The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, January 07, 1937, Image 1

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TH UK SI) AY, JANUARY 7,
TO FEATURE TALK
Speaker to Explain Pending
Unicameral Proposal at
Banquet Tonight.
Prof. J. P. Colbert of the engin
eering mechanics department will
speak on the proposed engineers
and architects registration bill
scheduled to be presented in the
present session of Nebraska's uni
cameral legislature, before mem
bers of Sigm Tau, honorary engin
eering fraternity, at a regular
dinner meeting tonight at 6:15 at
the Y. M. C. A.
The bill projwses the regulation
of professional engineers and arch
itects practicing within the state
thru the creation of a board of
examiners. This board will give
state examinations to all desiring
to engage in the professions anJ
will give certificates to those suc
cessfully passing them. These cer
tificates or permits will be renew
able each year without further ex
amination. The plan, which is sim
ilar in idea to that used for doc
tors and lawyers, gives the board
the right to revoke any permit if
unethical practices on the part of
the individuals is proven.
Prof. Colbert will explain the
proposed act and also give a his
tory of engineering and archi
tectural registration in the United
States. Following his talk, he will
open the meeting to any questions
which students may care to ask.
STATE I
E
Fl
Kincer Declares Drouth Not
Unnatural; Looks. for
More in Future.
Despite the disagreeable weather
several hundred farmers continued
to attend the association meetings
and sessions of Organic! Agricul
ture at the Ag campus Wednesday.
With meetings of the Nebraska
Livestock Breeders' association,
Nebraska State Dairymen's asso
ciation. Dairy Breed association.
Farm Equipment association, and
the Home Economics group sched
uled to continue today, a large
number of prominent speakers
have been secured for the sessions.
Faculty members of the college
of agriculture and experts residing
thruout the state will comprise the
roster for today's activities. Many
Nebraska farmers who are promi
nent in their respective groups will
play an important part in conclud
ing the four-day conclave. Tbe
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RIFLEWOMEN KEVIVE
DOKMAINT COED CLUB
Captain Hough to Explain
Shooting Principles
At Next Meetiiuj.
Woman's Rifle club was offi
cially organized at a meeting held
in th urmorv yesterday after
noon. Altho existing for several
years as a campus group, the club
had never been rormaiiy rccog-
Active and associate members
will comprise the club, according
to the explanation of Maxinc Wert
man, manager. A special com
mittee has been appointed to pre
pare an emblem which each mem
ber of the club will wear in honor
of the marksmanship group.
r?nnt. C. C. Houtrh of the mill
tnrv ripnnrtment will address the
club members at another meeting
. to be held in the armory this after
noon. He will discuss the parts of
the rifle, range rules and coring,
nit th f ( hniniif of pood marks
manship. Miss Wertman urged
that all interested women should
SIGMATAU DINNER
BY PROF
COLBERT
AT BANQUET TONIGHT
Daily Nebraskan
Official Sfudeni
1937.
JOSEPH ALDEN SPEAKS ON
CHRISTIANSCIENCE TODAY
York Speaker Appears in
Ellen Smith Hall on
Religious Series.
"Principles of Christian Science"
will be the subject of an address
by Joseph Alden of York this aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock in the drawing
room of Fllen Smith hall.
Study of the various religions is
being made under the direction of
Betty Cherny, leader of the Crea
tive Leisure Y. W. C. A. staff.
According to Miss Cherny, who
will preside at the program, a
great deal of trouble has been
taken to secure the speaker and it
will be well worth the while of
those interested in religious study
to attend.
CLARK LECTURES ON
AT
OF A.S.C.E.
Lantern Slides, Graphs Used
To Illustrate Building
Of Tennessee Dam.
Featuring an illustrated lecture
on the Norris dam development
of the Tenessee Valley Authority
by Royal Clark, engineering se
nior, the American society oi jvii
Engineers held a' meeting last
night in Mechanical Arts hall.
Thi lantern slides and lecture
presented by Clark were sent to
the Nebraska campus oy tne na
tional organization or tne a. . ;.
FV TIia Norris develonment of the
TVA was the first major construc
tion activity undertaken in mat
project. The dam was Duut it
miles northwest of Knoxville on
the Clinch river and nine miles be
low that river's junction with the
Powell river. The dam and reser
voir will control the flow of water
which before was inclined to be
very flashy extremely heavy at
some times during the year ami
very slow other times.
Laborer's Community.
Slides showed not onlv various
viowa of the dam in models and as
constructed, but also graphs and
charts which had to be worked out
preliminary to actual work on the
nmiort Also shown were pictures
of the housing provided for the
workers which inciuiieu a scnooi
system, cafeteria, and recreation
building.
A brief business meeting pre
ceded the lecture. Secret balloting
is now in process in Prof. Mickey's
office for the group s next omcers
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nVEDllESTOSPEAK
Lincoln World Fellowship
Council Plans Forum
At St. Paul's.
"How Man May Master Fear"
in to be the tonic discussed at a
Sunday evening symposium, Jan.
10, by a Jewish rabm, a mnuu
monk, a Negro Christian, a Roman
Catholic, and a Protestant Chris
tian. The discussion is being
snonsored bv the Lincoln World
Fellowship council and will start
at 7:45 p. m. in St. Faui s Aietnoa
isl rhurnh.
According to Chancellor Elmer
Guy Cutshall of Wesleyan, the
nrocrani will be preceded by spe
cial choir music and is open to
the public. With the exception of
Sreemat M. Bramachari, Hindu
monk from Mahanama mission
and "Srce-Angran" monastry in
India, tbe speakers on the pro
gram are all from Lincoln.
Father Joseph M. Murphey,
Roman Catholic, is assistant rec
tor of the Church of the Blessed
Snrmmcnt. The Rev. Charles
Blooah, Negro, is acting pastor of
the Newman Meuioaiai cnurcn.
Dr. Ray Hunt is pastor of the
First Christian church. Dr. J. J.
Ogle la the rabbi at Temple Enai
NSYMPOSIUMON FEAR
jesnurun.
Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
FILING OPENS FOR
Pub Board to Fill Vacancies
Of Nebraskan, Awgwan
On January 16.
Applications for 16 positions on
the Awgwan and Daily Nebraskan
staffs will be accepted by the stu
dent publications board until Fri
day noon, Jan. IS, jonn k.. aeuecK,
board secretary announced yester
day. Students may obtain applica
tion blanks at the office of the
school of journalism, room 104 in
University hall.
FoIIowine are the list of ap
pointments which the board will
make and which will go into effect
at the beginning of the second
semester:
Awgwan Staff.
Editor
Business Manager
Two assistant business man
agers (unpaid).
Daily Nebraskan Staff.
Editorial
Editor-in-chief
Two managing editors
Five news editors
Business
Business Manager
Three assistant business man
agers. Completed application blanks
should be left at the journalism
school office. Material on file need
not be duplicated as it will be con
sidered by the publications board.
Only eligibility requirements for
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NU MED CLUB ELECTS
R.
Theta Nu Announces
11
Upperclassmen as
New Members.
Robert Holland was elected pres
ident of the Nu Med society for
the coming year and eleven mem
bers were tapped in Theta Nu,
medical honorary for upperclass
men, at a dinner held Wednesday
evening.
Other officers of Nil Med are:
James Lauridsen, vice-president:
Eugene Knox, secretary-treasurer.
and Richard Hiatt, reporter. New
members of Theta Nu are Max
Gould, Howard Hildebrand, Rob
ert Holland, William Hollister,
Clyde Kleager, Charles Hranac, J.
Estil McConchic, Austin Mutz,
John Salyards, Vance Link and
Milton Sherman.
Dr. H. E. Eggers, professor of
bacteriology and pathology at the
University of Nebraska medical
college at Omaha, spoke on "Can
cer Research." Seventy attended
the banquet.
16 CAMPUS DALY
MAGAZINE
POSTS
Nebraska Singers Give Cultural
Concerts in Easl; Find Listeners
Skeptical of Civilization in West
"l)iln't you liave to lake a Ktngeeoacli to (,'lncd ,'?"
John M. Kosborough's Great Cathedral choir was abashed
at New York's apparent disregard of the gre;it. civilization estab
lished in the midd ewest.
Siieiidine eisrht davs of a two week cistern Irin as guests of
tne iamous waiuon-Amorm nuinu
in metropolitan New York, the &a
members of the nationally known
choir made their second appear
ance in the world's largest city
uring the recent vacation.
Altho 10 concerts, several broad
casts, and two rehearsals each day
required a great deal of ume, tne
youthful singers were awe to aari
a wnv inn?- enoutrh to pe many of
the outstanding musical comedies
and stage plays which have oeen
attracting attention of critics
thrnniit the country, visit many
of the scenes of interest, and hear
the incomparable dance orchestras
that all college students long to
swing to .
Leaving in three private uain
cars on Dec. 21, the choir traveled
OLDFATHER WILL SPEAK
TO BAPTISTS AT FORUM
To Lead Informal Session on
'Church and War After
Main Address.
Dean C. H. Oldfather of the
arts and science college will be the
speaker at the dinner forum which
will be held at the Baptist student
house, Friday evening at 6 o'clock.
Following his formal address on
the subject, "The Church and
War," Dean Oldfather will lead an
informal discussion on it.
This is the third in a series of
monthly dinner forums which all
students are invited to attend. Re
servations may be made by calling
Miss Grace Spacht, Baptist student
secretary, by Thursday night.
APPLICANTS TO FILE
FOR FOUR PANHELL
AWARDS BY JAN. 10
Junior, Senior Sorority
Women Eligible for
$35 Scholarships.
With the filing deadline set as
Sunday, Jan. 10, junior and senior
sorority women interested in ap
plying for the four Panhellenic
scholarships being offered this
year by the City Panhellenic asso
ciation are asked to secure appli
cation blanks at Dean Amanda
Happner's office within the next
few days. Awards amounting to
$35 each will be given to two jun
ior and two senior girls enrolled
in the university, and will be pre
sented to the winners preceding
the opening of the second semes
ter, according to the announce
ment of the association.
Following the custom of many
years past the city Panhellenic so
ciety will award the scholarships
to four sorority women who have
superior personal and scholastic
qualificationss and need financial
aid. In former years the associa
tion has offered only $20 awards,
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Miss Hartley Outlines
Future for Women in
(ihemiftry Positions
Speaking on the subject of
"Women in the Fields of Chemis
try in Civil Service." Miss Olive
Hartley, chemist in the labora
tories in the civil service and pat
ent offices of Washington ad
dressed members of Iota Sigma
Pi, national honorary chemistry
sorority at a meeting held last
evening in room 304 of Avery
laboratory.
Miss Hartley received her bach
elor's degree as well as her mas
ter's degree at the University of
Nebraska, and in addition to her
experience at the Washington
laboratories, she has worked under
two famous chemists. Dr. Wash
burn and Dr. Hudson.
directlv to New York city with
only a short stopover in Chicago.
At the destination me enure oo
members of the choir and its eight
chaperons were transported to the
beautiful Waldorf which was to be
their temporary home for more
than a week.
km lt unerial trift to the city.
the hotel presented the choir at a
. . . i . . . rr'i. : , .
concert on cnrisimas uy. i m
was not the only occasion of their
inrrincr in th Waldorf, however.
as they were called upon to sing
there several times, iwo concert
were given by the group at Rocke
rn,r rvntr nd another in 'the
rotunda of Wanamaker's Store
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LINCOLN, Nfiul
AFRICA FURNISHES
SAYS WIESCHOFF
Noted Ethnologist Speaks
At Fine Arts Assembly
Wednesday.
Illustrating his extremely in
teresting lecture with lantern
slides made from actual photo
graphs of African art. Dr. Heina
Wiesehoff, prominent authority on
African ethnology and anthrop
ology, addressed students and
members of the fine arts depart
ment Wednesday in Morrill hall
auditorium.
Dr. Wieschhoff, enroute to the
University of Pennsylvania after
a lecture tour of the United States
under the auspices of the Carl
Schultz Memorial Foundation, has
done much work in African arch
aelogieal excavations as a mem
ber of the German Inner African
expedition sponsored by the Uni
versity of Frankfort in Germany.
Wood Carving Popular.
"When speaking of African
art," Dr. Wieschhoff said." we
usually confine our remarks to
African wood carving, which is
all the rage in Paris and other
art centers. But the African
mind expresses itself not only in
wood carvings but in iron, rock,
bronze, leather and many other
forms.''
Pointing out that most of the
treasure-sites for excavations in
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IS, CURTISS MEET
K-STATE ARGUERS ON
FEDERAL OWNERSHIP
Same Team to Appear Seven
Times This Week Before
Prep Audiences.
Opening a full 1937 University
debate season, Coach H. A. White n
neeative smiad arenied against, the
University of California affirma
tive team before a large audience
at the Lincoln high school yester
day afternoon. Upholding the con
side of the question, "Resolved,
that Congress should be empower
ed to fix minimum wages and
maximum hours for ministry
w.-re Leonard Kreueer and Wil
liam Curtis. California was repre
sented on the pro side of the ques
tion by Kay CVimpton and H.irry
Roberts. The debate was a if in
decision affair, as all university
debates are.
By request of the Lincoln high
school debate forum the California
cnoakera aniwared here as the first
stop on their tour of the eastern
and niiddlewestern states, l m-ir
itinerary includes apantnre. as
far east as Chicago and as jar
south as Dallas, Texas. Both re p
resentatives are outstanding livm-
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IOWA CONSIDERS BIBLE
FOR VACANT GRID POST
Cornhuskcr Football Mentor
Mentioned as Solem's
Successor.
Dana X. Bible. Husker football
roach anil director of athletics.
was among thOHe considered by the
Iowa university athletic hoard or
control to fill the hiatus left lv the
ruuiirnat inn of the Ilawkeve men
tor, Ossie Solem. Conch Solent has
accepted a grid instructing posi
tion at Syracuse university.
Lou Little, Columbia; Charley
Bachman, Michigan State; Nobln
Kizer, Purdue; m a r c n m o n t
Schwartz, Creighton; Cus Dorais,
rvimit and Howard Jones, South
ern California, are other famous
fo6tball preVcjUors who' have lcei
mentioned frequently ioc ouiuu.
job.
GOLDMINE OF ART
Mteng the meeting;