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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL. XXXV NO. lltt.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MAHCH 29, 1936
PRICE 5 CENTS.
Players Open In 'Cyrano De Bergerac' Monday
N
REGENTS
ALLOW
AG GREENHOUSE
BUILDING PLANS
Board Advances New Law
College Requirements
To September 1938.
Construction of two greenhouses
at the college of agriculture was
approved by the university board
of regents Saturday morning. The
buildings, which will probably cost
1 $10,000 to $12,000, Including the
head houses, will be built Just east
of the present unit. Permission
has already been granted to use
certain federal research funds to
meet construction coat.
Change in Law Date.
The date at which the new re
quirement for admission to the
law school is to become effective
was changed from Sept. 1, 1937,
to Sept. 1, 1938. The change was
made so as to avoid any unfair
ness to students now enrolled in
college as pre-law students. The
new requirement for admission to
the law school is three years of
college work or 93 hours in place
of the present requirement of two
year3 of college work or 65 hours.
Art Association Picture
Added to Frank M.
Hall Collection.
"Room in New York," an oil
painting- by Edward Hopper, has
just been purchased by the Uni
versity for the Frank M. Hall art
collection. This painting, which is
being shown in the forty-sixth an
nual exhibition of the Nebraska
Art association, is considered one
of Holer's best works, and has
attracted national attention. Of
his picture, Hopper says:
"The idea had been in my mind
a long time before 1 painted it. It
was suggested by glimpses of
lighted interiors seen as I walked
along city streets at night, prob
ably near the district where I live
(Washington Square) although it's
no particular street or house but is
really a synthesis of many impres
sions." Hopper Prominent Artist.
Hopper, who was born in 1882
and was a pupil of Henri, Kenneth
Hayes Miller, and William Chase,
holds an established place among
contemporary American artists.
His paintings have received many
prizes and awards, and he is rep
resented permanently in such gal
leries as the Pennsylvania acad
emy of the fine arts at Philadel
phia; Brooklyn museum. New Or
leans museum. Art Institute of
Chicago, Metropolitan museum of
Modern Art, Whitney Museum of
American Art all of New York
City; Phillips Memorial Gallery,
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Ruth Henderson Ag Goddess
Presentation Features Spring Party
Miss Ruth Henderson was
crowned goddess of agriculture
Friday evening when about 250
students gathered for the annual
spring party held in the Student
Activities building. Miss Hender
son, who Is an agricultural college
senior from Hardy, appeared in a
garden setting on the stage, on a
liver moon. She was attired in
a white embroidered organdie.
Attendants at the presentation,
Clarice Bloom of Orleans, Miriam
Frascr of Semans. Sask., Klsia
Groth of Red Cloud. Dorothy Stod
dart, Janice Campbell, and Mar
garet Deeds, all of Lincoln, took
their places on the stage before
the goddess was crowned. Theda
Chapeton gave a soft shoe dance.
The attendants were dressed in
pink, blue, and green organdie.
Senior Girls Elect.
The goddess was elected March
13 by a vote of senior girls in
the home economics department,
but the result was not revealed un
til the presentation took place.
Miss Henderson is a member of
the senior farmer's fair board. Phi
Upsilon Omicron and Omicron Nu,
home economics honorary socle
ties, member of the home econom
ics board and a member of the ag
college Y. W. C. A. She has re
cently taken an assistantship In
the department of home economics
and household management at
Cornell university.
Truma McClelland of Idylwild.
was general chairman in charge
of the presentation ceremony.
Clarice Bloom was in charge of
costumes and Frances Schmidt of
Wymore was head of the presen
tation committee.
Lyle Demoss and Mel Pester s
eleven piece orchestra furnished
music for the affair, which is one
of the big social events on the
ag campus calendar. All student
Civic Opera Caravan Appears
In Bizet's 'Carmen' Tuesday
Famed Coe Glade Leads
Cast of Over 100
Artists.
Tho world's most elaborate
opera caravan, Civic Opera com
pany of Chicago, will pause in Lin
coln next Tuesday to present
Bizet's ever popular opera "Car
men" at the university coliseum.
Past appearances of the Chi
cago organization has brought
large crowds of music lovers to
the university campus and ad
vance ticket sales point to an
other large turnout for the 1036
performance by tho famous opera
stars.
Symphony Plays.
Civic Opera on the present tour
carries a hundred artists and tech
nicians, the party including the
Civic Opera chorus, Civic Opera
ballet, a complete symphony or
chestra and a small army of stage
hands necessary to handle the
huge drops and massive stage sets
necessary to the staging of the
spectacular Bizet opera.
The Tuesday evening perform
ance will mark the debut of Coe
Glade, famed contralto of the Chi
cago Civic Onrra company, as an
impressario. Miss Glade will por
tray the title role of "Carmen"
Florida Debaters Arrive Here
Monday for Nebraska Contest
Coming from a university where
sunshine and warmth exist the
year around and where every stu
dent speaks to every other student
regardless of whether or not they
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are acquainted, Florida univer
sity's debaters will arrive in Lin
coln tomorrow. They will argue
against Nebraska representatives
over KFOR in a one-hour debate
at 7:15 p. m.
The debaters from the south are
traveling extensively over the
middlewest in an effort to adver
tise their unique institution that
uses the "honor code," "requires
all entering freshmen to register
in fields other than that of their
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Rayner In Cast.
Supporting Miss Glade will be
Sydney Rayner, who was brought
especially from Paris and the
Opera-Comique to join Miss
Glade's company. In the charac
ter of Don Jose, Rayner repeats
In America the role that made him
a continental favorite for the past
five years. Playing Eacamlllo will
be Joseph Royer. who for years
has been one of the leading bari
tones of the Chicago Civic Opera
company and the Cincinnati Zoo
Opera company. .
Helen Frcund, a coloratura so
prano, who was a protege of
Mary Garden In tho Chicago
Grand Opera company where she
was heralded as the baby of grand
opera, will portray the role of
Micaela. Others in the cast in
clude Frederick Jencks, Norman
Cordon and Janet Fairbank.
Isaac Van Grove, noted musical
conductor of several of America's
foremost opera companies and
musical director for all Max Rein
hardt's productions, will direct
both performances. A full sym
phony orchestra will be under his
baton.
The corps de ballet will be un
der the direction of the premiere
danseuse, Harriet Lundgren, out
standing American ballerina.
of higher learning, supported by
state appropriations, are not co
educational." chosen specialization," and "is of
the only state where institutions
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Representing Nebraska will be
Carl Matschullat, of Page, and
Irving Zveitel, of Grand Island.
They will take the negative side
of the subject: Resolved, that Con
gress should have the power, by
a two-thinis majority vote, to
override decisions of the supreme
court declaring laws passed by
congress unconstitutional..
Florida debaters are Roland
Terry, Miami, and Ben Krentz
man, Milton, Fla. They will meet
Creighton in Omaha on the same
day and Kansas State college at
Manhattan on Tuesday.
E. ROBB INTERVIEWS
Hearst Representative
Tour Searching for
New Talent.
on
i Seeking both editorial writers
und advertising men to work on
Hearst newspapers In the east,
Eugene Robb, scout for Hearst pa
pers and former editor of the
Daily Nebraskan, interviewed can
didates Saturday in the office of
the school of journalism.
The scouting for material is an
experiment of the corporation, this
year being the first in which edi
torial writers are sought and the
third for the search for advertis
ing men. Nebraska is the school
farthest west to which Mr. Robb
is traveling, and Missouri and Ne
braska are the only Big Six
schools included in his itinerary
of 12 colleges.
From 8 to 12 news writers will
be chosen from over the country
to start work Immediately under
editors in certain eastern cities. On
the advertising side approximately
ten men will be sent to school for
a time in New York, and then will
be located on a paper.
University Receives Four
Capitol Plaster Models
The university has been pre
sented with four additional plas
ter models, the originals used by
Sculptor Lee Lawrie in his work
on the interior of the Nebraska
capitol. Altogether the school
now has sixteen of these original
models, which have been placed n
.inn ?ia and 212 of Morrill
hall. They were presented by the
capitol commission.
I'eltzer Presents
Spotted Crow for
Zoologists Display
Members of tho roology staff of
the university who are Interested
in birds are proudly displaying a
new black and white spotted
crow, something of an oddity In
the crow family. The freak speci
men was presented to the Univer
sity by Reuben Peltier, farmer
near Chambers, who singled out
the bird from a largo flock. The
school's collection also features an
albino crow.
NOTED ENGINEER
TO TALK AT PBK,
Ernest E. Howard Appears
At Joint Convocation
Thursday Morning.
Ernest E. Howard, one of the
country's leading engineers, will
be the guest speaker at the an
nual joint dinner of Phi Beta
Kappa and Sigma Xi, honorary
societies, at the Cornhusker Thurs
day evening. The two groups are
also sponsoring a general convo
cation in the morning at Temple
theater, open to tho public, at
which time both honorary fra
ternities will announce the names
of new members to their organi
zations. The morning program
begins at 11 and the evening at
6:30. Mr. Howard will also speak
briefly on the morning program.
Designs Bridges.
A graduate of the University of
Texas, Mr. Howard was at one
time a member of that school's
faculty. He now is associated with
the New York and Kansas City
firm of Ash, Howard, Needles &
Tammen. He has designed notable
bridges throughout the United
States, Canada, Mexico, Japan,
China and Russia. He served as a
captain of engineers in the army
during the last war.
Mr. Howard Is also a member
of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, American Institute of
Consulting Engineers, the Amer
ican Society of Mechanical Engi
neers, and belongs to Phi Beta
Kappa and Tau Beta Pi.
Wins Rowland Prize.
He was winner of the Thomas
Fitch Rowland prize awarded in
1921 by the American Society of
Civil Engineers for his paper on
"Vertical Lift Bridges." In addi
tion to his reputation as an engi
neer, Mr .Howard has done con
siderable research in the fields of
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RALLY FOR FARMERS'
FAIR SCHEDULED FOR
Prof. Gramlich Gives Main
Speech at Evening
Affair.
Second of Farmers' Fair ral
lies is scheduled for Tuesday, Mar.
31 at 7:15 room 306 in Ag hall,
according to Junior Fair board
members in charge. Prof. H. J.
Gramlich of the animal husbandry
department will give the main
speech of the evening.
"There will be a hilarious take
off on the. senior fair board mem
bers in the form of a skit, which
we expect to rouse as much en
thusiasm as wan displayed at the
rally held recently," stated LeRoy
Hansen, one of the committee
members in charge.
Members of the Junior Fair
board include, Elsie Buxman, Le
Roy Hansen, Clyde White. Ray
moiia Hilton, Darrell Bauder and
Elinor McFadden.
SIG ALPH ENTERTAINS
Nebraska Chapter Celebrates
Founding With Banquet
After Initiation.
National President Prof. John
n vrnapiev was entertained as the
honored gv.est as the Nebraska
chapter of Sigma Aipna ipsiiou
met Saturday in commemoration
of the 80th anniversary of the
founding of the fraternity. As a
part of the program initiation of
20 new members was held in the
Lincoln hotel ballroom at 4:30,
which was immediately followed
by a banquet.
Professor Moseley is president
of the Oklahoma Teachers college
at Edmond, OkL He took charge
of the initiation ceremony and
was the principal' speaker at the
evening banquet.
The celebration was attended
by special guests from out of town
and members of the Nebraska
chapter.
SIGMAXI DINNER
TO
ACTIVITY PLANS
Marvin Announces Meeting
Of Executives to Hear
Proposed Program.
That executives of college de
partmental organizations will meet
Tuesday afternoon In University
hall to hear a proposed program
for organized class activity was
announced Saturday by James
Marvin, senior class president.
Last week, Marvin advocated the
creation of an administrative
council with representatives from
each college that would have au
thority to take initiative in pro
grams that might be used as ciass
organization projects. This week,
representatives from existing or
ganizations will debate whether
such a council would be practic
able. Plan Abolishes Officers.
"In proposing a new council last
week," Marvin slated, "the aboli
tion of honorary class officers was
included as part of the plan. This
step was entirely a matter of ex
pediency, Agreed upon by the Jun
ior president and myself, to pre
vent the council, should it take ef
fect, from becoming a mere addi
tion to offices that clutter up Ne
braska's student government sys
tem. "We found, however, a general
opposition to this move based on
the idea that class offices are one
of Nebraska's few traditions. To
press this point would be to lose
sight of our main objective; the
class council could operate just as
effectively If ciass officers still ex
isted." Freshman Week.
Chief issue now being considered
as a class project, according to
Marvin, is a renovated and more
extensive freshman week, which
would bring added activity for
separate colleges. A representa
tive of the faculty committee for
freshman week will probably be in
attendance at the meeting, Marvin
disclosed, to suggest plans for co
operating in the program.
R.O.T.C. CORPS MAKE
READY FOR COMPET
SET FORMAY 13, 14
McMasters, Sutherland to
Inspect This Year,
Oury Announces.
Members of University R. O.
T. C. corps will attempt to main
tain their blue star rating at the
annual compet and spring inspec
tion scheduled for May 13 and 14.
Col. George A. McMasters, in
charge of R. O. T. C. wok for the
seventh corps area, headquarters
In Omaha, and Col. Samuel J.
Sutherland, who commands the
17th Infantry at Fort Crook, are
the inspecting officers this year,
Col. W. H. Oury, local com
mandant announced.
The Nebraska units have held
their blue star rating, which is
tops in military circles, through
out the regime of the present com
mandant. It is estimated there
will be about 2,000 students par
ticipating In the parade and in
spection. There will be no classes
for men taking military drill th
afternoon of May 14.
ALPHA CHI O S GATHER
Fifty Delegates, Guests
To Attend Meeting
April 3, 4, 5.
Members of the alumni and ac
tivo rhanter of Alpha Chi Omega
will act as hostesses to over fifty
delegates pnd guests or me iraier
nity who will attend the province
convention. April 3, 4 and 5, ac
cording to Elizabeth Bushee, co
chairman of the convention.
Chapters in the north central
province which are planning to
send representatives are Univer
sity of North Dakota. University
of Minnesota, University of Iowa
and Simpson college. .
Presiding officers will be Mrs.
Dwight S. McVicker, Lincoln,
president of north central prov
ince; and Mrs. Dale S. Boyles, Lin
coln, national treasurer, who will
reDresent the national council of
the fraternity.
Miss Helen Nesbit is acting as
chairman of the convention ar
rangements, assisted by Miss
Bushee, Miss Betty Barrows, presi
dent of the active chapter, and
Mrs. Max Roper, president of the
alumni chapter.
A buffet supper, house party,
and annual state alumni banquet
have been planned in addition to
,the convention sessions.
GROUP
HEADS
CONSIDER
LA
)R CONVENTION
Prof. Grunnnann
Lectures Today on
'Art and Propaganda'
"Art and Propaganda" is tho
subject of Prof. Paul It. Grum
mann'a lecture at tho closing
Sunday afternoon program of the
Nebraska Art association. Profes
sor Grummann, who was director
of the school of fine arts at the
university until 1031, is now di
rector of Omaha's leading art in
stitute, Joslyn Memorial. His talk
Sunday afternoon will begin at
3:30 in gallery A of Morrill haU.
FRANCIS
BREAKS
SHOT PUT RECORD
IN TEXAS RELAYS
Weight King Heaves Shot
51-9; Cardwell Wins
Broad Jump.
Nebraska's shotput king. Sam
Francis, blossomed out in full form
Saturday afternoon at the Texas
Relays to shove the shot out Bl
feet 9 3-8 inches for a new Texas
Relays rec o r d
and first place
In the meet.
Sam's record
toss, for which
he has been
striving over a
month, eclipsed
the record of 51
feet 2 inches,
established b y
Hugh Rhea of
Neb r a s k a in
1932. Sam lost
out in the re
cent Columbia
indoor meet be
SAM FRANCIS
cause of a mis-
H'mm Th Tniirnul
understanding of the number of
trials, but his great tnspiay oai
urday indicates that Nebraska will
have a peer to Hugh Rhea.
Lloyd Cardwell placed in two
Texas events. "Cardy" leaped
into first place in the broad jump
with a 23 foot leap and came
in third in the high hurdles.
"Jake" Jacobsen, veteran Husk
er sprinter, failed to place in the
100 yar,d dash.
Francis' record breaking per
formance came on his second try
with the iron ball. He was not
pressed to win. Dryer, Kansas
State weight man, came in sec
ond to tho Nebraska Big Six
champ.
Success in Field
of Teaching Due
to Desire, Work
The two factors most needed to
day for successful teaching are
tho desire to succeed and the will
to work, In the opinion of Miss
Agnes Samuelson, president of the
National Education Association
and superintendent of public in
struction for the state of Iowa,
who addressed a group of teachers
and prospective teachers at a con
vention in the Temple Friday
morning. Dean F. E. Henzlik of
teachers college presided and in
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Miss Hunt Best Dressed Girl
Styles, Skits Feature Coed Follies
Climaxing a showing of latest
spring styles interspersed with
skits presented by organized
houses, Miss Virginia Hunt, a sen
ior in the college of arts and sci-
i ence, was presented as neni
dressed girl at the annual coea
Follies, sponsored by the A. W. S.
board Friday evening.
Miss Hunt was chosen from
among a group of 18 candidates.
She is a member of Delta Gamma
sorority and Is from St. Joseph,
Mo.
Among the various skits that
helpea to make the Follies a suc
cess, was that of Alpha Phi so
rority, which depicted the life of
a college coed by means of a big
opened diary. Members of Chi
Omega put on an amateur hour
with the typical trios, hill billies
and other entertainers. Alpha
Delta Theta followed with a tap
dance.
Quartet Sings.
A quartet from Sigma Alpha
Iota sang a group of vocal num
bers and members of Wilson and
Howard halls put on a skit built
around a song, "You're My Neces
sity," composed and played by
Jane Goctz.
Marylu Williams, blues singer,
represented Delta Delta Delta, and
a group of songs were given by
a sextet from Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
A skit, "Dust on the Moon," was
given by Alpha Xi Delta, and Del
ta Gamma concludtd the program
with a new school room idea.
Those in charge of the show
were Misses Jean Walt, general
chairman; Mary Yoder, style
show; Elsie Buxman, presentation
of best dressed girl; Dorothy
Beers, skits; Betty Cherny, pub
licity; Jane Barbour, tickets; Bar
bara DePutron, properties; Mar
tha Deweese. fashion editor, as
sisted by Miss Margaret Hen
drichs, art designer.
ROSTAND'S PLAY
FINISHES SEASON
DRAMATISTS
Temple Stage to Assume
Typical Broadway
Atmosphere.
PRODUCTION IN FIVE ACTS
Over 60 Roles Included In
Cast; Exceptional
Talent Used.
Temple theater will again take
on the appearance of tho typical
Broadway playhouse, when the)
University Players open with their
final production of the season, Ed
mund Rostand's immortal "Cyrano
do Bergerac" Monday evening.
The play is by far the greatest
undertaking the Players have at.
tempted in years and from early
Indications their pending perform
ance will be the greatest hit in his
tory. The play is done In five different
acts demanding five changes of
scenes which range from a French
battlefield to the typical medieval
balcony scene. The cast includes
over fifty roles which will fea
ture the most exceptional talent
any theater loving patron could an
ticipate. Jenks in Title Role.
In the feature role of the produc
tion the Players take pride in in
troducing their guest artist, Hart
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SALES CAMPAIGN FOR
Martin Issues Tickets
Workers; Successful
Drive Expected.
to
Kosmet Klub's ticket sales cam
paign for its 193G spring show,
"Southern Exposure," to be pre
sented April 20 to 24, in the Tem
ple, will start tomorrow, when
ducats will be issued at a special
workers' meeting at 5 o'clock.
Ross Martin, Klub member, will
have charge of the sales.
"With the excellent music that
will feature this year's show we
should have no difficulty in at
tracting a record crowd," Mar
tin predicted.
Reserve Seats Later,
Altho sales will start tomorrow,
reservations will not be made un
til Tuesday, April 14. At that time
stands will be set up in the Tem
ple and in Magee's and the tickets
will be turned in for reservation
stubs, the first to .ome obtaining
the best seats.
The pony chorus will be an
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