AILY NEBRASKAN
The
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
SUNDAY, FEBKUAKY 14, 1937.
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LINCOLN. NEB.
Classes Dismissed at Ten Monday
D
REED TO CONDUCT
MUSICIANS
SYMPHONY TODAY
Earnest Harrison to Play
'Concert in A Minor'
by Grieg.
With Raymond R. Reed in the
role of conductor, Earnest Harri
son and the university symphony
orchestra will present a midyear
concert at the coliseum this after
noon at 3 oclock. The Sunday aft
ernoon program will mark the
opening of charter day festivities
here.
Harrison Feature Artist.
Mr. Harrison, a pianist, will play
the Grieg "Concert in A Minor."
The orchestra will open the con
cert with the "Magic Flute Over
ture" by Mozart, followed by the
"Symphony No. 1 in C Major,
Opus 21," by Beethoven. Bizet's
"Carmen Suite No. 2" and "Danse
Macabre" by Saint-Saens are also
included on the program.
The symphony orchestra will
present four numbers Monday
morning in the coliseum at 10:,
o'clock, on the same program with
the university's charter day lec
turer. Following is the orchestra pro
gram Sunday afternoon:
Overture, "Magic Flute". . Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in C Major,
Opus 21 Beethoven
Concerto in A Minor Grieg
Mr. Harrison, pianist.
Carmen Suite No. 2 Bizet
Oanse Macabre Saint-Saens
COED COUNSELORS
TO ENTERTAIN TODAY
New Women Students Bid
den to Taffy-Pull Party
at Ellen Smith.
Taffy-pulling and games will
enliven the reception for new
women students of the second
semester when the Coed Counsel
ors entertain them this afternoon
between the hours of 2:30 and 5
o'clock in Ellen Smith hall.
Forming the committee of the
party are two Coed Counselors,
Marylu Petersen and Jane Wal
cott. Members of the Coed Coun
selor board and counselors who
do not have first semester little
sisters will be present at the
party. Sponsors of the organiza
tion. Miss Piper and Miss Clark,
have been invited.
Dr. Ginsluirg Condemns Mass
Execution of M Communists
By Morris Lipp.
Vivid history of the basic sen
timent that culminated in the ex
ecution of 14 prominent commu
nists in Kussia will be interpreted
by Ir. Michael S. Cinsburg, pro
fessor of Latin ami Greek in the
uiiivoiHity classics department, at
a meeting of the International I'.e
lations club, Tuesday, Feb. at
Temple theater.
Dr. Giri.sburg. who was burn in
P.ussia during the regime of the
czar, bitterly condemns the exe
cution of these communists as evi
dence of the cold injustice of the
soviet. "The third degree some
times used in the United States
to secure confessions Is mild com
pared to the drastic means of con
fession employed by the OGPU,
the Soviet's feared secret police,"
said Dr. Ginsburg, In an inter
view Saturday.
Communistic Heydey Over.
"Whether our interpretation of
this Moscow trial is clear or not,"
he continued, "malfe-a little, but
when one trial is followed by an
other, it shows that the present
regime is rotten through 8nd
through. There is a deep disease
in tlio body of communists ani
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RAYMOND R. REED.
FEBRUARY BLUE PRINT
OFFERS DISCUSSIONS
Engineering College Places
Periodical on Stands
First of Week.
Featuring an article on "The
Engineer and his Camera" by
Prof. E. A. Grone, and a dis
cussion of patents by A. A. Neff,
the February issue of the Ne
braska Blue Print, publication of
the College of Engineering, will
appear on stands eitner ivionaay
or Tuesday.
In his article on photography.
Prof. Grone presents information
intended to aid engineers in the
aoWHnn of a camera and various
accessories. An enthusiast of this
hobby himself, he explains tne
lpn to be used, sharp
focus, emulsion, filters, exposure
meters, and developing and prim
ing. Mr. Neff, a graduate in mechan
ical engineering in 1910, gives his
personal opinion of the present
patent laws in his answer to the
question "Vo Patents Fulfill Their
Purpose?" Contrary to the gen
eral public impression that a
patent is a "definite and Inviolable
notice to the public, a bill of
rights, a protection against in
trusion," Mr. Neff has found them
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there is little doubt in my mind
but that their heydey is over."
Briefly summarizing the con
text of his speech Tuesday eve
ning, Dr. Ginsberg narrated about
the omnipresent strife that exists
between Joseph Stalin, piesent
leader of the U. S. S. I'., ami Leon
Trotsky, exiled compatriot, who
now resides in Mexico.
Plot Against Soviet.
"Stalin uttempts to link the 14
men with Trotsky in a plot to
overthrow the present soviet
stale," stated Dr. Ginsberg, "and
to prove that the group was se
cretly allied with Japan and Gt-r-many
under the aegis of Trotsky.
He declares that Trotsky and bis
communistic followers planned to
reward Japan and Germany for
their backing with fat slices of
Russian territory. While I have the
deepest conviction that these men
were Innocent, they pleaded guilty
to charges of revolution ami suf
fered the supreme penalty."
Dr. Ginsberg Is an ardent fol
lower of the conditions existing
In the soviet ami consider the
mass execution of these commu
nists one of the most interesting
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Charter Day Program.
Sunday.
3 p. m. Concert by the Uni
versity symphony orchestra,
coliseum, public.
Monday.
10:15 a. m. Charter day ad
dress by Sir Arthur Willert,
"Europe 1937," coliseum, pub
lic. Noon Meeting of the trus
tees of the University of Ne
braska foundation, University
club.
3 p. m. Meeting of the ex
ecutive committee, Alumni as
sociation, alumni office, Temple
building.
6:30 p. m. Charter day
dinner for alumni, former stu
dents and faculty, University
club.
8 p. m. Basketball game,
Nebraska vs. Kansas State,
coliseum.
THREE NEBRASKA ARTISTS
ENTER KANSAS EXHIBITION
Paintings of Kirsch, Gordon,
Lux Included in Midwest
Art Display.
Dwight Kirsch, head of the de
partment of fine arts, Morris Gor
don, fine arts instructor, and
Gladys Marie Lux, president of the
Lincoln Artists' Guild, hold the
distinction of being the only Ne
braskans included in the annual
midwestern artists' exhibition now
at the Kansas City Art institute.
Out of about 900 entrees a jury
of art directors selected 131 for
exhibition. Personnel of the jury
which selected the exhibitions is
Donald J. Bear, director of the
Denver Art museum; Richard Fos
ter Howard, director of the Dallas
museum of fine arts: and Kenneth
E. Hudson, chairman of the de
partment of art in the University
of Missouri.
Work from most of the states
lying between the Mississippi river
and the Rocky mountains, from
Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, is
included in the midwestern artists'
exhibtiion.
10 PRESENT OPERETTA
Provides Movie of Strauss'
"Zieguenerabaron" at
Varsity Theater.
The Germanics department an
nounced Saturday that it has suc
ceeded in procuring the motion
pictures of Johann Strauss' color
ful operetta, "Ziegeunera baron,"
(The Gypsy Baron I for presenta
tion to university students at the
Varsity theater next Saturday.
Feb. 20.
Equipped with English dialogue
titles to facilitate the comprehen
sion of the film by students whose
knowledge of German is limited,
"Zigeunerabaron" was obtained
thru the special efforts of the de
partment with the intention of
pleasing not only advanced but
also beginning German students.
"Members of th. department
fully realize that a n otion picture
packed with actum, drama,
comedy and singing is much
easier for the students to lollow
than any other film," said Erich
A. Albrcchl, graduate instructor in
the department," and it was with
that thought in mind that the de
partment was able to brir.g "'ieg
euncrabaron" to Lincoln."
Story of Gypsy Baron.
The story of the gypsy baron is
the tale of a young aristocrat
whos? family has been exiled
from Hungary. Coming home
years later disguised ns a gypsy,
he finds his father's estate con
trolled by a commoner.
A fleeting romance develops be
tween the usurper's daughter and
the gypsy baron which ends
abruptly when the young man
learns that the girl has discovered
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Pianist Solos at Concert
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Courtesy ot Lincoln Journal.
EARNEST HARRISON.
SPONSORS LEAP YEAR
'Star Dust' Theme Features
Women Escorting Men
Next Saturday.
Using "Star Dust" as the theme
for the evening's entertainment,
Phi Upsilon Omicron, honorary
home economics sorority will hold
its annual leap year party at the
Student Activities building on the
ag campus next Saturday evening,
Feb. 20. The party, open to all uni
versity students, will feature the
music of Mel Pester and his
orchestra.
In keeping with the leap year
motif which is annually carried
out at the Phi Upsilon party,
women attending the affair will
act as escorts for the evening.
Novel Party Motif.
According to the present plans
for the party, decorations of mid
night blue and white placed
against a background of silvery
stars will be us?d in carrying out
the "Star Dust" program. Theme
songs of "You Are My Lucky
Star," "I'm Shooting High," anJ
"Star Dust" have been chosen to
add additional atmosphere to the
party motif.
Si. Valentine Relates Evolution
Of Cupid from Victorian Rom -boy
By Eva Jane Sinclair.
The old maestro of the heart, St.
Valentine, was found in his work
shop yesterday in a pensive and
reminiscing mood. He pulled
thoughtfully on his stubby pipe
and began:
"Pack in those early 90's I was
quite the fashionable swain, a
winner of ladies hearts. Ah yes,
la swanky cavalier bearing tokens
of endear irig bits of poetry ami
Victorian sketches swathed with
bits of lavender and lure. The
more favored Cupid's proteges the
more voluminous my sweet lyrics,
the more poignant the lavender.
Yes. son, I was a gallant knight
bearing multitudes of red hearts
for Cupid's bow. My symbols were
that of the age-old red heart, the
little winged Bow-boy and cooing
doves.
"But after a time the universe
grew tired of my quaint, senti
mental missives, and by 1920 the
turbulent post-war world forced
me to remodel my style. Mv gal
lant gestures of the past did not
dazzle the flappers of the 20 s.
They laughed at mv tender verses,
my stereotyped motifs. I Uciaiiif
WILLERT TO TALK
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University Will Celebrate
60th Anniversary With
Two Day Program.
Classes will be dismissed Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock in or
der that students and faculty
members may attend the Charter
day program at the coliseum fea
turing an address by Sir Arthur
Willert, noted English newspaper'
man and lecturer. Held in con
junction with the two day 69th
anniversary celebration of the
founding of the university, the
program will start at 10:15.
Emphasizing the iminent con
struction of the Student Union
and the progress of the Univer
sity Foundation originated in 1936
by Chancellor Burnett, more than
20 alumni groups thruout the
United States will hold celebra
tions similar to that on the cam
pus this week.
The University symphony or
chestra will officially open the
Charter day celebration with a
concert at the coliseum this after
noon. The public is invited to at
tend the program which will start
at 3 o'clock with Earnest Harr i
son, professor of piano in the uni
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PHALANX DELEGATES
CONVENE HERE FRIDAY
Representatives of Four
Universities Meet for
National Session.
Representatives from the Uni
versity of Illinois, University of
Minnesota, Creighton university,
and the University of Nebraska
will gather here next Friday for
the annual national Phalanx con
vention. Beginning Friday, the
program for the convention will
continue thru Sunday. The formal
party for representatives at the
conclave will be held at the Lin
coln hotel next Saturday evening.
Among the national officers who
will be present at the meeting will
be National Commander Adran
Tolen, National Lieutenant Cnm
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known for my risque quips, my
satirical puns. My handiwork was
termed "clever, " "comic," and
"dashing." But those days too,
have faded.
Pendulum Swings Back.
"The pendulum is swing back
from the rowdy-dowdy comics of
the last decade and my creations
this year take the theme of
Moderism. Have Valentines lost
the spirit of romance and m-nli-mcnt
7 No, my son, on the con
trary, but instead of the red
hearts and white lace of yester
year, I've found a new theme. I've
keyed my Valentines to the spirit
of contemporary design relying on
simplicity, discarding the over
used red for rout inertia combina
tion of black anil gold, nilver
with white. Ilea lace is used in
stead of my imitation paper no el
ties of the past not white lace but
black or pastel blues and pinks.
"Gene are the over emphasized
omaiit ie lyrics of the fiO's and th"
crude .sayings of the post-war
20's. The versifications I penned
this year Hi-e .vrapped in the spirit
of warm friendliness with depth
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CHARTER DAY