and the remaining six are taken at large from the student body. The junior class president will serve as an ex-officio member of the prom committee. Serving on the prom commit tee is fun and is a most interest ing activity," Virginia Selleck, last year's co-chairman of the commit tee, said. The junior-senior prom is considered as a valuable stu dent project Qualifications. Qualifications for membership are more than fifty-two credit hours in the university and less than eight-nine, which constitutes the junior classification. Candi dates must aUo meet the general eligibility requirements, which con sist of carrying twenty - seven hours during the two previous se mesters, and also satisfactory carrying of twelve at the time of filing. In previous years filings for the prom committee were made after Christmas. The student council this year made a change of date in order to allow sufficient time to secure a first rate orchestra, and to commence a contest to se- cure a satisfactory presentation scheme. PLAY IIP PENSPIEL' Annual Christmas Party for Students, Visitors to Take Place Tonight. German department is celebrat ing Christmas by a party for Ger man students and visitors at 7:15 tonight in the auditorium of Mor rill hall. "KrippenispieJ." a play of the sixteenth century, will be present ed by a cast consisting of Eleanor a Steger as Maria, Paul Moessner as Josef. John Upson as Gabriel. P.u fus Lyman as Wirt, Hans Holtorf ss Hirten, Henry Bauer as Harold Elliott. Erik Wahlgren as Konlge, Appassabeb Chevtn as Alfred Jen sen, and Evelyn Caress as Die Be gnuwung. A speaking chorus, trained by Eric Albrecbt will open the play. Richard Brown, Robert Cavitt, Kenneth Hellinger. Frank Moss man. Charles Nielsen, Louise Spease, and Thomas Young com prise IU membership. Songs by various groups and claases will be sung thruout the play. Tne nr teenth century song, "Es 1st ein Reisentsprungen. under the direc tion of William Welersbeuser will be given by Harold Phelps, Fred eric Wilson, Kenneth Pavey. Mar Urn McAllister, Ruby Badgeroe. Helen Willard. Elsbeth LeUy, and Doris Woodford. DEBAVFRE TO SPEAK AT AS.CJ MEETISG Atmospheric Air Subject Of Discussion Dec. 18 At 7:30 p. nu Prof. W. L. DeBaufre, professor of engineering mechanics. Is scheduled to speak at the A. 8. C E. meeting to be held on Wednes day. Dec 18 at 7:30 p. m. in the Mechanical Arts building, room 102. The subject which be will dljcuas will concern the develop ment and use of atmospneric air. Nominations of officers for th coming year is to be a part of the business of the meeting oa Wednesday evenir- HUSKERS HOSTS TO BRIGHAM YOUNG U Game Captain Whitaker, Wahlquist, Widmi.n, Ebaugh, Parsons to Start for Nebraska; Browne Pins Hopes on Passing Attack. UTAH CAGERS TALL, Scarlet Have Played Two Games With Provo Hoopsters, Losing Both; Parke Carroll, E. C. Quigley Announced As Referees. The latest, most bespangled thing in Cornhusker basketball models will be unveiled to the .Nebraska cage public Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in its premier showing of the season. Coach Harold Browne's 1933-3G cage team will make its initial test run on the Nebraska hardwood court, with a Urigliam Young y. IV. FRESHMEN E GIFTS SERIES Cabinet Attempts Promote University Yuletide Spirit at Vespers. To promote Christmas spirit SPONSOR III amontr university women. ine,"" "-- ".... Y. W. C. A. freshman cabinet girls are sponsoring a hite Gift vesper service, Tuesday, at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Every one who attends is to . bring a white wrapped gift In the nature of clothing, food or toys. A can vass of all organized women s houses to obtain gift packages will be made Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Virginia Fleetwood, freshman cabinet member is in charge of the drive. Rev. Mr. Sibbald Speaker. The guest speaker at the vesper will be the Rev. Mr. Garth Sib bald. of the Saint Matthews Epis copal church, who will give the Christmas story from the Bible. "This service is the annual event which gives university girls an op portunity to give to needy Lincoln people, and we are hoping every- one will co-operate in making the main project of the freshman j eumbed in practice to Wahlquist cabinet a success." stated Caroline ( and pa,0ns in the matter ol scoi -Kile, chairman of the vesper staff, j Vg quotations, but he's just a Octette to Sing Carols. liable as not to open a scoring Christmas carola will be sung streak and zoom goalward with by a costumed octette, chosen aII tne j,peed of a Kentucky derby from Girl Reserve groups of the J start. Lincoln high schools. The vesper j widman. hardest worker on th.! choir will sing, "Hark the Herald , team, has a mightv important jon Angels Sing" as their processional. 4 at guard but he probably will not and will carry lighted candles j remajn jn the fcackfield al t ve when they march Irom the bal-,njn& gul LeaCox. Whitakei s cony. Ihalf pint shooting and ball band- Ruth Mary Jennings win piay carols as a part of the program. arranged by Donnabelle Fletcher. The freshmen cabinet is a group made up of the president and sec retary of each commission group. The members are: Frances Bald man. Eleanor Anderson. Betty Clizbe. Dorothy Card. Pat Lahr. Vireinia Fleetwood, Jane Osten- nerg, uwnnaoei neic..c. Jane Fy?. rrances apencer. "- Erkksa, Madeline Hodgson, Cooper, and Martha Long. Ancient Folk Songs, Carols! Feature of German Recital. ! Presenting a series ol ancient I folk songs and Christmas, carols in their original German text, the j Lincoln Saengerchor presented its second annual Christmas program . In the Temple theater Monday evening. The Christmas f estlval was Introduced as an annual occa sion by the organization of Cer- man students last year. The entire chorus intioduced tlx? : evening's program with three old German Christmas carols. "Adeste J Fldeles." "O Tannenbaum,' and "Stille Nacht." Second among th features of the progTam were two German songs by the male chorus, which were Immediately followed by the women's group. In concluding the Christmas re cital the entire group presented the old German folk song, "Als die Alte Mutter Sang," which was fol lowed by a fitting flnsle of "The Star Spangled Banner," which was sung in English. The Saengerchor group Is com posed of about forty-five Lincoln residents who either are of Ger man descent cr who have made an extensive study of the German language. Pi Lambda Thrta Croup Hold Meet WrdneitdaT PI Lambda Tbeta win hold IU regular December meeting Wed nesday. Dec. 1. rt 7 p. m.. In Ellen Smith ban. Prof. C. E. Mc Neil will speak on "Educating the Consumer As a Buyer." CHRISMS PROGRAM REPORTED STRONG O university quintet that was run- nerup in the Rocky Mountain con- ference last year as the testing handicap. Brigham Young Strong. And Ott Romney's Utah five will be a mighty efficient determina tion of just how well the team that Brownie has been manufacturing all season in his field house labor atory will be able to stand up against first-grade competition. In a trio of pre-season scrimmages with the frosh, the Husker varsity has swamped the scorcbooks with field goals and smothered the freshies in a barrage of machine gun passes. But the Utah crew isn't gener ally considered so much of a set up, itself. Not a man on the wes- I tern starting lineup stands under are considered a disgrace to the team escutcheon. And hi addition, only two of the men on the entire squad will be new to Nebraska fans and Nebraska's type of play. Three Seniors. It will be two sophomores and three seniors who galvanize into streak-lightning for Nebraska when the starting whistle soundi Coach Biowne's starting lineup, announced Monday, will consist of Hank Whitaker and George Wahl quist at forwards. Floyd Ebaugh at center, and Bob Pat tons a;.J Harv Widman at guards. Ebaugh's stretchy 6 feet 5 inchci and Parson's long-range scorin; eye will hold Nebraska's threat, ably assisted by Whitaker ami Wahlquist as under-the-baske-. gold diggers. Whitaker. acting captain for the game, and lat : .-ear's hieh-noint man. hai jtiic : une Dai ls ated to do a good Khaie-f the "scoiewarding." and Widman will alternate at center with Ebaugh. Wahlquist going it guard. Passing Husker Hopes. Nebraska's entire hopes will founded on Brownie's newly-pei-fected passing system, a coopera tive ofiensive which already out- i uriines anything seen on the Husk- jer recorij, in iasrt mason's closing games. A brilliant passing net j work, with the ball zip-zipping ; fitm one man to another as rap i idly as a punching bag hits tM : platform, has rained Cornhusker basket stock this season to retov lerv prices that bid fair to woik a j surprise or two in the Big Six conference. ' That Husker pasiug attack wi)l , have to be mighty effective ti (Continued on Page 3. graduate reced es positio i chicaco If hill' Accents Job With ational Urehlock And. .lci lioarn. Howard White of Tc-urmcb, - ,j u a t c fJf th. Nebras ka agricultural college In 13j. Ml for Chicago Sunday cvenm--, i. 15, to take a positlci with tne jcatiorial Livestock and Me-;, iapj. iIr w hite has been employed by Swift and Company of Omaha since June, 1935. as a siaiwii! car route salesman. He has lone remarkable work for Swilt an 1 Company in this territory and is deserving of much credit for n-; effort according 10 oureau re ports. After some instruction in ths field be Is undertaking, Mr. Whit? will travel In the eastern part of the United States as a lecturer and demonstrator. Judge Paine Speaker for Pi Sigma Alpha Meeting PI Sigma Alpha, honorary Polit ical Science organization, will meet Thursday. Dec. 19 at the Y. W. C. A. Judge Paine will giv the speech of the evening an-l James Frederick, president will preside at the business meeting. The meeting will be a dinner which will berin t six o'clock. "Twenty-five people are expected to attend.