D Nebr HF AILY ASKAN 1 Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska PRICE 5 CENTS VOL. XXXV ISO. 87. LINCOLN,1 NEBRASKA, FK1DAY, I EBKUAKY M, 1936. ITU 0 COSGROVE CHENEY R.O.I.C. L Lincoln Seniors Are Chosen To Head University Military Unit. NEW PROMOTIONS OUT Col. Oury Reveals Roster Of Second Semester Officers. Sherman Cosgrove and Tom Cheney, arts and science seniors, will head the roster of cadet offi cers of the local reserve officers training corps for the second se mester, according to a recent re lease of midyear promotions. Cos grove, who last semester served as lieutenant colonel, will com mand the first regiment, while Cheney has been chosen as cadet colonel of the second regiment. Both cadet colonels are Lincoln products and both have made en viable records in their work with the local ROTC unit. The two will fill the position held by Richard Rider during the past semester, it having previously been the prac tice to select only one cadet colo nel and one lieutenant colonel. Ascending to the rank of lieu tenant colonel are Raymond Elli ott who will serve as executive officer of the first regiment, and James Harris, executive of the second regiment. Both lieutenant colonels as well as Colonel Cheney have previously held the rank of cadet majors. Other seniors who featured in the promotion included nine who were given the rank of majors and thirteen who were named cap tains. The complete roster of promotions and assignments is as follows: To be radct colonels: Pliermiin fnsKrove. Lincoln: command.nK Ktrt rcKiment (H-l). Tom Cheney, Lincoln; commanding Sec ond retflment p-2. To he rRdet lieutenant colonels: Rm ond Klllott. Omaha, executive officer, Unit regiment (Wp. James HurriK. Lin coln, executive officer Second regiment (1-2) ' Ti lie radet majors: Adjutant First reg iment, Ealon Stnndevet, iK-ll Adjutant Second regiment. Carl J. Einst r-2. Commanding Fli nt battalion, r irst regi ment, Llndlev M. Kan, Beatrice (c-1). Commanding Second l.attnllon, First regi ment, Jack Stafford. Omaha (Ci-l). Com- (Continued on Page 2). AG Games, Contests, Features Of Executive Board Party Tonight. Ag executive board is sponsor ing a valentine carnival for all agricultural college students, in the student activities building at S:30 tonight. The admission price is 15 cents and the party will be given on a non-profit basis. A new theme has been used in planning the party. Doc Cook's orchestra will play for those who wish to dance and games and com pe:Mve contests have been ar ranged by the program commit tee for those who do not care to aance. Prizes will be awarded dur ing Intermission and favors and paper hats will be handed out at the door. Chaperons for the affair will be Dean and Mrs. W. W. Burr, Prof, and Mrs. L. K. Crowe. Prof, and Mrs. D. F. Kein, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. R.o6enquist and Prof, and Mrs. T. H. Goodding. Genevieve Bennett, chairman of the publicity committee, announced "the party has been planned to in clude all students, something that has never been attempted before on the university campus." lxpecTgoodcIwd at luim party Valentine, Leap Year Theme Of Church Club Program. With an evening's entertainment featuring valentine and leap year festivities, the University Luther an club of the Missouri synod will sponsor a Valentine party this evening In room 203 of the Tcm- PlA large number of university (students are expected to attend the party which will commence its .evening's program at 8:30 o'clock, Dick Ostwald, president of the cl i and master of ceremonies for the evening, stated. At the conclusion of the enter tainment, refreshments will be served to all those attending. Alt Lutheran studenti. are invited to be present, according to those In charge. Chaperons for the affair ar Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Doege an& Key. and Mrs. II. Erck, CORPS EADERS DELIAS' VMOy HEARS VAy ROYEN TODAY Geography Professor Gives Illustrated Lecture on Holland. Dr. W. G. Van Royen, assistant professor of the geography de partment, will be main speaker at an open meeting of the Delian Union Literary Society at 8:45, Feb. 14, in room 303 Temple building. As a feature of the program Dr. Van Royen will give a talk de scribing his native country, Hol land, and will illustrate the speech by showing Blidcs of Holland. Included in the program will be a clarinet solo by Edwin B. Fisch er and French horn selection by Clarence Mock accompanied by Marie Willey. Games and refreshments carry ing out the leap year valentine motif will culminate the program. Guests who attended the previous meetings are invited to be present this evening. LAWRENCE RELATES Lincoln Editor Addresses Sigma Delta Chi on Thursday. James E. Lawrence, editor of the Lincoln Star, and instructor in the school of Journalism, ad dressed a journalism smoker spon sored by Sigma Delta Chi, men's honorary journalistic society in the N club rooms last night. Speaking on the general subject "Off the Record," the editor related inter esting features of his journalistic career in Lincoln. About twenty men attended the meeting including, Prof. Gayle C. Walker, faculty sponsor of the so ciety, and Lawrence Pike, director of the University News and Fea ture Service. The evening was spent in rather informal discus sions of journalism in its various fields, and cigars furnished by the society. Gene Dalby, newly elected president, presided over the meeting- . Another smoker xf (he same nature to be held at some later date will be announced by the group soon, when others who have had considerable experience in the various phases of journalism will be asked to speak. TajhDancers Begin First Classes This Week Under Kuklin "One-two-three, full of original lity," echoed loudly thru the coli seum Thtirsduy morning as Ne braska's first tap dancing class began. Over seventy smiling faces greeted "Professor" Irving Kuk lin, freshman and formerly a pro fessional dancer, who is tutoring the tap minded Cornhuskers to follow in the steps of Fred As taire. "This course is free and open to all students interested," announced Charlie Miller. As many other schools have such courses In their curriculum, Charlie wanted to see ' how Nebraska students would re ceive it. The class will meet every Thurs day morning in the coliseum at 11.00 a. in. Everybody, whether they have ever danced or net, is invited to join the group. In the fu ture they will be divided into be ginners and experienced members, and after instruction will be free to practice at their leisure. At the present the group is seeking a phonograph to furnish the 'music goes round and round," for In C o r n h u skcrdom "everybody's truckin." McNeill Discusses American Adaptibilty lo Cooperation Cagawu" IMan Meet a Spending Psychology, l( Than Thrift; Would Necessitate (ihungc in Economic Thought of M In answer to the quesitlon, "What Attitude docs Kagawa, the great Japanese promulgator of economic Christianity who speaks in Lincoln on Friday and Saturday of this week, face in this coun try?" Prof. C. E. McNeill of the university economies department hazarded this answer: "America is characterized by a spending psychology rather than one of thrift. In this country we are in clined to want service at any price. These elements In our eco nomic philosophy will make the advances of the co-operative move ment slower in this country than in others." "In order to make a consumer cooperative movement successful in this country," Prof. McNeill continued, "we would have to have a great deal more economic pres sure on the masses than there is at the present time. The progress of the cooperative movement here will also depend upon the function ing of the economic system with respect to the status of the farm ers and laborers," he sta' KAMA LEADER CHRISTIAN MEET Social Worker to Address Delegates From State Colleges. Toyohiko Kagawa, famous Japa nese social worker, will lead the conference of the Student Chris tian Movement which opens here today and continues thru tomor row. Approximately 350 student delegates from eight schools in Nebraska are expected to be present to hear the noted Chris tian leader. Any students or faculty mem bers who wish to attend the two lecturers by Kagawa on Saturday may register as conference guests at Ellen Smith hall or the temple, it was announced by Miss Mildred Green, Y. W. C. A. secretary. Stu dents may register as regular dele gates to the conference if they de sire. Delegates are expected to arrive Friday afternoon and registration will begin at 4 o'cock. Members of the conference will gather in the basement of St. Paul M. E. church at 7:30 where they will listen to Kagawa's speech on "World Peace." After the lecture the dele gates will participate in a general "get-acquainted" party, also to be held in the church basement. Sat'Tay Session. "Spiritual Life" id the subject of an address and forum which will be led by Kagawa at the Saturday morning session of the conference to begin at 8:30 at the Plymouth Congregational church. At 11 o'clock informal discussion groups will be held. The discussion will be centered around the topic, "How Can We Carry These Ideas Back (Continued on Page 2). SKIT SUMMARIES FOR COED FOLLIES REVUE DUE ONFILE TODAY Names of Candidates for Best Dressed Girl Appear Sunday. With the deadline for handing in skits for the Coed Follies set at 5 o'clock today, the names of the groups submiting scripts and the names of the candidates for Best Dressed Girl will be released Sunday, Jean Walt, chairman of the A. W. S. committee in charge of arrangements announced. Names of the nominees for style show models will appear Tuesday, she stated. Reminding all groups that skit summaries must be turned in at Mrs. Westover's desk in Kllen Smith hall by 5 o'clock today, Betty Chcrny, publicity chairman, emphasized the fact that the name of the person in charge of the act should accompany the script. Each group is allowed to nominate six models for the style show and a candidate for Best Dressed Girl. These nominations are also due at 5 o'clock. Selection of the acts to appear in the Coed Follies, March 27 at the Temple theater, will be made by a judging committee from the A. W. S. Board within the next few weeks. Style show models will also be selected at this time. The identity of The Best Dressed Gill, whose presentation will climax the annual production, will remain a secret until she is presented. Kalher Speaking of the efforts that have been made to establish coopera tives in this country, Prof. Mc Neill said, "Lack of realization of the vital importance of efficient management has resulted in the failure of numerous cooperatives Btarted in the United States during the last fifty years." He stated further that a sustained education al program designated to cultivate a loyalty toward cooperative activ ity is essential to this movement here. In Dr. McNeill's opinion, Toyo hiko Kagawa was brought to this country by the Cooperative League of America for the purpose of in augurating an . educational cam paign in iitosiotlon of the cooper ative movement. McNeill stated that the peculiar contribution of Kagawa to the cooperative move ment consists In his linking it with Christianity. Kagawa believes with all the vigor of his passion for humanity, demonstrated by his In cessant devotion to the poverty stricken classes of his own coun ( Continued pn Page 4). PROGRAMS Special Feature Issue Free at Uni Drue. Store Sunday's edition of the Daily Nebraskan will be a special feature edition in tabloid size. An unlimited supply of free samples will be accessable at the Uni Drug store for those who do not live in organized houses and who usually have to wait until Monday morning to read the week end edition. Any one who desires may secure a copy anytime Sunday by simply requesting it at the drug. Ag students may acquire their free copies at the Ag cafeteria. CORNHUSKER STAFF TO SELECT MODE TYPE COVER DESP. Movie Producer to Judge Thirty Candidates in Queen's Contest. Decision upon the design to be used for the cover of the 1936 Cornhusker will be made next week, according to Faith Arnold, editor of the publication. Al though the finished design is still indefinite, it is to be of a modern type, in keeping with the inner part of the book and will be done in the motif of red and white. Photographs of the thirty candi dates for beauty queens of this year's Cornhusker are to be sub mitted to Carl Laemle, jr., Holly wood movie producer and Corn husker beauty queen contest judge within the next week according to Miss Arnold. Work for the completion of the book is progressing rapidly at the present time and panels for the junior-senior sections are being made up. There has been a great increase in junior and senior, fraternity and sorority and other group pic tures, taken for the Cornhusker this year. Fraternity and sorority picture panels have been sent to the engravers. All organizations desiring panels should see Richard Hufnagle, campus photographer at the university studio. Schlitt Writes Principal Article on Crossing Problem in State. Nebraska Blue Pi int, student en gineering publication, issued its February number to students to day with its principal feature an article, "Grade Crossing Elimina tion Problems in Nebraska" by H. G. Schlitt of Lincoln. Walter Gloor, mechanical engi neering senior, also writes in the issue on "Present Day Trends in Automotive Design." Dean O. J. Ferguson of the engineering col lege discussed in his column the "Relation of Engineering to Poli tics." Schlitt, who is an engineer in the state bureau of roads and irriga tion and C. E. '3.r, considers the railway crossing problem in Ne braska which is "responsible for many disastrous accidents each year. He outlines the types of dan gerous crossings in the state and the various methods which might be used the pioblcm might be cor rected. The solution to the situa tion at present, Schlitt points out, lies in building overpasses or re routing the load. Photographs of overpasses at Fort Crook ami Saddle Creek in Omiilui nceomnanv the article. A discussion of their construction is presented. I In his article on automotive d--isi;n, Gloor tells of the extent to j which streamlining is being used and the effect that it produces Gloor also presents pictures of a j super-streamlined car which Is used by a St. Louis company lor experimenting purposes. A full page of Sledge, Jr., humor column edited by Franklin Meier, appcrs in the Blue Print ulong with the regular Engine Chatter, Aalumnaws and Enginews. Cover design, prepared by the architectural department. Is a view of a siphon spillway on the Suth erland project. INehraxkan Kslahlishe Iost and Found Bureau Lost articles will have a chance of being returned to their owners with the establishment of a lost and found bureau in the office of the Daily Nebraskan. A classified add describing each lost article turned In to the bureau will be published in the Nebraskan and the owner may get his article back by Identifying It and paying for the advertisement. Herhert Ycnne Addresses Fremont Alumni Saturday Mr. Herbert Yennc. assistant professor of speech and dramatic art is to speak at an Alumni Day meeting at Fremont, Saturday. Feb. 15 WAA. STUDENT AN NOW MADE OUTRIGHT GRANT Scholarship Specifications Revised at Thursday Council Meeting. Members of the W. A. A. council completed the revision of the or ganization's scholarship specifica tions at the regular meeting Thursday at 5 o'clock in Grant Memorial. The scholarship, previ ously offered as a loan to one girl each semester, will, in the future, consist of a gift to a sophomore, junior and senior each year, it was decided at the meeting. A scholarship of twenty-five dol lars will be given to an applicant from each of the three upper classes at the annual rr'"5s meet ing of the W. A. A. in the fall. The organization will receive ap plications for the scholarships in tthe fall. Qualifications for receiving the gift will include scholarship, par ticipation in the W. A. A. program, and need of financial assistance, the council voted. In order to apply the applicant must have a scholastic average of 80 percent thruout her college career. Dur ing the previous year she must have participated in or refereed one intramural tournament or one sports club, or have been an intra mural representative, a member of the sports board, or a worker in the W. A. A. concessions. Need of financial assistance will also be considered in making the awards. Other business of the meeting included the setting of the elec tion date for March 9. The elec tion of the W. A. A. ofifcers will take place at a 5 o'clock meeting of all intramural representatives, sports board members and council members in Grant Memorial. ALICE SOWER TELLS AG STUDENTS TO SET Authority on Education Of Youth Addresses Crowd of 200. Stressing the opinion that young people of today should plan their lives by firmly setting goals and preparing for emergencies, Miss Alice Sower, national representa tive of the Parent-Teacher con gress in Washington, addressed a crowd of over U00 students, and faculty memljers at the first AU Ag convocation Thursday morn ing. In developing her topic, "Fac ing the Future," Miss Sower sug gested that people study them selves, and ask the question, "Am I dependable?" She believes this characteristic to be the basis of living successfully with others, and the goal to be reached by educa tion. The speaker pointed out that the kind of people who get and hold positions are those who are prepared; do more than is ex ported of thm nnd do it vM!. Miss Sower's theory is that anyone can take a job and make it a bi one by us- of 50 percent Imagination, and the other half, ability and hard work. She feels that an understanding of other people is necessary in any line of work, coupled with the ability to learn from past experience. Phi Upsllon and Omlcron Nu, honorary home economics so cieties, under the leadership of Viola Johnson and Mary Doderlll, sponsored the program. Charier Dav Is Celebrated By Alumni in Dozen Stales Graduate. Former Students Friend of School Hold Hirlliduy Program in (iilien Thriioul Nation Next Week. Cities in iwelve states through out the nation and in sixteen counties in the state of Nebraska arc holding charter day celebra tions in conjunction with the uni versity during the next week, ac cording to reports received by the university Alumnus office. In addition to the university ob servance on Feb. 14, celebiatlons will be held in two other states of the union besides Nebraska, including one in the San Francisco Bay District in Calif, and another In Sioux City, la., where Ed Weir, assistant athletic coach of the university will be the guest speaker. Alumni in cities of seven states will participate in charter day activities, Feb. 15. Festivities will take place in Des Moines, la., with O. J. Ferguson, dean of he college Of engineering as the Tiain speake; Indianapolis, Ind.; Helena, Mont., where Governor Holt is to speak; Portland. Ore., wfh Fred Hunter giving the Purdue President, Alumnus Delivers Charter Day Talk -o COMSTITUTIOS TOPIC OF HILSOYS SPEECH Lincoln Attorney Talks to Pi Sigma Alpha on Government. Mr. H. H. Wilson, Lincoln attor ney, outlined his political views in a speech entitled "The Constitu tion," at a dinner meeting of the Nebraska chapter of Pi Sigma Al pha, National honorary political science fraternity, Feb. 12, at the Y. W. C. A. Mr. Wilson expressed favoritism toward constitutional government, stating that government with a constitution is necessary o pro tect our rights as American citi zens. A short resume of the history of the supreme court was reviewed by the speaker defending the power of judicial review. GIRL FILINGS CLOSE AT 5 O'CLOCK FRIDAY Election Of Set for Evening Annual Affair, March 6. Filings for prom girl candidates which opened Montlay, Feb. 10, are to close at 5 o'clock this after noon, according to Marylu Peter sen, co-chairman of the prom com mittee. All groups wishing to enter candidates before the dead line are urged to submit their nominees at the activities office in the coliseum at once. Any girl in the university hav ing 89 credit hours, 27 of which were earned during the preceding semesters, is ligible to file. Election March 6. Election of the prom girl will take place on March 6, when the annual Junior-Senior prom is staged. Polls will be open from 9 to 10 o'clock and each couple attending the ball will be entitled to one vote. The presentation cere mony is chedulcd to take place it 10:30. Expressing the desire thut a large number of candidates file for this election, Dorothy Bentz, member of the publicity commit tee for the prom, commented, "We hope that anyone who is at all con sidering filing will not hesitate to do so before deadline today, since we wish to have a large group of candidates from which the prom girl will bo chosen." HORSEY ILL; MISSES INTRAMURAL MEET Sports Mentor Recovering From Severe Cold in Infirmary. With the Intramural program so thoroughly planned and barely launched, 'Director Bill Horncy was hustled away to the university in firmary too soon to sec his work develop. , Horney was stricken by a se vere cold last week and Monday it prohibited his coming to the intra mural office for duty. He is now convalescing in the infirmary from what narrowly missed being pneu monia, but he will be dismissed too late to attend any of the games, except perhaps the finals. charter day address; .Milwaukee, Wis., where Frank Adams will appear as the speaker; San An tonio, Tex., Seattle, Wash., and Spokane, Wash. The four remaining slates where celebrations will be held Include: California, where Coach Dana X Bible will give the charter day address on Feb. 17; St. Louis, Mo., with G. V. Koscnlof, professor of secondary education aa guest speaker on Feb. 23; Denver, Colo., which has aa Its special guest, Chancellor E. A. Burnett on Feb. 27. and Chicago, 111., where Wllla Cather will represent Nebraska. Cities in the state, which ob served the university anniversary on Feb. 13 were Broken Bow, where Prof. H. W. Stoke, asso ciate professor of the political science department spoke; Hoi dregc, with Hay Ramsey, secre tary of the Alumnus office as the main speaker, and Hartington. Today, celebrations are scheduled (Continued on rage 4.) Classes Out From 10-12 for Celebrating School's Founding. Dismissal of classes l'roni 10 to 12 oVlock this morninjr, in order 1hnt students might at tend tho first observance of the six t y-Nevpnth anniversary of the founding of the university, marks the opening of Charter day activities. The charter day convo cation at which Dr. E. C. Elliott, president of Purdue university and Nebraska alumnus, will address the audience on the subject of "The Day and the Dust," is sched uled to begin at 10:15 o'clock in the coliseum. The public is in vited. Considerable enthusiasm has been aroused over the third cele bration of Charter day to be held on the Nebraska campus, and a considerable number are expect antly waiting to hear Dr Elliott, a former student of the university, at the opening program this morn ing. In expressing the general feeling about hearing Dr. Elliott, Dean T. J. Thompson said, "I an ticipate that Dr. Elliott will give us something to think about in his address today. I have heard him on several occasions and I know him as a man who thinks for him self and speaks accordingly." Burnett Explains Union. As an additional feature of the morning's program Chancellor Burnett will briefly outline several new activities of the university, including the status of the pro posed student union building, tha book store and the university foundation. As a prelude to the regular address the university or chestra under the direction of Carl F. Steckelberg will give a concert, with additional music furnished by a brass quartet from the univer sity band directed by William T. Quick. Rev. Raymond A. McConncll, pastor of First-Plymouth Congre gational church will deliver the in vocation. Dean O. J. Ferguson is in charge of arrangements for the morning program. Dinner Program Friday. Second of the major Charter day activities will be held on Friday evening when an evening dinner program is to be held at 6:30 o'clock at the University club for alumni, former students and fac ulty of the university. Earl Cline, president of the board of regents will serve as toastmastor for the dinner, at which President ami Mrs. Elliott and Governor and Mrs. R. L. Cochran arc to be special guests. Special addresses which are to be given at the banquet will in clude speeches by Dean H. H. Foster of the law college; Victor Smith. Omaha bank official and Chancellor Burnett. Reservations have been pouring in each day, ac cording to Miss Hortensc Allen. who is in charge, and a large crowd is expected to attend the in formal get-to-gether. Alums Stay for Game. In order to participate in tho concluding Charter day affairs, many uf the alumni and former students arc expected to remain over for the weekend to attend tho Iowa State-Nebraska game Satur day evening at the coliseum and the mid-winter concert of the Uni versity band also at the coliseum at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Tho concert, which is open to the pub lic, will be under the direction of William T. "Billy" Quick. Explaining the purpose of hold (Continued on Page 4). y Fi Campus Offices Open Friday Afternoon; Conference at Plymouth Church. Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. members will be able to register at C. D. Hayes and Miss Mildred Green's offices Friday afternoon. Feb. 14, for the Kagawa conference to be held at the First Plymouth church in Lincoln. Feb. 14-16. Ten Nebraska colleges are send ing delegates and 150 guests. Tho total registration Is at present 275 delegates and 150 guests. The qtilta for guests and for delegates is 350 each. Nebraska will send 70 delegates and 60 guesta, Wesleyan will aend 40 delegates and 30 guesta. Has tings colleg ranks third in having the largest number of representa tives with a total of SO delegates and 30 guests. Twenty-nine dele gates from Kearney State college. 8 from Doane, 20 from Midland, 23 from Peru, and 21 from Wayne will attend the conference. Nebras ka Central will have 15 delegates and 10 guests, York 14 delegates and 6 guests, and Chadroa 9 dele gates and 2 guesta.