CbwwuL and. ClbouL Daily HE EBRA Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska it? Sarah .lllMR Mevcr vol.. xxxvi no. . LINCOLN, JNKHHASKA, W KDNKSDAY. FKKIUJAItY 17. J 93 7. PH1CE . CENTS A Sad Loss; a Liukv Find E Prom Heads Ask To Set March 6 As Date for Ball BID BIBLE ADIEU SKAN FA m m 1 N CLUB HERS IBRD PRAISES IWIIMWUIMIWIMIIW j SSJT ji II "I ' WELCOME ONES ATHLETC BOARDS WORK IN ALUMNUS V ) : ( 'One Side Governor!" A few, but only a few persons got wrathy over the unseemly in trusion of photographers during the Charter day convocation Mon day. It was a placid assembly: a smattering of earnest souls took surreptitious notes, a girl in the balcony opposite us worked petit point, the boy next to us pensively admired his handknit, initialed scarf. But a coupla fellas were en raged at the activities of the can did snappers. First it was Bill Clayton who burst out of the jungle growth of potted palms and flashed a shot in the face of the visiting notable and the head of our own great in stitution. Which was taken with smiling grace by the Britisher. The burning incident, however, oc curred when Paul Bradley snapped several pictures by the speakers' stand in the middle of the address, the changing of the flashlight bulbs for which carried beautifully over the public address system. Not that the cultured Englishman paused a whit in his smooth flow of language I his diction reminded mc vaguely of that of Freddie Bartholomew, even unto a slight 'lisp). But the minds of the audi ence were distracted by the inter ruption, and drawn away from the present Kuropean situation. It all reminds us of a happen ing at the ill fated W. A. A. ice carnival of two years ago. The alleged climax of the evening was the presentation of the queen of the carnival, Betty Christensen. The governor and Mrs. Cochran were honored guests for the occasion, and Ne braska's chief executive crowned the fair queen. At the crucial moment the tee in front of the makeshift dais and throne gave way, and a wild scramble en sued. Kenny Bon, in trying to photograph the queen in the midst of the confusion, yelled at the tall, sober faced man by her side: "Hey you in the hat, get out of the way!" The man in the hat was governor of the state of Nebraska. One of our more candid critics has voiced the opinion that we are not sufficiently awed "by the won der of it all." While we must con fess to a lack of enthusiasm for the sparrows that chatter in the earlv mornings we'll wager that our hardened heart is as observ-, ing as most of the pathos and bathos of life. Not so long ago we yelled half a block at Bob Red- dish that he might not miss a ' (Continued on Page 4.) I Y.W. STAFFS TO START F 1937 Calendar of Meetings Scheduled to Begin This Week. Y. W. C. A. stuffs began scc ond semester meeting witJi their leaders in Kllen Smith hall this week. The staffs, which have re cently been reorganized, will dis cuss plans for their work during the coming semester. The Creative Leisure group, led by Frances Scudder and Yelma Kkwall, and the Finance group, led by Maxine Durand. met Mon day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The International Relations staff, un der the leadership of Marie Ko touc. met at 3 o'clock Tuesday, end the staffs on Personnel find Posters, led by Lorraine Eimbeg and. Birdean Jensen, met at 1 o'clock. Wednesday at 3 o'clock Coiitcr finc, Membership and Vesper staffs, directed by Frances Bold man. Evelyn Taylor, and Frances Marshall, will meet. Thursday morning at 11 o'clock Is the time appointed for the meet- j ing of the staffs on New Citizen- j ship and Publications, and fit o'clock the group interested in Comparative Religions will meet under Betty Cherny. The Vesper j choir will meet st o o'clock. Saturday the Personal Illations utaff will meet at 4 o'clock. l.MTAIUA.NS TO HOED PAN EE DI SCI SSION S Glinreti Plan S-rie.. of ! 1 2-Miiiiile Talk on War. I'eaee. A series of panel discus,' iojis on the subject, "War and Peace," con stitute the Sunday evening pro grain planned by the Unitarian Church. 12th mid H Streets, for Sunday. Feb. 21. Varying viewpoints will be pre sented by prominent Lincoln per sons, and various phases of the topic will be discussed. Those scheuled to speak are: Professor David Fellman of the political f-ciene department, who will speak on the subject, ' M u n 1 1 i o n Makers;" Dr. A. L.. Weatherly. I yastor of the Unitarian Church, who will speak on "Militarizing the American Mind;"' M,rs. IJertha J Smith, who will spak on "Neu- tmlity:" and Hoiiit Kyle, who . will present a satire on "Wain r.nd Better Wan." Each speaker is given a period of YZ minutes in which to discuss his particular phas of the topic. The program m set for 6 o'clock. Varsity Lettermen Hold Banquet in Honor of New, Old Coaches. A dual purpose was performed by an N club banquet last night, when members of the club, the football team, and "E" squad turned out en masse to honor the man who for eight years has been the guiding hand at the helm of Husker football, D. X. Bible, and to listen to the plans for the fu ture as laid down by the new head coach. "Biff Jones. The banquet was served at 6:30 o'clock in the N club rooms. As a, feature of the dinner, a white note book, trimmed in scarlet with a, scarlet "N" on it, and which car ried the signatures of the mem bers of the football squad, the N club, and the associates who worked with Mentor Bible during his stay here, was presented to the cx-conch of the university. With the note hook, there went the heartfelt good wishes of ev ery student in the university and a little note, which read: "To our good friend. D. K. : "In appreciation of your fine service to Nebraska and mindful of years of work, competition, and fun together, the N' club of Ne braska presents you this testi monial of affection. "We will always be happy in your continuing success." Those present then turned their attention to "Biff Jones, new head coach. He outlined plans for the coming season, and told the assembly just what he expected of them in the future. Coach Bible introduced Jones lo the members of the varsity squad, and the assistant coaches present ed him to the "B" and freshman teams. 01 STATE CHEMIST Professor Evans to Talk On Carbohydrates at ASCE Meeting. Discussing "Some Problems in Carbohydrate Chemistry.'' William Lloyd Evans, chairman of the de partment of chemistry at Ohio State university, will speak at a meeting of the Nebraska section of the American Chemical Society tonight at 7:30 in the lecture room of the Avery laboratory. Author of several textbooks on chemistry, Pro'. Evans will dis cuss his subject from a practical point of view, telling of the search for new uses for such important compounds as glucose, cane sugar, milk sugar, and the polysac charide, starch. He will review the advances made in the knowledge of the construction of glucose and trace the action of alkali on it, with the possible theoretical de gradation products. STWLKY HUM) VI. SITS NKBIIASk Ol I 1CKKS Major Genera). Till Gorp- fVil Illl-JM'el- Arlillery I'ieM. Major General Stanley Find, commanding officer of the 7lh Corps Aiea, visited the Military D paitment Tuesday. His visit whs unofficial. He met the mem bers of the department and looked over the new artillery field. The Major Genera) was in Lin coln a.i a guest of the Chambei of Commerce pnd was honored by a luncheon at the Chamber of Com merce building and at a dinner at the Hotel Lincoln in the evening. He was the leatun'd speakei at tile meeting immediately following the dinnei . Ilinimcl Calls Man Most Vicious MeinlxT of Animal kingdom: Citrs Examples of killings, kidnapings Itolaiii! Su "W'ihl Uiail I Vriix-ulrd W illi Spirit of Inf riiip-iiM-iit on i Oilier for Selfi-li Interest.' By Marjorie ChurchiM. "Man is the most vicious mem ber of the entire animal king dom.' stated Prof. W J. Himmel of the botany department in a re cent claj-s discussion. At this rather startling statement during a discourse on brain mechanism, students of the biology II class aroused themselves lrom previous conditions of lethargy, gathered their variously distributed mental faculties, and focused attention on n series of challenging statempnt expounding the views of the in structor ot Ijotany on various cur rent topics. Gang Killing. ' Some of th most vicious of all ucU have been those perpe trated by man." says Dr. Hirn rnell. and cites as examples some ut the atrocities -rf'iiined by gangs and individual public ene -h mm The i.meniti jnurn;u D. X. BIBLE. BIFF JONES. A large number of Cornhusker gridsters gathered to honor Ne braska's new mentor, "Biff" Jones and ex-coach, Dana X. Bible at the N club banquet held Tuesday evening. Stirring tribute was paid the departing coach by the Husker "N" men, and a rousing welcome was given the new Nebraska gridiron king. PHALANX TO HOLD CONVENTION HERE FEBRUARY 19 10 21 Military Group Will Induct 33 to Climax National Annual Gathering. Representatives from the Univer sities of Illinois. Minnesota. Creigh ton and Nebraska will gather here next Friday for the annual nation al Phulanx convention. Beginning Friday, the program will continue thru Sunday, and will be concluded with sight seeing trips around the city of Lincoln. Among the national officers who will be present at the meetings will be National Commander Adrian iTolen. Lieutenant Commander Ben Morskc. National Finance officer iand Adjutant George Masters. Major C. E. Speer of the Nebraska I military department and national advisor of Phalanx will also he present. The program for the affair: Friday afternoon, registration. Saturday, 9 to 12. meeting in the Lincoln hotel. 12 o'clock, lunch with the Cham ber of Commerce. 2-4 o'clock, meeting in the Lin coln hotel. 4-6 o'clock, entertainment. 7 o'clock, dinner dance in the (Continued on Page 3. i , National Assembly to Open At New Orleans Sunday, February 21. Dean F. E. Henzlik and a num ber of Teachers college professors will go to New Oilcans next week to attend the Superintendence De partment convention ol the Nation al Education association. Opening with a general session on Sunday. Feb. 21. the convention offers dele gates a constant program of ac tivity, including panel discussions, lectures, visits to public and paro chial schools, and social events. Educational problems such as school administration and finance, curriculum, health and safely of school children will be discussed by lecturers ;uid delegates at sessions during the five days of convention. The entertainment program in cludes a carnival ball, trips thru the French quarter of New Or leans, a parade in which hundreds of New Orleans school children will ride floats depicting New Or leans Romance from the celebra te.! Maidi Gras. and conceits by high school bands. Names of all thos from Teaeh t rs college attending the conven tion will be announced later in the week . kill lo Gi l Food: Soi irlv mies. "Mo.-t wild U-atds kill pri marily for the purjiose of obtain ing food, seldom tor the pleasure of killing.'' he continued. 'Hut society is permeated with the spirit (if infringement on others for one's own selfish interests. Witness the flood situation in the Ohio valley. While the hearts of the American people have gone out to the flood sufferers, the amount of looting of the prop erty of refugees ha run up into thousand of dollars." Kidnap Wave. In connection with the if cent wave of kidnaping he says. "Some of the most heinous of crimes, as for example, kidnaping, have been perpetiated by man. And yet man is supjxisedly the most high ly intelligent of animals." " Attack on the clement t dis continued on Pafce 4.) gangsti;i!$ who GAVE I HOSH lii-t leant: no tkace Police investigations into the case of Norman Schewe, freshman who was given a ride by what he thought to be gangsters on his hitch-hiking trip to his home in Murdock last week end. have so far proved fruitless. Having accepted a lift from a car loaded with men. Schewe was shown a machine gun and asked questions oencerning business hours of banks and the distances between various towns. After he was released with proper warning at a point several blocks south of O st., Schewe immediately caught another ride to Murdock. He did not report his sojourn into gangsterdom until Sunday evening. Upon his return police took the situation in hand, but have as yet failed lo uncover any clues to the identity of the mea Schewe received numerous phone calls Tuesday, several of them anonymous. Coed Counselors Accept Dozen Entries for Popularity Cup. Vicing with each other for the i popularity cup, 12 sorority and or- ganized women's groups are pre paring booths for the Coed j Counselor penny carnival which ; will be held Saturday afternoon j between 2:30 and 5 o'clock. The ' Coed Counselor Board accepted i the 12 booth plans last week as most deserving a place at their festival. 1 "Football. Sam Fram-is" is the mysterious name of the booth that j the Barb A. W. S. will offer to the carnival. Carrie Delle Raymond ha'l has entered in the contest I with h plan that concerns live j ducks ami rings. Phi Mu is mak- ing preparations for a hazard horse race, and the Gamma F'hi's . are securing a supply of vermin to enter in a white rat classic. A three act meller drammer and freak show will be presented by , Delta Gamma. Sigma Kappa s at 1 traction will be Bingo, Alpha Phi '. has arranged for a game of chance, and Alpha Xi Delta will j sponsor a weight guessing booth. I Plans for a shooting gallery were ; presented by Kappa Alpha Theta. ; Kappa Kappa Gamma will set up 1 a rogue's gallery. Alpha Chi 1 Omega will have an artist's studio and silhouette cutting, anil Tri- i Delt will have an archery game. At the booth of the Coed Coun- : selors. refreshments will be avail able and ballots fr the most pop ular concession will be received ' and counted. PETZ TOSHOraViES AT ENGINEERS MEETING Intramural Athletic Head To Explain Football Pictures Tonight. Hat old IVtz, director of intta mural athletics, will show and ex plain motion pictuies of Corn husker football games taken by the university last fall at a smoker meeting of the Ameiican Society of Civil Kngilieeis to be held at ":3i tonight in the N club rooms ill 1 he colis um. Tins is the fust meeting of the group this semester and Mortis j U. Andersdi. chairman, urges all i civil engineers to stterd. Other of I ficers of the society this semester I are Charles H. Carstens. vice chair. I man. and Harold M. Turn bull, secretary-treasuiel. Corn Gobs O.K. Plan Corn Cob Society, men's pep club temporarily tuepended by the student council, approved of the reorganization plan as it accepted by the judiciary committee in a meeting Tues day evening. The plan for reorganizing the pep group goes to the student council this afternoon for sanc tioning, and before it can be placed Into operation the In nocents Society must a'so ac cept the revised constitution. February Edition Carries; Story by Ramsay on Union Building. A farewell and a welcome by Gregg McErid" '24, entitled "Ex change With the South" is the fea ture article of the new February Nebraska Alumnus. The veteran sportswriter of the Lincoln Star upholds D. X. Bible's decision to move his quarters to Texas, and at the same time praises the ath letic council in electing so worthy a successor to the "Little Colonel." The new issue which appears on the campus this morning also car ries, among numerous other inter esting features, a story by Ray E. Ramsav. alumni secretary, on the I plan to be used in financing the ! furnishing of the new Union build i ing. The alumni, who have under- I taken the task of raising $75.0O(J to provide the furnishings, estab lished quotas for each county and ; section to raise in proportion to . the number of alumni residing in j that section. For the most part. (Continued on Page 3. YFAR PARTY FFR ?0 I bl III 1 I II I I I I I. klT I taW Ag Honorary Will Carry Out 'Star Dust' Theme in ! Saturday Dance. j With a starry background of midnight blue and white providing atmosphere for the "Star Dust" ) theme. Phi Up.silon Omicron, hon j orary home economics society will hold its annual leap year party at the ag students activities building I on Saturday evening, Feb. 20, at ii j o'clock. Featured on the evening's pro ! gram will be the music of Mel Pes !ter and his orchestra, according to ' announcement issued today by co : chairmen. Elinor McFadclen and Donna Hiatt. As has been the cus i torn in past years, women attend- ing the "Star Dust'' event will act as escorts for the evening. Committees which have been named to serve in making plans for the party include: publicity, Elsie Buxman. chairman, Paulire Walter and Helen Phares: chap erons. Ruth Schobert, chairman, Eula Wintermote, and Agnes Art hand; decorations. Emma Mauch. chairman. Kathryn Jone, Agnes Novacck, and Helen Wheeling. Commenting on the progress of plans for the party. Miss McFad dent stated. "Every member of the organization is working very hard to make this one of Phi Upsilon's best leap year parties, and we hope that a large number of university students will mak" plans to dance at the "Star Dust" party on Sat urday evening." Dress for the party may be either informal or semi-formal, according to committee members in charge. GL SSIGS STUDENTS j TO G ATI IKK AT PAH1T (1ul lo Sjmmwu- Aneient ISoman I Vlial Tonight. Celebrating the birth of the founder of Pome, classics students ; will participate in the "Festival of i Romulus'' sponsored by the das I sics club this evening at 7:30 in the party room of the Ambassador , apartments. Dr. Clarence A. Forbes, of the , Latin department, will address the festival assemblage on the subject of "Ancient Universities and Stu dent Life'' preceding a period of games, singing and refreshments. Dr. Rapp. Latin professor in charge of the party, urges all 'classics students to attend. Mad Scramble Accompanies Hack Slam? Haiitcriii" as I 'later Wait For Familiar Shout of 'Curtain' l.;i-l Minnie l!elieuiaU. Make-l p. riling: l-ller. Proe Iiilerelin: l)ierion lo Tlioe Onlile of Aulieiiee iew. lim-k stag with the University Pie voi s la.-it night found the huge, i oast f ci an. Wing an ong the jumbl- ed pieces of scenery and props i to be "on set ' lor the curtain 1 rising at 7:30 of Lost Horizons i which opened at the Temple Mon- ; ; day night. Nervous whispeis. creaking' from scampering feet on the stage , stairs halted as Vera May Peter son as Janet Evans, actiets and ; Waldemar Muellei. as Ralph i Kondley, her faithless lover poured on the (Iran. a. tcme deep stuff which persisted throughout the play with the exception of some well-guided bits of humoi por tiayed by Portia Boynton in the lole of Rita Tienjens, friend of Janet Evans. Make-up Trials, pelimd sei nes found Ebaiioi j iCompton and Don Bochm perit-i Prom Girl Filings GIom; . 1'. This Afternoon Candidates for 1937 prom girl honnors must file their names in the student activities office in the coliseum by 5 o'clock to day, if they are to be eligible to run in the election which will be held on the night of the Junior-Senior Prom, IT DEBATE TUESDAY Varsity Squads Discuss Extension of Powers Of Congress. ' Debating on the subject. "Re ; solved, that Congress should be j empowered to fix maximum hours ; and minimum wages." two mem- I bers of the South Dakota uni ' versity debate squad met Nebras j ka's arguers in the Social Science ! aduitorium yesterday afternoon, j The debate, following the prece dent of Nebraska, was a non-decision affair. Representing, the University of I South Dakota were Susan Zinn I and Elnora Drafahl on the affir I mative. Nebraska was represented hy William Curtis and Leonard (Continued on Page 3. 1 DECLINE OF SOVIET U.S.S.R. Headed Toward Fall. Professor Tells Relations Club. That communism of Russia Is on a decline and will face in the next few years the most serious crisis of any dictatorial govern ment was established by Dr. Mich ael Ginsbuig, professor of Greek and Latin, as he discussed the government of Russia before members of the International Re lations club in the Temple build ing las, evening. Having lived in Russia most of his life, Dr. Gins burg presented, an accurate pic ture of Russia's conditions. "I am skeptical of the new Russian constitution." Dr. Gins burg maintained. "The new docu ment guarantees the right to work and upholds that one should work according to his ability and then be paid by his work. It also in stituted a system of secret ballot ing. I feel that it is too early to proclaim communism the last word in the field of government, and only time will test the new document. "The unworthy part of the new constitution." Dr. Ginsburg. con tinued, "is that the document de clares the communist party the only legal party. The press, then, has been in the hands of the only legal party. With such control by the communist party, no opposi tion can possibly work. "More than 6.000 people. I am sure, have been killed since the first attempt at Lenin's life in 1922. It looks to me as if Stalin wanted to give an object lesson to the whole world in these killings. In the first recent trial I know that Pi communists were ex ecuted. From the second trial, i Continued on Page 3.1 ually tvhe.-iiKiiig then i-tiiiiig dia logue. Eleanor mumbling "You'll be sorry" as she calmly combed her hair while Helen Fox powdered her back. And there was "Speed Mueller twitching and hoping his make-up wouldn't trickle down his face and spoil his lovely sUrdied stiff front. Slim Meye: was caught writing competently to her "Daddykins" between hcer.eg. In an adjoining 100:11 member of the cat were diverting them selves with such amusement as reciting "Little Buy Bhie." Not to be out done was Don Juan. Paul Bogan dancing with all the damsels during the musical inter ludes heard thioughout the play. Reason? Gr-ttin' in the mood to make his romancing appear like the real thing. The exhibitionist l the evening (Continued on X'agc i.) SOUTH DAKOTANS I IN Opportunity to Sign Noted ! Band Ends in Request ' For Change. ; Proposed change of the Junio: j Senior Prom Friday. March 5. to I Saturday, March fi. will be con sidered and decided by the facility senate committee on student af fairs when it meets with the two co-chairmen of the committee, Jane Walcott and Dave Bernstein, and with Student Council Presi dent Arnold Levin at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Because of an opportunity to procure one of the nation's lead ing dance orchestra on Saturday night, the prom committee has ap plied to the senate for the privilege of changing the date. The original closed night was scheduled on tha university calendar by the student council prior to the closing of the school year last spring. Big Band Available March 6. "There ha,s been pleading for good, big name orchestras on this campus for so many years, that we do not wish to pass up the fins opoortunity which has been ex tended us for this party." Levin declared. "One of the best orches tras ever to play on the Nebraska campus, will be available for Sat urday, but according to the com mittee, there is no comparable band to be hired for the data scheduled." Action for the change was be gun last week when the commit tee submitted its application to one of the subcommittees of the faculty senate. Failing to receive the consent of the group, appeal was made and a grant to present the cause to the entire committee on student organizatios and social functions was allowed. Final set tlement of th; question will be forthcoming this afternoon. Students Desire Change. Remarking upon the rase fro:.i the standpoint of his official ra pacity as faculty advisor to the student council. Prof. E. W. Lantz declared that he believes th movement is not the creation of the council. "It is rather." he ex plained, "the i.ecessary result ui aroused student opinion. The rm jority of the students on the . a -pus are desirous of hiring th" i -est orchestra possible and f oj manding that the council char ge the date in order to hire one." Thompson. Peace Secretary, Asserts Democracy Shaky.' Using "Salvation of the State m Watchfulness in its Citizens." the inscription on the outside of the state capitol. as the keynote of hi address. Leon Thompson spoke on "Personal Thoughts on Patriotism'' before the Y. W. C. A. Vespers at Ellen Smith Hall at S o'clock Tuesday afternoon. i Mr. Thompson who is field work er for the national council for th prevention of war and executive t secretary of the local committee. : stated that his work is directed in organizing voung people against i war. "Democracy today is shaky.-' he asserted. "The only answer is to use democratic processes. We must ' learn what we want in patriotism." Frances Piatt, ihairman. fol lowed the talk on patriotism with ia short account f the "Music jThat Washington Knew. ' "Yankee I Doodle" was one of the earliest j patriotic songs and it? exact origin lis unknown. Phrases from some of the songs mentioned by Mif-s Piatt were sung , by a tri" composed of Mary Ellen ; Osborne, Mary Jo Her.n and Lois i Enyeait. All present sang "Amer ica for Me" at the close of th meeting. Vespc-i choir, directed by Maxir. Fedeile and accompanied by Ber niece Dilleman. sang "Church One Foundation'' as t he procession al, and "Ode to Washington" a the special nunibei. Margaret Gnepi-nst roll gave the devotional. AWS HEARS SHELLENBERG SPEAK ON KOSMET KLUO ! Tells Frosh Women History Of Dramatic Group in Meeting Today. Bob Shell?nberg. precedent ! ' Kosmet Klub. will be guest speak er at the regular meeting of tha Freshmen A. W. S. to be held to day at five o'clock in the drawing rom at Ellen Smith hall. The purpose and activities ot tha Kosmet Klub will be discufcsed cy Mr. Shelk-nberg. He will explain the organization, mc-mtership and history of the group. He will also tll of the plan lor this year an nual spring sh jw to be given in the , near future. Acting as cliairiTiHn of this niei-t-ing will be Eleanor Whitney. Ros Hill will assist her as secretary. All freshmen women are invited to (attend this meeting. r t V. rt t: