The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 13, 1936, Image 1
he Daily Nebra Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska Around and About By Howard Dobion. VOL. XXXV NO. 86. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, I ERHUARY 13, 19. PRICE 5 CENTS SKAN Ducking our unkempt head to dodge possible missiles, wo heave a stealthy boiquot at Billy Cllno, recently installed as president of the. social chairmen, who is a good promoter in any league. The organization was started by Cllne and others of his ilk to bring union houso party orchestras to hell last fall, It succeeded in raising a modest scrap, which amounted to about as much as most such scraps do. The only result thus far has been an increase in the popularity of phonograph records as music for house parties. Most of the chairmen find that their brothers and sisters prcier Casa Loma or Jan Garbcr thru a loudspeakers to the output of a bunch of steam ftttcra who met outsldo tho door before the party. Most party or chestras consist of one. man who is somewhat known and who picks up a bunch of the boys whenever he gets a Job. We heave tho bou quet becauso we like to sec a scrap. We'd like to turn a ob sister loose on this one. The other day we saw a ragged little girl, her chapped cheeks buried as deeply as possible in the collar of an old coat, marching Into a stiff north wind that must have been freez ing her by inches. She had no overshoes of any kind, and her broken little shoes didn't even bend as she hobbled and slipped along the snowy sidewalk. To her breast she clutched a doll wrapped In newspapers, one lit tle red wrist flexing slowly as she mechanically patted the doll and talked to It. . And how many different ways can you thing of for referring to a girl? We know of dame, ekirt, twist, frill, frail, guinea, broad, cup o tea, gal to name a few. Parenthetically we add that it is not a good idea to use certain of those. Students in an American Lit class last semester amused themselves for a few weeks by laughing at a young man who fell asleep every morning. He cooked nights from 7 to 7 in a downtown hamburger shop. He said he could stay awake until after an 8 o'clock class, but a 9 o'clock class was just too long. He has taken, over a pe riod of years, most of the liter ature courses offered in the uni versity, and plana to take as many more as possible. It all de pends on how many he can find at 8 o'clock. He beams like a schoolboy whenever anybody sits over a sandwich and a cup of coffee to talk literature with him. Yes, he puts out extra cups of coffee indefinitely lor any body who will. We ate trying to organize a party to attend the next taffy pull in Billon Smith hall. Want to come along, fellows? We'll have a dandy time. So far as we have been able to find out, not very many of the local belles are planning on taking advantage of their well known New Year's prerogative. Bonnie Bishop recently garnered a box of candy when one re fused. She opined, "But all the rest of them accepted." Two jaunty young- collegiates swaggered into Ellen Smith hall one afternoon not long ago, and found their way to the love seat in the southeast bay window Thev, apparently, were waiting for snmebmiv. Time passed, and sprightly young coeds chirped cooey greetings to each other all over the place. The whole scene was one of order, strict business rectitude and good fellowship, and to complete the picture the sedate strains of a Moody & Sankey hymn floated down from the dim upper reaches of the building. The boys waited, they joked, they fretted, they sweated, they stirred, and finally became downright anxious. The room in which they pat filled slowly, sev eral of t" girl greeting the in terlopers with surprise. It soon became apparent that a meeting was about to begin, and the lads took a runout. To make a bor ing story shorter than it could be if we were more pressed for copy the gal for whom the boys were waiting had fled by the side door, and left her cocky friends marooned on the pre carious island of a love seat In a sea of femininity. The only time we ever felt worse was when we broke into a MethodiSt min isters' conclave and were tossed out. We recently quizzed a young ladv on the organization, purpose and functioning of the A. W. S. Board, Council, etc. Try it some time. It beats poker, and you can t lose a cert. Kemind us to go into this poker U siness later, Bertram. OH EK TAP DANCING FOH MEN STUDENTS AH university men are invited to take advantage of the tap danc ing lessons which are to be given each Thursday at 11 o'clock in the coliseum by Irving Kukhn, university freshman and profes sional tap dancer. The classes start today and will be given free of charge. ' Charles Miller, gym instructor, who is sponsoring the new class, stated that it is being tried out ta an experiment this semester. Such courses are being offered in several other universities. Two Teachers Recently Get School Assignments Two teachers recently receiving positions are Herbert Hartley and Carol Randall. Hartley of Wilcox will teach agriculture at Crawford. Miss Randall will be instructor in music and English at Neligh. She la a resident of Lincoln- DAILY NEBRASKAN REPORTING STAFF GIVEN POSITIONS Managing Editors Assign Permanent Beats to 32 Students. Thirty-two reporters received permanent beats for second se mester work on tho Dally Ne braskan yesterday afternoon, fol lowing assignments made by the managing' editors of the publica tion. Departmental staff mem bers were also announced at the same time. It is required that reporters who have been assigned to a regu lar beat, cover the beat daily and If unable to do so, to inform the managing editor, in order that he may assign someone else to the beat for that clay. Reporters who do not report regularly for work will not be able to retain their beat, according to announcement made by the managing editors. For Second Semester Only. Reporters and the beats which they will cover for the second se mester include: Mary Arbitman, French, Spanish departments, In nocents, Mortar Board; Mary Jane Barnes, society; Roma Beach, philosophy, psychology; Ruth Bor nemeier, observatory, operating superintendent; June Bierbower, state historical society, campus cop; Bonnie Burn, Condra's office, German department, and Wilbur Burney, university players, barb council, interclub council. Bruce Campbell, A and B In tramural sports; John Collins, ex change assignments; Bob Dunn, boxing; George Frey, Bizad col lege, Alpha Kappa Psi, BGS. Delta Sigma Pi; Lloyd Friedman, mili tary department, Pershing Rifles, Scabbard and Blade, Phalanr; Eleanor Greusel, fine arts depart ment, Morrill hall; Thomas Hicks, engineering department, and so cieties, Blue Print; Marjorie Hudson, Church foundations, stu dent offices in Temple, religious welfare council. Large Reporting Staff. Don Kellogg, gym team; Pat Jensen, geography department, ex tension division; Eugene Knox, wrestling; Genevieve Lamme, Pal ladian literary; Kathryn Lynblad, Dclian Union; Pat Meier, botany, zoology departments; Helen Pas coe, Panhellenic, A. W. S. charm school; Sue Pickering, library; Bob Reddish, Kosmet Klub, N Club; Barbara Rosewater, Prairie Schooner; Jo Rubnltz, Cornhusker, Political Science department; Ruth Sic, English, dentistry de partment and Bob Steifler, de bate, Prof. White's office, Kos met Klub. Grant Thomas, history, sociol ogy department; Ernest Tullis, Temple, speech department; Hok ey Weaver, cathedral choir, Latin department; and Ralph Woodruff, swimming, band, Gamma Lambda. Those assigned to work on the feature staff for the next semester are: Virginia Anderson, June Bierbower, Elizabeth Bushee, Car ol Clark, Eleanor Greusel, Mar jorie Hudson, Ed Murray, Barbara Rosewater, Josephine Rubnitz, Bob Stiefler and Jean Walker. Four Members on Women's Staff. Members on the women's staff include: Regina Hunkins, editor; (Continued on Page 3). Fi FOLLIES DUE FRIDAY Candidates for Best-Dressed Girl Must Be Filed in Ellen Smith. Jean Walt, chairman of the A. W. S. committee in charge of the Coed Follies, issued a reminder to all organized women's groups that skit summaries, the names of style show nominees, and the names of the candidates for best dressed girl are due Friday by 5 o'clock at Mrs. Westovcr's desk in Ellen Smith hall. "Skits or nominations submitted after the time specified will not be considered as eligible by the com mittee in charge. Miss Walt an nounced. "We are desirous of having as great a variety of skits to choose from as possible, and we urge all women's groups to submit their ideas." Style Show Featured. Each group is allowed to submit six nominees for models for the style show, which will be one of the features of the Follies. Pre sented on March 27 the style show gives an accurate prediction of what the well dressed girl on the campus will be wearing during the spring season. Any organized group is eligible to submit a candidate for best dressed girl, whose presentation will climax the production. A judging committee from the A. W. S. board, not yet announced, will iudee and select the skits, the style show models and the best dressed girL Skits Ten Minutes Long. Campus groups expecting to submit skits were reminded that each skit is to be limited to ten m.nites in length. The name of the person in charge of the skit should be handed in with the sum mary in order that arrangements for judging and production may be made, Miss Walt stated. BABY BOA CAN'T TAKE IT IN ZERO WEATHER Polar bears may take sub-zero weather in their stride but boa constrictors don't. The young boa, protege of P. T. Gilbert of the zo ology department, Is in a decidedly bad way. When visited in his un natural habitat, a glass cago in room 105 Bessie Hall, he was found coiled in the corner and only responding feebly to taps on the glass. A fungus growth has eaten away many of his body scales and, for a snake, he is far from being a formidable sight. A strong light, placed in his cage for warmth, is a poor sub stitute for the humid climate of his native tropics, so who could blame him for feeling pretty dis couraged about the situation. Mr. Gilbert gives the snake a sulphur massage every day and is hope ful that the boa will recover his former enthusiasm, when and if the temperature rises to a more comfortable point. SEND DELEGATES TO Representatives Arrive Student Conference On Friday. for Delegates from eight schools in Nebraska are expected to attend the Student Christian Movement conference in Lincoln Friday and Saturday. It is expected that 350 young people will take advantage of the opoprtunlty to attend the annual meeting, which will be led this year by Toyohiko Kagawa, famous Japanese social worker. University students who wish to register as delegates to the con ference may do so at the Y. W. office in Ellen Smith or at the Y. M. ofice in the Temple build ing. Students or faculty members who wished to atend the two lec tures by Kagawa on Saturday may register as a conference guest at Ellen Smith or Temple, it was announced by Miss Mildred Oreen, Y. W. secretary. Registration at 4 O'clock. With the delegates expected to arrive Friday afternoon, registra tion in the Temple building for out. of town young people will be gin at 4 o'clock. At 7:30 Friday night members of the conference will congregate in the basement of the St. Paul M. E. church where they will listen to Kagawa's speech on "World Peace." The talk will be amplified by a public address system. After the lecture the delegates will participate in a (Continued on Page 4). TO TEST TALENT IN T Only Men Not Now on Squad May Enter; Reading Lists Ready. Prospective debaters who have not already been selected on the squad this year will have an op portunity to test their forensic talents, in a university try-out Feb. 25, Prof. H. A. White an nounced Wednesday. The try-out as well as later debates in the year will be concentrated on the question: Resolved, that congress, by a two-thirds majority vote, should have the power to over lide decisions of the supreme court declaring laws unconstitu tional. Any one interested in the sub ject may try-out except those that have already been chosen on teams debating thus far this year, Mr. White announced. He stated that unless at least eight men sig nify theh intention to speak before Feb. 20 there win DC no inai. Bibliographies for study may be obtained in Andrews hall 111 and books will be placed on reserve in the general library. I NEBRASKA COLLEGES KOSMET SHOW AUTHOR LIKE jMARI SANDOZ - PERSISTENT Chauncey Barney, author of the winning play of the 1936 Kos met Klub spring show, "Southern Exposure," and, incidentally, re ceiver of the $50 that goes along with the winning wrUiug, is glad to see one of his mental labors finally received. The former stu dent of College View high school, where he first showed his aptitude for the theater by starring in the junior and senior plays, has at last reached that position where he may be introduced by friends as a successful author. But his career has not been a road paved with encouragement Like Mark Twain, editors met his early attempts with an avalanche of rejections, failing to recognize them as masterpieces that will live through the centuriees. Bar ney is the author of some very fine short stories, for which, he states, he has received some equally fine rejection slips. Poems also have slipped from bis fountain pen, but these have had a very limited cir culation "strictly personal," he describes them. In the field of plays, Chauncey literature needs more authors of FUNK WINS PRIZE WITH BEST PLAN FOR JR-SR P Originality, Cost, Color Basis of Judges Selection. Robert Funk, business admin istration junior, has been declared winner of the $15 prize in the Junior-Senior Prom Girl presenta tion contest, committee chairman Arnold Levin announced Wednes day. The winning idea was picked from the group of plans submitted for consideration by the commit tee of judges after a careful study of the entire number. Judges who picked the presenta tion theme above the others con sidered were: Kady B. Faulkner, Prof. F. Dwlght Kirsch, and Prof. Raymond H. Williams, all mem bers of the art department. The judges made their selection upon the basis of originality, coat, and color. Filings for Prom girl will be open until Friday evening, and all groups wishing to file their candi dates should do so as soon as pos sible, Marylou Petersen, co-chairman of the Prom committee an nounced. Several candidates have already been submitted and it is hoped that others will be sent in to the activities office in the coli seum at once, she stated. repreWaITof AT ALL-AG ASSEMBLY Miss Alice Sowers Is Main Speaker at First Convocation. First of the All-Ag convocations for the second semester is to be held this morning at 11 o'clock vL-hmi Miss Alice Sowers, repre sentative of the National Parents- Teachers congress in Washington, D. C, speaks upon the subject of "Facing the Future" in room 306 in Ag hall. The convocation is open to all students enrolled on the agricultural campus. The subject which the speaker plans to develop at the convocation concerns education in relation to future, problems that young people may encounter. Expressing their belief that it will be worthwhile for all students to attend the gather in a- hnth because of Miss Sowers' ability as a speaker and because of importance of the topic 10 young people, the committee in charge of the convocation is particularly anxious that as many students as possible attend tne garnering una morning, according to Miss Vele da Davis, chairman of the com mittee. A fact which Miss Davis wished to stress in particular concerning the meeting was that the young men attending ag college were in vited to attend the convocation, as wpll as the women students. In expressing her opinion of the com ing meeting. Miss uavis saiu, we truly feel that it is an opportunity for ag students to hear Miss Sow ers and for this reason we are urging that as large a number as possible be at the convocation." Phi IT. and Omicron Nu. home economics honoraries are sponsor ing the program, vioia jonnson and Marv Doderill are the presi dents of the respective organiza tions. CAMPUS STUDIO. Feb. 13., Thursday. 12:00 Athletic Managers. 12:00 Wrestling Team. 5:00 Pershing Rifle Crack Squad. 5:00 Publication Board. Feb. 14, Friday. 10:00 Chemical Engineers. 12:00 A. S. M. E. 12:00 Delta Omicron. that name has restricted himself to writing for his own amusement, with the exception, of course, of his Kosmet Klub efforts. Of these last there have been four in as many successive years. It was not until Tuesday, when President Bob Pierce announced that eighteen judges had picked his latest effort over six other entrants, that Bar ney became a success. Just like Marl Sandoz, he commented. Her publication was refused by many publishers before it finally won the recognition it merited. Nothing could offer a more peaceful scene for a drowsy, south land musicomedy, he admitted, than a quiet D;xie plantation. But allow the colli ge friends of a col legiate owner who lost his last cent in a cotton-pickers crap game to descend en masse upon the peaceful scene, and it begins to take on all the aspects of an in teresting plot. The script is full of spots where a chorus of brawny-limbed dancers can supplement laughs, and the eternal love Interest is not lacking. It seems the male center of inter (Continued on Page 3). ROM PTA CONGRESS TALKS Mari Sandoz' College Essay Reflects Style of 'Old Jules' Nebraska's Famous Author of $."000 Prie Winning Novel Won Second Place in llnivcrsily Contest When Senior in 1932. Marl Sandoz, now famous au thor of "Old Jules," $5,000 prize Atlantic Monthly" novel for 1935, was second prize winner in tho chancellor's essay contest at the university in 1932. Her essay, "What Should Be Considered in Choosing a Voctlon," reflects strik ingly the same theme and style she used in creating her prize novel. When the essay was writ ten, she was a senior student in the university, and she received a $25.00 prize for its excellence. WHAT SHOULD BE CONSID ERED IN CHOOSING A VOCATION? "Any consideration of a career or a profession is of necessity con ditioned by the attitude of the in dividual. Does he, for instance, want to practice medicine or want to be a doctor Does he wish to teach school or to be a teacher? In other words, is doing or being the important thing "In America the question is sel dom "What are you?" but rather "What do you do?" This stress upon doing was perhaps inevitable in our history. Only men and women of action could conquer a continent, subdue a virile red race, and tame a wilderness whose drouth and pest-infected reaches are itlll not entirely friendly to white inhabitants. People of ac- ASME GROUP TO HEAR TWO TALKS AT MEET A double feature program will entertain ASME members at their meeting Feb. 25, according to Ralph Doubt, president. Wilbur Schultz will speak on "Rerefined Oil," and Paul Ganlin on "The Binary Vapor System." Both men are club members, since paper as signments rotate among the mem bers. All must participate in the programs at some time. The meeting will be held in M. E. building in room 206. Mem bers are also being urged to start work on their papers for the con test at the Kansas City conven tion, March 20. JANE IMS SELECT STAFF WORK Social Organization Holds Membership Tea for New Students. With organization of the vari ous Y. W. staffs complete for sec ond semester, all new women on the campus, and members of the "Y" not yet in active staff work are urged by President Jane Kee fer, to sign as soon as possible in Ellen Smith hall, for their favorite type of staff. A special membership tea for girls new to the campus will be given Thursday, Feb. 20, from 3:30 to 5 o'clock, in Ellen Smith hall. "We cordially Invite all girls interested in the Y. W. to attend the affair, as they will have an opportunity to meet all cabi net and staff members, and Miss Gieen, executive secretary. They will also have a chance to learn the specific work of each staff, and can sign for the one of their choice," stated Miss Keefer. A tentative schedule for staff meetings follows: Betty Cherny, creative leisure, Tuesday, nt 4; Kathryn Winquist, personnel, Mon day. 4: Eleanor Clizbe, publica tions, Friday. 2; Maxine Durand, finance, Monday, 5; Aileen Mar shall, project. Wednesday, 5; Mar garet Phillippi. vesper choir, Thursday, 5; Kathcrine Hendy, conference, Tuesday. 12; Winifred Nelson, international relations, Thursday. 2; Jeanne Palmer, mem bership, Wednesday, 4; June Wag goner, Nebraska in China, Thurs day. 4; Doris Weaver, posters, Tuesday, 4; Frarces Scudder, ves pers. Wednesday, 12, and Marie Kotouc, new citizenship, Wednes day, 4. SPEAKING FRENCH IS LUNCHEON PURPOSE. Thursday Session at Grand Hotel Open to Interested Students All students in the French de partment interested in hearing or speaking the French language are cordially invited to attend the French luncheon session held Thursday noon, Febr. 13, at the Grand Hotel, according to Miss Katherine Townsend, instructor in charge. Only French will be spoken throughout the whole lunch period in order that students in the de partment may become better ac quainted with the spoken language. Reservations do not have to be made. Tickets are 25 cents each and are to be purchased in the main dining room of the Grand Hotel. Alpha Kappa Psi Group Holds Short Meet Today Members of Alpha Kappa Psi will have a short business meet int Thursday afttrnoon at 4:45 o'clock in the Commercial club it' t V: l-rom l.lnt'nin Jounml mari sandoz. tion excelled here. They and their families became influential, impor tant. They were the successful. Pioneer Had No Schooling. "And then suddenly the man whose ancestors staked out land from the Alleghenies to Oregon, whose childhood was very probably (Continued on Page 4). BAND GIVES ANNUAL INK Members to Play 4 Contest Selections; Quick Directs. Annual winter concert of the university band will be presented' Sunday. Feb. 16. at 3 p. m.. in the university coliseum. William "Billy" Quick, who has been at the university for eighteen years, will direct sixty-five band mem bers thru the strains of overtures, serenades and marches. Also to be included on the pro gram arc the four contest num bers to be played by the bands of the fourth sections of the Ne braska high school band contest to be held in May. Many bands from all over the state have been invited to attend. In this manner visiting bands will be able to hear and benefit by the uniersity band's interpretation of their numbers. During the past season, the band has been active in playing at all the football and basketball games. The group has also taken two trips, one to Pawnee City, where they gave a concert, the other to Manhattan, Kas., where they played at the Nebraska-Kansas State football game. Expect Success. "The boys have been working faithfully all year, and I expect a fine performance Sunday," Mr. Quick has stated. "However, I have been somewhat discouraged by the weather, and only hope it improves by Sunday eo we may have a record attendance." Beside the regular band num bers there will be several soloists and group performances. Lenore B. Van Kirk, teacher in the uni versity school will be soprano soloist, and Austin Garrel. a stu dent here, will present a baritone solo. A brass quartet. . consisting of band members, will give a num ber Sunday as well as at Friday's convocation. Altho the band has had num erous practices, they have also had sectional drills to perfect their music. Raymond Reed of the school of music has worked with the clarinets and woodwinds: John Shildneck has drilled the trumpet section, and Mr. Quick has per fected the work of the larger instruments. Library Celebrates Birthday With University Charier Day Institution Arranges Exhibition of Books Descriptive Of 60 Years of Progress; Some of I irsi Volumes Included in Display. Sixty years of progress is the record of which the university li brary can boast, as thoughts turn with the celebration of charter day toward the changes which have taken place on the campus, since the university was first founded. The birthday of the li brary corresponds with that of the university since the statute providing for the establishing of the university required that all matriculation fees should be ap propriated to the use of the li brary. Indicative of the library's sixty years of progress, an exhibit of books has been arranged in the hall case of the library to call at tention to the contrast between the library of former years with the one of today. Some of the books shown in the case are vol umes which were proudly dis played in the first library, ac cording to Miss Clara L. Craig, reference librarian, and the offer an interesting commentary on the T New Chairman, Secretary. Treasurer Are Chosen For Committee. M.E. VOTE PREDOMINATES Returns of Wednesday's Engi neer Week elections swept Fred Mallon, new general chairman, and Ralph Doubt, sccrctary-treas. urer, into office with a large nia jority vote. Poll officials declared the turnout to be heaviest in col lege history. Both Mallon and Doubt were mechanical engineer candidates, and the heaviest vote came from this department. The other two candidates, Lester Hill and Kenneth French, were chemi cal engineers. Three sided combat was staved off when electrical students failed to enter candidates. Voting from this department was lowest of all. Voting from other departments was strong. Even the ag engineers voted nearly 100 percent, despite having to vote on the down town campus. The elections were super vised by the engineering executive board, and continued all day in the M. A. building. Mallon, general chairman, will have charge of plans, and will supervise departmental chairmen, as well as the field day, convoca tion and banquet. Doubt, secretary-treasurer, will arrange for ticket sales and equipment pur chases for departmental exhibits. Both men joined in stating that organization will start, early, to Insure efficiency. Ted Schroeder, chairman of the executive board, expressed himself as well satisfied with the way the vote was conducted, and honesty of the officials. "Engineer's Week is a big job, but I am confident that these two will handle it prop erly and to the best of their ability." Editor Outlines Publication Procedure in Speech to Freshman A. W. S. Using the organization of the Daily Nebraskan as his subject, Irwin Ryan, editor of the univer sity publication spoke before ap proximately 75 members of the freshman A. W. S. organization at their regular meeting held yester day afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. A complete summary of the manner in which the editorial and business staffs were organized was given by the speaker m addi tion to a discussion of the way in which higher staff members are selected for their positions. In ex plaining this. Ryan pointed out that selection cf staff members by the publications board was based largely upon the record that an individual had made in his work in previous positions. Editor Tells Purposes. Giving the purposes and projects which the Nebraskan endeavors to carry out, the editor continued by presenting si outline of the steps that are necessary in publishing a paper each day. In doing this he included the various duties which each staff member is expected to perform. ,. . Stressing work and reliability as two necessary qualities in working on a paper, the editor concluded his speech by urging that anyone interested in newspaper work re port at the Daily Nebraskan office and receive assignments. students' reading interests of the 1S70S. Housed in U Hall. Housed at first in one room on the second floor of old University hall, the only building on the campus at that time, room was scarce but an adjoining room was provided for a reading room. The university catalogue for 1874-75 noted that the library was open every day for two hours for con sultation and that only students enrolled in certain classes were allowed to take books for use in their rooms. In 1878, however, this system was expanded under the direction of Dr. Howard and the library was available from two to six every day arid the prac tice of magazine loans inaugu rated. Many of the books from that early collection are still to be found in the library, having been repaired or rebound. It was a well chosen selection and many (Continued on Page 2). MALLON WN ENGINEERS WEEK ELECTIONS RWIN RYAN EXPLAINS