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Cochran Would Postpone 10-Year Building Program
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Huskers Take Negative Side
Against California's
Forensic Team.
William Curtis and Lenord U.
Kreuger were chosen yesterday by
debate coach, Prof. H. A. White,
to represent the university against
two students from the University
of California in a debate here Jan.
6. The debate will be held in the
Lincoln high school at 3:15 o'clock.
The subject is the question that
is being used in many states this
season but is not the regular high
school question. Officially worded
the question is "Resolved, that
congress should be empowered to
fix minimum wages and maximum
hours for industry."
Stiefler, Wlntroub Debate.
Choosing to uphold the affirma
tive side of the question, the Cali
fornia team will debate against
Curtis and Kreuger of the nega
tive. Nebraska's affirmative team
will then be composed of Robert
Stiefler and Ernest Wintroub who
were the other two debaters
chosen at tryouts last Tuesday
evening. J. Edward Murray will
debate as alternate. "We are hop
ing to find enough work also for
two or three additional men who
tried out," Coach White an
nounced. Curtis is a new man to Ne
braska debating, altho he has had
some experience in high school
debating and public speaking con
tests. Kreuger was on the vet
eran squad last season and was
one of last year's representatives
to the legislative assembly held
in Topeka where he was chosen
leader of the independent party.
The two debators will prepare on
the usual phases of the subject,
which Include the objections as to
cost, profits to employers, and div
idends to stockholders.
"Several requests have been
made for a third subject during
the later part of the season in
February, March, and April," ex
plained Mr. White. "If there is
any sufficient demand among men
who are not members of either
squad debating the other subjects,
arrangements may be planned for
this third tryout after the semes
ter examinations are out of the
way."
Negotiations are still being
made for further debates with
other schools.
Libraries livntain Opvn
Thru Coming Vacation
The main library will be
open from 8 to 12 and 1 to
5 on week days and 8 to 12
on Saturday all during Chlrtt
mii vacation. Altho booki
which are checked out before
vacation are not due until
Jan. 4, those checked during
vacation will follow the regu
lar time period.
Chemistry and engineering
libraries, which are not a
part of the main library sys
tem, will be open from 8 to
12 and 1 to 5 o'clock. All
other departmental libraries
will follow this schedule.
CURTIS
KREUGER
0 DEBATE JAN
MINISTER TO PARAGUAY, N. U.
GRADUATE, VISITS SCENE OF
UNIVERSITY DAY EXPERIENCES
Findley B. Howard. United
States Minister to Paraguay and
graduate of the university, was in
Lincoln ThursdE.y visiting the
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, of
which he is a member. With him
were hia father, Edgard Howard,
rational Congressman until two
years ago, present editor of the
Columbus "Telegram," and Helen
Ann Rex, university student, mem
ber of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
After attending the peace con
ference in Buenos Aires, Mr.
Howard is epending his Christmas
vacation in Nebraska, at the home
of his parents In Columbus. At
the first o. the next year he will
go to Washington D. C. fo a
CHANCELLOR WISHES
STUDENTS A MEKKY
HOLIDAY VACATION
Christmas is a time of joy
when we return if possible to
the homefires, cherishing the
memories of father and mother
and the friends of youth, happy
if these relations are still inti
mate and unchanged.
There is joy In giving to those
we love, whether it be of gifts
or unselfishly of one's self. The
Christmas tide brings with it a
spirit of service which will
speed the time of Peace on
Earth, Goodwill toward men.
May your vacation days be
filled with happiness and good
cheer.
THE CHANCELLOR.
TALE OF CHRISTMAS
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Teuton Club Gives Sixteenth
. Century Folk Song at
Temple Last Night.
Opening with the singing of
"Adeste Fidelis," closing with
"Stille Necht, Heilige Nacht," 600
German students and instructors
celebrated the Christmas season
with a play spoken and sung in the
Teuton tongue. Directed by Mr. E.
A. Albrecht, assistant instructor
in the language department, the
sixteenth century folk song was
presented last night at 8 o'clock
in the Temple by the German club.
Told in a simple, dignified man
ner, the three hundred year old
composition gave the Christmas
story, universal the world over.
Alfred Scherer enacted the lead
ing part of Joseph, Miss Geraldine
Krause played opposite in the role
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EnilWlNAIE
ASCE Will Elect Officers at
First Meeting After
Christmas.
Morris Anderson and Kenneth
Schroeder are nominees for the
presidency of the university chap
ter of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, chosen at a dinner
and meeting at the society held at
the Annex cafe Wednesday. Dec.
K. Other candidates are Charles
Carston and E. E. Lee for vice
president: and Harold Turnhull
and Ronald Grubb for secretary.
The election will take place after
the Christmas holidays.
Nominations were also made for
members of the executive board.
Five members will be elected from
Ed DeKlotz, William Reedy, Don
ald Lamp, Norman Whiston, Al
fred Chase, Charles Kanders, A.
W. Schroeder and Vernon Neprud.
Herbert Yenne spoke to the stu
dent engineers on the advisability
of training themselves as public
speakers as well as completing
their technical engineering cur
ricula. The ability to speak well is
useful in any occupation, Mr.
Yenne said.
short time and then return to his
post in Paraguay.
Entered Customs Service.
Starting his career of public
service in the Panama Canal Zone,
Minister Howard entered the cus
toms service in 1914, later be
came chief inspector. Since 1925
he has been in the customs ad
ministration, taking part in the
preparation of customs codes and
tariff laws in various countries of
Central and South America. At
one time he was financial advisor
to the United States of Columbia.
In . making appointments for
diplomatic posts Aug. 2, Presi
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, I HIDAY, DECEMBEIt 18, 1936.
You Can Give Your Alma
Mater a Christmas Present
The important question before the students and faculty of
this university is: What can be done when it doesn't rain?
The situation facing those most vitally interested in the
university is sufficiently serious to necessitate the primitive
procedure under such circumstances. Students and faculty
might assemble and join in a mass prayer for rain. Tho not
deprecating this method of obtaining moisture, we may be
able to suggest a more immediate and efficacious way of bene
fiting the university.
Those who read either of the downtown papers last night
or the Nebraskan this morning know that the drouth in Ne
braska during the past two years is responsible for the un
favorable attitude taken by Governor Cochran concerning the
university's request for an increased appropriation and a tax
levy of .2 mills for a ten year building program. Ironically
enough the headline in the Lincoln Star read, "Cochran Pours
Water on N. U. Building Plan." What Mr. Cochran did was
to explain very painfully to the university officials that the
dire financial condition of the state, due largely to the drouth,
made th present an inopportune time for building expansion
and an increased appropriation.
At the same conference Chancellor Burnett pointed out
the difficulty of running a university on a shoestring. In
short, the chancellor re-echoed what the Nebraskan has been
attempting to point out for the past few months : Many of the
buildings on the campus are in bad condition ; others are need
ed; professors are resigning to accept positions with other
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Lincoln 's Cathedral Choir Leaves
Monday for Holiday Appearances
in New York Churches, White Plains
Lincoln's Cathedral Choir, under
the direction of John M. Rosbor
ough, will leave next Monday eve
ning for New York City where the
choir will present a number of
Christmas concerts on its second
trip to the east. Of the 55 singers
who make up the choir, 45 are uni
versity students and eight others
are university graduates.
Departing on the Ak-Sar-Ben on
the evening of Dec. 21, the mem
bers of the choir will spend half
a day in Chicago visiting the high
lights of the Windy (Jity. siate
street in Chicago, ever brilliantly
decorated during the Christmas
season, is the destination of most
of the choir members.
The choir is scheduled to ar
rive in New York City on the New
York Central at 8 o'clock Wednes
day morning. At dusk of this day
the singers will present a concert
at Rockefeller Center in Radio
City. A broadcast on the Radio
Guild program over the NBC
coast-to-coast hookup has also
been arranged for the Cathedral
Choir.
Guests of Waldorf-Astoria.
On Christmas Day the choir will
present their outstanding concert
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
where the members of the choir
are guests for the eight days they
are in New York City. The choir
will sing twice at the Waldorf on
Nebraska Staff Selects Outstanding News
Stories of 1936; Union Yarn Rated Biggest
With the Daily Nebraskan's
closing issue of 1936, a full year
of activity is recalled by the edi
torial staff in Its selection of the
10 outstanding: stories of the cam
pus. Viewed from the standpoint of
interest and importance to the stu
den body, news value and appeal to
the campus, the list of selections
appears in a box on this page.
Perhaps one of the greatest days
in the year to the forwarded mind
ed of the university came early in
the year, Sunday. Jan. 12. On that
day the Daily Nebraska announced
two stories, each of such utmost
interest as to be included in se
lected group, the Board of Regents
sanction of the Student Union
building and of & bookstore.
New Union.
Probably the most gratifying
step in the several years battle for
a union, was the Regents decision
to accept the architect's proposal
of a $400,000 building, to apply to
the PWA for a 45 percent outright
grant, and to transfer the $n,uuu
swimming pool fund to a similar
one for the union.
Student Council scored its second
win in the final approval or a
bookstore that would handle both
new and second hand books. It
AILY
RASKAN
Christmas day before the gala holi
day crowd there.
The Sunday following, the choir
will appear in several of New
York's finest churches and will
present a group of selections ap
propriate to the surroundings.
Miss Lily Pons, colorful grand
opera soprano, will appear with
the Lincoln musical group at a
special concert Dec. 29 at White
Plains, N. Y., in a concert hall that
is recognized as the meeting place
of the nation's finest musicians
and critics. Last year, Miss Pons
was hostess to the entire choir at
her home in White Plains.
Attend Metropolitan Opera.
During their moments of leisure
in New York City, most of the
members of the choir are planning
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I'oliee Issue Warnings to
Sliulriil I'arkin on IMall
Police officers have issued
warning to students to dis
continue parking in the cen
tral section of the street
north of Social Science and
west of the Mall. Several
tickets have been issued on
this charge, states Police Ser
geant Regler, and students are
asked to co-operate in this con
nection in the future.
Big News of 1936
1. Board of Regent's sanc
tion of a $400,000 Student
Union building.
2. Official grant of univer
sity bookstore with provision
for Immediate setup.
3. Sudden death of Dr. Sam
uel Avery, chancellor emeritus
of the univesity.
4. Campus shooting and sui
cide of Prof. J. P. Weller.
5. Cornhusker track team
broke own high point record in
winning the Big Six conference
title.
6. Largest enrollment in his
tory of the university.
7. Notice received of PWA
grant for $180,000, insuring the
Student Union building.
8. Football team annexed Big
Six conference title after
smashing defeat of Kansas
State.
9. Board of Regent's request
of stats legislature for .2 mill
tax levy to inaugurate a 10
year building plan.
10. Consideration of Inaugu
rating lower division system for
entering students.
PRIZE ANNOUNCED
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Moseman, Miss Motl Offer
10 Dollars Inducement
for Suggestions.
Ten dollars will be awarded to
the winner of the 1937 contest
for the best Prom Girl presenta
tion plan, members of the Junior
Senior Prom committe announced
yesterday. Entries will be accepted
by Al Moseman and Rosalie Motl,
members in charge of the presen
tation arrangements, until Jan. 22.
"The winning suggestion in this
year's contest will have to be
original and unusual," Moseman
declared. "We want to make the
Prom Girl's presentation compar
able to the honor which is being
bestowed upon the girl which it
will introduce. The plans for the
contest must be submitted by the
date specified by the committee as
there will be no extension of dead
lines." Originality, appropriateness, and
adaptability will be the basis for
selecting the winner. The plans
submitted must carry definite des
criptions and instructions of the
presentation. No entry will be
considered which will cost more
than $30 to use. Judges of the
contest will be selected at a later
date, altho it is probably that a
professor from the arts school and
some prominent Lincoln adver
tiser will be included.
Last vear's presentation plan:;
was written by Bob Funk. On the
stage were miniature replicas of
the sorority houses to which the
candidates belonged. The presi
dents of the two classes walked
together to the houses and knocked
upon the door. When they reached
the home of the winning candi
date, the Prom Girl stepped forth
in answer to their knock and was
escorted to the dance floor by two
men.
AG PUBLICATION BOARD
STAGES TITLE CONTEST
Filings for Staff Positions
to Open Immediately
After Vacation.
Hostesses for the evening are
Mrs. C. B. Shult., Mrs. Paul Hum
phrey and Mrs. B. L. Blue.
Announcing a title contest in
which a two dollar prize and sub
scription to their new publication
to the student who submits the
most acceptable name for the mag
azine, members of the Holdrcge
street publication board confirmed
their previous predictions that the
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was believed that such an organi
zation would deliver students from
the "grasping toils of the local
used book dealers."
"University Mourns Passing of
Avery," was one of the headlines
announcing the past-chancellor's
death. There was no exaggeration
in that word "university" which
included every member of the
Board of Regents as well as stu
dents in general, for as Earl
Cline, president of the Regents,
stated, "No one can estimate the
beneficent results of Dr. Avery's
lifetime work with the young peo
ple ot Nebraska by precept
and by example he taught the fin
est things in life. In the death of
Avery, the students have , lost a
wise counsellor and a sincere
friend."
Campus Tragedy.
Grim tragedy, but real life in
vaded the campus on April 28,
when professor of romance lan
guages, John P. Weller, overcome
with conflicts of his life and the
humility of his recent dismissal
from the university faculty, fired
two bullets into th2 body of his
superior. Dr. Harry Kurz, rushed
from the corridors of old Univer
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GOV. R. L. COCHKAN
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BETA GAMMA SIGMA
ON U. S. GOVERNMENT
Doris Andrews Elected to
Serve as President
Next Year.
Changes that should be made in
the American government was Ihe
subject of the talk given by John
A gee, Lincoln lawyer and busi
nessman, to the members and
initiates of Beta Gamma Sigma,
honorary business fraternity, at
their initiation dinner Wednesday
afternoon. Among the criticisms
that Mr. Agee listed in his tain
which was based on a pamphlet
by Nicholas Murray Butler were
the inefficiency of the direct pri
mary and that cabinet members
are allowed no seat in congress.
The new members of the fra
ternity are John M. Campbell,
Doris Andrews, Barbara De
Putron, Elwin Erickson, Kenneth
Fritzler, Jack Gaarde, Edward
Ross Martin, Fred C. Matteson,
and Ruth Pierce.
The chapter elected Miss An
drews president for the coming se
mester; Mr. Martin, vice president;
Prof. Earl Fullbrobk, secretary;
and Prof. Karl Arndt, treasurer.
Professor Arndt presided at the
dinner, and Professor J. E. Dirsh
man welcomed the initiates.
Wadswortli Publishes
"Tin v Must Not I-air"
in Frrneli Magazine
Prof. J. R. Wadsworth, profes
sor in the Romance language de
partment, published an article in
the December "French Review"
entitled "They Must Not Fail."
Showing the result of work at
Nebraska in testing entering stu
dents to place them in classes
adapted to their capacities, Prof.
Wadsworth also points out the
measures which may be taken in
the future to minimize college
failures.
In a list in the article in this
bi-monthly magazine which circu
lates among French teachers thru
out the country. Prof. Wadsworth
includes constructive suggestions
which Dr. Harry Kurz, head of the
department, plans to follow in
planning department work in the
future.
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Carrie Belle Raymond Directs
Festivities as Students of 1916
Hold Initial Christmas Program
"One more day, and you will be
going home for your Christmas va
cation. There will be two weeks of
rest and play two weeks to forget
eight-o'clocks and midnight oil
two weeks to forget the faults of
your roommate, and two weeks to
spend with your relatives and
friends.
"In all this time, do not mjs
every opportunity to boost your
university, to show your pride in
your school. For you are going out
ever the state, the individual rep
resentatives of this institution, and
one little word or deed when
dropped into the pool of life may
make a- big ripple."
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PHICE FIVE CENTS.
AS OBSTACLE 10
N. U. EXPANSION
Increase in Appropriation Is
Jeopardized by State's
Depleted Coffers.
Three months ago friends and
officials of the university mini
mized the specter of drouth that
had harassed the state for two
years. Registration figures were
climbing toward pre-depression to
tals in spite of the admittedly bad
financial condition of Nebraska.
Yesterday the grim specter of
drouth was the principal influence
at the hearing between university
officials and the governor on the
university's request for an in
creased appropriation. Governor
R. E. Cochran offered the de
pleted coffers cf the Nebraska
farmer as the chief argument
against granting the university's
plea for an $876,240 increase in
appropriation and a .2 mill levy
for a ten year building program.
According to Chancellor E. A.
Burnett, who, with Finance Sec
retary L. E. Gunderson and Re
gent Earl Cline, presented the
university request, a very consid
erate, but not too satisfactory,
hearing was given by Governor
Cochran.
Agrees With Method.
Commenting on the interview,
the chancellor said, "Governor
Cochran feels that the state is in
a worse condition now than it was
two years ego when it refused to
consider the building program and
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HOLD PARTY TONIGHT
200 to Frolic in Yuletide
Atmosphere of Ellen
Smith Hall.
Ellen Smith hall in its holiday
attire will be the setting for the
annual Christmas party of the
university extension division on
Friday, Dec. 18, from 8 to 10
o'clock. About 200 persons con
nected with the extension division
will be present.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Morse will
meet the guests at the door, arter
which Miss Blanche Lyman will
present them with a name card as
a device in acquainting members
of the group with each other. The
guests will be presented to Dr. and
Mrs. A. A. Reed by Mr. E. T. Piatt.
Mrs. Kate Miller will have charge
of inviting guests to the dining
room. Mary Helen Scott, daugh
ter of Mrs. Octavia Scott, and Lois
Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Nelson, will present each
guest with a small favor at the
dining room.
The program will consist of
group singing and a group of num
bers to be announced by Dr. Reed.
Chairmen of committees in charge
of the party are: Louree Osborn,
Marguerite Polk, Sirs. J. F.
Thompson, Mrs. J. A. Brown, Miss
Blanche Lyman and Mrs. Law
rence Pike.
I Such was the parting word left
by Editor Miller in the final edi
tion of the Daily Nebraskan for
the year 1936. It was in this year
preceding our entanglement in the
now historical World war that the
University of Nebraska held its
first official Christmas festivities.
In years before, the lone recogni
tion of the Christmas spirit had
been staged in the form of the an
nual presentation of the "Messiah"
under the direction of the respect
ed Mrs. Otrrie Belle Raymond.
Campus Christmas Tree.
"The Christmas tree south of the
University Hall," writes Miss Mil
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