N EBRA Honorary Again Bars Politics The Players Get An Orchid Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL. XXXVI NO. jft TlN'COLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1936. PI. ICE 5 CENTS. DADS SATURDAY CAMPUS G DAILY SKAN HE llmllmmd JUL fas' COUNCIL DECIDES I Power to Reject Party Nominations Up For Vote. Fate of the proposal for super vision of candidates and officers by the judiciary committee will be decided when the student coun cil convenes this afternoon. Bill Marsh, chairman of the investi gatory committee and author of the recommendations, will Rive the formal report of the group and request acceptance of the entire plan. The proposal committee pro vides for review of nominees on faction slates, forcing withdrawal of any not measuring up to the re quirements of the group, and de manding immediate action of im peachment on all present office holders who have been delinquent in their duties. Arnold Levin, president of the Student council, pledged his whole hearted support of the policy. "I believe it will solve the problem of unmeritorious politics," he de clared, "because a clear judicial committee can and will co-operate to make certain that only meri torious men hold office." No Popularity Test. " 'Under this plane mere popula rity will not be a basis of election, but instead past accomplishments and promises of work in the fu ture will be the criteria by which student council members and all other executive officers on the campus will be chosen." . Inasmuch as the judiciary com mittee is already vested with the authority to remove any elected officer from his position, these recommendations will take imme diate effect if approved by the council. The judiciary committee is always composed of a chairman elected to that position and the (Continued on Page 3.) E Phi Beta Kappa Plans Seven Suppers to Compose 1936-37 Season. Phi Beta Kappa announced on Tuesday their schedule of month ly dinner programs for the 1936-37 season, which will be held at the University club. The committee in charge includes Louise Pound, president: Hany Kurz. vice presi dent; Clifford M. Hicks, secretary; James Wadsworth, treasurer: and Mrs. A. W. Williams, historian. At the first meeting, Monday, Oct. 19. Dr. F. Schoenemann of the University of Berlin will talk on "American Literature in Ger many," and Helen Margaret will read some of her own verses. Mon day, Nov. 16, Dr. Victor E. Levine of Creighton university will give a talk on "Medical Adventures in the Land of the Eskimos." Ac companying pictures will be shown, and Hermann Decker will sing. "Mark Twain" will be the sub ject of the discussion by Dr. V. Royce West of the University of Omaha at the third program of the year, Tuesday, Jan. 19. Piano solos will be played by Muriel Jones. Dean Fiank T. Stockton, University of Kansas, will present "Persisting Economic Fallacies," and Marie Mengers will read her original poetiy at the meeting on Monday, Feb. 8. Tuesday, March 9, Dr. Reginald French of the University of Ne braska will talk on "Italian 1m provvisatorl." and Miss Eunice Bingham will play the violin. April 3 or 4. there will be a joint meet ing of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi in charge of Dean L. T. More, dean of Graduate school of the University of Cincinnati. Tuesday, May 4, initiation banquet will be held. Anyone desiring: to receive programs should communicate with the secretary. First Heavy Frost to IJneoln, Oct. 17, Sas 'Weatherman lackey' Providing history repeats itself the first killing frost that Lincoln and vicinitv may expect is slated for Oct. 17, according to figures compiled by Dr. E. E. Lackey of the geography department of the University of Nebraska. His re port, covering a 37 year period fiere, shows that a killing frost has appeared 50 percent of the time or earlier on Oct. 11, 20 per cent or earlier on Oct. 6. 60 per cent of the time or earlier Oct. 20 and 80 percent of the time the first killing frost here has come Oct. 21 or earlier. Sept. VI, he says, is the earliest date for a first killing frost ever recorded in Lincoln, while Nov. 9 is the latest such date on record for this period. RULE OF FACTIONS IN BALLOT TODAY SCHOLARS ANNOUNCE NTERTAINMENT FOR MONTHLY BANQUETS Mighlv Presses Roar A decrepit phone jangles on the I "Rag" office managing editors desk. It is one of those long, important-sounding rings. A voice rasps out, "I can't tell you what this is about over the phone, but have a representative in room 202 in Lincoln hotel at 10:30 this morning. Two sleepy reporters, suddenly awakened by the important and mysterious call, barge down the street to the railroad district. Their faces wear curious and puzzled ex pressions. "What do you suppose this is all about?" the cub reporter asks the more experienced. . The Lincoln hotel looms in the foreground. Three stones of soiled muslin signs and rain-beaten pic tures on the outside tell the ex plorers just what they are com ing to. As they step into the elevator, a bewhiskered old gent doesn't know what floor he wants so the elevator girl sweetly asks him if he is a democrat of a republican. "I'm a democrat and proud of it." he muttered oratorically. "You want the third floor then, sir." The two reporters look down the hall at a long row of qualifying signs. After searching from one end of the hall to the other and F President Says Sororities,; Fraternities May Not Work Together. Tuesday afternoon at ":OU o'clock is the deadline set by the Kosmet Klub on scripts for "the 1936 fall revue. In his statement to the Daily Nebraskan, Robert Shellcnberg, president of the organization, re peated the ruling of the depart ment of student affairs, that, while fraternities may work together on the production of a script and so rorities may do the same, fraterni ties may not work with sororities. Everyone taking part in these skits must be eligible according to the rules governing extra funicu lar activities. Workers will be assigned to the committees today, and there will be a general meeting of the com mittee at 5:00 o'clock on Thursday afternoon in University hall. PRESSltMES 10 I L Prep School Journalists Also Attend Banquet, Game, Open House. Taking their first fling at col- , lege newspaper writing, approxi mately 250 hieh school journa lism delegates will gather in the Daily Nebraskan otrice i-nuayj afternoon where they will be given j reriorloiial assignments on a spe cial edition being published under the sponsorsnip or Mgma ueim Chi. men's professional journalism v. Members of the Nebraskan staff will be on hand to advise and criticize their work and to edit the paper. Another high light of the Ne braska Press association meeting will include the official banquet to be held Friday evening. Enter tainment for the occasion will be addressed by Frank V. Thioop, publisher of the Lincoln Star. J. C. Seacrest, publisher of the Jour nal will be a special guest at the banquet. Fred Hunter, managing editor of the Omaha Bee News, will address the Friday afternoon session of the delegates. A tea and open house sponsored by Theta SJigma Phi, professional journalism sorority, and attend ance at the Nebraska-Indiana football game will be added fea tures of the press convention. BARB INTERCLUB COUNCIL HOLDS REGULAR MEETING Roll Call Shows All Clubs Represented at Long Business Session. Marked by argument and dig- cussion, the regular meeting of the Karb Interclub Council was held in the basement of Univeru.y ! last iiieht. Every athletic team was represented to comply with the : new amendment adopted at me last meeting that any team not represented would be denied 10 points from its total score. Future parties were also discussed briefly. Most of the meeting, however, was labeled under the discussion of the campus fall election. Ac cording to .Secretary Lee Nims, i some very important political I measures w ere adopted by the group. KOSMET KLUB TO DEMAND SCRIPTS OR SHOW OCT. 20 NEBRASKAN EDITION Into Action When Breathes the Words 'The Krom the Lincoln Journal. COLONEL FRANK KNOX. asking several flittering stenog raphers where room 202 is located, they trinkle into a room labeled "Speaker's Bureau." There seems to be a motley crew of newspa per men assembling in the room. The boss is huddled behind a desk and at first glance he appears to be Napoleon sitting there. John I METHODIST CHURCHES I PLAN STUDENT PABTY Affair Set for Friday in Student Activities Building ut As. Student leagues of the Epworth and Warren Methodist churches have invited all Methodist students to attend a party, Friday evening, in the activities building on ag campus. Ralph Copenhaver. professional recreation leader, will direct the evening's program that will bti composed of games ami special en tertainment. Among the commit tee workers for the party are Kathryn Kilmer, Arnold Gadeken. Bernctha Hinthorn. Klwin Ded rickson. Glenn Klingman. and Ruth Madson. Y. W. FINANCE DRIVE $160 ON EIRST DAY Campaign Has Prospects of Success Says Chairman Of Annual Project. With the close of the first day of the Y. W. C. A. finance drive, campaign workers chalked up a total of SlttO, an unusual record for an opening day's results. "We have every prospect of an excellent drive." Maxine Durand, head of the finance staff, stated. "Contributions and memberships are pouring in. The issue now de pends upon our captains and work ers." The drive was officially opened at the finance dinner Monday night, at Ellen Smith hall, when 130 executives, captains and work ers received books and material for the campaign. The drive will close Oct. 20 With the finance force organ ized in three divisions, the group will easily surpass its $1,000 goal, according to Miss Mildred Green, secretary of the Y. BEATSONSATURDAY Daily to Make Assignments To Approximately 54 Staff Aspirants. Two weeks ago. 54 would be news hounds reported for work as members of the Nebraskan staff. By now. the wheat has been sepa rated from the chaff, and trse reporters who have successfully completed their two week's pro bation on the temporary beats as signed them will be given perma nent assignments when the staff meets Saturday morning at 10:30. Not all of the 54 will be re tained when the change is made, however. Assignments will be made solely on the basis of proven ability. AH those who have not been reporting regular ly are asked to reregister with the managing editors, or no positions will be available for them. Kl'KZ APPOINTED CONSl ETANT FOK EITERARY EDITION Dr. Harry Kur z, head of the P..O mance Language department, has been invited to become the con sultant on the 19th and 20th cen tury French literature for "The Publication of the Modern Lan guage Association." This magazine, is published in New York City by the Modern Language association, composed of university snd colleje instrue-tors in English and modem languages. REPORTERS RECEIVE Solon Colonel Is Coming' Quinn, the fellow who called, is attending to the seating arrange ments for the mysterious confer ence. Finally everybody is seated. Quinn looks around and finally in troduces all the reporters to H. B. Muffly, head of the speaker's bu reau and the man behind the desk. The secretary, busy making train reservations, speaking plans, and answering a rapid lire of telephone calls, finally quiets her activities. The door is shut r.nd the room is silent. It is one i those moments when even a reporter holds his breath. Muffly leans forward in his chair: he seems as if he is going to unburden himself; and then he quietly confides, "Well, boys, he's comingl'' Without further explanation four pencils immediately scrawl on various sizes of folded copy pa per. "Knox is coming." The room's atmosphere seemed to tell the story. But introductions are in order. To the right is Cliff Sandahl. vet- ;eran political scribe for the Associ jated Press. Cliff has twice as many 'questions because there ,are twice las many people in the state that (Continued on Page 3.) IPEP CLUBS SIGN i NAT TOWLES 10 i PLAY FOR DANCE Husker Boosters to Attend 'Rally Hop' Preceding Indiana Game. With Nat Towle's 14 piece col ored orchestra furnishing the mu sic to the tune of S5 cents per couple, the first Corn Cob-Tassel rally dance will begin at 9 o'clock at "the Coliseum on the ever;!ng preceding the Indiana-Nebraska tilt. Advance ticket sales show that, althought this social affair is a newcomer to campus social activi ties, it is slated to be a success. Numbers will be assigned to each person as he enters, and as a cli max of the evening's entertain ment, several footballs, auto graphed by members of the op posing teams, will be given to hold ers of the lucky numbers. Towle's orchestra, a feature at the Texas Centennial, is return ing to Dallas for a lengthy en gagement there. A.W.SlElirSALE OF 'N' STAMPS RISES TOWARD 20,000 MARK Receipts Show Purchase Of 15,000 Seals To Date. With sales steadily mounting toward the 20.000 mark, salesmen who are participating in the an nual N stamp drive, sponsored by the A. W. S. board, are beginning a concentrated campus campaign today, according to Martha Mor row, chairman in charge of the .'ale. To date, reports show a total sale of 15,000 stamps, Miss Mor row announced. In the checkup meeting held yesterday afternoon from 4 to 5:.'i0 o'clock in Kllen Smith hall, results showed, the Alpha Xi Delta team composed of Lois Cooper and Carol Sims still in the lead with re ceipt for 3,400 stamps. The 1eam of Kappa Kappa Gamma made up of Harriet Cummer and Elizabeth Waugh are still holding the second highest total, according to Miss Monow. Latest reports on individual sales of freshman girls show Bar bara Meyer, Delta Gamma topping the list, with Harriet Pugsley. Kappa Kappa Gamma, holding the second high sales record. The drive, which will be closed with the annual celebration of homecoming on Oct 31, is being conducted by 21 teams made up of representatives from all organized women's houses on the campus. Another report meeting for all girls participating in the drive will be held Thursday. Oct. 15. ac cording to Miss Morrow, and it is required that receipts from all groups be checked at this time. The meeting is scheduled to be held from 4 to 5:30 o'clock in Ellen Smith hall. Corn xI Make Plant Indiana (iaine Tonight Plant for the Indiana game and the rally preceeding It will be discussed by the Corn Cobs, when they meet tonight t 7:15 in room 101 of the Social Science halt. All members of the organiza tion are to be present nd art aiked to bring the car emblems checked out to them, or the pro ceeds from their sale. QUEEN PRIMARIES SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 20 VOTING Purchasers of Yearbooks To Select Beauties at Council Election. Primary elections for Cornhu.sk er Beauty Queens will be held in conjunction with the student coun cil fall elections on Tuesday. Oct. 20, according to Sid Baker, busi- ness manager of the annual. All so rorities planning to nominate can- j didates for the contest must file j their names by Friday, Oct. 16 ,at 5 p. m. at the Cornhusker office. ! All students are urged to buy j their Cornhuskers immediately in ! order to take part in the primary j election. Only those displaying re-! ceipts for the annual will be al- ; lowed to cast ballots. One Candidate for 20 Books. Under the new revised system of selecting the queens, each so- rnritv nn.l harh oroun is allowed. - r to enter one candidate for each 20 ; books which they sell. The barbs , however are limited to entering j six girls. Names of all girls par- 1 :..;.. inn- i 4V.A .Anttlct Xl'ill V.fr in. ' i..i...i .i, uoiit c.Tri nnvnn who has bought a Cornhusker or made a down payment on one. will be allowed to cast six votes. Three of these ballots may be in favor of the one girl or of the three differ- ent girls ranking first in the vot- er's choice In a like manner each voter mav cast two votes for sec- Announced Before Thanksgiving, "Shortly before Thanksgiving." stated Baker-, "a spectacular style revue with the queen candidates modeling, will be held at the Stuart theater. On that evening, instead of (Continued on Page 3 1. MISS MAGEE SPEAKS AT GENERAL MEETING Vice-President Discusses Four Hobby Groups of OrfjaniZatiOn. 53 "We are here primarily for an education but that also includes our participation in activities, emphasized Betty Magee, in en couraging girls to sign up for Coed Counselor hobby groups at the first general meeting of all groups uesday evening in Ellen Smith hall. Miss Magee, vice presi dent of Coed Counselors, presided in the absence of Marjorie Ban nister, who is appearing in "Per sonal Appearance" this week Miss Klsie Ford Piper, sponsor of Cocci Counselors, included new j girls on the campus as well as ; freshman girls in her welcome, and i OE COED COUNSELORS reviewed briefly the history of the I pre.senting music by Each. Mac organization. 1 rjowcll. Debussv, and" Saint Saens. Table etiquette, a style show, Mifis juf,n Lueamer. faculty mil hairdress styles, and home decora-1 Kj,.ian wljj rc featured at the tions. are a few of the projects planned for the "Charm School" hobby group at its meetings at 7 o'clock, second anil fourth Tues days ef each month. Jean Doty, wiil direct the group and Vir ginia Fleetwood will act as spon sor. Knitting enthusiasts will meet this Thursday at 4 o'clock under ' HrP the Each numhers to be played. Miss Martha Liebers, and Son-j jae Iowell selections ine heie Jour sored by Deircas Crawford. Miss move-merits ol the "Cona'o Kro Marjorie Thomas, '36, Urn versify j(a," the slow-last, the ell dike, the Players, will conduct the drama- tics group in the-ir dramatization of skits, short plays, radio scripts. and in the study of stage and play reviews. Virginia Nolte will spon sor the group, which meets every Thursday at 7 o'clock. Scrapbewiks and a clipping bu reau will occupy the attention of the fourth hobby group under di rection ef Jane Waleott, and spon sored by Betty Magee. Comic books for the orthenedic hospital at Christmas time are one of the projects of the girls who will meet at 4 o'clock, secejnd and fourth Thursdays ef each month. If seven or more girls find some other hobby of their interest they may create a new group, accord ing to Betty Magee. It Won'l He IjOii: iou "We iire letting down ih" liars loilay. Tliat 'li-dai-at ion l.y Kcg-ist rar 'li ii'-c .MHii.li. y e-elleel nil alphabet ieal ciasKil'icnlion em .list rihut ion e.f ident i fication card pictures, set that iiny stude-nt may now voire his picure anej e-elluloid e-owr 1oday. I'ieture-s jjwili lie required with hj ninn-atiem e-arils at every student election and restriete-d iiekl sale, and v ill ! replaced only at Ihe expense of the student. Hee.-iuso they will not he lakeii every year only op (ni',',ncc ;nto lli- tii.her. sity. it is imperative, Miss MeGahc;- ;;-i-d, il'at they he se cured iniiiH'iiateiy mid kept. rrocrastinators uill find it imposvii'. 1o get lh- p.-lMies the day before ihe first eleeiion, whie'i will he held i' Kin a few weeks. MEN'S 1IONOH AHY SEEKS NEW SONC; FOB PEP-AllOLSER In an effort to unearth a song which will compaie, as a pep arouse r, witn the school ditties of such institutions of higher learning at Notre Dame. Yale, and Wisconsin, members of the Innocents' society are again searching the pages of musical history. Almost annually since IStifi an effort has been made, in some form or another, to uncover such a musical selection. This year is no exception. During the past week several selections, on which a great many hopes have been pinned, were given out to the members nf the hand. Fl DISPLAY, OCT. 31 Fraternities, Sororities to Uab Pyhihit ElltriPS WdKV LXIIIUIl HIUIICS Before Oct. 30. Autumnal decorations. feting the brisk season of football, will acain bedeck the front yards and ; houses of fraternities and so, o. - , ties as plans for homecoming ; ex- . hibita get under way Kobe t Slid- j lenberg chairman of the Innocent committee, has charge of arrange- . ments. .... I ' Clubs planning to rmer .ornne. , jtition " the contest will file n the j application. j Judging Done Oct. 31. i ; Decorations will be officially ; j opened to the gaze of the public ; ' on the Friday preceding the Mis-, ; souri game, winch will be con-j tested on the last day ot me moiun ; jand which has been nominated as. homecoming game. On Friday j I night judges will pass in review j ! before each of the Greek houses : and decide the winner and those ! gaining honorable mention, so rorities and fraternities competing I in the same class, j Decisions will be held secret. ! I however, until the Innocents' ; Homecoming party, at which time 1 a cup will be presented to the i winner. Sigma Alpha Kpsilon won last year-. while Delta Sigma i Lambda and Delta Upsilon re- ! ceived honorable mention. ; j Homecoming decorating was re- ! .sumed last vear. under the spon-: Isorship of the Innocents, after a; !, , r TiiL.-r.l'ii-a will . J1&1: Ul luui uai.i. ..... ne juogea ; cleverness. on originality anr j Faculty Pianist Appears After Summer Studies In New Ycrk. fourth musical convocation at 4 o'clock Wednesday In the Temple building. Miss Dreamer studied piano this summer under Kdwin Hughes of New York. Three movements of the "Con certo in the Itaha.i Style," the allegro animate, the andante molto e xpressive, and me presiu giojose, i tenderlv and the very lasi. Debussv's works, "Jardir.s sous la Pluie," and "La Te-nas.se d.-a Audie-nces du flair de lune," and Saint Saens "Ktude en Forme di Valse" will compose; the seeond part of the concert. I'ri'lirli Sociiiy I S ol el LuikIk'oii Merlin?: at (raml Hold Thuida i Le Cerele Francais. French club, j will rnee't Thursday at 12 o'cloe k j for lunche;on at the di aml noiei All students interested in French are cordially inviteel to attend Reservations may be made lor 2" cents at the Romance Language department library. INNOCENTS PLAN R HOMECOMING MUSICALE FEATURES NNOCENTS PLAN T All Parents Invited to Traditional Luncheon On Day of Game. Annual Dad's day luncheon, sponsored by members of Inno cents society, has been arranged for Saturday noon. Oct. 17. the day of the Indiana-Nebraska game. One of the university's oldest tra ditions, the luncheon is held to en tertain fathers of the students. As in the past, the affair will ta.:e place in the Lincoln Cham ber of Commerce building. Speak ers will be announced later. Ross Martin. Innocent in charge ol the luncheon, predicts a sue cessftil affair. "We encourage ail organ zed houses to see that they r.ic weil represented at the lunch r n." Martin commented. "D;.d's (i-iv is one of the favorite tradi tions of the university, anl de serves complete student suprvni. Fraternities aie urged to el;,se their tables Saturday noon to m ::uic .'. latgc turnout at the iu.'.'.n ..cn." Avoid Conflict. Fraternities planning- special dinners for the dads are i'.skcd to schedule them for the evening meal to avoid conflict wrh the campus-wide program. Barns and Greeks should inform their par ents of the program soon. Moth ers and daughters are welcomed as well as the dads for whom the affair is especially planned. Members of Innocents society visited the fialerr.ity houses Mon day niht explaining the tradition of Dad's day and requesting their participation in the annual event. .Spotlight on the day's porgiam will focus e.n the game w.th Indi ana at 2 p. in. Saturday. The program at the chamber of com merce wiil conclude m t.n-e for students and their fathers to at tend the game. Innocents will hi in charge cl ticket s ties. IE SELECTS SLOGAN IN DRIVE FOR READERS Fitch Business Manager Proposes New Phrase For Campaign. "As students read the Daily Ne braskan for news, the Awgwau for humor, the Cornhusker for a historical record of the school year: so they should read the Prairie Schooner for the current trend in modern literature." This will be? the slogan of the prairie; Schooner in its campus campaign drive of IfOi. "Since it is sponsored by tin ! University, and is international in its scope, we feel that every Ftu 1 .lent should be familiar with the : Sc hoone r," emphasized Lyle Fitch, ! business manager. "The golden gol.ii n cover of the schooner and he familiar covered wagon are known whe-rever good hteiatuie i" read.'' LM;rA;i; papki: kdi is Ainici.i;s BY INSTKl CIOKS Andre (".lades, tnr French wom an who inspired the lust novels of Kdouard Rod. and the el-si los ing of the single identity e.f I-'ian-e esco Oeco da J 'errar i v. ho wr ote also under tl.e name of Fraixesco da Fiorcnz.-i. ure the suhje-rts of article's written by Dr. James I.. Wadsworth and Dr. Reginald French of the Romance Language .department whicti have been ac icejited for publication by "The Publication of the Modern Lan guage Association." "Kdouard Rod and Andre I Glade's." of late Nineteenth and ! Twi ntie-th e e ntury historical sig j nificarn-e, is a study e.f the French 1 woman's influence on the works I of the famous Frene h novelist. 1 "The lucidity fif Francesco Cieeo da Ferrara" a e. counts for the similarity Ix-twe-en the literary i works of Francesco "ie eo ela Fei -' rar a and Francesco dec o da Fioi ier.za. and irit C'dili es faets to prove j their single identity. Dr. French's I article is eif spe-i ial inlile-st to trie I student of the Renaissance. I5e. I lent N oire ' Sliidenl Obligation A (Jiurrli Members ', Fmphasizing the fact that u I members of the chur ch we are ; ohheMed to do our part in the I world: to plav the game squarely ana raiiiv. rainei u. h i'iluh hn of the university Episcopal rhiircb snoke 8t the V. W. C. A. ,vespers Tuesday afternoon, at the Episcrpal church. Fhzancth Neely Jed the worship scrvie-e and presented the speaker of the sfterroon Dick lKui;aI t played an organ bckction. BANQUE BEFORE NDIANA SCUFFLE