The Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1936
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MAURIE SHERMAN
TO ENTERTAIN AT
LEAP YEAR PARTY
Mortar Boards Sign Well
Known College Inn
Orchestra.
Mauric Sherman, nationally
popular radio, recording and dance
band leader, with his tamoua Col
lege Jnu orchestra will reign as
entertainer at the Mortar Board
Leap Year party Firday night
Deo. 31 in the coliseum. Maurie,
the singing, violinist maestro,
does not clas.sify his orchestra as
exponents of any particular style
but offers varied programs of
sweet, hot, swing and rhythmic
numbers.
Sherman and his band have
been favorites at the nationally
popular Hotel Sherman, Chicago,
w ith nightly broadcasts over NBC
and CBS coast to coast radio net
works. His radio theme song,
"Dreamy Melody," is well known
to fans of dance music.
Tickets for the party, when
tables are turned on the girls,
are now on sale by all members
of Tassels and Mortar Board.
They are priced at $1.25 per
couple. The drive, which began
last Wednesday, will continue un
til Friday, announces Rowena
Swenson, chairman of the com
mittee. Chaperones, Guests Announced.
Chapcrones and guests for the
fifth annual party are announced
today by Klsie Buxman, chairman
of this committee. Chapcrones
will include Prof, and Mrs. A. L.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
AUTHORITY TO TALK
AT PEACE CONCLAVE
Dr. W. H. Laves Will Speak
At Pacifist Mass Meet
On Neutrality.
Dr. Walter H. C. Laves, director
of the midwest office of the
League of Nations, will speak at
a mass peace meeting in Lincoln
Sunday evening, Dec. 13. Dr.
Laves, who has recently returned
from a trip to Geneva and other
foreign capitals, is being brought
here thru the efforts of the Ne
braska League of Nations Alloca
tion and the Lincoln Peace Council.
At the mass meeting, which is
to be held at the Unitarian church
on the corner of 12th and H, Dr.
leaves will speak on the subject,
Neutrality! Can It Maintain
Peace?" According to Prof. Laura
P.. Pfciffer. who is secretary of
the Lincoln Peace Council, a
special effort is being made to
notify university students of this
opportunity to hear the latest first
hand report on the foreign situa
tion. The newly organized For
eign Relations club will attend the
Sf.HMion in a body.
Dr. Laves, who is at present
head of the political science de
partment at Hamilton college, has
spent a good deal of his time dur
ing the last few years studying
foreign relations in Europe. He
made a study of post war condi
tions in Austria, Italy and Ger
many from 1925 to 1926 while
traveling on a fellowship.
As an active crusader for peace
since his recent return from Gen
eva, Dr. Laves has contributed
articles on the conditions in for
eign countries to a large number
of magazines in the United States.
His list of lecture topics includes
every phase of the political, social
and economical turmoil which Is
afoot in Europe today.
Prom Committee Filings
Will Close Tuesday Noon
Filings for junior-senior
prom committee will close at
noon, Tuesday, Dec. 8. Appli
cations may be filed at the
student activities offices in
the coliseum.
The committee, which will
be elected at the student
council meeting to be held
Wednesday, Dec. 9, will con
sist of three junior men and
three junior women from the
student council and five oth
er junior students.
To be eligible to serve on
the committee, a student
must have earned not less
than 52 nor more than 89
credit hours in college, and
must possess athletic eligibil
ity, requiring 27 credit hours
earned the previous year, 12
the previous semester, and 12
hours in good standing at the
time the applicttion is made.
STEINER TO TALK
AT
Immigrant Who 'Made Good'
Speaks Thursday About
Aliens' Problems.
One of the country's interesting
personalities, Dr. Edward A.
Steiner, the immigrant boy who
"made good" in the United States
will be guest of the university and
principal speaker at the December
convocation Thursday morning at
eleven in the Temple. Dr. Stein
er's real struggles began 50 years
ago when he came from Germany
to work his way up from the
mills and mines of the country.
Mr. Steiner will discuss the sub
ject "The Chronicles of Chronic
Immigration." He has spent con
siderable time studying the sub
ject and has gathered first hand
information on the fight of for
eign peoples to gain a foothold in
the United States.
At the present time Dr. Steiner
is professor of applied Chris
tianity at Grinnell college, having
occupied this position for almost
35 years. His personality and his
sincere efforts to succeed in life
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ARCHITECT'S ROUND-UP
SCHEDULEDFOR DEC. 8
Students Set Inter-Holiday
Celebration for 4 P. M.
Tuesday Afternoon.
With the committee in charge
guaranteeing "entertainment, eats,
and surprises - all free," the Ar
chitectural Inter-Holiday Round
up will be held Tuesday afternoon
from 4:00 to 5:30 o'clock in room
24 of the Temple which has be
come a annual affair, is open to
all architects, architectural engi
neers, and freshmen students in
the architectural department.
Scheduled annually for a date
midway between the Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays, the Inter-Holiday
Round-Up is spon
sored by the Architectural Society.
The meeting will begin promptly
at 4:00 o'clock and continue until
5:30. All students attending are
especially urged to report first to
room 24.
Commenting on the party, Paul
W. Rader, president of the societ3
said, "This is no tea, and is guar
anteed to be absolutely painless.
Come any time between 4:00 and
5:30 o'clock."
Other officers of the Architec
tural Society are Kenneth Clark,
Lincoln, vice president; and How
ard Murphy, Lebanon, secretary.
ON IMMIGRATION
CONVOCATION
Nebraska's Honorary
Colonel in Full Dress
From Ijinooln Journal.
MISS MARY YODER.
Wm TO RELATE
Address Before Sigma
To Include Account of
World Progress.
Xi
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the en
gineering college will speak on
"The Third World Power Confer
ence" at the meeting of Sigma Xi,
scientific honorary fraternity, in
Morrill hall auditorium, Monday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The
speaker will compare the methods
employed in the United States for
developing power with those in
foreign countries. He will also dis
cuss the. first and second world
power conferences held at London
in 1924 and Berlin in 1930.
Dean Ferguson attended the
third conference held last Septem
ber in Washington and will speak
on the happenings of the meet
ing. Commenting on the power
possibiliteis of the world. Dean
Ferguson emphasized that all the
countries of the world are attempt
ing to get more accurate esti
mates of their power possibilities
such as water, coal and other re
serves. "It is quite evident," stated the
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MARY YODER MAKES DEBUT AS
UNI HONORARY COLONEL OF '36
Appearing in the doorway of a
scarlet and cream Nebraska R. O.
T. C. emblem. Miss Mary Yoder,
Lincoln and a member of Kappa
Alpha Theta was presented as the
R. O. T. C. Honorary Colonel for
1936 at the 28th annual Military
Ball held at the coliseum Friday
evening. Preceded by tributes
from the various R. O. T. C. cadet
corps, Pershing rifles, and com
pany sponsors. Miss Yoder was
revealed before a crowd of 6,000
dancers and spectators.
Garbed in the traditional full
dress uniform worn by the univer
sity's Honorary Colonete, Miss
Yoder appeared in a wlilte suit
trimmed with red piping and gold
buttons. A three-quarter width red
stripe trimmed the sides of the
breeches and her white cap, which
reached to the knee, was lined with
red satin. She wore as accessories
BAPTIST GROUPS 1IEAH
COCHKAN, PANDKKUNG
Native of India, Professor
Of llistorv, to Lecture
For Youth Groups.
Prof. Roy K. Cochran of the
university history department and
Rao V. Panderung of India will
address university groups at the
first Baptist church Sunday.
Speaking on the topic "The Dig
nity and Worth of the Christian
Religion," at 9:45 Sunday morn
ing, Prof. Cochran begins the first
of a series of six talks that he will
present on succeeding Sundays.
Rao V. Panderung will address
the Roger Williams club, follow
ing their six o'clock social hour,
on the problems of India, his na
tive land. John Gaeth heads the
commission group in charge of the
meeting.
PLAYERSPRESENT
RIP VAN WINKLE,
OPENING MONDAY
Hart Jenks Has Leading Part
In Pre-Revolutionary
Play by Irving.
Against a story book setting
the University Players will present
their third production of the sea
son, "Rip van Winkle," opening
Monday night with Hart Jenks in
the leading role. The Washington
Irving play will be costumed ac
cording to the pre-revolutionary
period, with all its accompaniment
of buckle shoes, waistcoats, and
knee breeches.
The result of many special re
quests from patrons of the uni
versity, the play was included on
the players' 1936 program among
the more modern Broadway hits.
"Rip van Winkle" has never be
fore been produced by the uni
versity group.
Miss Carpenter in Cast.
Opposite Mr. Jenks, who takes
the part of Rip, Margaret Car
penter will portray Rip's sharp
tongued wife. Other members of
the cast will be Waldemar Muel
ler, as Derrick von Beekman; W.
Frederic Plette, Nick Vedder: Vir
ginia Amos, Meenie van Winkle as
a young woman; Joan Gellatly,
Meenie van Winkle as a child;
Donald Boehm, Hendrick Vedder;
Jack Ziimwinkle, Hendrick Vedder
as a child; Velma Bernholtz, Kat
chen; Paul Bogen, Cockles, and
Max Gould, Jacob Stein.
Delford Brummer will play the
role of Seth; Maurice Reynolds,
First Villager; and Max Gould,
Second Villager. Gnomes will be
portrayed by Betty Widener, Nona
Jane Moore, Ghita Hill, George
Blackstone, and Julia Viele.
Villagers will be Jean GLst,
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a black Sam Browne belt and
black boots, and a white overseas
cap with red piping.
Miss Yoder is Campus Leader.
Organizations in which Miss
Yoder is active include the vice
presidency of Mortar Board, sen
ior women's honorary; A. W. S.
board, Tassels, W. A. A., student
council and the Cornhusker staff.
With the theme of the presenta
tion pageant based on the motto
of the R. O. T. C. emblem, "Pa
triotism, Citizenship and Cour
age," three tableaux, examples of
the development of these qualities
in the American pioneer were
given. Depicting patriotism, the
first tableau showed the well
known historic incident of the
capture of Nathan Hale by the
British during the Revolutionary
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IRK STARTS
L
WITHIN 36 DAYS
Regents to Raise Activities
Fee from One to Three
Dollars a Semester.
The new university student
union activities building will bo
constructed at 14th and R sts., the
university regents decided Satur
day morning. The $400,000 struc
ture, made possible thru a PWA
grant of $180,000, will face south
on the northeast corner of the
intersection. Under terms of the
grant, work must be started on
the project by Jan. 11.
It was also decided to charge
a semester student activities fee
for all Lincoln students effective
next fall in place of the $1 fee
now being charged. This fee was
originally approved by the stu
dents at the time they voted to
pay for the building thru assess
ments. The new building will be rec
tangular. It will have a frontage
of 192 feet and extend back 9f
feet. It will be set back from R
street about the same as F.Ilen
Smith hall. The site itself will be
150 by 260 feet.
The decision to locate this build
ing at 14th and R streets came
after a consideration of the other
proposed sites. It was felt that a
location near 12th and T streets
where the tennis courts are now
located was best suited to a much
needed classroom building to house
academic departments. The site
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AT REGENT MEETING
Freshman Residence Given
Appellation in Honor
Of Ec Teacher.
Culminating efforts on the part
of students residing in the fresh
man cooperative home at 420 No.
16th to secure a name for their
residence, the board of regents an
nounced Saturday that the name
Bouton hall had been given to
the house.
The residence has been named
in honor of Miss Rosa BouLon, who
was the first t eacher of home
economics in the university. Miss
Bouton received two degrees from
the university and joined the fac
ulty in 1893 as a teacher in chem
istry, giving a course in the chem
istry of foods.
She developed the work in home
economics fcnd was director oi the
school of domestic science estab
lished in 1S98 vith a small labor
atory in the Mechanic Arts build
ing. This school continued until
1906 when the course was included
in the industrial and agricultural
college.
She was active in planning and
designing the present hom: eco
nomics building on the college of
agriculture which was built in
1908, the same year she was mada
professor of domestic science. Miss
Bouton resigned in 1912 and now
resides in Pomona, Calif.
Musical Sorority to Give !
Tea in Ellen Smith Today
Delta Omicron, honorary musi
cal sorority, will hold a musical
tea in Ellen Smith hall this after
noon from 4:00 to 6:00 o'clock.
The program will feature a piano
solo by Miss Virginia Johnson, a
violin solo by Miss Jane Welch,
and voice solos by Misses Mary
Elizabeth Keinholtz and Alic
Redwood.
OBLONG
DIN