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The Daily-Nebras KAN Read Your Student Newspaper Support the Union Building Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska 'I VOL. XXXV ISO. 75. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1936 I'UICE 5 CENTS NO LAST MINUTE RUSH RECORDED REGISTRATION Ficiures for Present Term To Be Available Monday. MAJORITY FILE EARLY Wnarlv All Students Now In School Enroll for Next Semester. With the customary last minute rush conspicuously absent, regis tration of university students for second semester classes was closed Saturday mornnlg. Registration figures will not be compiled until Monday, but it Is believed that nenrly all students enrolled dur ing the present term have filed for jiext semester classes. The unusual feature of registra tion this year was that the ma jority of the students registered the first half of the week instead of waiting until the last day and a half, according to A. R. Congdon of the assignment committee. Ad visors and secretaries in the vari ous colleges were greatly rushed the fore part of the week, but dur ing Friday and Saturday there was no Unusual amount of activ ity. Few File Saturday. The number to file their class schedules Saturday momnig was not very large, he stated. Because there was no rush the last of the week, it is believed there will not be very many who will be regis tering late. "Those students who did wait until Saturday to register did not have a very great choice of classes," the committee chairman stated. "Sections first closed on Wednesday and by Saturday a large number of the classes were filled." Late registrations will be on Friday, Jan. 31, the same date set for the registering of new stu dents. Changes in class schedules may be made on Feb. 3. 4, and 5. Those who wish to transfer to a (Continued on Page 2). ALPHAllTANS MID-YEAR PARTY 10 BE HELD ON JAN. 31 Organizations to Perform On Featured Amateur Hour. Alpha 'Acta, men's national hon orary fraternity on Ag campus, will celebrate the end of examina tions by sponsoring a mid-year party Friday, Jan. 31 in the stu dent activities building. Eddie Jungbluth and his band have been secured to play for the affair. A special feature of the party will be an amateur hour, with in dividual skits by members of Mor tar Board and other organizations to be announced later. Special lighting effcetn and Al pha Zcta colors will decorate the student activities building. Ed Pavclka is chairman of the decorations and general arrange ments, assisted by Dale Smith and Floyd Carrol. Orchestra plans are being managed by Vcrn Keller, chairman: Al Pearl and Vcrn Hirsch. Chaperons will be invited and selected by Ward Buader, chairman and Bob Cushing. Tickets will be sold at the door the night of the dance, at 40 cents for men and 20 cents for women. GIFTS TO UNION Publications Board Intci-fraternity Council Kosnict Klub Mortar Board . Innocents Society 130 Prom Committee W. A. A Tassels Corn Cobs y. W. C. A Barb A. AV. S Intorolub Council A. "V. S Alpha Cln Omega Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Phi Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Chi Omega Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Farm House Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Kappa Gamma Phi Delta Theta Phi Kappa Psi Pi Beta Phi Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Epsilou Sigma Chi Sigma Delta Tau Theta Sigma Phi Total LATE AWGWAN APPEARS WITH FINALS AS THEME Next Eriilion Humor Magazine Makes Apnearanee Willi Caricature Cover of Students "Cramming" For Exams Just Around Corner. The midnight oil will burn and Awgwans will appear on the uni versity campus and the Dally Ne braskan will write them up. so this is the story of Howard Dob son's January issue. The cover of the late edition, on news stand and campus sales Monday, in a blue and white cari cature of students "cramming" for exams just around the cor ner. "Joe and Josephine" pour over exceedingly difficult looking texts, while far up in the left hand corner, where the hour of eleven lies, an "N" man reposes true to training rules. Miss Meyer Writes. Feature article is "Muchly Col ored Stuff," a composition writ ten by Sarah Louise Meyer. Feature short story of the month is "On the Operating Table," by Damon Sanden, who has used re incarnation as his theme. The end is tragic, as is the trend with themes on this spiritually mcs meristic subject, but the reader is SPEAKERS LEAD E Students to Discuss Peace And Preparedness Problem. Militarism will be the subject discussed by two prominent speak ers and university students at the next student forum scheduled for ThnroHnv mnrninp-. Ffh. 27. ac cording to Bill Marsh, chairman of the student council's forum and convocation committee. Tnnin. tn hn considered is "The Road to National Peace and Se curity Lies in Extensive Prepared tmoo nnrt TUilitnrlsm." Colonel R. G. Douglas of Lincoln will uphold the affirmative siue or ine statement, and Rev. Arthur L. Weatherly of tho All-Souls church. Lincoln, will present arguments against mili tarism ana preparedness. Students will be permitted to linlil nil nnptl disfMlssloil Oil tho subject following the twelve min ute talks of me two spcaKers, inu committee chairman stated. Thn forum mav be heard bv the radio world, Marsh said, as a local station has asked lor permission n M-nripnot thp nvpnt. A mpetinir of the forum and convocation com mittee will be held sometime dur ing this or next week at which Hmn tin. nrivls.ahilitv of broadcast ing the talks and discussions will be considered. 'This next forum is expected to nttmpt rnnsiderable attention among university students," Marsh declared. "Militarism nas aiwuys been the subject of much discus sion on this campus, and many will welcome the opportunity to hear two well known speakers state their viewpoints. The forum committee cnosu mil itarism as the next convocation subject because of the large num ber of students selecting it as the topic of great interest on the campus. temperature Drops to II Below Zero Early Sunday Coldest weather in several years was noted in Lincoln aaturaay night, as the temperature dropped 1 . .J.... Lnln... ITAIW at 1 II Tfl Sunday morning and colder weath er was forecast for later in the morning. At 10 p. m. Saturday a temperature of 9 below was re- cor dcd. BUILDING FUND $10,000 -(W 20" JO ; 1()0 0 ;'(J L,J r- i-'5 '-:,() ' 0 jj u0 : 30 50 50 50 100 50 50 50 50 5.00 U,880 Ri M A 1 left satisfied. Lewis Cass contributes one cpl sodo in the life of the recently ac quired by Awgwan Mr. Krattcn bottom's son. Ralph, it seems, Just can't talk to professors, but from Mr. Cass' account, it would also seem the professors can't talk to him. Misinterpretation is the theme. Keen Contributes Poem. Wcldon Kecs returns to the fold with an epic poem in this issue, and foregoes tho customary book review. Mr. Kees' "A Little Con fused Propaganda With Which to Start the Now Year" need not necessarily be confusing, he says in closing. A photographic feature, "Cam pus Camera Story" is the sad tale of a student, as told by Bill Clay ton. Doris Weaver again contrib utes a group of cartoons. Gore, a page of study hall snapshots, On and Off tho Cam pus, and the customary jokes and cartoons complete this month's edition. CLASS TO MAKE TOUR OF SCHOOL FOR DEAF Psychology Group to Make Trip to Council Bluffs Institution. Dr. D. A. Worcester, chairman of the department of educational psychology and measurements, will take his psychology class on a tour of the school for the deaf at Council Bluffs, la. Thursday. He goes to Ord, Neb. Jan. 28 to give tests on a research project and plans to attend tho meeting of the Schoolmaster's club at Kearney the same day. E FOR TUESDAY, FEB. Societies Which Disregard Request Not to Be Recognized. Tuesday, Feb. 11, is the deadline set by student council for filing rmiKtitutlons and material changes of all social and non-honorary or ganizations which haven't submit ted charters previous to mis uuiu. fit-nuns which fail to comply with the request will not be officially recognized by tne council, accoru inf tn Kleanor Clizbe. chairman of the committee on organizations. Excluded from the demand to file constitutions are all depart mental, honorary ana proicssionui groups. The council asKs mat these organizations ine oy uiu deadline only an announcement of sponsors, officers, time and place of meeting and whether or not they have an operative charter. This material will reach the rvimmittpp. if loft at the manasrine; editor's desk at the Daily Nebras- kan. "Wo nro. tnkintr this drastic step in nrripr to eliminate all Inactive organizations, and to aid the stu dent council, should a group desire to bring a case before the adminiM- trative group," stated auss uuzue, New organizations which have a constitution, but have neglected to snhmit it. and those which have not been in existence long enough to have a charter, are asked to meet the deadline if possible. These groups must hand in their sponsors, officers, and time and place of meeting, even if they can not compile the material by Feb. 11. XI'S OF SHELTER BELT Forest Project Explained at Meeting of Scientific Fraternity. The plains shelter belt project will be explained by Paul H. Rob erts of the U. S. department of agriculture forest seivice at tho regular monthly meeting of the university chapter of Sigma Xi, according to Miss E. N. Anderson, secretary. ' The meeting will be held the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 In the auditorium of Morrill hall. Mr. Roberts, who is the acting director of this project, will dis cuss the origin and purposes of the project, the present organiza tion and functions of the different divisions, the accomplishments of the first year, and the 1936 pro gram. Dr. D. D. Whitney, chairman of the department of zoology, will give the report of the annual con vention held in St. Louis. The meeting is open to the public and visitors are welcome. Professors Report on National Convention Dr. A. R. Congdon, professor of secondary education and J. E. Lo der, principal of Havelock high school, reported on the national convention of Phi Delta Kappa, honorary educational fraternity at the local club meeting. (Sun Dogs Spot Shy Saturday Startling Student Stargazers University students happening to glanco upward into the clear and cold sky early Saturday aft ernoon were somewhat surprised to see three largo and unusually bright-colored sundogs arranged In a large halo around the sun. The appearance of the sundogs, which is not uncommon In this re gion, was somewhut rcinarkablo In that they wero of much morn bril liance and of greater size thun or dinarily, explained T. A. Blair of tho university weather bureau. They were caused by the reflec tion of thu sun's rays upon a thin upper layer of cirrus clouds con sisting of Ice crystals. The spots looked like small suns, having a ralnbow-llkc color and a slightly oblong shape. The halo effect con sisted of a thin, white cloud circled around the sun. The sundogs were arranged at equal intervals on the halo. Professor Blair stated the sun dogs were of no special signifi cance and Indicated no change in weather. They arc frequently seen here, In summer ns well as In winter. E Drive for Donations Will Be Resumed Feb. 3 With College Canvass. Drive for contributions to the Student Union fund will be sus pended during examination week but will be resumed on Monday, Feb. 3, when all departments of the university will be canvassed for donations, Irving Hill, chair man of the fund committee an nounced. Already $11,780 has been con tributed for the furnishing of the building by university organiza tions, Greek groups, and publi pntlnns. Sovpral organizations will consider pledges at their next meetings. These include Kappa Delta, Chi Phi, Acacia. Alpha Xi Delta and Delta Tau Delta. joeu Counselors Indicated they would contribute to the fund following completion of their annual Penny Carnival. Amnnp- fraternities and sorori ties who have not contributed and who will be approached before their meetings Monday night are: Acacia, Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Sigma Psi, Chi Phi, Delta Sigma Lambda, Delta Tail Delta, Delta Theta Phi, Delta TTnsilnn Knnnsi Kitrma. Lambda Cni Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Sigma .Kappa, mi lau meia, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Mu, fllirmn TVii Riirni.'i Phi Fnsilnn. Theta Chi,' Theta XI, Xi Psi Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, Alpna uena Theta, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta "Zotn finmmn Phi Rp.ta. Kanna Delta, Phi Mu, Sigma Kappa and zeta Tau Alpna. Nine out of thirty-two frater- nitlna nnd pilht nllt of pitrhteon sororities have already donated a total of 900 toward the fur nishing of the proposed Union building. FOR IfflRE SERIES Van Royen on First Program of Fairbury Events Forum. Dr. W. Van Royen, assistant professor of geography, speaking on the Italian-Ethiopian situation recently opened a series of lec tures on world affairs sponsored by Supt. W. E. Scott of Fairbury. The series will extend through February and March with other faculty members addressing the group. Dr. David Fellnian of the po litical science department will be the second lecturer. His topic will be "Italian Fascism." Dr. William Pfeiler will talk on Germany and ! Naziism. Other speakers will in I elude Dr. John D. Clark, visiting professor, who will address the an semblv on communism In Russia, and P'rof. Gayle C. Walker, direc tor of the school of journalism, whose theme will be censorship and the foreign press. Dean C. H. Oldfather, dean of the college of arts and sciences, will also appear during the symposium program. TEACHERS COLLEGE WOMEN HAVE DINNER Miss Hollotcay Will Talk on Work of Board of Recreation. Annual dinner of the teachera college woman's ciub of the univer sity will be held at Ellen Smith hall Friday evennig at 6:30. The men will be guests. Miss Ruthalee Holloway will explain the work of the Lincoln recreation board and there will be a puppet show spon sored by the board and instru mental music furnished by the uni versity school of music. Mrs. V. E. Hcnzlik is president of the club. Mrs. Harriett Piatt of the teachers college faculty and Miss Elizabeth Tlerney of the fine arts department arc In charge of the program. About ninety will attend. EXAM WEEK LULL UND CAMPAIGN ONLY TEMPORARY STUDENTS A KED SAVE BOOKS TILL NEW SHOP OPENS University Store to Begin In About Three Weeks. HEADS ENLIST SUPPORT House Canvass to Be Made To Secure Greater Cooperation. Opportunity to save money on books for second semester will be offered all students who hold their second hand texts until the opening of tho Uni versity Book Store in about three weeks, according to Virginia Sel leck, co-chairman of the book store committee of the student council. The new store plans to buy used books at 50 percent of tho nricinnl rnst If thev are to be used during the following semes ter, and will resell them for 75 percent of the- original cost. A house-to-house canvass will be made of all organized houses on the campus beginning the first nf novt wppIc. in an effort to en list greater support for the Book Store trom tne stuueni uuuy ua a whole. Committee Meets. The Student Council committee met Friday afternoon, and com mittees were appointed to put plans for the store into opera tion. Mary Yodcr and Vance Lelninger will have charge of the iinnarv tn linnsn. rfimnalirn. Pub licity in the form of posters will be managed Dy Jean wan. aim Elizabeth Moomaw, while Virginia Selleck and Frank Landis will have charge of newspaper pub licity. Mary Yodcr will have charge of the plans for opening the store. "The only way students can mnlin thn hnnlc storn a success and insure its continued' existence is to patronize this worthy proj ect," declared Frank Landis, mem ber of the Student Council. (Continued on Page 3). JAN. 20 FOR FOUR $20 Miss Heppner, Mrs. Whitam, and Miss Kizer Will Chose Girls. Filing for Panhellenlc scholar ships will close Monday, Jan. 20 at 5 o'clock, according to Miss Char lotte Kizer. preident of the city Panhellenic. Sorority women who still desire to make application xor the 20 award may do so Monday, if thai,- Wanks nrfi received at Mrs. Westover's office by the afternoon deadline. "Several applications have been received, but we hope to have even more junior and senior sorority girls file Monday, so that tne money will go to four students who stand high 111 schoarslilp, service to the school and arc really deserv ing of financial aiu, siaieu oima Kizer. ... Filing blanks may be obtained at Mrs. Westover's onice, aim must be returned to the same place with the necessary recommenda tions by 5 o'clock Monday. Awards will be made the week of Jan. 27 so thnt the money can be used toward payment of second semes ter fees. c!(ln., nt thn fnlir rrirlS Will i i i, nnmmlltKK pnmnnsM UU iJinUU U V .,iiiin.ii..vv L , a 1 Uonnnni. Mrs OI i-'CUIl Vlimiiu.i iiv.ii.v.t Eleanor Fogg Whitman, chairman, and Miss Kizer. .. i,ni....citr. (o n pun. tlnuation of the custom of many past years. In 1930-31 three awards 1 '. .. ... . on. . ! wrc elven; tnrec in ivoi-oi, twu m - . ....... .. . i r 1932-33; tour m laaa-a ana iour In 1931-35. APPLICATIONS DUE ON PANHELLENIC GRANTS Giant Sea Serpent Mounted After Almost Year of Work Tho giant sea serpent, Tylosauius, latest awe inspiring wonder of the Charles 1L Morrill paleontologieal collection, is now mounted in panel relief along the north wall of the first floor of the museum in Morrill hall. Dr. E. IT. Barbour, director of the museum, invites the public to sec the remains of this nnr.Iont anu tormiuaDic mouaici of the Niobrara Cretaceous seas of Kansas and Nebraska. This one is considered the largest and best free mount of any Mosasaur now In display in American museums. The bones were secured from George Sternberg, who discovered them in the chalk beds of western Kansas. Work Began May, 1935. Actual work In mounting the sea monster began May, 1935, and was completed by Henry Reider and Frank Bell Jan. 8. According to Dr. Barbour these sea serpents varied in size from eight feet to as much as forty feet in length. Their jaws were set with a cruel array of comical teeth of which there was a double row in the upper jaw. The panel on which this speci NEBRASKAN BEGINS SAFETY CAMPAIGN University Paper Co-operales in Nation-Wide Drive to End National Menace of Auto Fatalities; Students Urged to Sign Careful Driving Pledges. " . . . AND SUDDEN DEATH" BRINGS RESPONSE Article by J. C. Furnass, Appearing in Readers nigest, Makes Readers Realize Gruesomeness, Freqv ' of Terrible Accidents. Co-operntiiiK with slate, ami national authorities in n safety movement, the Daily Nebrnskan is launching a campaign to prevent automobile accidents and maintain safe conditions ou tho highways. Emphasizing careful driving on tho part of stu dents who use cars while attending school, tho Nehrasknn will i- . ..!.... .. f i. .1 ..i ..I ..... 'II Can Be Done' "The unprecedented popular re sponse which has followed the pub lication in recent months of 'And Sudden Death and other horror tinp- automobile O.L ... j. . p hinr.rf S aUgntcr in smrn. lcuu; ui , b . Io,, iHif-ntPo and realism and anguish, Indicates that at last the American public Is ready to do something about the appalling situation," says Tho Reader's Digest in its January issue. It continues: "Recent American history shows that when we are fully aroused to tlnnnl menace, we act. When the gangster terror became insuf ferable we finally swept away uiu worst offenders from the stage. In 1898 typhoid was a raging kill er; even in 1911 it was still claim ing 21 lives out of every 100,000 population. We put our scientists and educators to work; but 1932 fewer people were dying cf ty phoid than of whooping cough less than four in 100,0000." The experience of a number of cities nnd other agencies in reduc ing motor fatalities througr. plan nnrt nrennlzed and determined campaigns, backed by aroused sen timent, is citeu as proving - il tau be done." Snvs Render's Merest: "A exeat force" In the drive against death is education, conciusivcy aemonsirat ed by the success of the safety campaign among school children. In ten years of teaching safety In tho schools, and while adult auto fatalities were increasing 142 per cent, child deaths due to automo biles decreased three percent." "Plainly the thing can be done prnprn llv. since such results have been achived here and there. The tools are at hand. Tho job calls for unstinting cooperation of every public official; of every school teacher; of every police officer and it calls for the conscientious acceptance, by every individual, of his personal responsibility to drive safely, as a social duty." Deining's Chemistry Will Have Spanish Translation - From the Lincoln Journal, 1 ... 1 A rrnn frnm(nf ft haVU bCCn mailC r ---- - .... t thru Manuel Marin, publisher at Barcelona, to traiw aio ur. . . u. mpm i ii c's General Chemistry book into tho Spanish language. The book, which came out in its fourth .Jlll. tUla oiimmi.P will (llSO tin. also be tumun m.o "i I. -. 1 ...... 1 1 1-, n Chinese and iramiutu miu French languages. men is mounted is thirty-three feet long and four anu a traction iee.u wide, corresponding to the length and the thickness of the body. On the panel back of the skeleton, i3 shown the body of the creature, modelled to represent its appear ance in life. The lower jaw of the mosasaur was so arranged by a series of joints that the mouth could be opened to an extreme de gree, and like the snakes, to which they are related, they could swal low an object as large or largef than their own diameter. Buried Under Chalk. The giant fish, Portheus, which reached a length of fifteen feet feel a prey to those Cretaceous fish eating serpents. Powerful tho they were, sea serpents ran their (Continued on Page 2). 'Wllnlv ail uiivuiH m niK" " wiivmf; pledges which arc neing prcparcu and which will bo distributed cither the first part of the week or when the Nebraskan resumes publication for the second semes ter. "Importance of this problem was first realized and brought to thu attention of national figures by J. C. Furnass' article. .. .And Sudden I - rinnth." whirli nnnnni'Pfl in n re " - -- -': ----- - - - cent issue of the Readers Digest," Nrnhln,inn Editor Jack- Fiscncr. ..Ti,e appalling number of automobile fatalities was brought to niir attpntinn hv this article. which cannot help but make every reader realize the gruesomeness of the many accidents which occur daily." Faculty Asked to Cooperate. Students and faculty alike are asked to cooperate In this drive so that the interest of accident prevention may be truly meaning ful. Stickers to be placed on auto mobile windshields will be given to each driver who sign3 a safety pledge. To sign the pledge one must agree to the following: (1) To drive at moderate speed and on own side of road. (2) Not to pass cars on curves or hills. (3) To stop at stop signs. (4) Not to jump Uie traffic lights. (5) In city traffic to be particularly watchful for pe destrians stepping into the line of traffic from parked cars. (6) Al ways to give hand signals show ing intention of turning to the left, to tho right, or stopping, and not to leave the curb from a parked position without giving a signal. (7) To be fair to other drivers in all respects and to refrain from reckless driving. II 10 STAGE IE LAKE' Club Members to Entertain "Better Halves'7 at Show Monday. University Players will present a three act play, "The Lake," given as an annual presentation to the Woman's club of Lincoln, Monday afternoon and evening at the University club. At this pro duction the women entertain their husbands or sweethearts, Hcrbeit Yenne, associate director, de clared. Following Is a list of the cast: Clara Christenscn will play Mil tired Surrage; Era Lown, Wil liams; Portia Boynton, Lena Sur rage. Don Buell, Henry Surrage; Margaret Straub, Marjoric Hcr vey, Margaret Carpenter, Stella Surrage; Clare Wolf, Cecil Her vcy; Irving Hill, John Claync; and Marjoric Thomas, Ethel. Others in the cast include Zina Rosen berg, George McArthur, Allen Gatewood, June Butler, Marjoric Bannister, Hariicttc Lccson, Julia Vide, Pauline Lee, Norman Guid ingcr, Dclford Brummer, Florence Srnccrin. Waldcmar Mueller, Mary Dean, Gwendolyn Meycrson, and Eleanor Compton. The matinee Is to begin at 2:30 o'clock nnd the evening perform ance at 7:30 o'clock. Work on "Cyrano do Bergcrac," Players' production for the week of March 2, will go ahead with the return of Hart Jcnks, of tho dramatic department, who will di rect the play. Mr. Jcnks has been in Kansas City playing "Othello" In the play produced by resident theaters. DICTATORS SUBJECT OLDFATHER ADDRESS Dean Speaks to Members Of Kiivanis Club on Friday. "Bolshevism and fascism aro only temporary expedients that have been tried and discarded in. the past, and they will be discard ed again," Dr. C. H. Oldfather, dean of the college of arts and sciences at the university told tho Kiwanis club at a meeting Friday noon. His subject was "Common Characteristics of Dictators." "All known dictators seem to have proceeded along much the same line," Dr. Oldfather declared. From the crop of known dictators, Emperor Augustus was chosen for comparisons of the ancient and modern types. "Augustus more than any other man," stated Dr. Oldfather, "was responsible for the end of democ racy in the ancient world, and tho introduction of the oriental au tocracy into Europe. Modern dic tators also arc a reaction from democratic institutions." UN