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Ivy Day Edition run ebra Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXV ISO. 190. I JNCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936. PRICE 5 CENTS. Daily SKAf WORKMEN ERECT THRONE OR OAY FESTIVITIES Campus Interest Turns to Revealing May Queen Thursday. WILSON TO GIVE ORATION Mortar Board, Innocents Societies to Select New Members. By Elizabeth Bushee. Erection of the May Queers throne on the scene of the Ivy Day festivities turns campus interest and speculation toward Thursday, May 7, when identity of the May Queen and her court will be re vealed in the morning, and the se lections of Mortar Board and In nocents to membership highlight the afternoon s activities. The May Queen and the maid of honor were chosen by Junior and senior women at an election March 26. the eligible senior woman re ceiving the highest number of votes to serve as May Queen, and the senior woman receiving second highest serving as her maid of honor. Attendants to the May Queen are chosen from each of the four classes, their identity to be kept secret until Ivy Day morn ing. The two pages announcing the arrival of the procession are also selected from among the women students of the university. Name Attendants. Juvenile attendants to Ne braska's twenty-fifth May Queen will be Michael Lawlor, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lawlor. crown bearer; Virginia Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barlow Nye. and Judith Flansburg. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Flansburg, flower girls; and Jerry and Ann Jouvenat, children of Mr. and Mrs. Victor F. Jouvenat, train bearers. Leaders of the ivy and daisy chains arc not made known until Ivy Day, when they enter the grounds and form the setting for the May Queen's procession and her crowning by the maid of honor. Four senior women are chosen to lead the ivy chain, and four junior (Continued on Page 3). ESTES COOPERATIVE GETS RETURNS FROM SOCIAL WEDNESDAY Ice Cream Affair Open to Public on Lawn East of Social Science. Financial returns from the ice cream social to be held at 7:30 Wednesday night. May 6, will be donated to the Estcs Cooperative for their annua conference held at Estes Park. The social will te held on the lawn east of social sci ence annex. Ice cream and cake wlil be served for 15 cents. Lorene Adelseck. general chair man, urges that the students at tend and states that "although this is a new idea on the campus, we fee) that its novelty will be an at traction to many students, and will be successful as a pre Ivy day celebration." Mildred Holland will act as food chairman. George Rosen and Rowena Swenscn will be in charge of the general ar rangements, and Betty Cnemy and Neil Parks will comprise the publicity committee. There will be entertainment and music during the entire social. This year' conference will be beld from June & to 15. Nebraska has always bad a large elegation and it is hoped that as many will be able to attend this year. IVY, DAISY CHAINS TO REHEARSE TODAY AT 5 Final Procession Practice Must Be Attended by All Participants. Final rehearsal of the ivy and daisy chains scheduled for 5 o'clock ' tonight at the east side of the gymnasium win be conducted by Herman T. Decker, director of singing ; William T. Quick, who will lead the university band to accompany the procession, and In Docenta, Richard Schmidt and Don ald Sburtleff. managers of the pro cession on Ivy day. Seniors hi the ivy chains and representatives from sorority bouses and dormitories tn the daisy chain must attend the second re hearsal in order to be eligible for the honor. The members of the chains are to sing the Iry Day Chant daring their processional on the Iry day grounds, those in the i'-y chain wearing white, and those In the dairy chain wearing pastel shatfe. A chorus has sung the chant J the past. MISS RIGDON WRITES FOR MAY 'SCHOOL EXECUTIVE 'Equipment for Teaching Geography Subject of Article. Miss Vera E. Rigdon, Instructor of geography, has an article en titled "Equipment for Teaching Geography" published in the May edition of "The School Executive." Frank E. Sorenson, superintend ent of the public schools of Syra cuse, Neb., has co-operated with Miss Rigdon in publishing the ar ticle. He has stated the faults of public school geography. He states that schools often purchased ge ography equipment, giving but lit tle thought to the contents, but using the publisher's name as a basis for their selection. Now companies have salesmen who not only know their equipment, but have also been trained In geogra phy. The purpose of the article is to help instruct superintendents or administrators to buy materials intelligently and effectively'. Miss Rigdon made suggestions in her article as to the proper way to select materials. PATERSON TALKS The Prominent Psychologist Addresses Psi Chi Open Meeting. "The institution of regular ad visory boards and advocation of a testing program for high school and university students to aid them in discovering the work for which they are most naturally adapted." was the point stressed by Dr. Donald G. Paterson, prom inent applied psychologist, in his address, "Studies in Occupational Adjustments," delivered last night at the sixth annual open meeting of Psi Chi, national honorary psy chological organization. Dr. Paterson described the work of the employment stabilization research committee at the Univer sity of Minnesota where he is a member of the faculty. The com mittee was organized to make a cross section analysis of the un employed. Study It Made. A comprehensive study was made of each unemployed person who registered with the commit tee, including a personal inter view; a complete history of the person embodying his experience, education, ideas and aims for the future; occupational tests to dis close his clerical and mechanical abilities; personality tests, and a physical examination. "A surprisingly small percent age ot the unemployed are Jobless because of technological changes," declared Paterson. "Much of the unemployment was caused by the failure of educational and business organizations in not properly training laborers for their work rather than by technical changes and the substitution of machinery for hand labor." Data Compiled. Data compiled by the commit tee showed that the intelligence and clerical aptitude tests were not affected by the eyesight of the person. Further tests prove that despite popular opinion there is (Continued on Page 3). KUTH HIIX WILL GIVE RECITAL AT 4 TODAY. Student of Earnest Harrison Will Play At Weekly Prop-cm Ruth Hill, student of Earnest Harrison, will present the weekly senior music recital in Temple theater at four o'clock today. The program will consist of "Chromatic Fantaisie and Fugue" by Bach. "Variations Serienses" by Mendelssohn, "Prelude" by De "Poissons d or'' by Debussy, and bussy, A 1 nam bra" by Cassado, and "Sequklilla" by L Albeniz. ON ADJUSTMENT IN OCCUPATIONS 'Sneakers' Tour Campus Daily Campus Host to High School Children Hundreds of high school students are conducted daily on tours of the interesting points oa the campus, under supervision of guides ap pointed by L Pike of the Uni versity news and feature service. The practice of being boat to students on their "aneak cays" ia one originated several weeks ago tarn an agreement between the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and the university. Senior classes of all the high schools in the state and nearby schools tn Iowa and Kansas are Invited by the cham ber to visit Lincoln. Delegations come in varying quantities from private automo biles to special chartered train. Friday of this week la expected to be one of the heaviest days of the vear. according to Pike, when special train will - bring students I from HoWrege hi!e another will transport classes from Sbenaa- j jdoah. la. i STUDENT COUNCIL TO COLLECT UNION BUILDING PLEDGES Hill Asks Organizations Have Money on Hand This Evening. to Student Union building pledges will be collected on Wednesday of this week between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock. Collection of the money will be made by members of the Student Union building committee of the student council. Irving Hill, chairman of the committee, requests the organiza tions to have the money ready as this action is in accord with the resolutions passed by the commit tee at its meeting held Thursday, April 30. The money collected on these pledges will be placed in an Inter est bearing account and definitely marked to be used for furnishings. The pledges at present amount to approximately $20,000, or about one-half the total expense of fur nishing the building, according to a statement of L. E. Gunderson, finance secretary of the univer sity. Apply for WPA Lean. The present plans for financing the $400,000 Student Union build ing rest mainly in the hands of a bill pending legislation in a com mittee of congress. As originally proposed the bill granted money to only the WPA. A group of congressmen is attempting to have TOO millions of this set aside for PWA projects which have been listed by Secretary Ickes. The Nebraska proposal for 45 percent of the cost of the build ing, or $180,000, is in the PWA list. There is at least an even chance of this bill passing as amended. Students Pay Fee. The remainder of the building cost will be raised by selling bonds to be issued by the University Dormitory corporation. This cor poration was created by the legis lature several years ago to fi nance the building of dormitories and student activities buildings on the campus. Subscriptions for the sale of these bonds cannot be taken until . the government ap ( Continued on Page 3). TO FOR ESTES MEETING Student Addresses, Skit to Emphasize Advantages of Conference. Scheduled as a regular meeting to arouse student interest in at tending the Estes Summer Confer ence, the Y. W. vesper services to be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall will feature several student addresses on the subject of Estes activities, accord ing to Frances Scudder. chairman of the T. W. vesper staff. The services will open with a skit, presenting scenes enroute to the conference and emphasize some of the advantages of making plans to attend the annual summer con ference. Three student speakers. Howard Peterson, Lorene Adelsack, and John Steinhause will give the main addressee of the afternoon's servi ces. All three speakers have at tended the Estes conference pre vious to this year, and will relate some of the experiences which they have encountered while present at the conference. Highlights of the meeting! and activities which are held as a part of the conference will be outlined in the addresses. Devotional, carried out on the order of those held each day at the Estes Conference will be a part of the program at the meeting this afternoon, June Waggoner. Y. W. cabinet member and chairman of (Continued on Page 41. The tours consist of an in spection of the coliseum, where they are usually greeted by one of the coaches, the stadium and then to the museum In Morrill halL Many groups are shown around the ag campus. Interrogatiou has proved these to be the most Bip olar places In the minds of the visitors. Guides report varying degrees of interest, altho the morning ses sions seem to pay the most atten tion to their conductors. Francis Johnson, one of the guides, be lieves that afternoon visitors are too tired, and therefore cause the moat trouble, asking such ques tions as "What is that?" when ap proaching Memorial j&adium. Many groups visa to see the state capital, w hile others show a much greater interest in the cam- demanding to go thru "very build- I ing on the city campus. j Posts Open for Filings. STUDENT COUNCIL. Four seniors at large, two men- and two women. Two junior men and three Junior women from Arts and Selene college. Two Junior men from Engi neering college. One junior man and one Jun ior woman from Business Ad ministration college. One junior man and one jun ior woman from the College of Agriculture. One junior man and three Junior women from Teachers college. One junior man from Phar macy college. One junior . man from Den tistry college. One junior man from Law college. Two junior women at large. On man or woman from graduate coltege. PUBLICATION BOARD. One sophomore member. One junior member. On senior member. BARB COUNCIL. Two seniors. Three juniors. , Two sophomores. FILINGS OPEN FDR 17 POSITIONS AT AG Posts Open Coil-Agri-Fun, Farmers' Fair Board, Executive Council. Filinc-s are now ooen at Dean Burrs office for 17 positions on the major sxuaeni governing board at Ag college, including the Ag executive board, senior Farm ers' Fair board, and Coll-Agri-Fun. Filings will close Friday, May 8, at 4 o'clock, and the elec tion will be held Tuesday. May 12, the same dav as student colncil elections on the city campus. On the ar Executive board, two men from the present sophomore class will be elected ay xne men, and two women, also from the onhomore class, will be elected by the women. Two members from the Junior class, one man and one woman will be elected by the stu dent body at large. Also on this board will be two Student Council members, one man and one woman elected by the entire student body. These candidates should file at John K. Selleck's office before Friday, May 8. For the senior Farmer's Fair board posts, six places will be filled by three junior men ana urec junior women. Tbr nlaces are onen on the CoU-Agri-Fun board, the group which plans trie annual lau pro gram of skits and musical events. Two women and one man will be elected from the present sopho more class by students at large. Eligibility for membership on the various boards is based on the following requirements: The can didate must be a member of the colleee or class he represents. Regular university rules govern the candidate's college, school or class. Each candidate must nave at least an averaee of 75 percent for all preceding semesters, and shall have no standing aeunquen cies. BOB MOORE PLAYS FOR Ag Students Slate Annual Pre-Fair Party for Wednesday. The annuaJ Pre-Fair overall and apron dance sponsored by Farm ers Fair board will be held Wednesday evening. May 6. from 8:30 to 11:30. Bob Moore popular local orchestra, will furnish the music. The dance, which will be held at the Activities building, is open to ag students only. All students at tending must be attired m the tra ditional overalls or aprons. The dance is held annually in recognition of services rendered by agricultural students In prepa ration for Farmers Fair. May 9. The feature of the program will be a second presentation of the Goddess of Agriculture, Ruth Hen derson, senior student tn the ag college. She was first presented at the Spring Party beid during Aprfl. The affair was planned by the dance committee of Farmers Fair consisting of Raymond McCarty. chairman. Clare Glandon, and Harold Von Reisea. Syracuse Offers Graduate Men Counselor Petitions Syracuse university is offering aa opportunity for a number of graduate students to act as student counselors. The positions provide room, board, and tuition and are open to men only. Counselors may take approximately Ei'r-uro graduate work. Persons Interested may obtain further information from Dnn 1'nKn at the rraduate office ia Chemistry baa. room 202. MAJOR BOARD WALLACE STRIKES AT THE U. S. PROTECTIVE TARIFF Order for Sororities in Sing Contest Ivy Day Announced List of Fraternities Who Will Participate Still Incomplete. Announcement of the order in which sororities will appear in the annual Ivy Day sing, sponsored as one of the major activities of Ivy Day to be held on Thursday, May 7, was made today by Mary Yoder, member of the A. W. S. board in charge of arrangements for the sorority contest. A complete list of the fraternities which will par ticipate in the lntra-fraternity cona peition has not been filed yet, ac cording to Robert Pierce, Kosmet Klub president, in charge of the fraternity sing. ALPHA KAPPA PSI TAKES OMAHA INSPECTION TRIP 25 .Members of Business Fraternity Visit Plants Today. About 25 members of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional commerce fraternity, will spend Tuesday in Omaha visiting a number of in dustrial and business concerns there. The object of the trip, accord ing to Norman Shaw, president of the fraternity, is to stimulate an interest in and gain a better viewpoint of the practical prob lems facing various types of busi ness concerns. The group will have luncheon at the Omaha chamber of com merce at the noon hour, after which it will continue the visits to the various concerns there. Research Director Speaks on Chemistry in Modern Petroleum Industry.' Dr. J. C Morrell, associate direc tor of research of the Universal Oil Products company of Chicago, will address the 167th regular meeting of the Nebraska section of the American Chemical society, Wednesday, at 7:30 p. m., in Chem istry hall. The address will be on the "topic, "Chemistry in the Mod ern Petroleum Industry," and will be open to the public. Dr. Morrell is qualified to speak on thU topic. He has published numerous papers and has bad many patents issued relating to hydrocarbons and petroleum tech nology. He ia on the board of di rectors and a trustee of the Chi cago section of the American Chemical society, and Is also coun cilor and a member of the code committee and vice chairman of the petroleum division of the na tional society. Dr. Morrell is a lieutenant col onel In the chemical warfare re serve. United States army. His de grees were obtained from Colum bia university, where he was for merly an instructor. Omahan to Meet Senior, Grads With Sales Ability Mr. Tucker of Omaha, repre senting the Procter A Gamble Distributing Company, will inter view seniors and graduates with sales ability today in Prof. T. T. Bullock's office in SS30G. An in terest in advertising is also con sidered desirable. Arrangements to meet Mr. Tuck er may be made from 9 to 12 o'clock this morning in Professor Bullock s office. Ivy Day Activities, 'Then, Now' All Eyes Turn to Coming Festivities With the approach of Ivy day. the eyes of the campus are turned on the junior class, and specula tion ia high concerning the men and women who will be chosen front tt as Mortar Boards and In nocents. The Nebraska chapter of Inno cents, society was founded thirty years ago aa a student agency to guide university attitude in atn- letics." It was scarcely established before It began to extend Its activi ties, however, and today it man ages freshman convocation, the sale of freshman cape, pre-game rallies, slogan cards, cheer leaders. Homecoming night party. Missouri-Nebraska bell victory trophy and Homecoming bouse decora tions contest. Tne society also sponsors the annual Dad's day with its luncheon and special ceremony at the fol lowing football game. The colored card stunt section which enter Lams spectators between halves The list of sororities, submitted in the order in which each will sing includes: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Theta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta. Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma. Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu, and Pi Beta Phi. According to recent arrange ments completed by the groups sponsoring the sing, judging will be based on the appearance of the group, the interpretation, tone quality, balance of parts, and the suitability of the selection. Winners of both the intra-fra-ternity and intra-sorority sing will be awarded cups at the close of (Continued on Page 4). STUDENTS SLATE FIRST REHEARSAL 'CERIALIA' TODAY Cast of 400 in Farmers' Fair Pageant Prepares for Presentation. Dress rehearsal for the 400 stu dents participating in the Farmer's Fair pageant, -Cerialia," will be held for the first time this evening at 6:45 o'clock on the pageant grounds of ag campus, in prepara tion for presentation on next Fri day and Saturday evenings. May 8 and 9. The pageant, sponsored as one of the main events of the fair will include in its cast only stu dents enrolled in ag college. Taking Its name from the Latin word meaning com festival, the theme of the pageant will depict the growth of the grain industry in America, and will consist of a pre lude, four episodes and a tableau, in addition to special numbers to be given between each episode. As special features of the pageant this year, according to Elsie Buxman. chairman of the production, interlude dancing and a mummers play will be a part of the program. The dancing, under the direction of Rebecca Koerting and Eleanor Green, will be given between each episode of the pro duction, and will act as a connect ing unit for the parts of the pre sentation, giving the atmosphere of elements which Influence the cultivation of com. Costumes, which have been made entirely by a committee of ag col lege students, have been completed for the rehearsal this evening, ac cording to Miss Buxman. Rev. Erck Attends Chicago Synod University Pastors Rev. H. Erck, Lutheran univer sity pastor, left for Chicago last Monday evening to attend the con vention of the Missouri Synod uni versity pastors. Rev. Erck is ex pected to be absent for the rest of the week. The convention is being held at Hotel Morrison in Chicago. IVY DAY PROGRAM 9:'5 Interfraternity Sing. 10:15 Ivy Day Orator. 10:30 Ivy and Daisy Chains. 10:50 May Queen Proces sion. 11:00 Crowning of the May Queen. 11:10 Ivy Day Poem. 11:20 Planting of ths Ivy. 1:15 Intersorority Sing. 2:45 Masking of Mortar Boards. 3:15 Tapping of Innocents. 7:00 Open house at the va rious colleges. during football games is also an Innocent project. In 1932 the Innocents inaugu rated several new activities. They conducted the sale of season ath letic books, published a series of articles on campus extra-curricular activities, and sponsored the or ganization of a Frtahman coun'sU to acquaint new men students with the traditions and ideals of the university. Thirteen Junior men. selected for their previous service and promise of future leadership are "tapped" by outgoing members of the so ciety of Innocents each spring to serve for the following year. Two years after the founding of the Innocents aociety. in 1905. the Black Uasques, forerunners of the Mortar Boards, took up the prac tice of masking their Juniors on the Ivy day celebration. With the presentation of the first Kay queen, it was the charter members (Continued on 5 age 4). , HIGH BARRIER NO F E Cabinet Officer Derides U.S. Policy as 'Baby of Industry.' SAYS USE HOME MARKET 1,500 Hear Secretary Urge Greater Industrial Use of Farm Products. KeturniiiR to the midwest for the first time sinec his debut into the realm of national pol ities in !):Jo, Secretary of Agri culture Henry A. Wallace HE.N.J5.Y A. WALLACE FYooi The Lincoln Journal. stepped to the rostrum in tho Activities huldinp of the, uiii vtisily collect- of avrrieu'ture, Monday afternoon, to answer the charges laid against the agricultural rrocram set forth by the New Deal administration. In presenting his deiense tne gray haired secretary from Iowa, assured the 1,500 farmers who had journeyed to Lincoln for the ad dress that Agricultui? was decid edly on the road out but cautioned tbem that unless the-rigid tariff policy of the nation was aband oned we would soon find ourselves in the midst of another diicroma such as that of 1932. Farmers Want Help. -The high protective tariff ;s not agriculture's baby: it is in dustry' baby." declared the Iowa t Continued on Page 2).' AG FAIR HORSE RECEIVES ENTRIES IN Committee Finishes Plans For Special Event Saturday. w.tt. in entries already sub- j mitted for the inter-soronty riding contest, sponsored in couac-n. with the Farmer's Fair spring horse show, plans are under way to make final arrangements for the content which is to be hel-I on Saturday afternoon. May 9, Li the specially constructed outdoor are na of the ag campus, i'"s Herbert Nore. chairman of the committee in charge of the riding event. "Interert in the contest is even greater than in previous years." Mr. Nore declared, "and present indications point toward the keen est competition in years." Trobridge Judges Contest. E. A. Trobridge of Columbia, VIo has been secured to Judge the contest. He is connected with the University of Missouri. n rated as one of the most po,j:.r Judges in this field in the United States. Contestants who enter the com petition will ride with three dif ferent gaits, the main ones being a walk-trot and a canter. Bud Shreves of the Shrevea riding academy will give information and lessons to any contestants if they wish, according to the announce ment made by Mr. Nore. Contestants Pim. Name? of the various contest ants which have thus far been en tered by some of the organized houses on the campus include: Alpha Chi Omega, Phyllis Robin ( Continued on Page 4).' PROTECTION 1 XCESS SURPLUS RIDING CONTEST r V