he Daily Nebras
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
Lose A
Minute;
Save a
Life.
Think
Safety;
Practice Safe
Driving.
VOL. XXXV NO. 76.
LINCOLN, NISHKASKA, TUKSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1936.
FKICIi 5 CENTS
BROWNEMEN BOW TO KANSAS
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KAN
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SEATON
MAKING
PLANS 10 SET UP
NEW BOOK STORE
Library Commission Moved
To Provide Room for
Student Shop.
OPEN NEXT SEMESTER
Texts Purchased for 50 Per
Cent of Cost, Resold at
25 Per Cent Profit.
A rriiiifjronionls to sol up the
university's new second liiinil
bookstore in the first floor of
social seionee nro now bcinj?
eompleted by L St-ntou,
operating superintendent. It In ex
pected that the store will be ready
for opening by the second or third
week of the second semester.
The location will be In quarters
now occupied by the library com
mission, Mr. Scaton stated. The
commission Is expected to move
soon Into an office In the capltol
building.
. Before the book store can be
opened, shelves will have to be
built and repairs made in the quar
ters. According to plans an
nounced, the books in the regents
book store will bo moved into the
new location.
Students desiring to give proper
support to the book 3torc and also
seeking opportunity to save money
on books for the second semester
are asked to hold the sale of their
second-hand books until the store
opens. Work on the project is
progressing as rapidly as possible,
it was pointed out.
Under present plans, second
hand books will bo purchased for
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OPERATE WIH STATE
New York Official Directs
Work of Nebraska
Club.
The university Young Demo
cratic club will work with Uie
state units of the Young Demo
cratic club in the 193G presiden
tial campaign under the direction
of recently appointed Felix H.
Winsten of New York City, ac
cording to student leaders of the
campus organization.
Mr. Winsten will maintain his
headquarters in Washington, D. C.
and will direct the work of organ
izing the clubs in all of the col
leges and universities in the
United States.
The new College Director will
also be in charge of point one of
the four point program of the
Young Democrats which calls for
an active Young Democrat club in
every college and university before
the 1936 elections.
Young Democrats at Nebraska
received the first fssuc of the
"National Young Democrat," offi
cial paper of the junior branch of
the party. Nine million people will
be eligible to vote for the first
time in the coming election and
the purpose of the paper is to keep
them informed of all developments
and activities within the party and
in the current news. Digest of
editorial opinion and outstanding
cartoons will appear in the paper.
At the present it is a bi-weekly
publication but will be issued
weekly during the presidential
campaign, it was announced.
Frigid I)7 eat her No
Hindrance to Eager
Nebraska Scholars
Cold weather which during the
past two days has blanketed the
campus in a deep cover of snow
and kept strollers inside by the
fire, appeared to lessen Monday
with indications of warmer weath
er in the next few days.
The mercury fell to 9 below at
3 o'clock Monday but rose steadily
thruout the day to a high point
of 25 at 2 o'clock. Sunday the
official weather bureau thermom
eter registered 13 below which
set a three year record. Arctic
temperature of 17 below was re
corded Sunday at the airport
northwest of town.
Windows were kept tightly
closed during the worst of the cold
spell. The university heating plant
worked at full capacity and sev
eral of the older buildings on the
campus were overheated. Students
perspired in summer heat inside
while the blizzard raged on un
noticed on the campus.
University employes worked
steadily during the snow to keep
walks and street crossings clear.
Streets on the campus were cleared
of much of Uie snow Monday,
GROUPS M CAMPAIGN
PLAYERS GIVE SHOW
FOR WOMAN'S CLUBS
The Lake Presented to
Packed Houses in
Temple,
As an annual tribute to the
Woman's clubs of Lincoln, mem'
bcrs of the University Players rc
enacted Dorothy Masslngham's
latest drama, 'The Lake" before
packed houses at two perform
ances Monday. The play was pre
sented ns the third production of
the year by the players In Dcccm-
ncr and Monday's matlnco nnd
evening performances featured the
same cast and settings.
Leading among the cast of char'
actors were Clara Chrlstcnsen, as
Mildred Surrago; Portia Boynton,
Lena Kurrage; Margaret carpen
ter, Stella Surragc, Don Buell,
Henry Surragc; and Irving Hill as
jonn ciayne. tiio play was ill
reeted by Herbert Ycnne, nsso
elate director of dramatics and
speech.
E
GIRL REVEALING
Students Should Present
Plans to Committee
Before Feb. 7.
Ideas for the presentation of the
1936 prom girl will be judged by
a committee composed of Mii
Katherine B. Faulkner, Prof. P.
Dwight Kirsch, and Prof. Ray
mond H. Williams, Arnold Levin,
member of the presentation com
mittee announced. Students with
plans for the presentation should
organize their material immedi
ately so that it will be ready for
final submission to the judges by
the Feb. 7 deadline.
The judges will select from the
entries the planwhich is different
in its general effect" anil hovel In
its presentation. Originality, prac
ticability, and expense will be con
sidered in the choosing of the win
ning skit.
Thirty-five dollars has been set
as the maximum cost of the pre
sentation construction and opera
tion. The plan should contain a
role for both the junior and sen
ior class presidents. The student
who evolves and presents the win
ning skit will receive an award of
$15 for his effort, the committee
announced.
Directors of the annual prom
desire as many entries in the con
test as possible so as to secure
the best skit possible.
PIERCE TO ANNOUNCE
KOSMET COMMITTEES
Kluh Meets Today to Plan
Spring Shou; Review
Manuscripts.
Production commutes for Kos-
met Klub's 1936 spring show will
!e announced at the regular week
ly meeting, at five o'clock in Uni
versity hall, according to President
Robert Pierce.
Assignments will also be made
at the meeting for workers to the
various committees, and a meeting
of all pledges will be called dur
ing the first week of the second
semester to disclose the appoint
ments.
Reminding entrants In the $50
prize manuscript contest that their
plays are due at the Kosmet Klub
office before Feb. 3, Pierce urged
any playwrights who intended to
submit an entry and had not yet
contacted the klub to see him at
once.
FACULTY JUDG
DEAS FOR PROM
SAFE DRIVING PLEDGE
In the interest of accident prevention and safer conditions on
the campus and on the highways, and in cooperation with the Daily
Nebraskan safety campaign, I am making the following pledge:
1. I will drive sanely and more carefully.
2.
ahead.
will not pass a car unless
3. I will not jump traffic lights.
4. In traffic, I will be particularly watchful of pedestrians
stepping into the line of traffic from parked cars.
5. I will stop at all stop signs and slow down for slow signs.
6. I will not pass a car on curves or hills.
7. I will not pass a car until I have looked in my rear vision
mirror to be sure that no car is bearing down from behind.
8. I will always give the proper hand signal before turning to
the left, to the right, or stopping; I will never leave the curb from
a parked position until I have given, the proper hand signal.
9. I will always remember while driving that I must watch
out for FOUR cars my own, the one in front of me, the one behind
me, and especially for the one around the curve, or up side streets
that I CANNOT SEE.
10. I will be fair to other drivers In all respects and refrain
from reckless driving.
NAME
(Print
ADDRESS
THE DAILY
New Text Hits Student Need
Of How to Get Good Grades
"Whether the new university bookstore will hniullo the. most
popular publication recently circulated on oilier campuses is u
moot question, but tho .jnnitor in Social -Sciences expressed his
doubt, in an exclusive Nebrnskan interview Monday afternoon.
Tho new book "Tho I'syehology of (Jetting College Grades"
m a fifty page compendium or nowo
to do just that, and In spite of its
anonymous parentage, is listed
among tho top in college book
counter circulation.
Sinco no copies have been avail
able for general distribution on
the Cornhuskcr campus to date,
College News Service has provided
the Ncbraskan with tho salient
features of the publication. With
Its issuance, observers look for de
velopment of a new species of stu
dent tho elbow shiner. Unlike the
apple-polisher, the elbow-shlnor
merely asumcs a "Thinker" poso
with his chin burled In his knuc
kles, and looks at the professor as
if to say "what an intelligent
man," even tho he considers him
a fathead.
The book places much emphasis
on age of professors in reference
to good grades. "Choose an older
professor," the author warns. "Old
professors lose the tliougnt tncy
arc the worm s leaders and Dc
come considerable and gentle.
Young professors ate dangers
BAND SETS FEB. 16
DATE FOR CONCERT
Full Afternoon of Music
Planned for Annual
Program.
Annual winter concert will be
presented by the cadet band on
Sunday afternoon. February 16. at
three o'clock 5 in the university
coliseum, according to Billy Quick,
band leader. Though the entire
program has not been completely
arranged, a full afternoon of mu
sic is in store.
Few members will be admitted
to the band second semester, for
the membership is already amply
large. To be a member, one must
have had a semester of drill before
he can join.
TO
BY
Sigma Tau Pledges $500;
Total Now Passes
$12,000 Mark.
Six hundred and fifty dollars
were contributed towards the stu
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dent union building Monday as the
fund shoots steadily up, having
now reached a total of $12,490.50.
Sigma Tau, engineering fraternity,
headed the list with a contribution
of $500.
Others who eave pledges are
Sterna Aloha Mu. S50: Zeta Beta
Tau. $50; Chi Phi, $50.50 and Phi
Tlnsilon Omicron. $10. "'inese
nlede-es are very encouraging,
Marylu Petersen, secretary of the
fund committee, declared. "After
examinations are over, we expect
to renew our drive and to receive
even more contributions.'
Pledges that are being received
at the present time arc to be ap
plied on furnishings for the activi
ties center, according to Miss Pet
ersen. Regents arc to apply to the
government for a 45 percent grant
and a 05 percent loan ior uie
$400,000 building, which will fi
nance the building alone. The con
tributions from organizations and
departments are to supply tne tur-
nlshings.
I have clear vision for 100 yards
Plainly)
NEBRASKAN
650
they take themselves and their
work too seriously."
There arc scientific methods that
can be applied, the book illustrates.
"Study your professor. Does ho
call on tho front row or tho bacu
row first or alphabetically? If
the front row is called first, get In
the back so other poor fellows will
have to answer questions that will
refresh your memory. If ho calls
on tho dumbbells in the class, look
intelligent. A good intelligent pose
in the classroom is a prime as
set." "If you don't know the answer
to a question, Don't say you don't
know. Bo wise. Go into a disserta
tion on something like the subject.
The prof, will think 'Whew, he
knows .something!' Find out the
profefsor's hobbles always get
him talking about them. Then he'll
think you're intelligent." And last,
but perhaps the most important, Is
"Never fail to laugh at a prof's
joke, even If Adam and Eve did
create it."
NEXT SEMESTER
Executive Board to Receive
Nominations for Head
Engineers' Week.
Members of the engineering stu
dent executive board will meet at
5 o'clock this afternoon in tho MA
building to make arrangements for
the first engineering convocation
of tho second semester, Ted
Schroedcr, chairman of the board,
has announced. Two nominees for
tho chairmanship of the engineers
week committee will also be se
lected by the board.
According to present plans, the
convocation will consist of motion
pictures presented by the Chevro
let Motor company. It is sched
tiled for 4 o'clock, Feb. 7 in ME
206. Titles of the motion picture
reels to be shown arc hydraulic
braking, shock proofing, process
ing and safe roads.
A similar set of technical engi
neering pictures was presented to
engineers at a convocation last
spring.
Nominees for chairman of the
engineers' week committee will be
chosen from the engineering sUr
dent body, Schroeder stated, The
chairman will be elected at an en
gineering election tho forepart of
me next semester.
ORIGINAL STARS OF
IN PRIZE PLAY HERE
Judith Anderson and Helen
Menken Star in Show
Jan. 27.
"The Old Maid," Pulitzer prize
play of 1035, with Judith Anderson
and Helen Menken, its original
stars, comes to the Liberty the
ater for a matinee and night en
gagement on Monday, Jan. 27. The
play, following a run of 305 per
formances at the Empire theater,
New York, is currently on a coast
to coast tour that will include 80
cities in 31 states.
Edith Wharton, one of the most
important and popular American
novelists, wrote the story upon
which Zoo Akins based her play,
"The Old Maid." Miss Akins, in
cidentally, is the author of many
previous successes, includii. "Doc-
lassee," "The Greeks Had a Word
for It" and "Daddy's Gone-a-Hunt-ing."
The producer of "The Old
Maid" is Harry Moses, who in the
past has been represented on
Broadway by "Grand Hotel." "The
Warrior's Husband." "Danererous
Corner" and "Four Saints in Three
Acts."
In Judith Anderson and Helen
Menken, the Pulitzer prize play
nas two or tne foremost stars ot
the American theater. Miss An
derson, an Australian by birth,
was for years under the manage
ment of the late David Belasco,
her greatest success with that pro
ducer being opposite Holbrook
Blinn in "The Dove." More recent
ly she played the role of Nina
Leeds in "Strange Interlude," fol-l
lowing Lynn Fontanne in the part
Miss Menken will be recalled by
tneatcrgoers for her superb por-1
trayals in "Seventh Heaven." "The
Captive" and as Queen Elizabeth
in "Mary of Scotland."
ENGINEERS PLAN
CONVOCATION
DRIVER'S SAFETY
SEALS AVAILABLE
N
Signers Pledge Blanks Are
Obtained at Nebraskan
Office.
'LESS SUDDEN DEATH'
Drive in Cooperation With
City and National
Campaigns.
Safe driving pledges will be.
available at the Daily nebras
kan office this afternoon for
student auto operators wishing
to cooperate with national,
state and school authorities in
cutting tho toll of deadly auto
smashups.
Each student signer will be
given a colored windshield sticker,
small enough not to obscure driv
ing vision, to indicate that he has
pledged to observe fundamental
safety rules and promote "less
sudden death." Those unable to
come to the Nebraskan office may
fill out the printed form on this
page, altho special blanks have
been provided for the purpose.
"American youth have always
supported campaigns against war,
crime and disease. But the toll of
accidents, more easily prevented
than any of these scourges, takes
more lives than either of the first
two," declared Irwin M. Ryan, Ne
braskan managing editor. "Such
a campaign merits the support of
every student, since the responsi
bility lies squarely with them."
Simultaneous with the Nebras
kan's drive for better driving nrc
campaigns being conducted by the
cities of Omaha and Lincoln, and
several other university campuses.
It is reported that a statewide
campaign will be launched by the
highway department in the near
'future.
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BE TOPIC OF SPEECH
BY
State-Wide Known Reviewer
Scheduled for Talk at
Last Vespers.
"Your Own Book," will be the
topic of a talk by Mrs. Roy Green,
statewide known book reviewer,
at the last Vesper service of this
semester, Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 5
o'clock In Ellen Smith hall.
Mrs. Green will summarize sev
eral books of interest to college
girls. "The speaker feels that just
because a novel is on the Best
Seller shelf or on the Book of the
Month list, it may not be the book
students would care to read,"
stated Caroline Kile, chairman of
the vesper staff. "She will try to
suit books to types of individuals
in her talk Tuesday," continued
Miss Kile.
Phyllis Jean Humphrey, secre
tary 'of the Y.W., will lead the
devotionals. and Lorraine Hitch
cock, president, will give an
nouncements. Special music will
be furnished by the vesper choir,
under the direction of Margaret
Phillippe.
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MEET K-AGS JAN. 28
Permanent Benefits of AAA
Subject of Debate
Controversy.
Kansas State's debaters will
come to Lincoln for a return en
gagement against the university
squad on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Prof.
H. A. White, debate coach, an
nounced today. The subject for
this season, "Resolved, that the
AAA promises to be of permanent
benefit to agriculture," will again
be used.
There arc to be two debates.
the first at 3:15 o'clock at the
Lincoln high school auditorium,
and the second over station KFOR
at 5 o'clock. It has not yet been
announced who will represent the
university nor which side of the
question each school will uphold.
Lincoln debaters journeyed to
Kansas, Jan. 8, to meet Kansas
State on the same proposition that
is to be argued next Tuesday.
Tup Dancing Group Will
Meet to Discuss Carnival
Members of the tap dancing
group led by Lois Rathburn and
sponsored by Miss Elsie Ford Pi
per are requested to attend a
meeting at 7 p. m. in the gym in
Grant Memorial halL I
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TCDMnn
ILIIMUU
JAYS CUT LOOSE IN
SECOND HALF, 45-23
Nebraska Gets Away lo Early 11-2 Lead, But K. U.
Quint Finds Range to Hold 16-14 Halftime
Margin; Huskcrs Powerless in Final Period.
FIRST CONFERENCE LOSS FOR CORNHUSKERS
Allen Team Now Enjoys Undisputed Top Post in Big
Six Ratings; Ebling Shows Mates to Victory With
19 Points; Whitaker Leads Scarlet.
In a heartbreaking second half letdown, almost powerless
against Forrest Allen's mighty Kansas Jayhawks, Nebraska's
basketball hope flickered and fluttered out of Hie 1 .Six eon
ferenee leadership Monday night at L'lWreneo. 'Die JTi-'JU defeat
tossed the Huskers into second plnee with a mark of two vie-
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COMPRISE 101
EC
E
Professors Address First
District Meetings Set
For Jan. 26.
Round table discussions and
talks by several home economics
professors will constitute the pro
gram of the first of a series of
district conferences for vocational
teachers, sponsored by Miss Birdie
Vorhics, state supervisor of home
economics. The meetings will be
held in Teachers college, room 15,
Friday, Jan. 25, from 1:30 to 4:30
and Saturday, Jan. 26, 8:30 to 12.
"Home economics methods stu
dents and all teachers In this dis
trict are especially invited to at
tend the conference," stated Miss
Vorhles.
Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman
of the home economics depart
ment, will speak Friday afternoon
on "Opportunities for Home Eco
nomics Trained People." The rest
of the day will be spent in discus
sion with" "Home Projects" as tho
central theme.
Saturday morning Miss Rowan
Ellis, professor of vocational edu
cation, will talk on "Methods of
Teaching Social and Family Rela
tionships." Following this Dr. Re
becca Gibbons will speak on
"Helps on Teaching Consumer
Buying."
The following four conferences
will be held at Kearney, Jan. 31
and Feu. l: Sidney, Feb. 7 and 8:
Norfolk, Feb. 14 and 15, and Lin
coln, Feb. 21 and 22.
SNAG THREE PLACES
IN A.A.U. SWIM MEET
Frosh Amgwert Defeats Fast
Field to Win 100 Yard
Free-Style Honors.
University swimmcra pulled
down a first, second and a third
in the Midwest A. A. U. tank meet
held in Iowa City, Friday and Sat
urday, Jan. l and 18.
Burt Amgwert, freshman unl
versity student swimming under
the colors of the Lincoln Y. M. C.
A., won the 100 yard free-style
event, defeating a fast field, in
cluding Adolph Jacobsmeyer, de
fending champion. His time was
56.9. Glyndon Lynde, crack Ne
braska varsity swimmer and a
senior from Hartington, came in
a close second to Amgwert in this
race.
Orvil Zinn, freshman University
tankster, placed third in the 220
yard breast-stroke splash. He was
also on the 300 yard medley relay
team which came in second. He
swam with the Beatrice Y. M". C.
A. team. Pete Hagelin, varsity
swimmer who was scheduled to
swim the back stroke in the meet,
didn't compete, because of an at
tack of pleurisy.
Iowa university successfully de
fended its title in this meet. It
piled up 57 points in the ten
events; Iowa state college was sec
ond with 17: Beatrice Y. M. C. A.
scored 12 points and Omaha Tech.
A. C, 10. Amgwert and Dick
Flelg, Iowa State college diver.
were the only candidates besides
Hawkeyes to win championships.
Three new marks were posted in
this meet Dick Westerfield, Iowa
U star, established a new mark
in the 150 yard backstroke. Iowa's
medley relay team lowered the
meet record. Allen, university of
Iowa freshman, set a record in
the breast stroke.
The first three placed winners
in each event in the meet quali
fied for final Olympic trials. This
means that all three University of
Nebraska entrants are eligible.
DSCUSSONS
CONFERENG
Otorics and one loss, and gave tho
undefeated Jayhawks an almost
unchallenged clinch on the confer
ence crown.
Hanging to the tall end of a
10-14 count at the breathing spell,
the Browncmcn were unable to
make the last-period comeback
which pulled them through to a
40-33 decision over Oklahoma Fri
day night. Evidently the Scarlet
big berthas had done all their
blasting at Norman, for Phog Al
len's pupil3 the ones who Allen
said didn't even know the score
about basketball compared to
Coach Browne's outscorcd them
three to one in the last frame.
Huskers "Off."
The Three Musketeers who car
ried the Nebraska team onto a
victory crest of three straight
wins over Missouri, Wyoming, and
Oklahoma, were as ineffective
alongside their usual showings as
Charlie Rctzlaff was aggressive in
his minute and a half with Joe
Louis. Bob Parsons went scoreless
from the field for the first time
this season, George Wahlquist
brought in only five points and
Hank Whitaker quit with seven.
In their characteristic racetrack
start, Nebraska surged down the
straightaway in the first ten min
utes into an 11-2 lead. Hank Whit
aker staitcd the drive with a field
L'oal in the first two minutes and
added two more and a free toss
before the mid-period his only
points in the game. Kansas
couldn't get back to protect their
goal in that first splurge of power,
but Kappleman, Allen, and Ebling
finally found the goal to take a
12-11 advantage.
Huskers Trail at Half.
Bob Parsons flipped in a gratis
shot in the last minute to tic it
up. But Kappleman's basket
evened up a pair of free tosses
for the Huskcrs just before tho
bell, and Nebraska left the floor
on the short end.
The Huskcrs didn't go about
remedying that situation in the
final period as they did against
Oklahoma two evening before.
The last canto staitcd slowly.
Kansas retaining possession of the
ball, nnd the Scarlet never threat
ened to raise their colors from the
dust.
Definitely raised to the position
of leading contender for the titu
lar garlands, the second period
depression came as a regretful de
pression to Cornhuskcr fans who
had thrilled to the consistent wild
fire attack of Coach Browne's pu
pils in the last three games. And
with Dr. Allen's pupils installed
firmly on the top rung of tho lad
der with four straight victories,
it's going to be a long, long way
back to the heights.
"They Don't Come Back."
But while the three-alarm scor
ing conflagration which had the
Sooners gasping for breath under
the smoke of trick passes and
dizzy floor play was smouldering
into ashes, the Kansans went out
and did things in a big way.
After barely keeping in front
during the first half, the Jays
pecked away at the hoop before
the final gun till they had pushed
in 27 points to Nebraska's 9. And
while Coach Browne's usually
bull's-eye marksmen were taking
a vacation, Ray Ebling, Kansas
forward, dropped in 19 points with
8 fielders and 3 free throws for
high honors in the game and first
place in the conference computa
tions. Ebling Has an Evil Eye.
Building up a 34-20 lead with
8 minutes left in the game, the
conference leaders, who give prom
ise of treading the Big Six trails
this season with very, very few
setbacks, sent Ebling out to ice
the game.
Ebling went to work Immedi
ately. And how he worked! Slip
ping in for an under the basket
shot, he was fouled by Bob Par
sons and raised the count to 3-in-one.
The Huskers protested, and
Ebling, showing no consideration
for the downtrodden, unconcern
edly slipped in his fourth point on
the technical.
Kansas Stalls.
With the reckoning 38-20. Harv
Widman flipped a fast breaking
pass to Wahlquist for a belated
basket, but Ebling retaliated im
mediately with a one hand toss
that brought it to 40-22.
From there on out, it was ail
Kansas. The Jays played kecp-
away among themselves In the
middle of the court, and when the
Huskcrs went out after the ball
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